Edgar Filing: STMICROELECTRONICS NV

Annual Report on Form 20-F

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2012

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 20-F

¨	REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

x	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

¨	SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report

Commission file number: 1-13546

STMicroelectronics N.V.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Not Applicable		The Netherlands
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)		(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

WTC Schiphol Airport

Schiphol Boulevard 265

1118 BH Schiphol Airport

The Netherlands

(Address of principal executive offices)

Carlo Bozotti

39, chemin du Champ des Filles

1228 Plan-Les-Ouates

Geneva

Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 929 29 29

Fax: +41 22 929 29 88

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class:		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered:
Common shares, nominal value €1.04 per share		New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

884,995,094 common shares at December 31, 2011

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes x No ¨

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days: Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):


Large accelerated filer x		Accelerated filer ¨

Non-accelerated filer ¨		Smaller reporting company ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP x International Financial Reporting Standards as issued ¨ Other ¨

by the International Accounting Standards Board

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. Item 17 ¨ Item 18 ¨

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

TABLE OF CONTENTS


PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION		2
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS		2
PART I		4
Item 1.	Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers	4
Item 2.	Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable	4
Item 3.	Key Information	4
Item 4.	Information on the Company	21
Item 5.	Operating and Financial Review and Prospects	42
Item 6.	Directors, Senior Management and Employees	82
Item 7.	Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions	106
Item 8.	Financial Information	111
Item 9.	Listing	115
Item 10.	Additional Information	116
Item 11.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	132
Item 12.	Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities	135
PART II		137
Item 13.	Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies	137
Item 14.	Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds	137
Item 15.	Controls and Procedures	137
Item 16A.	Audit Committee Financial Expert	138
Item 16B.	Code of Ethics	138
Item 16C.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	139
Item 16D.	Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees	140
Item 16E.	Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers	140
Item 16F.	Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant	140
Item 16G.	Corporate Governance	140
PART III		143
Item 17.	Financial Statements	143
Item 18.	Financial Statements	143
Item 19.	Exhibits	143

PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION

In this annual report or Form 20-F (the “Form 20-F”), references to “we”, “us” and “Company” are to STMicroelectronics N.V. together with its consolidated subsidiaries, references to “EU” are to the European Union, references to “€” and the “Euro” are to the Euro currency of the EU, references to the “United States” and “U.S.” are to the United States of America and references to “$” or to “U.S. dollars” are to United States dollars. References to “mm” are to millimeters and references to “nm” are to nanometers.

We have compiled market size and ST market share data in this annual report using statistics and other information obtained from several third-party sources. Except as otherwise disclosed herein, all references to trade association data are references to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (“WSTS”). Certain terms used in this annual report are defined in “Certain Terms”.

We report our financial statements in U.S. dollars and prepare our Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). We also report certain non-U.S. GAAP financial measures (free cash flow and net financial position), which are derived from amounts presented in the financial statements prepared under U.S. GAAP. Furthermore, since 2005, we are required by Dutch law to report our Statutory and Consolidated Financial Statements, previously reported using generally accepted accounting principles in The Netherlands, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), as adopted in the European Union. The IFRS financial statements are reported separately and can differ materially from the statements reported in U.S. GAAP.

Various amounts and percentages used in this Form 20-F have been rounded and, accordingly, they may not total 100%.

We and our affiliates own or otherwise have rights to the trademarks and trade names, including those mentioned in this annual report, used in conjunction with the marketing and sale of our products.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements contained in this Form 20-F that are not historical facts, particularly in “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors”, “Item 4. Information on the Company” and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” and “— Business Outlook” are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended) that are based on management’s current views and assumptions, and are conditioned upon and also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those in such statements due to, among other factors:

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the possible impact on the carrying value of the ST-Ericsson investment in our books of approximately $1.9 billion, as well as on our related operations, of the ongoing assessment on ST-Ericsson’s strategic plan and financial prospects being conducted under the leadership of ST-Ericsson’s newly appointed CEO and leadership team. Such ongoing review within ST-Ericsson of, inter alia, the effects of transition from legacy products to new products, the strength and timing of customer demand for new products, the cost structure, the market environment and possible additional actions or opportunities will lead to an assessment and recommendations to be submitted to and approved by the board and shareholders of ST-Ericsson and may further lead to a significant impairment charge for us if the results of such assessment would be to recognize a decrease in the value of the investment in our books;

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changes in demand in the key application markets and/or from key customers served by our products, including demand for products where we have achieved design wins and/or demand for applications where we are targeting growth, all of which make it extremely difficult to accurately forecast and plan our future business activities;

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our ability in periods of reduced demand or visibility on orders to reduce our expenses as required, as well as our ability to operate our manufacturing facilities at sufficient levels with existing process technologies to cover our fixed operating costs;

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our ability, in an intensively competitive environment, to identify and allocate necessary design resources to successfully develop and secure customer acceptance for new products meeting their expectations as well as our ability to achieve our pricing expectations for high-volume supplies of new products in whose development we have been, or are currently, investing;

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the financial impact of obsolete or excess inventories if actual demand differs from our expectations as well as the ability of our customers to successfully compete in the markets they serve using our products;

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our ability to maintain or improve our competitiveness when a high percentage of our costs are fixed and are incurred in Euros and currencies other than U.S. dollars, especially in light of the increasing volatility in the foreign exchange markets and, more particularly, in the U.S. dollar exchange rate as compared to the Euro and the other major currencies we use for our operations;

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the outcome of ongoing litigation as well as any new litigation to which we may become a defendant;

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changes in our overall tax position as a result of changes in tax laws, expected income or the outcome of tax audits, changes in international tax treaties which may impact our results of operations as well as our ability to accurately estimate tax credits, benefits, deductions and provisions and to realize deferred tax assets;

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the impact of intellectual property (“IP”) claims by our competitors or other third parties, and our ability to obtain required licenses on reasonable terms and conditions;

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product warranty or liability claims based on epidemic or delivery failures or recalls by our customers for a product containing one of our parts;

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availability and costs of raw materials, utilities, third-party manufacturing services, or other supplies required by our operations;

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the European economic and sovereign debt crisis, which could lead to a deep market slowdown and could make access to liquidity in the global financial markets more difficult; and

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current economic uncertainties involving the possibility during 2012 of limited growth or recession in global or important regions of the world economy, sovereign default, customer bankruptcies, changes in the political, social, economic or infrastructure environment, including as a result of military conflict, social unrest and/or terrorist activities, economic turmoil, as well as natural events such as severe weather, health risks, epidemics, earthquakes, tsunamis and flooding, volcano eruptions or other acts of nature in, or affecting, the countries in which we, our key customers or our suppliers, operate and causing unplanned disruptions in our supply chain and reduced or delayed demand from our customers.

Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results and performance of our business to differ materially and adversely from the forward-looking statements. Certain forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “believes”, “expects”, “may”, “are expected to”, “should”, “would be”, “seeks” or “anticipates” or similar expressions or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. Some of these risk factors are set forth and are discussed in more detail in “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors”. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this Form 20-F as anticipated, believed or expected. We do not intend, and do not assume any obligation, to update any industry information or forward-looking statements set forth in this Form 20-F to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

Unfavorable changes in the above or other factors listed under “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors” from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings, could have a material adverse effect on our business and/or financial condition.

PART I

Item 1.

Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers

Not applicable.

Item 2.

Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable

Not applicable.

Item 3.

Key Information

Selected Financial Data

The table below sets forth our selected consolidated financial data for each of the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2011. Such data have been derived from our audited Consolidated Financial Statements. Consolidated audited financial statements for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2011, including the Notes thereto (collectively, the “Consolidated Financial Statements”), are included elsewhere in this Form 20-F, while data for prior periods have been derived from our audited Consolidated Financial Statements used in such periods.

The following information should be read in conjunction with “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” and the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the related Notes thereto included in “Item 18. Financial Statements” in this Form 20-F.


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009			2008			2007
	(In millions except per share and ratio data)
Consolidated Statements of Income Data:
Net sales	$	9,630		$	10,262		$	8,465		$	9,792		$	9,966
Other revenues		105			84			45			50			35

Net revenues		9,735			10,346			8,510			9,842			10,001
Cost of sales		(6,161	)		(6,331	)		(5,884	)		(6,282	)		(6,465	)

Gross profit		3,574			4,015			2,626			3,560			3,536
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative		(1,210	)		(1,175	)		(1,159	)		(1,187	)		(1,099	)
Research and development⁽¹⁾		(2,352	)		(2,350	)		(2,365	)		(2,152	)		(1,802	)
Other income and expenses, net⁽²⁾		109			90			166			62			48
Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs		(75	)		(104	)		(291	)		(481	)		(1,228	)

Total operating expenses		(3,528	)		(3,539	)		(3,649	)		(3,758	)		(4,081	)

Operating income (loss)		46			476			(1,023	)		(198	)		(545	)
Other-than-temporary impairment charge and realized gains (losses) on financial assets		318			—			(140	)		(138	)		(46	)
Interest income (expense), net		(25	)		(3	)		9			51			83
Earnings (loss) on equity-method investments and gain on investment divestiture		(28	)		242			(337	)		(553	)		14
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net		25			(24	)		(5	)		15			—
Income (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interest		336			691			(1,496	)		(823	)		(494	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		(181	)		(149	)		95			43			23

Net income (loss)		155			542			(1,401	)		(780	)		(471	)
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest		495			288			270			(6	)		(6	)

Net income (loss) attributable to parent company	$	650		$	830		$	(1,131	)	$	(786	)	$	(477	)

Earnings (loss) per share (basic) attributable to parent company stockholders	$	0.74		$	0.94		$	(1.29	)	$	(0.88	)	$	(0.53	)
Earnings (loss) per share (diluted) attributable to parent company stockholders	$	0.72		$	0.92		$	(1.29	)	$	(0.88	)	$	(0.53	)
Number of shares used in calculating earnings (loss) per share (basic)		883.6			880.4			876.9			892.0			898.7
Number of shares used in calculating earnings (loss) per share (diluted)		904.5			911.1			876.9			892.0			898.7


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009		2008		2007
	(In millions except per share and ratio data)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data (end of period):
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,912	$	1,892	$	1,588	$	1,009	$	1,855
Short-term deposits		—		67		—		—		—
Marketable securities		413		1,052		1,032		651		1,014
Restricted cash		8		7		250		250		250
Non-current marketable securities		—		72		42		242		369
Total assets		12,094		13,349		13,655		13,913		14,272
Short-term debt		733		720		176		143		103
Long-term debt (excluding current portion)⁽³⁾		826		1,050		2,316		2,554		2,117
Total parent company stockholders’ equity⁽⁴⁾		7,603		7,587		7,147		8,156		9,573
Common stock and capital surplus		3,700		3,671		3,637		3,480		3,253
Other Data:
Dividends per share⁽⁵⁾	$	0.40	$	0.28	$	0.12	$	0.36	$	0.30
Capital expenditures⁽⁶⁾		1,258		1,034		451		983		1,140
Net cash from operating activities		880		1,794		816		1,722		2,188
Depreciation and amortization		1,279		1,240		1,367		1,366		1,413
Debt-to-equity ratio⁽⁷⁾		0.21		0.23		0.35		0.33		0.23

(1)

Our reported research and development expenses (R&D) are mainly in the areas of product design and technology development. They do not include marketing design center costs, which are accounted for as selling expenses, or process engineering, pre-production and process-transfer costs, which are accounted for as cost of sales. In 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008, our R&D expenses were net of certain tax credits.

(2)

“Other income and expenses, net” includes, among other things: funds received through government agencies for research and development programs; costs incurred for start-up and phase-out activities not involving saleable production; foreign currency gains and losses; gains on sales of tangible assets and non-current assets; and the costs of certain activities relating to IP protection.

(3)

We repurchased a portion of our 2016 convertible bonds (“2016 Convertible Bonds”) during 2009 (98,000 bonds for a total cash consideration of $103 million), 2010 (385,830 bonds for a total cash consideration of $410 million) and 2011 (289,768 bonds for a total cash consideration of $314 million of which 41,123 convertible bonds were redeemed by certain holders on February 23, 2011). We also repurchased a portion of our 2013 senior bonds (“2013 Senior Bonds”) in 2010 and 2011 for an amount of $98 million and $107 million, respectively.

(4)

In 2008, we repurchased 29,520,220 of our shares, for a total cost of $313 million. We reflected this purchase at cost as a reduction of stockholders’ equity. The repurchased shares have been designated for allocation under our share-based compensation programs as nonvested shares, including the plans as approved by the 2005 through 2011 annual general shareholders’ meetings, and those which may be attributed in the future. As of December 31, 2011, 17,355,509 shares had been transferred to employees upon the vesting of such stock awards. As of December 31, 2011, we owned 25,564,711 treasury shares.

(5)	Dividend per share represents the yearly dividend as approved by our annual general meeting of shareholders, which relates to the prior year’s accounts.

(6)	Capital expenditures are net of certain funds received through government agencies, the effect of which is to reduce our cash used in investing activities and to decrease depreciation.

(7)	Debt-to-equity ratio is the ratio between our total financial debt and our total parent company stockholder’s equity.

Risk Factors

Risks Related to the Semiconductor Industry which Impact Us

The semiconductor industry is cyclical and downturns in the semiconductor industry can negatively affect our results of operations and financial condition.

The semiconductor industry is cyclical and has been subject to significant economic downturns at various times. Downturns are typically characterized by diminished demand giving rise to production overcapacity, accelerated erosion of average selling prices, high inventory levels and reduced revenues. Downturns may be the result of industry-specific factors, such as excess capacity, product obsolescence, price erosion, evolving standards, changes in end-customer demand, and/or macroeconomic trends impacting global economies. Such macroeconomic trends relate to the semiconductor industry as a whole and not necessarily to the individual semiconductor markets to which we sell our products. The negative effects on our business from industry downturns may also be increased to the extent that such downturns are concurrent with the timing of new

increases in production capacity in our industry. We have experienced revenue volatility and market downturns in the past and expect to experience them in the future, which could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.

Financial market crises have in the past led to a global economic recession impacting business and consumer confidence, which resulted in a precipitous decline in the demand for semiconductor products. As a result, our business, financial conditions and results of operations have been affected in the past. To the extent that the current economic environment worsens, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be significantly and adversely affected.

In particular, economic downturns affecting the semiconductor industry may result in a variety of risks to our business, including:

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significant declines in sales;

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significant reductions in selling prices;

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significant underutilization of manufacturing capacity;

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significant deterioration of our gross margins, profitability and net cash flow;

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increased volatility and/or declines in our share price;

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increased volatility or adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates;

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delays in, or curtailment of, purchasing decisions by our customers or potential customers either as a result of overall economic uncertainty or as a result of their inability to access the liquidity necessary to engage in purchasing initiatives or new product development;

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closure of wafer fabrication plants (“fabs”) and various restructuring plans;

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lower valuations of our equity-method investments;

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increased credit risk associated with our customers or potential customers, particularly those that may operate in industries most affected by the economic downturn; and

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impairment of goodwill or other assets.

We may not be able to match our production capacity to demand.

As a result of the cyclicality and volatility of the semiconductor industry, it is difficult to predict future developments in the markets we serve, making it hard to estimate requirements for production capacity. If markets do not perform as we have anticipated, we risk under-utilization of our facilities or having insufficient capacity to meet customer demand or the manufacturing of obsolete inventories.

The net increase of manufacturing capacity, defined as the difference between capacity additions and capacity reductions, may exceed demand requirements, leading to overcapacity and price erosion. If the semiconductor market does not grow as we anticipated when making investments in production capacity, we risk overcapacity. In addition, if demand for our products is lower than expected, this may result in write-offs of inventories and losses on products, and could require us to undertake restructuring measures that may involve significant charges to our earnings. In the past, overcapacity and cost optimization have led us to close manufacturing facilities that used more mature process technologies and, as a result, to incur significant impairment and restructuring charges and other related closure costs. Furthermore, during certain periods, we have also experienced an increasing demand in certain market segments and product technologies, which has led to a shortage of capacity and an increase in the lead times of our delivery to customers. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Results of Operations — Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs”.

Competition in the semiconductor industry is intense, and we may not be able to compete successfully if our product design technologies, process technologies and products do not meet market requirements or if we are unable to obtain the necessary IP.

We compete in different product lines to various degrees on the following characteristics:

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price;

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technical performance;

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product features;

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product system compatibility;

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product design and technology;

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timely introduction of new products;

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product availability;

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process technology;

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manufacturing yields; and

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sales and technical support.

Given the intense competition in the semiconductor industry, if our products are not selected based on any of the above factors, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be materially adversely affected.

We face significant competition in each of our product lines. Similarly, many of our competitors also offer a large variety of products. Some of our competitors may have greater financial and/or more focused research and development (“R&D”) resources than we do. If these competitors substantially increase the resources they devote to developing and marketing products that compete with ours, we may not be able to compete successfully. Any consolidation among our competitors could also enhance their product offerings, manufacturing efficiency and financial resources, further strengthening their competitive position.

As we are a supplier of a broad range of products, we are required to make significant investments in R&D across our product portfolio in order to remain competitive. Many of the resulting products that we market have short life cycles, with some being one year or less. Economic conditions may impair our ability to maintain our current level of R&D investments and, therefore, we may need to become more focused in our R&D investments across our broad range of product lines. This could significantly impair our ability to remain a viable competitor in the product areas where our competitors’ R&D investments are higher than ours and lead us to reconsider our participation in certain markets which we may no longer consider either profitable or strategic.

We regularly devote substantial resources to winning competitive bid selection processes, known as “product design wins”, to develop products for use in our customers’ equipment and products. These selection processes can be lengthy and can require us to incur significant design and development expenditures, with no guarantee of winning or generating revenue. Delays in developing new products with anticipated technological advances or in commencing volume shipments of new products as well as failure to win new design projects for customers may have an adverse effect on our business. In addition, there can be no assurance that new products, if introduced, will gain market acceptance or will not be adversely affected by new technological changes or new product announcements from other competitors that may have greater efficiency, focus or financial resources. Because we typically focus on only a few customers in a product area, the loss of a design win can sometimes result in our failure to offer a generation of a product. This can result in lost sales and could hurt our position in future competitive selection processes because we may be perceived as not being a technology or industry leader. We have recently experienced this phenomenon in our Wireless business.

Even after obtaining a product design win from one of our customers, we may still experience delays in generating revenue from our products as a result of our customers’ or our lengthy development and design cycle. In addition, a major change, delay or cancellation of a customer’s plans could significantly adversely affect our financial results, as we may have incurred significant expense and generated no revenue at the time of such change, delay or cancellation. Finally, if our customers fail to successfully market and sell their own products, it could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations as the demand for our products falls.

We also regularly incur costs to develop IP internally or acquire it from third parties without any guarantee of realizing the anticipated value of such expenditures if our competitors develop technologies that are more accepted than ours, or if market demand does not materialize as anticipated. In addition to amortization expenses relating to purchased IP, the value of these assets may be subject to impairment with associated charges being made to our Consolidated Financial Statements. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects”. There is no assurance that our IP purchases will be successful and will not lead to impairments and associated charges.

The competitive environment of the semiconductor industry may lead to erosion of our market share, impacting our capacity to compete and which could require us to restructure.

We are continuously considering various measures to improve our competitive position and product portfolio.

In the past, our sales have, at times, increased at a slower pace than the semiconductor industry as a whole and our market share has declined, even in relation to the markets we served, in particular in the Wireless market. There is no assurance that we will be able to maintain or grow our market share if we are unable to accelerate product innovation, identify new applications for our products, extend our customer base, realize manufacturing improvements and/or otherwise control our costs. In recent years the major growth of the semiconductor industry has been in Asia, supported also by lower cost production and resulting in a more competitive environment. We may also incur losses of market share if we are unable to take the required measures to improve our cost structure and competitiveness in the semiconductor market, such as seeking more competitive sources of production, discontinuing certain product families or performing additional restructurings, which in turn may result in loss of revenues, asset impairments and/or capital losses.

The semiconductor industry may also be impacted by changes in the political, social or economic environment, including as a result of military conflict, social unrest and/or terrorist activities, as well as natural events such as severe weather, health risks, epidemics or earthquakes in the countries in which we, our key customers and our suppliers, operate.

We may face greater risks due to the international nature of our business, including in the countries where we, our customers or our suppliers operate, such as:

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negative economic developments in global economies and instability of foreign governments, including the threat of war, terrorist attacks or civil unrest;

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epidemics such as disease outbreaks, pandemics and other health related issues;

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changes in laws and policies affecting trade and investment, including through the imposition of new constraints on investment and trade; and

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varying practices of the regulatory, tax, judicial and administrative bodies.

Risks Related to Our Operations

Market dynamics are driving us to a strategic repositioning, which has led us to enter into significant joint ventures.

We have recently undertaken several new initiatives to reposition our business, both through divestitures and new investments. Our strategies to improve our results of operations and financial condition led us, and may in future lead us, to make significant acquisitions of businesses that we believe to be complementary to our own, or to divest ourselves of activities that we believe do not serve our longer term business plans. In addition, certain regulatory approvals for potential acquisitions may require the divestiture of business activities. Our potential acquisition strategies depend in part on our ability to identify suitable acquisition targets, finance their acquisition and obtain required regulatory and other approvals. Our potential divestiture strategies depend in part on our ability to compete and to identify the activities in which we should no longer engage, and then determine and execute appropriate methods to divest of them.

In 2009, following the creation in August 2008 of ST-NXP Wireless, a joint venture combining our wireless business with that of NXP Semiconductor, we merged ST-NXP with Ericsson Mobile Platforms (“EMP”), thereby forming ST-Ericsson. The integration process is long and complex, compounded by a rapidly changing market moving from chipsets to platforms, combining advanced solutions with both hardware and software features, and has triggered a significant amount of costs. Furthermore, it has proven more challenging than expected given the change in the business of one of their largest customers and its evolving plans. There is no assurance that we will be successful or that the joint venture will produce the planned operational and strategic benefits or that the new products developed by ST-Ericsson will meet or satisfy customer demand. For a more detailed discussion of specific risks related to the ST-Ericsson joint venture see “— ST-Ericsson’s shift from legacy portfolio to the new product roadmap has proven more challenging than expected resulting in declining revenues and an increase in operating losses”.

We also may consider from time to time entering into joint ventures whose businesses may not be specific to the semiconductor industry. For example, in 2010, a joint venture named “3Sun” was established by us with Enel Green Power (“Enel”) and Sharp. In 2011, the 3Sun joint venture began manufacturing photovoltaic panels to be sold to Enel and Sharp.

We are constantly monitoring our product portfolio and cannot exclude that additional steps in this repositioning process may be required; further, we cannot assure that any strategic repositioning of our business, including executed and possible future acquisitions, dispositions or joint ventures, will be successful and may not result in further impairment and associated charges.

Acquisitions and divestitures involve a number of risks that could adversely affect our operating results, including the risk that we may be unable to successfully integrate businesses or teams we acquire with our culture and strategies on a timely basis or at all, and the risk that we may be required to record charges related to the goodwill or other long-term assets associated with the acquired businesses. Changes in our expectations due to changes in market developments that we cannot foresee have in the past resulted in our writing off amounts associated with the goodwill of acquired companies, and future changes may require similar further write-offs in future periods. We cannot be certain that we will be able to achieve the full scope of the benefits we expect from a particular acquisition, divestiture or investment. Our business, financial condition and results of operations may suffer if we fail to coordinate our resources effectively to manage both our existing businesses and any acquired businesses. In addition, the financing of future acquisitions may negatively impact our financial condition and could require us to need additional funding from the capital markets.

Other risks associated with acquisitions and the activities of our joint ventures include:

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a substantial part of our business is run through a joint venture, ST-Ericsson, whose management acts independently pursuant to the joint venture’s rules of governance;

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our ability to plan and anticipate business and financial results relies, for that portion of our business, on the joint venture’s management ability to plan and anticipate business and financial results and their timely and accurate reporting to us;

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diversion of management’s attention;

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insufficient IP rights or potential inaccuracies in the ownership of key IP;

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assumption of potential liabilities, disclosed or undisclosed, associated with the business acquired, which liabilities may exceed the amount of indemnification available from the seller;

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potential inaccuracies in the financials of the business acquired;

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that the businesses acquired will not maintain the quality of products and services that we have historically provided;

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whether we are able to attract and retain qualified management for the acquired business;

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whether we are able to retain customers of the acquired entity; and

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social issues or costs linked to restructuring plans.

Other risks associated with our divestiture activities include:

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diversion of management’s attention;

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loss of activities and technologies that may have complemented our remaining businesses or operations;

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loss of important services provided by key employees that are assigned to divested activities; and

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social issues or restructuring costs linked to divestitures and closures.

These and other factors may cause a materially adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

ST-Ericsson’s shift from legacy portfolio to the new product roadmap has proven more challenging than expected resulting in declining revenues and an increase in operating losses.

For ST-Ericsson, managing the wireless joint venture’s shift from a legacy portfolio to the new product roadmap has proven more challenging than expected. ST-Ericsson is now in a crucial phase focusing on improving execution, lowering its break-even point and reviewing its roadmap to sustainable profitability. The changes in the business environment at a large customer during 2011 have reduced demand for legacy products and are delaying the ramp of new products. As ST-Ericsson does not yet have an adequate level of sales, the company’s path to improve its financial performance is expected to take longer. ST-Ericsson’s recently

appointed Chief Executive Officer and leadership team have been requested by the parent companies to review its strategic and financial plans. As a result of this ongoing strategic review, we may consider additional actions to solidify and accelerate ST-Ericsson’s path to profitability. In such an event, or in case of a significant worsening of business prospects, the value of ST-Ericsson for us could decrease to a value significantly lower than the current carrying amount of ST-Ericsson on our books of approximately $1.9 billion; and we may be required to take an impairment charge. We will continuously monitor ST-Ericsson’s business evolution and we will evaluate their progress on a regular basis. Our Wireless segment revenues decreased in 2011 to $1,552 million or approximately 30% less than the $2,219 million registered in 2010. This significant decline in revenues led to a sharp increase in operating losses, which reached $812 million in 2011 compared to $483 million in 2010.

In difficult market conditions, our high fixed costs adversely impact our results.

In less favorable industry environments, we are driven to reduce prices in response to competitive pressures and we are also faced with a decline in the utilization rates of our manufacturing facilities due to decreases in product demand. Reduced average selling prices and demand for our products both adversely affect our results of operations. Since the semiconductor industry is characterized by high fixed costs, we are not always able to cut our total costs in line with revenue declines. Furthermore, in periods of lower customer demand for our products, our fabs do not operate at full capacity and the costs associated with the excess capacity are charged directly to cost of sales as unused capacity charges. Additionally, a significant number of our manufacturing facilities are located in France and Italy and their cost of operation could be significantly affected by the rise of the Euro against the U.S. dollar, our reporting currency. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects”. While markets improved in 2010, the difficult conditions experienced in 2011 had a significant effect on the capacity utilization and related manufacturing efficiencies of our fabs, generating significant unused capacity charges in 2011, which led to a significant decline in our gross margin. We cannot guarantee that such market conditions, and increased competition in our core product markets, will not lead to further price erosion, lower revenue growth rates and lower margins.

The competitive environment of the semiconductor industry has led to industry consolidation and we may face even more intense competition from newly merged competitors or we may seek to acquire a competitor in order to improve our market share.

The intensely competitive environment of the semiconductor industry and the high costs associated with developing marketable products and manufacturing technologies as well as investing in production capabilities may lead to further consolidation in the industry. Such consolidation can allow a company to further benefit from economies of scale, provide improved or more diverse product portfolios and increase the size of its serviceable market. For example, in 2011, Texas Instruments acquired National Semiconductors, thus strengthening their position in markets in which we compete.

Our financial results can be adversely affected by fluctuations in exchange rates, principally in the value of the U.S. dollar.

A significant variation of the value of the U.S. dollar against the principal currencies that have a material impact on us (primarily the Euro, but also certain other currencies of countries where we have operations) could result in a favorable impact on our net income in the case of an appreciation of the U.S. dollar, or a negative impact on our net income if the U.S. dollar depreciates relative to these currencies. Currency exchange rate fluctuations affect our results of operations because our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar, in which we receive the major portion of our revenues, while, more importantly, we incur a significant portion of our costs in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Certain significant costs incurred by us, such as a significant part of our manufacturing costs, selling, general and administrative expenses, and R&D expenses, and — in certain jurisdictions — depreciation charges, are incurred in the currencies of the jurisdictions in which our operations are located, which mainly includes the Euro zone. Our effective average exchange rate, which reflects actual exchange rate levels combined with the impact of cash flow hedging programs, was $1.37 to €1.00 in 2011, compared to $1.36 to €1.00 in 2010.

In order to reduce the exposure of our financial results to the fluctuations in exchange rates, our principal strategy has been to balance as much as possible the proportion of sales to our customers denominated in U.S. dollars with the amount of purchases from our suppliers denominated in U.S. dollars and to reduce the weight of the other costs, including labor costs and depreciation, denominated in Euros and in other currencies. In order to further reduce our exposure to U.S. dollar exchange rate fluctuations, we have hedged certain line items on our consolidated statements of income, in particular with respect to a portion of the cost of goods sold, most of the R&D expenses and certain selling, general and administrative expenses located in the Euro zone and in Sweden. No assurance can be given that our hedging transactions will prevent us from incurring higher

Euro-denominated manufacturing costs when translated into our U.S. dollar-based accounts in the event of a weakening of the U.S. dollar. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Impact of Changes in Exchange Rates” and “Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk”.

Our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely impacted by a negative resolution of the economic and sovereign debt crisis in Europe.

The financial markets and global economic conditions have been negatively impacted by the European sovereign debt crisis that began in 2010 and has spread to several Euro zone countries, in particular Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain. This resulted in a sovereign liquidity crisis, with a significant increase in the interest rates on the national debt of several Euro zone countries and the downgrading of several sovereign debt ratings, which has contributed to a general slowdown of economic growth and higher debt levels. While the full impact and duration of the current crisis cannot be assessed at this stage, we cannot exclude a potential further deterioration of economic conditions, in particular in the event of a default by certain countries. It cannot be ruled out that the default of a Euro zone member could eventually even lead to its exit from the Euro and the readoption of a national currency.

We have significant operations in Europe, in particular our manufacturing activities in France, Italy and Malta, where our total net assets, equivalent to total assets less total liabilities, were approximately $4 billion as of December 31, 2011. In the event of the re-denomination of currencies of these countries, the most significant potential impact could be a material devaluation of their values against the U.S. dollar, which could lead to a significant reduction of the value of our assets when expressed in U.S. dollars.

We generate significant cash flows in the ordinary course of our business and, as a result, maintain significant cash and cash equivalents with European financial institutions. As of December 31, 2011, our cash and cash equivalents held by financial institutions in the Euro zone totaled $1,179 million and our cash and cash equivalents held by financial institutions outside the Euro zone totaled $733 million. While we follow internal treasury guidelines to minimize concentration and the resulting risk, in the event of a major default of European sovereign debt, particularly in France or Italy, we could suffer a negative impact on our liquidity and/or be required to recognize significant losses.

Furthermore, we have a significant amount of receivables relating to tax credits, refunds and funding from the governments of certain countries in the Euro zone. As of December 31, 2011, we had $366 million of long-term government receivables almost entirely from France and Italy. See Note 12 to our Consolidated Financial Statements. In the event of a default of these countries, we could be required to recognize a significant loss.

Finally, in the event of a further deterioration of the sovereign financial crisis, we may face difficulties obtaining sufficient financing or we may experience higher borrowing costs than those which we currently pay on our borrowings from the European Investment Bank, which is currently one of our major lenders.

Because we own manufacturing facilities, our capital needs are high compared to those competitors who do not produce their own products.

As a result of our choice to maintain control of a certain portion of our advanced and proprietary manufacturing technologies to better serve our customer base and to develop our strategic alliances, significant amounts of capital to maintain or upgrade our facilities could be required in the future. We monitor our capital expenditures taking into consideration factors such as trends in the semiconductor market and capacity utilization. While in the preceding three years our aggregate capital expenditures decreased, as expressed in terms of percentage of sales, our capital expenditures increased in 2011 to $1.26 billion. These expenditures were incurred to upgrade and expand the capacity of our manufacturing facilities in order to respond to increasing demand from customers and new products in certain segments, particularly for micro-electro-mechanical systems (“MEMS”) and Automotive; and to prepare for anticipated demand in Smartphone and Tablet platforms, which has not yet materialized. There is no assurance that future market demand and products required by our customers will meet our expectations. Failure to invest appropriately or in a timely manner could have a material adverse effect on our business, and results of operations. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Liquidity and Capital Resources”.

We may also need additional funding in the coming years to finance our investments, to pursue other business combinations or to purchase other companies or technologies developed by third parties or to refinance our maturing indebtedness.

In an increasingly complex and competitive environment, we may need to invest in other companies and/or in technology developed either by us or by third parties to maintain or improve our position in the market. We may also consider acquisitions to complement or expand our existing business. In addition, a portion of the

outstanding cash is devoted to redeem maturing indebtedness. Although there are no current plans to issue new debt or equity, the foregoing may also require us to issue additional debt, equity, or both; the timing and the size of any new share or bond offering would depend upon market conditions as well as a variety of factors, and any such transaction or any announcement concerning such a transaction could materially impact the market price of our common shares. If we are unable to access such capital on acceptable terms, this may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Our R&D efforts are increasingly expensive and dependent on alliances, and our business, results of operations and prospects could be materially adversely affected by the failure or termination of such alliances, or failure to find new partners and/or to develop new process technologies and products.

We are dependent on alliances to develop or access new technologies, particularly in light of the increasing levels of investment required for R&D activities, and there can be no assurance that these alliances will be successful.

We are a member of the International Semiconductor Development Alliance (“ISDA”), a technology alliance led by IBM to develop complementary metal-on silicon oxide semiconductor (“CMOS”) process technology used in semiconductor development and manufacturing for 32/28-nm and 22/20-nm nodes. This alliance also includes collaboration on IP development and platforms to speed the design of System-on-Chip (“SoC”) devices in CMOS process technologies. This alliance is set to expire at the end of 2012. See “Item 4. Information on the Company — Research and Development”.

We continue to believe that we can maintain proprietary R&D for derivative technology investments and share R&D business models, which are based on cooperation and alliances, for core R&D process technology if we receive adequate support from state funding, as in the case of the Crolles Nano 2012 frame agreement (the “Nano 2012 agreement”) signed by us with the French government in 2009, which includes certain conditions of employment and manufacturing capacity to be met by 2012. This, coupled with manufacturing and foundry partnerships, provides us with a number of important benefits, including the sharing of risks and costs, reductions in our own capital requirements, acquisitions of technical know-how and access to additional production capacities. In addition, it contributes to the fast acceleration of semiconductor process technology development while allowing us to lower our development and manufacturing costs. However, there can be no assurance that alliances will be successful and allow us to develop and access new technologies in due time, in a cost-effective manner and/or to meet customer demands. Certain companies develop their own process technologies, which may be more advanced than the technologies we develop through our cooperative alliances. Furthermore, if these alliances terminate before our intended goals are accomplished we may lose our investment, or incur additional unforeseen costs, and our business, results of operations and prospects could be materially adversely affected. In addition, if we are unable to develop or otherwise access new technologies independently, we may fail to keep pace with the rapid technology advances in the semiconductor industry, our participation in the overall semiconductor industry may decrease and we may also lose market share in the market addressed by our products.

In particular, the Nano 2012 agreement will terminate in 2012 and there can be no assurance that a continuation of the program will be funded by the French administration or that a new program will be signed and at which terms it will be granted.

Our operating results may vary significantly from quarter to quarter and annually and may differ significantly from our expectations or guidance.

Our operating results are affected by a wide variety of factors that could materially and adversely affect revenues and profitability or lead to significant variability of operating results. These factors include, among others, the cyclicality of the semiconductor and electronic systems industries, capital requirements, inventory management, availability of funding, competition, new product developments, technological changes and manufacturing problems. For example, if anticipated sales or shipments do not occur when expected, expenses and inventory levels in a given quarter can be disproportionately high, and our results of operations for that quarter, and potentially for future quarters, may be adversely affected. In addition, our effective tax rate currently takes into consideration certain favorable tax rates and incentives, which, in the future, may not be available to us. See Note 21 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

A number of other factors could lead to fluctuations in quarterly and annual operating results, including:

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performance of our key customers in the markets they serve;

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order cancellations or reschedulings by customers;

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excess inventory held by customers leading to reduced bookings or product returns by key customers;

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manufacturing capacity and utilization rates;

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restructuring and impairment charges;

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losses on equity-method investments;

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fluctuations in currency exchange rates, particularly between the U.S. dollar and other currencies in jurisdictions where we have activities;

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IP developments;

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receipt of governmental funding;

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changes in distribution and sales arrangements;

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failure to win new design projects;

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manufacturing performance and yields;

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product liability or warranty claims;

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litigation;

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acquisitions or divestitures;

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problems in obtaining adequate raw materials or production equipment on a timely basis;

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property loss or damage or interruptions to our business, including as a result of fire, natural disasters or other disturbances at our facilities or those of our customers and suppliers that may exceed the amounts recoverable under our insurance policies;

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changes in the market value or yield of the financial instruments in which we invest our liquidity; and

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a substantial part of our business is run through joint ventures whose management acts independently pursuant to the joint ventures’ rule of governance.

Unfavorable changes in any of the above factors have in the past and may in the future adversely affect our operating results. Furthermore, in periods of industry overcapacity or when our key customers encounter difficulties in their end markets, orders are more exposed to cancellations, reductions, price renegotiation or postponements, which in turn reduce our management’s ability to forecast the next quarter or full year production levels, revenues and margins. For these reasons and others that we may not yet have identified, our revenues and operating results may differ materially from our expectations or guidance as visibility is reduced. See “Item 4. Information on the Company — Backlog”.

Our business is dependent in large part on continued growth in the industries and segments into which our products are sold and on our ability to attract and retain new customers. A market decline in any of these industries or our inability to attract new customers could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

We derive and expect to continue to derive significant sales from the telecommunications, consumer, computer and communication infrastructure, automotive and industrial markets. Growth of demand in these market segments has fluctuated significantly in the past, and may in the future, based on numerous factors, including:

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spending levels of the market segment participants;

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reduced demand resulting from a drop in consumer confidence and/or a deterioration of general economic conditions;

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development of new consumer products or applications requiring high semiconductor content;

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evolving industry standards; and

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the rate of adoption of new or alternative technologies.

We cannot predict the rate, or the extent to which, the telecommunications, consumer, computer and communication infrastructure, automotive and industrial markets will grow. In particular, a decline in these markets, coupled with a lower penetration of certain of our customers, in particular in Wireless, resulted in slower growth and a decline in demand for our products, which had a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, our spending on process and product development well ahead of market acceptance could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations if projected industry growth rates do not materialize as forecasted.

Our business is dependent upon our ability to attract and retain new customers and our ability to identify new potential, fast-growing markets. The competition for such new customers or new markets is intense. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in attracting and retaining new customers or be able to identify early on any new market prospects. Our failure to do so could materially adversely affect our business, financial position and results of operations.

Our business is also dependent upon continuing to supply existing large customers, their business success and the fit of our product offering with their products road-map. Our customers’ products strategy may change from time to time and we have no certainty that our business, financial position and results of operations will not be affected.

Disruptions in our relationships with any one of our key customers, and/or material changes in their strategy or financial condition, could adversely affect our results of operations.

A substantial portion of our sales is derived from several large customers, some of whom have entered into strategic alliances with us. As of December 31, 2011, our largest customer, the Nokia group of companies, accounted for 10.4% of our 2011 net revenues, compared to 13.9% in 2010 and 16.1% in 2009. We cannot guarantee that our largest customers will continue to book the same level of sales with us and our joint ventures that they have in the past, or will not solicit alternative suppliers or will continue to succeed in the markets they serve. Many of our key customers operate in cyclical businesses that are also highly competitive, and their own demands and market positions may vary considerably. In recent years, certain customers of the semiconductor industry have experienced consolidation. Such consolidations may impact our business in the sense that our relationships with the new entities could be either reinforced or jeopardized pursuant thereto. Our customers have in the past, and may in the future, vary order levels significantly from period to period, request postponements to scheduled delivery dates or modify their bookings. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to maintain or enhance our market share with our key customers or distributors. If we were to lose important design wins for our products with our key customers, or if any key customer or distributor were to reduce or change its bookings, seek alternate suppliers, increase its product returns or become unable or fail to meet its payment obligations, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. If customers do not purchase products made specifically for them, we may not be able to resell such products to other customers or require the customers who have ordered these products to pay a cancellation fee. Furthermore, developing industry trends, including customers’ use of outsourcing and new and revised supply chain models, may reduce our ability to forecast the purchase date for our products and evolving customer demand, thereby affecting our revenues and working capital requirements. For example, pursuant to industry developments, some of our products are required to be delivered on consignment to customer sites with recognition of revenue delayed until such moment, which must occur within a defined period of time, when the customer chooses to take delivery of our products from our consignment stock.

Our operating results can also vary significantly due to impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets incurred in the course of acquisitions, as well as to impairment of tangible assets due to changes in the business environment.

Our operating results can also vary significantly due to impairment of goodwill booked pursuant to acquisitions and to the purchase of technologies and licenses from third parties. Because the market for our products is characterized by rapidly changing technologies, significant changes in the semiconductor industry, and the potential failure of our business initiatives, our future cash flows may not support the value of goodwill and other intangibles registered in our consolidated balance sheet. We are required to perform an impairment test of our goodwill on an annual basis, which is usually done in the third quarter. In addition, we are also required to assess the carrying values of intangible and tangible assets when impairment indicators exist. As a result of such tests, we could be required to book an impairment charge in our statement of income if the carrying value in our consolidated balance sheet is in excess of the fair value. The amount of any potential impairment is not predictable as it depends on our estimates of projected market trends, results of operations and cash flows. Any potential impairment, if required, could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

We performed our annual impairment test in the third quarter of 2011 and incurred no charge as the value generated by all of our product segments exceeded the carrying value of their assets. In addition, we performed

an impairment test of our Wireless assets on a quarterly basis, as a result of the ongoing losses suffered in that segment, and concluded that no charges are required based on the latest available strategic plan of our joint venture ST-Ericsson. The factors used in assessing fair values for such assets are based on the joint venture’s strategic plan developed by the ST-Ericsson management, which is approved by its board of directors. The estimates used in such analyses are subject to change due to the ongoing uncertainty of current market conditions, which may continue to negatively impact our market value, or cause ST-Ericsson to miss its strategic objectives. If market and economic conditions further deteriorate, this could result in future non-cash impairment charges against income. Further impairment charges could also result from new valuations triggered by changes in our product portfolio or strategic transactions. See “— ST-Ericsson’s shift from legacy portfolio to the new product roadmap has proven more challenging than expected resulting in declining revenues and an increase in operating losses”.

Because we depend on a limited number of suppliers for raw materials and certain equipment, we may experience supply disruptions if suppliers interrupt supply, increase prices or experience material adverse changes in their financial condition.

Our ability to meet our customers’ demand to manufacture our products depends upon obtaining adequate supplies of quality raw materials on a timely basis. A number of materials are available only from a limited number of suppliers, or only from a limited number of suppliers in a particular region. In addition, we purchase raw materials such as silicon wafers, lead frames, mold compounds, ceramic packages and chemicals and gases from a number of suppliers on a just-in-time basis, as well as other materials such as copper and gold whose prices on the world markets have fluctuated significantly during recent periods. Although supplies for the raw materials we currently use are adequate, shortages could occur in various essential materials due to interruption of supply or increased demand in the industry. In addition, the costs of certain materials, such as copper and gold, have increased due to market pressures and we may not be able to pass on such cost increases to the prices we charge to our customers. We also purchase semiconductor manufacturing equipment from a limited number of suppliers and because such equipment is complex it is difficult to replace one supplier with another or to substitute one piece of equipment for another. In addition, suppliers may extend lead times, limit our supply or increase prices due to capacity constraints or other factors. Furthermore, suppliers tend to focus their investments on providing the most technologically advanced equipment and materials and may not be in a position to address our requirements for equipment or materials of older generations. Shortages of supplies have in the past impacted and may in the future impact the semiconductor industry, in particular with respect to silicon wafers due to increased demand and decreased production, which we experienced as a result of certain natural disasters that have occurred recently. Although we work closely with our suppliers to avoid these types of shortages, there can be no assurance that we will not encounter these problems in the future. Our quarterly or annual results of operations would be adversely affected if we were unable to obtain adequate supplies of raw materials or equipment in a timely manner or if there were significant increases in the costs of raw materials or problems with the quality of these raw materials.

If our outside contractors fail to perform, this could adversely affect our ability to exploit growth opportunities.

We currently use outside contractors, both for front and back-end activities, and it is likely that we will increasingly rely on foundries for a growing portion of our needs. The foundries we contract with are primarily manufacturers of high-speed complementary metal-on silicon oxide semiconductor (“HCMOS”) wafers and nonvolatile memory technology, while our back-end subcontractors engage in the assembly and testing of a wide variety of packaged devices. If our outside suppliers are unable to satisfy our demand, or experience manufacturing difficulties, delays or reduced yields, our results of operations and ability to satisfy customer demand could suffer. Our internal manufacturing costs include depreciation and other fixed costs, while costs for products outsourced are based on market conditions. Prices for these services also vary depending on capacity utilization rates at our suppliers, quantities demanded, product technology and geometry. Furthermore, these outsourcing costs can vary materially from quarter to quarter and, in cases of industry shortages, they can increase significantly further, negatively impacting our gross margin.

Our manufacturing processes are highly complex, costly and potentially vulnerable to impurities, disruptions or inefficient implementation of production changes that can significantly increase our costs and delay product shipments to our customers.

Our manufacturing processes are highly complex, require advanced and increasingly costly equipment and are continuously being modified or maintained in an effort to improve yields and product performance.

Impurities or other difficulties in the manufacturing process can lower yields, interrupt production or result in losses of products in process. As system complexity and production changes have increased and sub-micron technology has become more advanced using ever finer geometries, manufacturing tolerances have been reduced and requirements for precision have become even more demanding. Although in the past few years we have significantly enhanced our manufacturing capability in terms of efficiency, precision and capacity, we have from time to time experienced bottlenecks and production difficulties that have caused delivery delays and quality control problems, as is common in the semiconductor industry. We cannot guarantee that we will not experience bottlenecks, production or transition difficulties in the future. In addition, during past periods of high demand for our products, our manufacturing facilities have operated at high capacity, which has led to production constraints. Furthermore, if production at a manufacturing facility is interrupted, we may not be able to shift production to other facilities on a timely basis, or customers may purchase products from other suppliers. In either case, the loss of revenue and damage to the relationship with our customer could be significant. Furthermore, we periodically transfer production equipment between production facilities and must ramp up and test such equipment once installed in the new facility before it can reach its optimal production level.

We depend on patents to protect our rights to our technology and may face claims of infringing the IP rights of others.

We depend on our ability to obtain patents and other IP rights covering our products and their design and manufacturing processes. We intend to continue to seek patents on our inventions relating to product designs and manufacturing processes. However, the process of seeking patent protection can be long and expensive, and we cannot guarantee that we will receive patents from currently pending or future applications. Even if patents are issued, they may not be of sufficient scope or strength to provide meaningful protection or any commercial advantage. In addition, effective patent, copyright and trade secret protection may be unavailable or limited in some countries. Competitors may also develop technologies that are protected by patents and other IP and therefore either be unavailable to us or be made available to us subject to adverse terms and conditions. We have in the past used our patent portfolio to negotiate broad patent cross-licenses with many of our competitors enabling us to design, manufacture and sell semiconductor products, without fear of infringing patents held by such competitors. We may not, however, in the future be able to obtain such licenses or other rights to protect necessary IP on favorable terms for the conduct of our business, and such failure may adversely impact our results of operations.

We have from time to time received, and may in the future receive, communications alleging possible infringement of patents and other IP rights. Some of those claims are made by so called non-practicing entities against which we are unable to assert our own broad patent portfolio to lever licensing terms and conditions. Competitors with whom we do not have patent cross-license agreements may also develop technologies that are protected by patents and other IP rights and which may be unavailable to us or only made available on unfavorable terms and conditions. We may therefore become involved in costly litigation brought against us regarding patents, mask works, copyrights, trademarks or trade secrets. We are currently involved in several lawsuits, including litigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”). See “Item 8. Financial Information — Legal Proceedings”. IP litigation and specifically litigation in the ITC may also involve our customers who in turn may seek indemnification from us should we not prevail and/or who may decide to curtail their orders for those of our products over which claims have been asserted before the ITC. Such lawsuits may therefore have a material adverse effect on our business. We may be forced to stop producing substantially all or some of our products or to license the underlying technology upon economically unfavorable terms and conditions or we may be required to pay damages for the prior use of third party IP and/or face an injunction.

The outcome of IP litigation, given the complex technical issues it involves, is inherently uncertain and may divert the efforts and attention of our management and other specialized technical personnel. Furthermore, litigation can result in significant costs and, if not resolved in our favor, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operation.

We may be faced with product liability or warranty claims.

Despite our corporate quality programs and commitment, our products may not in each case comply with specifications or customer requirements. Although our general practice, in line with industry standards, is to contractually limit our liability to the repair, replacement or refund of defective products, warranty or product liability claims could result in significant expenses relating to compensation payments or other indemnification to maintain good customer relationships if a customer threatens to terminate or suspend our relationship pursuant to a defective product supplied by us. No assurance can be made that we will be successful in maintaining our

relationships with customers with whom we incur quality problems, which could have a material adverse affect on our business. Furthermore, we could incur significant costs and liabilities if litigation occurs to defend against such claims and if damages are awarded against us. In addition, it is possible for one of our customers to recall a product containing one of our parts. Costs or payments we may make in connection with warranty claims or product recalls may adversely affect our results of operations. There is no guarantee that our insurance policies will be available or adequate to protect us against such claims.

Some of our production processes and materials are environmentally sensitive, which could expose us to liability and increase our costs due to environmental regulations and laws or because of damage to the environment.

We are subject to many environmental laws and regulations wherever we operate that govern, among other things, the use, storage, discharge and disposal of chemicals, gases and other hazardous substances used in our manufacturing processes, air emissions, waste water discharges, waste disposal, as well as the investigation and remediation of soil and ground water contamination.

A number of environmental requirements in the European Union, including some that have only recently come into force, affect our business. See “Item 4. Information on the Company — Environmental Matters”. These requirements are partly under revision by the European Union and their potential impacts cannot currently be determined in detail. Such regulations, however, could adversely affect our manufacturing costs or product sales by requiring us to acquire costly equipment, materials or greenhouse gas allowances, or to incur other significant expenses in adapting our manufacturing processes or waste and emission disposal processes. We are not in a position to quantify specific costs, in part because these costs are part of our business process. Furthermore, environmental claims or our failure to comply with present or future regulations could result in the assessment of damages or imposition of fines against us, suspension of production or a cessation of operations. As with other companies engaged in similar activities, any failure by us to control the use of, or adequately restrict the discharge of, chemicals or hazardous substances could subject us to future liabilities. Any specific liabilities we identify as probable would be reflected in our consolidated balance sheet. To date, we have not identified any such specific liabilities and have therefore not booked reserves for any specific environmental risks.

Loss of key employees could hurt our competitive position.

As is common in the semiconductor industry, success depends to a significant extent upon our key senior executives and R&D, engineering, marketing, sales, manufacturing, support and other personnel. Our success also depends upon our ability to continue to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel. The competition for such employees is intense, and the loss of the services of any of these key personnel without adequate replacement or the inability to attract new qualified personnel could have a material adverse effect on us.

We operate in many jurisdictions with highly complex and varied tax regimes. Changes in tax rules or the outcome of tax assessments and audits could cause a material adverse effect on our results.

We operate in many jurisdictions with highly complex and varied tax regimes. Changes in tax rules or the outcome of tax assessments and audits could have a material adverse effect on our results in any particular quarter. Our tax rate is variable and depends on changes in the level of operating profits within various local jurisdictions and on changes in the applicable taxation rates of these jurisdictions, as well as changes in estimated tax provisions due to new events. We currently receive certain tax benefits in some countries, and these benefits may not be available in the future due to changes in the local jurisdictions. As a result, our effective tax rate could increase in the coming years.

In line with our strategic repositioning of our product portfolio, the acquisition or divestiture of businesses in different jurisdictions could materially affect our effective tax rate in future periods.

We evaluate our deferred tax asset position and the need for a valuation allowance on a regular basis. This assessment requires the exercise of judgment on the part of our management with respect to, among other things, benefits that could be realized from available tax strategies and future taxable income, as well as other positive and negative factors. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon, among other things, our ability to generate future taxable income that is sufficient to utilize loss carry-forwards or tax credits before their expiration or our ability to implement prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. The recorded amount of total deferred tax assets could be reduced, resulting in a decrease in our total assets and, consequently, in our

stockholders’ equity, if our estimates of projected future taxable income and benefits from available tax strategies are reduced as a result of a change in management’s assessment or due to other factors, or if changes in current tax regulations are enacted that impose restrictions on the timing or extent of our ability to utilize tax loss and credit carry-forwards in the future. A valuation allowance was recorded in the 2011 accounts in relation to part of ST-Ericsson’s net operating losses. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Overview — Critical Accounting Policies Using Significant Estimates — Income Taxes”. A change in the estimated amounts and the character of the future result may require additional valuation allowances, resulting in a negative impact on our income statement.

We are subject to the possibility of loss contingencies arising out of tax claims, assessment of uncertain tax positions and provisions for specifically identified income tax exposures. There are currently tax audits ongoing in certain of our jurisdictions. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in resolving potential tax claims that arose or can arise from these audits. We have booked provisions on the basis of the best current understanding; however, we could be required to book additional provisions in future periods for amounts that cannot be assessed at this stage. Our failure to do so and/or the need to increase our provisions for such claims could have a material adverse effect on our financial position.

We are required to prepare financial statements under IFRS in addition to Consolidated Financial Statements under U.S. GAAP, and such dual reporting may impair the clarity of our financial reporting.

We use U.S. GAAP as our primary set of reporting standards. Applying U.S. GAAP in our financial reporting is designed to ensure the comparability of our results to those of our competitors, as well as the continuity of our reporting, thereby providing our investors with a clear understanding of our financial performance. As we are incorporated in The Netherlands and our shares are listed on Euronext Paris and on the Borsa Italiana, we are subject to EU regulations requiring us to also report our results of operations and financial statements using IFRS.

As a result of the obligation to report our financial statements under IFRS, we prepare our results of operations using both U.S. GAAP and IFRS, which are currently not consistent. Such dual reporting can materially increase the complexity of our investor communications. Our financial condition and results of operations reported in accordance with IFRS will differ from our financial condition and results of operations reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which could give rise to confusion in the marketplace. We are continuing to consider whether to shift our primary accounting standards to IFRS at some point in the future.

If our internal control over financial reporting fails to meet the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, it may have a materially adverse effect on our stock price.

The SEC, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, adopted rules that require us to include a management report assessing the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in our annual report on Form 20-F. In addition, we must also include an attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. We have successfully completed our Section 404 assessment and received the auditors’ attestation as of December 31, 2011. However, in the future, if we fail to complete a favorable assessment from our management or to obtain an “unqualified” auditors’ attestation, we may be subject to regulatory sanctions or may suffer a loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which could lead to an adverse effect on our stock price.

The lack of public funding available to us, changes in existing public funding programs or demands for repayment may increase our costs and impact our results of operations.

Like many other manufacturers operating in Europe, we benefit from governmental funding for R&D expenses and industrialization costs (which include some of the costs incurred to bring prototype products to the production stage), as well as from incentive programs for the economic development of underdeveloped regions. Public funding may also be characterized by grants and/or low-interest financing for capital investment and/or tax credit investments. We have entered into public funding agreements in France and Italy, which set forth the parameters for state support to us under selected programs. These funding agreements require compliance with EU regulations and approval by EU authorities. These agreements set forth certain conditions relating to the nature and amount of the investments, as well as employment. In 2009, we entered into the Crolles Nano 2012 funding program, which will expire at the end of 2012. See “Item 4. Information on the Company — Public Funding”.

Furthermore, we receive a material amount of R&D tax credits in France, which is directly linked to the amount spent for our R&D activities. In 2011, we booked $159 million, which reflected amounts relating to our R&D activities in France during 2011. In both 2010 and 2009, the amount was $146 million.

We rely on receiving funds on a timely basis pursuant to the terms of the funding agreements. However, the funding of programs in France and Italy is subject to the annual appropriation of available resources and compatibility with the fiscal provisions of their annual budgets, which we do not control, as well as to our continuing compliance with all eligibility requirements. If we are unable to receive anticipated funding on a timely basis, or if existing government-funded programs were curtailed or discontinued, or if we were unable to fulfill our eligibility requirements, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. There is no assurance that any alternative funding would be available, or that, if available, it could be provided in sufficient amounts or on similar terms.

The application for and implementation of such grants often involves compliance with extensive regulatory requirements including, in the case of subsidies to be granted within the EU, notification to the European Commission by the member state making the contemplated grant prior to disbursement and receipt of required EU approval. In addition, compliance with project-related ceilings on aggregate subsidies defined under EU law often involves highly complex economic evaluations. Furthermore, public funding arrangements are generally subject to annual and project-by-project reviews and approvals. If we fail to meet applicable formal or other requirements, we may not be able to receive the relevant subsidies, or under certain circumstances, may be required to refund previously received amounts, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. If we do not receive anticipated funding, this may lead us to curtail or discontinue existing projects, which may lead to further impairments. In addition, if we do not complete projects for which public funding has been approved, or meet certain objectives set forth in funding programs such as in the case of the Nano 2012 agreement signed by us with the French government in 2009, which includes certain conditions of employment and manufacturing capacity to be met by 2012, we may be required to repay any advances received for ongoing milestones, which may lead to a material adverse effect on our results of operations. Furthermore, the Nano 2012 agreement will terminate in 2012 and there can be no assurance that a continuation of the program will be funded by the French administration or that a new program will be signed and at which terms it will be granted. In addition, the European Commission has initiated an inquiry into certain public funding made by the Italian authorities in connection with our former M6 Plant in Catania, Italy. In the event of an adverse determination by the European Commission, we could be required to refund all or a portion of the public funding previously received in connection with the M6 Plant. See “Item 4. Information About the Company — Public Funding”.

The interests of our controlling shareholders, which are in turn controlled respectively by the French and Italian governments, may conflict with investors’ interests.

We have been informed that as of December 31, 2011, STMicroelectronics Holding II B.V. (“ST Holding II”), a wholly owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics Holding N.V. (“ST Holding”), owned 250,704,754 shares, or approximately 27.5%, of our issued common shares. ST Holding is therefore effectively in a position to control actions that require shareholder approval, including corporate actions, the election of our Supervisory Board and our Managing Board and the issuance of new shares or other securities. On December 21, 2011, the Board of ST Holding met and decided to propose a merger of ST Holding II into ST Holding at the next shareholders’ meetings of ST Holding and ST Holding II, such merger to be completed by the end of June 2012 with retroactive effect as of January 1, 2012.

We have also been informed that the shareholders’ agreement among ST Holding’s shareholders (the “STH Shareholders’ Agreement”), to which we are not a party, governs relations between our current indirect shareholders, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (“CEA”), Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (“FSI”), which replaced Areva in the STH Shareholders’ Agreement in March 2011, FT1CI, a company jointly controlled by CEA and FSI, and the Italian Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze (the “Ministry of the Economy and Finance”). Each of these shareholders is ultimately controlled by the French or Italian government. See “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions — Major Shareholders”. The STH Shareholders’ Agreement includes provisions requiring the unanimous approval by shareholders of ST Holding before ST Holding can make any decision with respect to certain actions to be taken by us. Furthermore, as permitted by our Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board has specified selected actions by the Managing Board that require the approval of the Supervisory Board. See “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees”. These requirements for the prior approval of various actions to be taken by us and our subsidiaries may give rise to a conflict of interest between our interests and investors’ interests, on the one hand, and the interests of the individual shareholders approving such actions, on the other. Our ability to issue new

shares or other securities may be limited by the existing shareholders’ desire to maintain their proportionate shareholding at a certain minimum level and our ability to buy back shares may be limited by our existing shareholders due to a Dutch law that may require shareholders that own 30% or more of our voting rights to launch a tender offer for our outstanding shares. Dutch law, however, requires members of our Supervisory Board to act independently in supervising our management and to comply with applicable corporate governance standards.

Our shareholder structure and our preference shares may deter a change of control.

We have an option agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with an independent foundation, Stichting Continuiteït ST (the “Stichting”), whereby we could issue a maximum of 540,000,000 preference shares in the event of actions considered hostile by our Managing Board and Supervisory Board, such as a creeping acquisition or an unsolicited offer for our common shares, which are unsupported by our Managing Board and Supervisory Board and which the board of the Stichting determines would be contrary to the interests of our Company, our shareholders and our other stakeholders. See “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions — Major Shareholders — Shareholders’ Agreements — Preference Shares”.

No preference shares have been issued to date. The effect of the issuance of preference shares pursuant to the Option Agreement may be to deter potential acquirers from effecting an unsolicited acquisition resulting in a change of control or otherwise taking actions considered hostile by our Managing Board and Supervisory Board. In addition, our shareholders have authorized us to issue additional capital within the limits of the authorization by our shareholders’ meeting, subject to the requirements of our Articles of Association, without the need to seek a specific shareholder resolution for each capital increase. See “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions — Major Shareholders — Shareholders’ Agreements — Preference Shares”.

Our direct or indirect shareholders may sell our existing common shares or issue financial instruments exchangeable into our common shares at any time. In addition, substantial issuances by us of new common shares or convertible bonds could cause our common share price to drop significantly.

The STH Shareholders’ Agreement, to which we are not a party, between respectively CEA, FSI, FT1CI, our French Shareholder controlled by FSI and CEA, and the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, our Italian shareholder, permits our respective French and Italian indirect shareholders to cause ST Holding to dispose of its stake in us at any time from their current level, thereby reducing the current level of their respective indirect interests in our common shares. Such disposals could be made by way of sales of our shares or through issuance of financial instruments exchangeable for our shares, equity swaps or structured finance transactions. The details of the STH Shareholders’ Agreement, as reported by its parties, are further explained in “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions — Major Shareholders”. An announcement with respect to one or more of such dispositions could be made at any time without our advance knowledge.

Sales of our common shares or issue of financial instruments exchangeable into our common shares or any announcements concerning a potential sale by ST Holding, FT1CI, FSI, CEA or the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, could materially impact the market price of our common shares depending on the timing and size of such sale, market conditions as well as a variety of factors.

In addition, substantial issuances by us of new common shares or convertible bonds could cause our common share price to drop significantly as a result of substantial dilution in the percentage of our shares held by our then existing shareholders. The issuance of common stock for acquisitions or other corporate actions may have the effect of diluting the value of the shares held by our shareholders, and might have an adverse effect on any trading market for our common stock.

Because we are subject to the corporate law of The Netherlands, U.S. investors might have more difficulty protecting their interests in a court of law or otherwise than if we were a U.S. company.

Our corporate affairs are governed by our Articles of Association and by the laws governing corporations incorporated in The Netherlands. The corporate affairs of each of our consolidated subsidiaries are governed by the Articles of Association and by the laws governing such corporations in the jurisdiction in which such consolidated subsidiary is incorporated. The rights of the investors and the responsibilities of members of our Supervisory Board and Managing Board under Dutch law are not as clearly established as under the rules of some U.S. jurisdictions. Therefore, U.S. investors may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions by our management, members of our Supervisory Board or our controlling shareholders than U.S. investors would have if we were incorporated in the United States.

Our executive offices and a substantial portion of our assets are located outside the United States. In addition, ST Holding II and most members of our Managing and Supervisory Boards are residents of

jurisdictions other than the United States and Canada. As a result, it may be difficult or impossible for shareholders to effect service within the United States or Canada upon us, ST Holding II, or members of our Managing or Supervisory Boards. It may also be difficult or impossible for shareholders to enforce outside the United States or Canada judgments obtained against such persons in U.S. or Canadian courts, or to enforce in U.S. or Canadian courts judgments obtained against such persons in courts in jurisdictions outside the United States or Canada. This could be true in any legal action, including actions predicated upon the civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws. In addition, it may be difficult or impossible for shareholders to enforce, in original actions brought in courts in jurisdictions located outside the United States, rights predicated upon U.S. securities laws.

We have been advised by Dutch counsel that the United States and The Netherlands do not currently have a treaty providing for reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments (other than arbitration awards) in civil and commercial matters. As a consequence, a final judgment for the payment of money rendered by any federal or state court in the United States based on civil liability, whether or not predicated solely upon the federal securities laws of the United States, will not be enforceable in The Netherlands. However, if the party in whose favor such final judgment is rendered brings a new suit in a competent court in The Netherlands, such party may submit to The Netherlands court the final judgment that has been rendered in the United States. If The Netherlands court finds that the jurisdiction of the federal or state court in the United States has been based on grounds that are internationally acceptable and that proper legal procedures have been observed, the court in The Netherlands would, under current practice, give binding effect to the final judgment that has been rendered in the United States unless such judgment contradicts The Netherlands’ public policy.

Removal of our common shares from the CAC 40 on Euronext Paris, the FTSE MIB on the Borsa Italiana or the PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index (“SOX”) could cause the market price of our common shares to drop significantly.

Our common shares have been included in the CAC 40 index on Euronext Paris since November 12, 1997; the FTSE MIB index (which replaced the S&P/MIB on June 1, 2009), or Italian Stock Exchange, since March 18, 2002; and the SOX since June 23, 2003. However, our common shares could be removed from the CAC 40, the FTSE MIB or the SOX at any time if, for a sustained period of time, our market capitalization were to fall below the required thresholds for the respective indices or our shares were to trade below a certain price, or in the case of a delisting of our shares from one or more of the stock exchanges where we are currently listed or if we were to decide to pursue a delisting on one of the three stock exchanges on which we maintain a listing as part of the measures we may from time to time consider to simplify our administrative and overhead expenses. Certain investors will only invest funds in companies that are included in one of these indexes. Any such removal or the announcement thereof could cause the market price of our common shares to drop significantly.

Item 4.

Information on the Company

History and Development of the Company

STMicroelectronics N.V. was formed and incorporated in 1987 and resulted from the combination of the semiconductor business of SGS Microelettronica (then owned by Società Finanziaria Telefonica (S.T.E.T.), an Italian corporation) and the non-military business of Thomson Semiconducteurs (then owned by the former Thomson-CSF, now Thales, a French corporation). We completed our initial public offering in December 1994 with simultaneous listings on the Bourse de Paris (now known as “Euronext Paris”) and the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). In 1998, we listed our shares on the Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (“Borsa Italiana”). Until 1998, we operated as SGS-Thomson Microelectronics N.V. We are organized under the laws of The Netherlands. We have our corporate legal seat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and our head offices at WTC Schiphol Airport, Schiphol Boulevard 265, 1118 BH Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands. Our telephone number there is +31-20-654-3210. Our headquarters and operational offices are managed through our newly created wholly owned subsidiary, STMicroelectronics International N.V., and are located at 39 Chemin du Champ des Filles, 1228 Plan-Les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland. Our main telephone number there is +41-22-929-2929. Our agent for service of process in the United States related to our registration under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is Corporation Service Company (CSC), 80 State Street, Albany, New York, 12207. Our operations are also conducted through our various subsidiaries, which are organized and operated according to the laws of their country of incorporation, and consolidated by STMicroelectronics N.V.

Business Overview

We are a global independent semiconductor company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductor products used in a wide variety of microelectronic applications, including

automotive products, computer peripherals, telecommunications systems, consumer products, industrial automation and control systems. Semiconductors are the basic building blocks used to create an increasing variety of electronic products and systems. Since the invention of the transistor in 1948, continuous improvements in semiconductor process and design technologies have led to smaller, more complex and more reliable devices at a lower cost per function. As performance has increased and size and unitary cost have decreased, semiconductors have expanded beyond their original primary applications (military applications and computer systems) to applications such as telecommunications systems, consumer goods, automotive products and industrial automation and control systems. In addition, system users and designers have demanded systems with more functionality, higher levels of performance, greater reliability and shorter design cycle times, all in smaller packages at lower costs.

Our major customers include Apple, Bosch, Cisco, Continental, Delta, Denso, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Marelli, Motorola, Nokia, Pace, Panasonic, Philips, Research in Motion, Samsung, Seagate, Sony / Sony Ericsson and Western Digital. We also sell our products through distributors and retailers, including Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Tomen and Yosun. The semiconductor industry has historically been a cyclical one and we have responded through emphasizing balance in our product portfolio, in the applications we serve, and in the regional markets we address.

Although cyclical changes in production capacity in the semiconductor industry and demand for electronic systems have resulted in pronounced cyclical changes in the level of semiconductor sales and fluctuations in prices and margins for semiconductor products from time to time, the semiconductor industry has experienced substantial growth over the long-term. Factors that contribute to long-term growth include the development of new semiconductor applications, increased semiconductor content as a percentage of total system cost, emerging strategic partnerships and growth in the electronic systems industry, in particular, the Asia Pacific region.

We offer a broad and diversified product portfolio and develop products for a wide range of market applications to reduce our dependence on any single product, application or end market. Within our diversified portfolio, we have focused on developing products that leverage our technological strengths in creating customized, system-level solutions with high-growth digital and mixed-signal content. Our product families are comprised of differentiated application-specific products (we define as being our dedicated analog, mixed-signal and digital application-specific standard products (“ASICs”) and application-specific standard products (“ASSP”) offerings and semi-custom devices) that were organized under our Automotive, Consumer, Computer and Communication Infrastructure (“ACCI”), Wireless (“Wireless”), Analog, MEMS and Microcontrollers (“AMM”) and Power Discrete Products (“PDP”) segments.

Our products are manufactured and designed using a broad range of manufacturing processes and proprietary design methods. We use all of the prevalent function-oriented process technologies, including CMOS, bipolar and nonvolatile memory technologies. In addition, by combining basic processes, we have developed advanced systems-oriented technologies that enable us to produce differentiated and application-specific products, including bipolar CMOS technologies (“BiCMOS”) for mixed-signal applications, and diffused metal-on silicon oxide semiconductor (“DMOS”) technology and bipolar, CMOS and DMOS (“BCD technologies”) for intelligent power applications, MEMS and embedded memory technologies. This broad technology portfolio, a cornerstone of our strategy for many years, enables us to meet the increasing demand for SoC and System-in-Package (“SiP”) solutions. Complementing this depth and diversity of process and design technology is our broad IP portfolio that we also use to enter into broad patent cross-licensing agreements with other major semiconductor companies.

Our principal investment and resource allocation decisions in the semiconductor business area are for expenditures on technology R&D as well as capital investments in front-end and back-end manufacturing facilities, which are planned at the corporate level; therefore, our product segments share common R&D for process technology and manufacturing capacity for most of their products.

For information on our segments and product lines, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Results of Operations — Segment Information”.

Results of Operations

For our 2011 Results of Operations, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Results of Operations — Segment Information”.

Strategy

We aim to become the undisputed leader in multimedia convergence and sense and power applications, dedicating significant resources to product innovation and increasingly becoming a solution provider in order to drive higher value and increase our market share in the markets we serve. As a worldwide semiconductor leader, we are well positioned to implement our strategy after having accomplished two major strategic transformations, namely a refocus of our product portfolio and our move towards being an asset-lighter company. In addition, our strategy to enhance market share by developing innovative products and targeting new key customers is gaining momentum. Our strong capital structure enables us to operate as a long-term, viable supplier of semiconductor products and participate as a global leader in the industry.

We believe the semiconductor industry, continues to undergo several significant structural changes characterized by:

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the changing long-term structural growth of the overall market for semiconductor products, which has moved from double-digit average growth rate to single-digit average growth rate over the last several years and which has become more and more correlated with the global macroeconomic environment;

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the strong development of new emerging applications in areas such as smart consumer devices, trust and data security, healthcare & wellness and energy and management saving;

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the importance of the Asia Pacific region, particularly Greater China and other emerging countries, which represent the fastest growing regional markets;

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the importance of multimedia convergence which drives customer demand to seek new system-level, turnkey solutions from semiconductor suppliers;

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the evolution of the customer base from original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”) to a mix of OEM, electronic manufacturing service providers (“EMS”) and original design manufacturers (“ODM”);

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the expansion of available manufacturing capacity through third-party providers; and

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the evolution of advanced process development R&D partnerships.

In order to support our strategy, we focus on the following key elements:

Balanced market exposure. We offer a diversified product portfolio and develop products for a wide range of market applications using a variety of technologies, thereby reducing our dependence on any single product, application or end market. Within our diversified portfolio, we have focused on developing products that leverage our technological strengths in creating system-level solutions for high-growth digital applications. We target five key markets comprised of: (i) industrial and multisegment products, including high performance analog, MEMS, microcontrollers, digital audio, power supply, motor-control, metering, banking and Smartcard; (ii) digital products, including set-top box, digital TV, imaging and ASIC for communication infrastructure and computer peripherals; (iii) automotive, including engine, body, safety and infotainment; (iv) wireless communications through a 50-50% joint venture.

Product innovation. We aim to be leaders in multi-media convergence and sense and power applications. In order to serve these segments, our plan is to maintain and further establish existing leadership positions for (i) platforms for multimedia applications; (ii) power applications, which are driving system solutions for customer specific applications and (iii) sensors for a wide variety of applications where motion detection is required. We have all of the ingredients to develop new leading edge products. We are also targeting new end markets, such as medical and energy saving applications.

Customer-based initiatives. We aim to gain market share capitalizing on the following: (i) working with our key customers to identify evolving needs and new applications, including formal alliances with certain strategic customers; (ii) targeting new major key accounts, where we can leverage our position as a supplier of a broad range product portfolio; (iii) targeting the mass market, or those customers outside of our larger customers; and (iv) redefining accounts and responsibilities, strengthening accountability and realigning organization by focusing both on regions and global customers through the realignment of the new organization effective early 2012.

Global integrated manufacturing infrastructure. We have a diversified, leading-edge manufacturing infrastructure, comprising front-end and back-end facilities, capable of producing silicon wafers using our broad process technology portfolio, including our CMOS, BiCMOS, BCD and MEMS technologies as well as our discrete technologies. Assembling, testing and packaging of our semiconductor products takes place in our large

and modern back-end facilities, which generally are located in low-cost areas. In order to ensure adequate flexibility, we continue to utilize outside contractors for certain foundry and back-end services. Having capitalized on the opportunities between internal and external production, we are in the position to maintain a reduced asset intensity, while confirming our mission to remain an integrated device manufacturing company.

Process research and development (“R&D”) leadership. The semiconductor industry is increasingly characterized by higher costs and technological risks involved in the R&D of leading edge CMOS process development. As a result, we have decided to enter into cooperative partnerships, in particular for the development of basic CMOS technology. We are a member of ISDA, a technology alliance led by IBM to develop the CMOS process technology for 32/28-nm and 22/20-nm nodes. Furthermore, in order to maintain our differentiation capabilities through process technology leadership, we are continuing our development of proprietary derivatives of CMOS process technologies and of Smart Power, analog, discretes, MEMS and mixed signal processes, for which R&D costs are significantly lower than for CMOS.

Integrated presence in key regional markets. We have sought to develop a competitive advantage by building an integrated presence in each of the world’s economic zones that we target: Europe, Asia, China and America. An integrated presence means having product development, sales and marketing capabilities in each region, in order to ensure that we are well positioned to anticipate and respond to our customers’ business requirements. We have major front-end manufacturing facilities in Europe and Asia. Our more labor-intensive back-end facilities are located in Malaysia, China, Philippines, Singapore, Morocco and Malta, enabling us to take advantage of more favorable production cost structures, particularly lower labor costs. Major design centers and local sales and marketing groups are within close proximity of key customers in each region, which we believe enhances our ability to maintain strong relationships with our customers.

Excellence in quality. We aim to develop the quality excellence of our products and services capitalizing on the following approach: (i) the improvement of our full product cycle involving robust design and manufacturing, improved detection of potential defects, and better anticipation of failures through improved risk assessment, particularly in the areas of product and process changes; (ii) improved responsiveness to customer demands; and (iii) ever increasing focus on quality, service and discipline in execution.

Sustainable Excellence and Compliance. We are committed to sustainable excellence and compliance. We conduct our business based on our Principles for Sustainable Excellence (“PSE”) and the highest ethical standards, empowering our people and striving for quality and customer satisfaction, while creating value for all of our partners.

Creating Shareholder Value. We remain focused on creating value for our shareholders, which we measure in terms of return on net assets attributable to our shareholders (i.e., including 50% of ST-Ericsson’s results) in excess of our weighted average cost of capital.

Product Segments

We design, develop, manufacture and market a broad range of products used in a wide variety of microelectronic applications, including telecommunications systems, computer systems, consumer goods, automotive products and industrial automation and control systems. Our products include discretes, microcontrollers, Smartcard products, standard commodity components, MEMS and advanced analog products, ASICs (full custom devices and semi-custom devices) and ASSPs for analog, digital, and mixed-signal applications.

In 2011, we ran our business along product lines and managed our revenues and internal operating income performance based on the following product segments:

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Automotive, Consumer, Computer and Communication Infrastructure (“ACCI”);

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Analog, MEMS and Microcontrollers (“AMM”);

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Power Discrete Products (“PDP”); and

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Wireless.

We also design, develop, manufacture and market subsystems and modules for a wide variety of products in the telecommunications, automotive and industrial markets in our Subsystems division. Based on its immateriality, we do not report information separately for Subsystems. For a description of the main categories of products sold and/or services performed for each of the last three fiscal years, see Note 26 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Effective January 1, 2012, we have a new product segment structure. Please refer to “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Overview — Other Developments” for a description.

ACCI

ACCI is responsible for the design, development and manufacture of application-specific products using advanced bipolar, CMOS, BiCMOS Smart Power technologies. The businesses in the ACCI offer complete system solutions to customers in several application markets. All products are ASSPs, full-custom or semi-custom devices that may also include digital signal processor (“DSP”) and microcontroller cores. The businesses in the ACCI particularly emphasize dedicated Integrated Circuits (“ICs”) for automotive, consumer, computer peripherals, telecommunications infrastructure and certain industrial application segments.

Our businesses in ACCI work closely with customers to develop application-specific products using our technologies, IP, and manufacturing capabilities. The breadth of our customer and application base provides us with a better source of stability in the cyclical semiconductor market.

ACCI is comprised of four major product lines — Automotive Products Group (“APG”); Computer and Communication Infrastructure (“CCI”); Home Entertainment & Displays (“HED”) and Imaging (“IMG”).

Automotive Products Group

Our automotive products include digital and mixed signal devices that enable features like airbag controls, anti-skid braking systems, vehicle stability control, ignition and injection circuits, multiplex wiring, RF and power management for body and chassis electronics, engine management, advanced safety, instrumentation, car radio and infotainment. We hold a leading position in the global IC market for automotive semiconductor products. In addition to our own products and technologies, we also work with Freescale Semiconductor on 90nm and 55nm embedded Flash Technology and other common products based on cost-effective 32-bit microcontrollers for use in many automotive applications.

(i) Automotive Electronics Division. We design and manufacture products to enhance performance, safety and comfort while reducing the environmental impact of the automobile. For body and chassis electronics requirements, our products range from microcontrollers used in lighting, door and window/wiper applications to mixed signal control in junction boxes, power solutions, dashboards and climate control needs. For powertrain and safety, our products are used for engine emissions and fuel economy improvements, passive and active safety systems and powertrain electrification with microcontrollers, mixed signal power management and, in some cases, RF sensing.

(ii) Automotive Infotainment Division. We produce products comprising full solutions for analog and digital car radio for tolling, navigation and telematics applications. The increasingly complex requirements of the car/driver interface continue to create market opportunities for re-use of the company’s media processing and global positioning (“GPS”) capabilities into car multimedia applications. We have the skills and competence to provide the total solution, which includes GPS navigation, media processing, audio amplification and signal processing. We also supply components to satellite radio applications, including base-band products to market leaders in this segment.

Computer and Communication Infrastructure

(i) BCD Power Division. This organization serves the markets of hard disk drive (“HDD”) and Printers with products developed on our BCD technology. Main applications are motor controllers for HDD and motor drivers and head drivers for printers.

(ii) Networking and Storage Division. This division provides solutions for the wireless and wireline infrastructure segments and digital SoC for the HDD market which we exited in 2011. Our wireline telecommunications products, mainly digital and mixed signal ASICs, are used for various application in the high-speed electronic and optical communications market. In the wireless field, we focus on the ASIC market due to our many years of experience in the fields of digital baseband, radio frequency and mixed-signal products.

(iii) Computer System Division. We are focusing mainly on inkjet and laser printer components and are an important supplier of digital engines including those in high-performance photo-quality applications and multifunction printers. We are also offering a reconfigurable ASSP product family, known as SPEAr^TM (Structured Processor Enhanced Architecture), designed for flexibility and ease-of-use by customers on printers and other computing, industrial and networking applications.

(iv) Microfluidics Division. This division builds on the years of our success in microfluidic product design, developed primarily for the inkjet print-head product line, and expands our offering into related fields, such as molecular and health diagnostics.

Home Entertainment and Displays

HED addresses product requirements for the digital consumer application market and has two divisions.

(i) Set Top Box Division. This division focuses on products for digital terrestrial, satellite, cable and IPTV set-top box products. We continue to expand our product offerings and customer base by introducing innovative platform solutions offering advanced technologies and a wide range of consumer services.

We also offer customers and partners the capability to jointly develop highly integrated solutions for their digital consumer products. We utilize our expertise and knowledge of the digital consumer ecosystem, advanced technologies and hardware/software IP to provide best-in-class differentiated ASIC products for a select base of customers and markets.

(ii) TV & Monitor Division. We address the digital television markets with a range of highly integrated ASSPs and application-specific microcontrollers. Following the acquisition of Genesis in 2008, we have worked to develop our integrated digital television product portfolio. The first generation DTV platform was recently introduced into the market.

Imaging

We have been focusing on the wireless handset image-sensor market. We are in production of CMOS-based camera modules and processors for low-and-high density pixel resolutions, which also meet the autofocus, advanced fixed focus and miniaturization requirements of this market. We also sell standalone sensors. We plan to focus our presence in the imaging business by concentrating on selling CMOS sensors, focusing our technology and products offering towards higher margin and pursuing new opportunities beyond wireless applications such as automotive, consumer and health.

AMM

AMM is comprised of two product lines: Analog Products and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (“Analog & MEMS”) and Microcontrollers, non-Flash, non-volatile Memory and Smartcards (“MMS”).

We are positioning AMM in the High End Analog world that comprises MEMS, many kind of Sensors, Interfaces, low power RF Transceivers and Analog front-end. It comprises also High Voltage Smart Power Controllers for main Industrial and Power Conversion applications such as Metering and Lighting, exploiting our leadership in MEMS and our system expertise built around ARM based microcontrollers representing the core of many applications today.

Analog & MEMS

(i) Industrial and Power Conversion Division. We design and manufacture products for industrial applications including lighting and power-line communication; power supply and power management ICs for computer, industrial, consumer, and telecom applications along with power over Ethernet powered devices. In the industrial market segment, our key products are power ICs for motor control, including monolithic DMOS solutions and high-voltage gate drivers, for a broad range of systems; intelligent power switches for factory automation and process control. We offer also a broad product portfolio of linear and switching voltage regulators, addressing various applications, from general purpose “point of load”, for most of the market segments (consumer, computer and data storage, mobile phones, industrial, medical, automotive, aerospace), to specific functions such as camera flash LED, LCD backlighting and organic LED power supply, for the mobile handset and other portable device markets; Low Noise Block supply and control for set top box; and multiple channels DC-DC for motherboards are also featured.

(ii) MEMS, Sensors and High Performance Analog Division. We design and manufacture MEMS products for a wide variety of applications where motion detection is required. Our original product line of three-axis accelerometers was expanded in 2010 to include a complete family of very successful high-performance multi-axis gyroscopes and in 2011 the sales of gyroscopes almost reached the sales of accelerometers. In 2011, we

announced a new family of products under the trademark of iNEMO^TM, which results from the combination of accelerometers with gyroscopes and compasses. Standalone sensors and iNEMO^TM enable accurate motion tracking in a 3D space to enhance motion controlled user interfaces in gaming, mobile phones, tablets, remote controllers, portable navigation devices and multimedia players. The motion sensors are also widely employed in laptops, automotives, PCs, hard disk drives and digital still cameras. Last year we also started the volume production of high performances bottom port microphones for better audio quality in mobile phones. The current most important developments include Pressure Sensors, higher performance motion sensors for optical image stabilization and for location based services, new generation microphones and micro-mirrors for portable projectors. The division also develops innovative, differentiated and value-added analog products such as Audio Amplifiers ICs from portable to professional Audio Systems equipment, Touch Screen controllers for smartphones and tablets, standard products like Operational Amplifiers, current sensors, real time clock, smart resets, supervisors, and Application Specific ICs (i.e., glucose meters, flow sensors, chips for ultrasound imaging and electrocardiography, low power radios, energy harvester chips), supported by ultra low power technologies necessary for healthcare, industrial and consumer applications.

(iii) Audio Division. We design and manufacture a wide variety of components for use in audio applications. Our audio products include audio power amplifiers, audio processors and graphic-equalizer ICs.

MMS

(i) Memory Division. Memories (EEPROM, EPROM) are used for parameter storage in various electronic devices used in all market segments.

(ii) Microcontroller Division. We offer a wide range of 8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers suitable for a wide variety of applications from those where a minimum cost is a primary requirement to those that need powerful real-time performance and high-level language support. These products are manufactured in processes capable of embedding nonvolatile memories as appropriate.

(iii) Secure Microcontoller Division. Secure Microcontrollers are 8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers that securely store data and provide an array of security capabilities including advanced data encryption. Our expertise in security is a key to our leadership in the banking, pay-TV, mobile communication, identity, and transport fields. We also actively contribute to the emergence of new applications such as secure mobile transactions on near field communication (“NFC”) mobile phones, trusted computing, brand protection, etc. In addition under the “Incard” brand, the division develops, manufactures and sells smartcards for banking, identification and telecom applications.

PDP

(i) ASD and IPAD Division. This division offers a full range of rectifiers, protection devices, thyristors and Integrated Passive and Active Devices (“IPAD”). These components are used in various applications, including telecommunications systems (telephone sets, modems and line cards), household appliances and industrial systems (motor-control and power-control devices). More specifically, rectifiers (both Silicon and Silicon carbide) are used in voltage converters and regulators, while thyristors control current flows through a variety of electrical devices, including lamps and household appliances. New areas of development are Tunable capacitors, very important in mobile phones and thin film flexible rechargeable batteries.

(ii) Transistor Division. We design, manufacture and sell Power MOSFET, IGBT and Bipolar Transistor ranging from 20 to 2200 volts for most of the “switching” and “linear” applications on the market today. Our products are particularly well suited for high voltage switch-mode power supplies, lighting, motor control and consumer applications. The Division also produces RF power transistors for specific markets such as factory automation, medical and avionics with a particular effort in developing new composite materials like SiC and GaN which look to be the new promising areas of growth for automotive and alternative energies, where high switching performance, low conduction losses and high operating temperature are required.

Wireless

The wireless segment resulted from the combination of our wireless business with NXP’s to create ST-NXP Wireless as of August 2, 2008. Subsequently, we combined that business with the EMP business to form a joint venture, ST-Ericsson, which began operations on February 1, 2009.

Wireless is responsible for the design, development and manufacture of semiconductors and platforms for mobile applications. In addition, this segment spearheads our ongoing efforts to maintain and develop innovative solutions for our mobile customers while consolidating our world leadership position in wireless. Wireless is comprised of four product lines: Entry Solutions and Connectivity (“ESC”) (formerly called “2G, EDGE, TD-SCDMA & Connectivity”); Smartphone and Tablet Solutions (“STS”) (formerly called “3G Multimedia & Platforms”); Modems (“MOD”) (formerly called “LTE & 3G Modem Solutions”); in which since February 3, 2009, we report the portion of sales and operating results of ST-Ericsson JVS as consolidated in our revenue and operating results; and Other Wireless, in which we report other revenues, cost of sales and other items related to the wireless business but outside of the ST-Ericsson JVS. For the definition of ST-Ericsson JVS, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Overview — Critical Accounting Policies Using Significant Estimates”.

ST-Ericsson offers integrated and discrete solutions for wireless applications and serves several major OEMs. In this market, ST-Ericsson is strategically positioned in platform solutions serving the smartphone and tablet markets combining modem and application processor, thin modems, stand alone application processors, energy management, audio coding and decoding functions (“CODEC”) and radio frequency ICs and connectivity.

Strategic Alliances with Customers and Industry Partnerships

We believe that strategic alliances with customers and industry partnerships are critical to success in the semiconductor industry. Customer alliances provide us with valuable systems and application know-how and access to markets for key products, while allowing our customers to share some of the risks of product development with us and to gain access to our process technologies and manufacturing infrastructure. We are actively working to expand the number of our customer alliances, targeting OEMs in the United States, in Europe and in Asia.

Partnerships with other semiconductor industry manufacturers permit costly R&D and manufacturing resources to be shared to mutual advantage for joint technology development. For example, we belong to the International Semiconductor Development Alliance to co-develop 32/28-nm and below process technologies. In addition, we have joint development programs with leading suppliers such as Air Liquide, ASM Lithography, Hewlett-Packard, PACKTEC, JSR, SOITEC, Statchip, Teradyne and with electronic design automation (“EDA”) tool producers, including Apache, Atrenta, Cadence, Mentor and Synopsys. We also participate in joint European research programs, such as the ITEA, the Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe or/and Electronics (“CATRENE”) and the European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory (“ENIAC”) programs.

Customers and Applications

We design, develop, manufacture and market thousands of products that we sell to thousands of customers. Our top 20 customers include Apple, Bosch, Cisco, Continental, Delta, Denso, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Marelli, Motorola, Nokia, Pace, Panasonic, Philips, Research in Motion, Samsung, Seagate, Sony / Sony Ericsson and Western Digital. To many of our key customers we provide a wide range of products, including application-specific products, discrete devices, memory products and programmable products. Our position as a strategic supplier of application-specific products to certain customers fosters close relationships that provide us with opportunities to supply such customers’ requirements for other products, including discrete devices, programmable products and memory products. We also sell our products through distributors and retailers, including Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Tomen, Wintech and Yosun.

The following table sets forth the top customers by market segment for our products:⁽¹⁾


Automotive		Bosch, Continental, Delphi, Denso, Hella, Hitachi, Lear, Marelli, Sirius XM Radio, Valeo

Communication		Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson Finisar, Huawei, Motorola, Nokia, Research in Motion, Samsung, Sony / Sony Ericsson

Computer & Peripherals		Apple, Canon, Dell, Delta, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Microsoft, Seagate, Western Digital

Consumer		Agilent, Cisco, Garmin, LG Electronics, Pace, Panasonic, Sagem Communications, Samsung, Sony / Sony Ericsson, Videocon

Industrial/Other Applications		Autostrade, Delta, Emerson, Enel, General Electric, Liteon, Nintendo, Philips, Schneider Electric, Siemens

(1)	Net revenues by market segment application are classified according to the status of the final customer. For example, products ordered by a computer company, even including sales of other applications such as Telecom, are classified as Computer revenues.

In 2011, our largest customer, the Nokia group of companies, represented 10.4% of our net revenues, compared to 13.9% in 2010 and 16.1% in 2009. No other single customer accounted for more than 10% of our net revenues. There can be no assurance that such customers or distributors, or any other customers, will continue to place orders with us in the future at the same levels as in prior periods. See “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Operations — Disruptions in our relationships with any one of our key customers, and/or material changes in their strategy or financial condition, could adversely affect our results of operations”.

Sales, Marketing and Distribution

In 2011, we operated regional sales organizations in EMEA (which includes all of Europe, the Middle East and Africa), the Americas, Greater China-South Asia and Japan-Korea. A description of our regional sales organizations’ activities and structure during 2011 is below.

(i) EMEA — The EMEA region is divided into four business units: automotive, convergence EMS, industrial and multimarket and also integrates the global business unit covering Nokia and the wireless platform accounts. Each business unit is dedicated to customers operating mainly in its market segment, actively promoting a broad range of products, including commodities and dedicated ICs, as well as proposing solutions through its sales force, field application engineers, supply-chain management, customer service and technical competence center for system solutions, with support functions provided locally or centrally (through central labs).

(ii) Americas — In the Americas region, the sales and marketing team is organized into six business units: automotive (Detroit, Michigan); industrial (Boston, Massachusetts); consumer, industrial and medical (Chicago, Illinois); communications, consumer and computer Peripherals (San Jose, California and Longmont, Colorado); RFID and communications (Dallas, Texas); and distribution (Boston, Massachusetts). A central product-marketing operation in Boston provides product support and training for standard products for the Americas region. In addition, a comprehensive distribution business unit provides product and sales support for the regional distribution network.

(iii) Greater China-South Asia — The Greater China-South Asia region encompasses China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and other countries in the Asia Pacific region, with the exception of Japan and Korea. Our sales and marketing activities are organized into seven business units (automotive, computer peripherals, consumer, distribution, EMS, industrial and telecom) with seven central support functions (service and business management, field quality, human resources, strategic planning, finance, corporate communication and design center). Our design center in Singapore carries out full custom designs in several applications.

(iv) Japan-Korea — The Japan-Korea region sales and marketing team is divided into four business units (automotive, consumer, industrial, communications) in each country, plus a comprehensive distribution business unit that provides products and sales support for the regional distribution network. Each business unit sells each product from our portfolio that fits the applications covered by the unit. A central product-marketing organization provides product support and training for standard products for the region. In addition, five central support functions (business management, field quality, human resources, finance, corporate communications) allow the region to run all of the necessary tasks smoothly. Our sales and marketing activities are performed through sales offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Seoul.

The sales and marketing activities performed by our regional sales organizations are supported by product marketing that is carried out by each product division, which also includes product development functions. This matrix system reinforces our sales and marketing activities and our broader strategic objectives. An important component of our regional sales and marketing efforts is to expand our customer base, which we seek to do by adding sales representatives, regional competence centers and new generations of electronic tools for customer support.

Most of our regional sales organizations operate dedicated distribution organizations. To support the distribution network, we operate logistic centers in Saint Genis, France and Singapore. We also engage distributors and representatives to distribute our products around the world. Typically, distributors handle a wide variety of products, including products that compete with our products, and fill orders for many customers. Most of our sales to distributors are made under agreements allowing for price protection and/or the right-of-return on unsold merchandise. We generally recognize revenues upon the transfer of ownership of the goods at the contractual point of delivery. Sales representatives generally do not offer products that compete directly with our

products, but may carry complementary items manufactured by others. Representatives do not maintain a product inventory. Their customers place large quantity orders directly with us and are referred to distributors for smaller orders.

At the request of certain of our customers, we also sell and deliver our products to EMS, which, on a contractual basis with our customers, incorporate our products into the application-specific products they manufacture for our customers. Certain customers require us to hold inventory on consignment in their hubs and only purchase inventory when they require it for their own production. This may lead to delays in recognizing revenues, as revenue recognition will occur, within a specific period of time, at the actual withdrawal of the products from the consignment inventory, at the customer’s option.

We recently announced the reorganization of our Sales & Marketing organization with the primary objectives to accelerate sales growth and gain market share. The changes have been designed along three key drivers:

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Strengthening the effectiveness of the development of global accounts;

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Boosting demand creation through an enhanced focus on the geographical coverage; and

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Establishing marketing organizations in the Regions fully aligned with the Product Groups.

Our Sales and Marketing organization is structured in six units:

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Four Regional Sales Organizations, all with a similar structure to enhance coordination in the go-to-market activities and all strongly focused on accelerated growth:

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Europe, Middle East and Africa Region led by Paul Grimme;

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Americas Region led by Bob Krysiak;

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Greater China-South Asia Region led by François Guibert; and

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Japan-Korea Region led by Marco Cassis.

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Two Major Accounts units for our established global customers aimed at the further development of the business relationship between us and those clients:

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Europe Major Accounts led by Paul Grimme; and

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Americas Major Accounts led by Bob Krysiak.

In each of the four regions, the existing sales organization by market segment is replaced by a new sales organization based on a combination of country/area coverage and key accounts coverage.

In particular, in addition to the above major accounts, about forty accounts will be managed globally by key account managers who will be responsible for the total sales generated worldwide, regardless of the channel and the geography. The main criteria for the selection of these accounts are their growth potential, the size of their transnational business and the geographical dispersion of their R&D activities.

For a breakdown of net revenues by product segment and geographic region for the last three fiscal years, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects”.

Research and Development

We believe that research and development (“R&D”) is critical to our success. The main R&D challenge we face is to continually increase the functionality, speed and cost-effectiveness of our semiconductor devices, while ensuring that technological developments translate into profitable commercial products as quickly as possible.

We are market driven in our R&D and focused on leading-edge products and technologies developed in close collaboration with strategic alliance partners, leading universities and research institutions, key customers, leading EDA vendors and global equipment manufacturers working at the cutting edge of their own markets. In addition, we have a technology council comprised of fifteen leading experts to review, evaluate and advise us on the competitive landscape. Front-end manufacturing and technology R&D, while being under the same organization, are thereby ensuring a smooth flow of information between the R&D and manufacturing organizations. We manage our R&D projects by technology and by product segment. The relevant R&D expenses are allocated to the product segments on the basis of the estimated efforts. The total amount of R&D was $2,352 million, $2,350 million and $2,365 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

We devote significant effort to R&D because semiconductor manufacturers face immense pressure to be the first to make breakthroughs that can be leveraged into competitive advantages; new developments in semiconductor technology can make end products significantly cheaper, smaller, faster, more reliable and embedded with more functionalities than their predecessors and enable, through their timely appearance on the market, significant value creation opportunities. For a description of our R&D expenses, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Research and Development Expenses”.

To ensure that new technologies can be exploited in commercial products as quickly as possible, an integral part of our R&D philosophy is concurrent engineering, meaning that new fabrication processes and the tools needed to exploit them are developed simultaneously. Typically, these include not only EDA software, but also cell libraries that allow access to our rich IP portfolio and a demonstrator product suitable for subsequent commercialization. In this way, when a new process is delivered to our product segments or made available to external customers, they are more able to develop commercial products immediately.

In the same spirit, we develop, in a concurrent engineering mode, a complete portfolio of Analog and RF IP. The new generation of products now mix Analog and Digital IP Blocks, and even complex RF solutions, high performance data converters and high-speed data transmission ports. Our R&D design centers located in France and Asia have been specialized in the development of these functions, offering a significant advantage for us in quickly and cost effectively introducing products in the consumer and wireless market.

Our advanced R&D centers are strategically located around the world, including in France, Italy, Belgium, Canada, China, India, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

In 2008, we entered into an R&D alliance with the ISDA to develop leading edge core CMOS technologies at 32/28-nm and 22/20-nm nodes. This alliance is set to expire at the end of 2012. We are also working with the CEA Leti to develop derivative technologies from our technology portfolio. In this context, five strategic objectives have been established.

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Accelerate the development and the number of differentiated technologies for SoC so as to be able to supply amongst the world’s leading prototypes ICs, thereby develop a strategy of advanced differentiated products.

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Develop libraries and perform transversal R&D on the methods and tools necessary to develop complex ICs using these technologies.

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Provide Crolles 300-mm operation with competitive leading edge technologies.

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Perform advanced technology research linked to the conception of CMOS nano electric functionalities advanced devices on 300-mm wafers.

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Pervade local, national and European territories, taking advantage of nano-electronic diffusion technologies to further promote innovation in various application sectors.

In 2009, we entered into a framework agreement with the French Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment for the “Nano2012” Research and Development program. For more information, see “— Public Funding”. This alliance is set to expire at the end of 2012. In addition, our manufacturing facility in Crolles, France houses a R&D center that is operated in the legal form of a French groupement d’intérêt économique named Centre Commun de Microelectronique de Crolles. Laboratoire d’Electronique de Technologie d’Instrumentation, a research laboratory of CEA (one of our indirect shareholders), is our partner.

There can be no assurance that we will be able to develop future technologies and commercially implement them on satisfactory terms, or that our alliances will allow the successful development of state-of-the-art core or derivative CMOS technologies on satisfactory terms. See “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Operations — Our R&D efforts are increasingly expensive and dependent on alliances, and our business, results of operations and prospects could be materially adversely affected by the failure or termination of such alliances, or failure to find new partners and/or to develop new process technologies and products”.

The R2 activity in Agrate encompasses prototyping, pilot and volume production of the newly developed technologies with the objective of accelerating process industrialization and time-to-market for Smart Power affiliation (BCD), including on SOI, High Voltage CMOS and MEMS. It is the result of an ongoing cooperation under a consortium agreement with Micron Technologies. Our R&D center in Greater Noida, India provides

necessary support to the Group’s design activities worldwide and hosts R&D activities focused on software development and core libraries development, with a strong emphasis on system solutions. The fundamental mission of our Advanced Systems Technology (“AST”) organization is to create system knowledge that supports our SoC development. AST’s objective is to develop the advanced architectures that will drive key strategic applications, including digital consumer, wireless communications, computer peripherals and Smartcards, as well as the broad range of emerging automotive applications such as car multi-media. AST’s challenge is to combine the expertise and expectations of our customers, industrial and academic partners, our central R&D teams and product segments to create a cohesive, practical vision that defines the hardware, software and system integration knowledge that we will need in the next three to five years and the strategies required to master them.

All of these worldwide activities create new ideas and innovations that enrich our portfolio of IP and enhance our ability to provide our customers with winning solutions. Furthermore, an array of important strategic customer alliances ensures that our R&D activities closely track the changing needs of the industry, while a network of partnerships with universities and research institutes around the world ensures that we have access to leading-edge from all corners of the world. We also play leadership roles in numerous projects running under the European Union’s IST (Information Society Technologies) programs. We actively participate in these programs and continue collaborative R&D efforts such as the CATRENE, ARTEMIS and ENIAC programs.

Finally, we believe that platforms are the answer to the growing need for full system integration, as customers require from their silicon suppliers not just chips, but an optimized combination of hardware and software. Our world-class engineers and designers are currently developing platforms we selected to spearhead our future growth in some of the fastest developing markets of the microelectronics industry. The platforms include the application processors and integrated modem, set-top boxes/integrated digital TV, which include high definition and 3-D capability, and in the area of computer peripherals, the SPEAr^™ family of reconfigurable SoC ICs for printers and related applications.

Property, Plants and Equipment

We currently operate 14 main manufacturing sites around the world; our Phoenix, Arizona site was sold in the first quarter of 2011. The table below sets forth certain information with respect to our current manufacturing facilities, products and technologies. Front-end manufacturing facilities are fabs and back-end facilities are assembly, packaging and final testing plants.


Location	Products	Technologies
Front-end facilities

Crolles1, France	Application-specific products, image sensors	Fab: 200-mm CMOS and BiCMOS, Analog/RF, imaging

Crolles2, France	Application-specific products and leading edge logic products	Fab: 300-mm research and development on deep sub-micron (45-nm and below) CMOS and differentiated SoC technology and manufacturing on advanced CMOS and imaging technologies

Agrate, Italy	Nonvolatile memories, microcontrollers and application-specific products MEMS	Fab 1: 200-mm BCD, MEMS, Microfluidics Fab 2: 200-mm, embedded Flash, research and development on nonvolatile memories and BCD technologies and Flash (operating in consortium with Micron)

Rousset, France	Microcontrollers, nonvolatile memories and Smartcard ICs, application-specific products and image sensors	Fab 1: 200-mm CMOS, Smartcard, embedded Flash, Analog/RF

Catania, Italy	Power transistors, Smart Power and analog ICs and application-specific products, MEMS	Fab 1: 150-mm Power metal-on silicon oxide semiconductor process technology (“MOS”), VIPpower^™, MO-3, MO-5 and Pilot Line RF Fab 2: 200-mm, Microcontrollers, BCD, power MOS


Location	Products	Technologies
Tours, France	Protection thyristors, diodes and ASD power transistors, IPAD	Fab: 125-mm, 150-mm and 200-mm pilot line discrete, 200-mm BCD

Ang Mo Kio, Singapore	Analog, microcontrollers, power transistors, commodity products, nonvolatile memories, and application-specific products	Fab 1: 125-mm, (150-mm conversion ongoing) power MOS, bipolar, power Fab 2: 150-mm bipolar, power MOS and BCD, EEPROM, Smartcard, Micros, CMOS logic Fab 3: 150-mm Microfluidics, MEMS, power MOS, BiCMOS, CMOS

Back-end facilities

Muar, Malaysia	Application-specific and standard products, microcontrollers

Kirkop, Malta	Application-specific products, MEMS, Embedded Flash for Automotive

Toa Payoh, Singapore	Optical packages research and development, EWS and Testing Center

Bouskoura, Morocco	Nonvolatile memories, discrete and standard products, micromodules, RF and subsystems

Shenzhen, China⁽¹⁾	Nonvolatile memories, optical packages, discrete, application-specific and standard products

Longgang, China	Discrete and standard products

Calamba, Philippines⁽²⁾	Application Specific Products and standard products

(1)	Jointly operated with SHIC, a subsidiary of Shenzhen Electronics Group.

(2)	Operated by ST but owned by ST-Ericsson.

At the end of 2011, our front-end facilities had a total maximum capacity of approximately 140,000 200-mm equivalent wafer starts per week. The number of wafer starts per week varies from facility to facility and from period to period as a result of changes in product mix. Our advanced 300-mm wafer pilot-line fabrication facility in Crolles, France had an installed capacity of 3,700 wafers per week at the end of 2011, and we plan to increase production to up to approximately 4,500 wafers per week as required by market conditions and within the framework of our R&D Nano 2012 program.

We own all of our manufacturing facilities, except Crolles2, France, which is the subject of leases for the building shell and some equipment that represents overall a small percentage of total assets.

We have historically subcontracted a portion of total manufacturing volumes to external suppliers. In 2011 we purchased approximately 13% from external foundries of our total silicon production. Our plan is to extend sourcing of silicon from external foundries up to above 20% of our total needs.

At December 31, 2011, we had approximately $208 million in outstanding commitments for purchases of equipment and other assets for delivery in 2012. In 2011, we increased our capital spending to $1,258 million, from $1,034 million registered in 2010. In the 2009-2011 period the ratio of capital investment spending to revenues was 9.6%. The high level of capital spending in 2010 and 2011 was designed to respond to market demand growth in the first half of the year while optimizing in parallel opportunities between internal and external front-end production. For more information, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Financial Outlook”.

Our manufacturing processes are highly complex, require technologically advanced and costly equipment and are continuously being modified in an effort to improve yields and product performance. Impurities or other

difficulties in the manufacturing process can lower yields, interrupt production or result in losses of products in process. As system complexity has increased and sub-micron technology has become more advanced, manufacturing tolerances have been reduced and requirements for precision and excellence have become even more demanding. Although our increased manufacturing efficiency has been an important factor in our improved results of operations, we have from time to time experienced production difficulties that have caused delivery delays and quality control problems, as is common in the semiconductor industry.

In the second part of 2011, we experienced a slowing down of the demand driven by inventory correction dynamics common to all market segments. This has triggered the same phenomenon to us and, as a consequence, our fabs and plants underwent an important reduction of their loading with respect to the installed capacity, capital expenditures have been reduced as well to match with the new profile of the business in the third and fourth quarters. No assurance can be given that we will be able to increase manufacturing efficiencies in the future to the same extent as in the past, or that we will not experience production difficulties and/or unsaturation in the future.

In addition, as is common in the semiconductor industry, we have from time to time experienced difficulty in ramping up production at new facilities or effecting transitions to new manufacturing processes and, consequently, have suffered delays in product deliveries or reduced yields. There can be no assurance that we will not experience manufacturing problems in achieving acceptable yields, product delivery delays or interruptions in production in the future as a result of, among other things, capacity constraints, production bottlenecks, construction delays, equipment failure or maintenance, ramping up production at new facilities, upgrading or expanding existing facilities, changing our process technologies, or contamination or fires, storms, earthquakes or other acts of nature, any of which could result in a loss of future revenues. In addition, the development of larger fabrication facilities that require state-of-the-art sub-micron technology and larger-sized wafers has increased the potential for losses associated with production difficulties, imperfections or other causes of defects. In the event of an incident leading to an interruption of production at a fab, we may not be able to shift production to other facilities on a timely basis, or our customers may decide to purchase products from other suppliers, and, in either case, the loss of revenues and the impact on our relationship with our customers could be significant. Our operating results could also be adversely affected by the increase in our fixed costs and operating expenses related to increases in production capacity if revenues do not increase commensurately. Finally, in periods of high demand, we increase our reliance on external contractors for foundry and back-end service. Any failure to perform by such subcontractors could impact our relationship with our customers and could materially affect our results of operations.

Intellectual Property (IP)

IP rights that apply to our various products include patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks and mask work rights. A mask work is the two- or three-dimensional layout of an integrated circuit. Including patents and pending patent applications owned by us and our affiliate ST-Ericsson, we currently own approximately 14,000 patents and pending patent applications, including 752 filed in 2011, which have been registered in multiple countries around the world and correspond to about 11,000 patent families (each patent family containing all patents originating from the same invention).

Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain patents, licenses and other IP rights covering our products and their design and manufacturing processes. To that end, we intend to continue to seek patents on our innovations in our circuit designs, manufacturing processes, packaging technology and system applications as well as on industry standards and other inventions. The process of seeking patent protection can be long and expensive, and there can be no assurance that patents will issue from currently pending or future applications or that, if patents are issued, they will be of sufficient scope or strength to provide meaningful protection or any commercial advantage to us. In addition, effective copyright and trade-secret protection may be unavailable or limited in certain countries. Competitors may also develop technologies that are protected by patents and other IP rights and therefore such technologies may be unavailable to us or available to us subject to adverse terms and conditions. Management believes that our IP represents valuable assets and intends to protect our investment in technology by enforcing all of our IP rights. We have also set up a dedicated team actively seeking to optimize the value from our IP portfolio by the licensing of our design technology and other IP, including patents. We have used our patent portfolio to enter into several broad patent cross-licenses with several major semiconductor companies enabling us to design, manufacture and sell semiconductor products without fear of infringing patents held by such companies, and intend to continue to use our patent portfolio to enter into such patent cross-licensing agreements with industry participants on favorable terms and conditions. As our sales increase compared to those of our competitors, the strength of our patent portfolio may not be sufficient to guarantee the conclusion or renewal of broad patent cross-licenses on terms which do not affect our results of operations. Furthermore, as a result of litigation, or to address our business needs, we may be required to take a license to

third-party IP rights upon economically unfavorable terms and conditions, and possibly pay damages for prior use, and/or face an injunction or exclusion order, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and ability to compete.

From time to time, we are involved in IP litigation and infringement claims. See “Item 8. Financial Information — Legal Proceedings”. In the event a third-party IP claim were to prevail, our operations may be interrupted and we may incur costs and damages, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flow and financial condition.

Finally, we have received from time to time, and may in the future receive communications from competitors or other third parties alleging infringement of certain patents and other IP rights of others, which have been and may in the future be followed by litigation. Regardless of the validity or the successful assertion of such claims, we may incur significant costs with respect to the defense thereof, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flow or financial condition. See “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Operations — We depend on patents to protect our rights to our technology and may face claims of infringing the IP rights of others”.

Backlog

Our sales are made primarily pursuant to standard purchase orders that are generally booked from one to twelve months in advance of delivery. Quantities actually purchased by customers, as well as prices, are subject to variations between booking and delivery and, in some cases, to cancellation due to changes in customer needs or industry conditions. During periods of economic slowdown and/or industry overcapacity and/or declining selling prices, customer orders are not generally made far in advance of the scheduled shipment date. Such reduced lead time can reduce management’s ability to forecast production levels and revenues. When the economy rebounds, our customers may strongly increase their demands, which can result in capacity constraints due to our inability to match manufacturing capacity with such demand.

In addition, our sales are affected by seasonality, with the first quarter generally showing lowest revenue levels in the year, and the third or fourth quarter generating the highest amount of revenues due to electronic products purchased from many of our targeted market segments.

We also sell certain products to key customers pursuant to frame contracts. Frame contracts are annual contracts with customers setting forth quantities and prices on specific products that may be ordered in the future. These contracts allow us to schedule production capacity in advance and allow customers to manage their inventory levels consistent with just-in-time principles while shortening the cycle times required to produce ordered products. Orders under frame contracts are also subject to a high degree of volatility, because they reflect expected market conditions which may or may not materialize. Thus, they are subject to risks of price reduction, order cancellation and modifications as to quantities actually ordered resulting in inventory build-ups.

Furthermore, developing industry trends, including customers’ use of outsourcing and their deployment of new and revised supply chain models, may reduce our ability to forecast changes in customer demand and may increase our financial requirements in terms of capital expenditures and inventory levels.

We entered 2011 with a backlog significantly higher compared to 2010, following the strong rebound registered in the semiconductor industry in the second half of 2010. During 2011, our backlog declined, in particular in the second half, reflecting a difficult industry environment and a decrease in demand in our Wireless segment, which resulted in a significant decline of our order inflows. As a result of these difficult conditions, we entered 2012 with a backlog significantly lower than we had entering 2011.

Competition

Markets for our products are intensely competitive. While only a few companies compete with us in all of our product lines, we face significant competition in each of our product lines. We compete with major international semiconductor companies. Smaller niche companies are also increasing their participation in the semiconductor market, and semiconductor foundry companies have expanded significantly, particularly in Asia. Competitors include manufacturers of standard semiconductors, ASICs and fully customized ICs, including both chip and board-level products, as well as customers who develop their own IC products and foundry operations. Some of our competitors are also our customers.

The primary international semiconductor companies that compete with us include Analog Devices, Atmel, Avago, Broadcom, Fairchild Semiconductor, Freescale Semiconductor, Infineon, Intel, International Rectifier, Invensense, Linear Technology, LSI Logic, Marvell, Maxim, MediaTek, Microchip Technology, Mstar, NXP Semiconductors, ON Semiconductor, Qualcomm, Renesas, ROHM Semiconductor, Samsung, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, TSMC and Vishay.

We compete in different product lines to various degrees on the basis of price, technical performance, product features, product system compatibility, customized design, availability, quality and sales and technical support. In particular, standard products may involve greater risk of competitive pricing, inventory imbalances and severe market fluctuations than differentiated products. Our ability to compete successfully depends on elements both within and outside of our control, including successful and timely development of new products and manufacturing processes, product performance and quality, manufacturing yields and product availability, customer service, pricing, industry trends and general economic trends.

Organizational Structure and History

We are a multinational group of companies that designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of products used in a wide variety of microelectronic applications, including telecommunications systems, computer systems, consumer goods, automotive products and industrial automation and control systems. We are organized in a matrix structure with geographic regions interacting with product divisions, both being supported by shared technology and manufacturing operations and by central functions, designed to enable us to be closer to our customers and to facilitate communication among the R&D, production, marketing and sales organizations.

While STMicroelectronics N.V. is the parent company and the principal player of our business, ST NV also conducts its operations through service activities from our subsidiaries. We provide certain administrative, human resources, legal, treasury, strategy, manufacturing, marketing and other overhead services to our consolidated subsidiaries pursuant to service agreements for which we recover the cost. We have two joint ventures with Ericsson, which operate as independent JV companies and are currently governed by a fully balanced Board and an independent management team. Our Consolidated Financial Statements include “JVS and related affiliates”, responsible for the full commercial operation of the combined businesses, namely sales and marketing. Its parent company is ST-Ericsson SA (“JVS”), which is owned 50% plus a controlling share by us. The other JV is focused on fundamental R&D activities. Its parent company is ST-Ericsson AT SA (“JVD”), which is owned 50% plus a controlling share by Ericsson and is therefore accounted for by us under the equity-method.

The following table lists our consolidated subsidiaries and our percentage ownership as of December 31, 2011:


Legal Seat	Name	Percentage Ownership (Direct or Indirect)
Australia — Sydney	STMicroelectronics PTY Ltd		100
Belgium — Zaventem	ST-Ericsson Belgium N.V.		50
Belgium — Zaventem	Proton World International N.V.		100
Brazil — Sao Paulo	STMicroelectronics Ltda		100
Brazil — Sao Paulo	Incard do Brazil Ltda		50
Canada — Ottawa	STMicroelectronics (Canada), Inc.		100
China — Beijing	STMicroelectronics (Beijing) R&D Co. Ltd		100
China — Beijing	ST-Ericsson Semiconductor (Beijing) Co. Ltd		50
China — Shanghai	STMicroelectronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd		100
China — Shanghai	STMicroelectronics (Shanghai) R&D Co. Ltd		100
China — Shanghai	STMicroelectronics (China) Investment Co. Ltd		100
China — Shanghai	ST-Ericsson Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd		50
China — Shanghai	Shanghai NF Semiconductors Technology Ltd		50
China — Shenzhen	Shenzhen STS Microelectronics Co. Ltd		60
China — Shenzhen	STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd		100
China — Shenzhen	STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) Manufacturing Co. Ltd		100
China — Shenzhen	STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd		100
Czech Republic — Prague	STMicroelectronics Design and Application s.r.o.		100


Legal Seat	Name	Percentage Ownership (Direct or Indirect)
Czech Republic — Prague	ST-Ericsson s.r.o.		50
Finland — Lohja	ST-Ericsson OY		50
France — Crolles	STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS		100
France — Grenoble	STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS		100
France — Grenoble	ST-Ericsson (Grenoble) SAS		50
France — Montrouge	STMicroelectronics S.A.		100
France — Paris	ST-Ericsson (France) SAS		50
France — Rousset	STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS		100
France — Tours	STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS		100
Germany — Aschheim-Dornach	STMicroelectronics GmbH		100
Germany — Aschheim-Dornach	STMicroelectronics Application GmbH		100
Germany — Aschheim-Dornach	ST-NXP Wireless GmbH i.L.		50
Holland — Amsterdam	STMicroelectronics Finance B.V.		100
Holland — Amsterdam	STMicroelectronics Finance II N.V.		100
Holland — Amsterdam	STMicroelectronics International N.V.⁽¹⁾		100
Holland — Eindhoven	ST-Ericsson B.V.		50
Holland — Eindhoven	ST-Ericsson Holding B.V.		50
Hong Kong — Hong Kong	STMicroelectronics LTD		100
India — Bangalore	NF Wireless India Pvt Ltd i.L.		50
India — New Delhi	STMicroelectronics Marketing Pvt Ltd		100
India — Noida	STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd		100
India — Noida	ST-Ericsson India Pvt Ltd		50
Ireland — Dublin	NXP Falcon Ireland Ltd		50
Israel — Netanya	STMicroelectronics Ltd		100
Italy — Agrate Brianza	STMicroelectronics S.r.l.		100
Italy — Agrate Brianza	ST-Ericsson Srl		50
Italy — Aosta	DORA S.p.a.		100
Italy — Catania	CO.RI.M.ME.		100
Italy — Naples	STMicroelectronics Services S.r.l.		100
Italy — Torino	ST-POLITO Scarl		75
Japan — Tokyo	STMicroelectronics KK		100
Japan — Tokyo	ST-Ericsson KK		50
Korea — Seoul	ST-Ericsson Korea Ltd		50
Malaysia — Kuala Lumpur	STMicroelectronics Marketing SDN BHD		100
Malaysia — Muar	STMicroelectronics SDN BHD		100
Malaysia — Muar	ST-Ericsson SDN BHD		50
Malta — Kirkop	STMicroelectronics (Malta) Ltd		100
Mexico — Guadalajara	STMicroelectronics Marketing, S. de R.L. de C.V.		100
Morocco — Rabat	Electronic Holding S.A.		100
Morocco — Casablanca	STMicroelectronics S.A.S. (Maroc)		100
Morocco — Rabat	ST-Ericsson (Maroc) SAS		50
Norway — Grimstad	ST-Ericsson A.S.		50
Philippines — Calamba	STMicroelectronics, Inc.		100
Philippines — Calamba	ST-Ericsson (Philippines) Inc.		50
Philippines — Calamba	Mountain Drive Property, Inc.		20
Singapore — Ang Mo Kio	STMicroelectronics ASIA PACIFIC Pte Ltd		100
Singapore — Ang Mo Kio	STMicroelectronics Pte Ltd		100
Singapore — Ang Mo Kio	ST-Ericsson Asia Pacific Pte Ltd		50
Singapore — The Curie	Veredus Laboratories Pte Ltd		67
Spain — Madrid	STMicroelectronics Iberia S.A.		100
Sweden — Kista	STMicroelectronics A.B.		100
Sweden — Stockholm	ST-Ericsson A.B.		50
Switzerland — Geneva	STMicroelectronics S.A.		100
Switzerland — Geneva	INCARD SA		100
Switzerland — Geneva	INCARD Sales and Marketing SA		100
Switzerland — Geneva	ST-Ericsson SA		50
Switzerland — Geneva	ST New Ventures SA		100


Legal Seat	Name	Percentage Ownership (Direct or Indirect)
Taiwan — Taipei	ST-Ericsson (Taiwan) Ltd		50
Thailand — Bangkok	STMicroelectronics (Thailand) Ltd		100
United Kingdom — Bristol	Inmos Limited		100
United Kingdom — Bristol	ST-Ericsson (UK) Ltd		50
United Kingdom — Marlow	STMicroelectronics Limited		100
United Kingdom — Marlow	STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited		100
United Kingdom — Reading	Synad Technologies Limited		100
United States — Carrollton	STMicroelectronics Inc.		100
United States — Carrollton	ST-Ericsson Inc.		50
United States — Carrollton	Genesis Microchip Inc.		100
United States — Carrollton	Genesis Microchip (Delaware) Inc.		100
United States — Carrollton	Genesis Microchip LLC		100
United States — Carrollton	Genesis Microchip Limited Partnership		100
United States — Carrollton	Sage Inc.		100
United States — Carrollton	Faroudja Inc.		100
United States — Carrollton	Faroudja Laboratories Inc.		100
United States — Wilmington	STMicroelectronics (North America) Holding, Inc.		100
United States — Wilsonville	The Portland Group, Inc.		100

(1)	Created and effective on December 31, 2011. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Other Developments”.

The following table lists our principal equity-method investments and our percentage ownership as of December 31, 2011:


Legal Seat	Name	Percentage Ownership (Direct or Indirect)
Italy — Rome	3 Sun S.r.l.		33.3
South Korea — Yongin-si	ATLab Inc.		8.0
Switzerland — Geneva	ST-Ericsson AT SA		49.0

Public Funding

We participate in certain programs established by the EU, individual countries and local authorities in Europe (principally France and Italy). Such funding is generally provided to encourage R&D activities and capital investment, industrialization and the economic development of underdeveloped regions. These programs are partially supported by direct funding, tax credits and specific loans (low-interest financing).

Public funding in France, Italy and Europe generally is open to all companies, regardless of their ownership or country of incorporation. The EU has developed model contracts for R&D funding that require beneficiaries to disclose the results to third parties on reasonable terms. As disclosed, the conditions for receipt of government funding may include eligibility restrictions, approval by EU authorities, annual budget appropriations, compliance with European Commission regulations, as well as specifications regarding objectives and results.

Some of our R&D government funding contracts involve advance payments that require us to justify our expenses after receipt of funds. Certain specific contracts (Crolles, Grenoble, Rousset, France and Catania, Italy) contain obligations to maintain a minimum level of employment and investment during a certain amount of time. There could be penalties (i.e., a partial refund due to the government) if these objectives are not fulfilled. Other contracts contain penalties for late deliveries or for breach of contract, which may result in repayment obligations.

The main programs for R&D in which we are involved include: (i) the Eureka CATRENE cooperative R&D program (Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on NanoElectronics); (ii) EU R&D projects with FP7 (Seventh Frame Program) for Information and Communication Technology; (iii) European Joint Technology Initiatives such as ENIA (European Nanoelectronics Initiative) and ARTEMIS (Embedded Computing Systems Initiative) operated by a Joint Undertaking formed by the European Union, member states and industry; and (iv) national or regional programs for R&D and for industrialization in the electronics industries involving many companies and laboratories. The pan-European programs cover a period of several years, while national or regional programs in France and Italy are subject mostly to annual budget appropriation.

In Italy, there are some national funding programs established to support the new FIRST (Fondo per gli Investimenti nella Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica) that will group previous funding regulations (FIRB, Fondo per gli Investimenti della Ricerca di Base, aimed to fund fundamental research), FAR (Fondo per le Agevolazioni alla Ricerca, to fund industrial research), and the FCS (Fondo per la Competitività e lo Sviluppo). The FRI (Fondo rotativo per il sostegno alle imprese e agli investimenti in ricerca) funds research and innovation activities and the FIT (Fondo speciale rotativo per l’Innovazione Tecnologica) is designed to fund precompetitive development in manufacturing. These programs are not limited to microelectronics and are intended to support industry R&D in any segment. Italian programs often cover several years and the approval phase is quite long, up to two or three years. In 2011, within the PON (Programma Operativo Nazionale “Ricerca e competititvità 2007-2013”) managed by the Italian Research Ministry, at the end of the evaluation stage, four of the company’s projects were selected for funding.

In Italy, according to the ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertaking procedures related to calls for proposals, in 2010 the Italian Research Ministry approved public grants for four ongoing ENIAC projects involving the company.

Furthermore, there are some regional funding tools for research that can be addressed by local initiatives, primarily in the regions of Puglia, Sicily, Campania and Val d’Aosta, provided that a reasonable regional socio-economic impact could be recognized in terms of industrial exploitation, new professional hiring and/or cooperation with local academia and public laboratories.

In 2006, the EU Commission allowed the modification of the conditions of a grant pertaining to the building, facilitation and equipment of our facility in Catania, Italy (the “M6 Plant”). Following this decision, the authorized timeframe for completion of the project was extended and the Italian government was authorized to allocate €446 million, out of the €542 million grants originally authorized, for the completion of the M6 Plant if we made a further investment of €1,700 million between January 1, 2006 through the end of 2009. On the basis of the investments actually realized during the period, we recorded an amount of approximately €78 million as funding for capital investment of which approximately €44 million has been received to date. The M6 Plant and the Contratto di programma have been transferred to Numonyx, which would benefit from future M6 grants linked to the completion of the M6 Plant and assume related responsibilities.

Under a Memorandum of Understanding dated July 30, 2009, a revision of the Contratto di Programma was foreseen, replacing the M6 plant investment by two separate projects, one related to Numonyx R&D activities in its Italian sites and the second to the finalization of the announced joint venture in the photovoltaic field by us with Enel and Sharp. In particular, as part of the joint venture in the photovoltaic field with Enel and Sharp, we reacquired the M6 plant from Numonyx and contributed to the new joint venture 3Sun, which in turn was making the necessary investments to convert industrial destination of M6 from production of memories semiconductors to production of photovoltaic panels up to a capacity of 240 MW/year. On July 22, 2010, CIPE (Comitato Interministeriale Programmazione Economica) approved the first step of the 3Sun project granting €49 million in funding and formal approval by the European Commission was received on April 5, 2011.

On September 13, 2011, a monitoring of M6 investment and the related benefits was launched by the European Commission, requesting information about the status and the ownership of the benefits of the M6 investment during the period 2001-2006. The Italian authorities provided detailed feedback on October 7, 2011, including the history of the investment made and the motivation of the state aid granted. The European Commission requested further information from the Italian authorities on January 19, 2012, about the formal interpretation related to the definition of “investment activation” and its application to the M6 case. In the event of an adverse determination by the European Commission, we could be required to refund all or a portion of the public funding previously received in connection with the M6 Plant.

In France, support for R&D is given by public agencies such as ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche), or OSEO (the agency taking over the missions and budgets of the AII Agency for Industrial Innovation), generally for consortia of partners grouping universities, public laboratories and private actors (large and small). The agencies operate via calls for project proposals, most often related to the identified ‘clusters of competitiveness’ (Pôles de Compétitivité) throughout the French territory. The most relevant for us are ‘Minalogic’ around Grenoble, ‘SCS’ in the south-east area covering Rousset and ‘S2E2’ in the Tours area. The selected projects receive a support limited to 35% of the actual R&D expenses. The funding is given when technical reports have been accepted by the agencies; expenses must be all justified and financial audits are organized by the agencies to check their eligibility.

Another important contribution is given by the Ministry of Industry (“FCE”) and by local public authorities. Specific support for microelectronics is provided through FCE to all the companies with activities in France in the semiconductor industry. The amount of support under French programs is decided annually and subject to budget appropriation. In 2011, we continued the execution of the framework agreement for the “Nano2012” Research and Development program in which STMicroelectronics (Crolles and Grenoble sites) is the leading contributor, with over 30 other partners (universities, public research laboratories, large groups and small companies (SMEs)). Under this frame agreement, we have been allocated up to €340 million (about $450 million) in grants for the period 2008-2012, subject to the conclusion of agreements every year with the public authorities (the French State being represented by the Ministry of Industry, and local authorities), and provided that all technical parameters and objectives are met. Nano2012 is designed to promote the development of advanced CMOS (32-nm and below) technologies for system on chip semiconductor products in the Grenoble-Crolles region of France, in cooperation with the ISDA.

Due to a major change in the taxation regime related to industrial investments in France, the local authorities consider that their incomes are lower than before. Some of these local authorities have therefore decided to suspend their funding duties related to the “Nano2012” program, expecting support by the French government. The benefit for us and the other partners could end up being lower than expected in the event the support from certain local authorities does not materialize.

We also benefit from tax credits for R&D activities in several countries (notably in France). R&D tax credits consist of tax benefits granted to companies on a open and non-discriminatory base for their research & development activities. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Research and Development Expenses”.

Funding for R&D activities is the most common form of funding that we receive. Public funding for R&D is recorded as “Other Income and Expenses, net” in our consolidated statements of income and booked pro rata in relation to the relevant cost once the agreement with the respective government agency has been signed and all applicable conditions are met. See Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Government support for capital expenditures funding has been used to support our capital investment. Although receipt of these funds is not directly reflected in our results of operations, the resulting lower amounts recorded in property, plant and equipment costs reduce the level of depreciation recognized by us. In Italy the new “Tremonti-ter” allowed business income tax reduction excluding from taxation of business income an amount equal to 50 percent of the value of investments in a detailed list of new machinery and new equipment, made from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. See Note 10 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

As a third category of government funding, we receive some loans, mainly related to large capital investment projects, at preferential interest rates. See Note 14 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Funding of programs in France and Italy is subject to annual appropriation, and if such governments or local authorities were unable to provide anticipated funding on a timely basis or if existing government- or local-authority-funded programs were curtailed or discontinued, or if we were unable to fulfill our eligibility requirements, such an occurrence could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. From time to time, we have experienced delays in the receipt of funding under these programs. As the availability of such funding is substantially outside our control, there can be no assurance that we will continue to benefit from such government support, that sufficient alternative funding would be available if necessary, or that any such alternative funding would be provided on terms as favorable to us as those previously committed. Due to changes in legislation and/or review by the competent administrative or judicial bodies, there can be no assurance that government funding granted to us may not be revoked or challenged or discontinued, in whole or in part, by any competent state or European authority, until the legal time period for challenging or revoking such funding has fully lapsed. See “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Operations — The lack of public funding available to us, changes in existing public funding programs or demands for repayment may increase our costs and impact our results of operations”.

Suppliers

We use three main critical types of suppliers in our business: equipment suppliers, raw material suppliers and external subcontractors.

In the front-end process, we use steppers, scanners, tracking equipment, strippers, chemo-mechanical polishing equipment, cleaners, inspection equipment, etchers, physical and chemical vapor-deposition

equipment, implanters, furnaces, testers, probers and other specialized equipment. The manufacturing tools that we use in the back-end process include bonders, burn-in ovens, testers and other specialized equipment. The quality and technology of equipment used in the IC manufacturing process defines the limits of our technology. Demand for increasingly smaller chip structures means that semiconductor producers must quickly incorporate the latest advances in process technology to remain competitive. Advances in process technology cannot be brought about without commensurate advances in equipment technology, and equipment costs tend to increase as the equipment becomes more sophisticated.

Our manufacturing processes use many raw materials, including silicon wafers, lead frames, mold compound, ceramic packages and chemicals and gases. The prices of many of these raw materials are volatile. We obtain our raw materials and supplies from diverse sources on a just-in-time basis. Although supplies for the raw materials used by us are currently adequate, shortages could occur in various essential materials due to interruption of supply or increased demand in the industry. See “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Operations — Because we depend on a limited number of suppliers for raw materials and certain equipment, we may experience supply disruptions if suppliers interrupt supply, increase prices or experience material adverse changes in their financial condition”.

Finally, we also use external subcontractors to outsource wafer manufacturing and assembly and testing of finished products. See “— Property, Plants and Equipment” above.

Environmental Matters

Our manufacturing operations use many chemicals, gases and other hazardous substances, and we are subject to a variety of evolving environmental and health and safety regulations related, among other things, to the use, storage, discharge and disposal of such chemicals and gases and other hazardous substances, emissions and wastes, as well as the investigation and remediation of soil and ground water contamination. In most jurisdictions in which we operate, we must obtain permits, licenses and other forms of authorization, or give prior notification, in order to operate. Because a large portion of our manufacturing activities are located in the EU, we are subject to European Commission regulation on environmental protection, as well as regulations of the other jurisdictions where we have operations.

Consistent with our Principles of Sustainable Excellence (“PSE”), we have established proactive environmental policies with respect to the handling of chemicals, gases, emissions and waste disposals from our manufacturing operations, and we have not suffered material environmental claims in the past. We believe that our activities comply with presently applicable environmental regulations in all material respects. We have engaged outside consultants to audit all of our environmental activities and created environmental management teams, information systems and training. We have also instituted environmental control procedures for processes used by us as well as our suppliers. As a company, we have been certified to be in compliance with the quality standard ISO9001:2008 and with the technical specification ISO/TS16949:2009, and with the environmental standards ISO14001 and the European EMAS (Eco Management and Audit Scheme).

Our activities are subject to two directives: Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (“ROHS” Directive, as amended); and Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (“WEEE” Directive, as amended). Moreover our products, due to their final applications, may be subject to the end of life vehicles Directive 2000/53/EC (“ELV” Directive, as amended). The new text of the ROHS Directive 2011/65/EU, entitled “ROHS 2” Directive, was issued on July 1, 2011. The ROHS Directive aims at banning the use of lead and other metals and of other flame-retardant substances in electric and electronic equipments placed on the market, while the new text is also introducing new requirements within the design and manufacturing phases of the products manufacturing electronic components. We are currently unable to evaluate in detail the ramifications of our activities under the Directive 2011/65/EC that must be transposed into national law by the European Member States on or before January 2, 2013. The WEEE Directive promotes the recovery and recycling of electrical and electronic waste. Due to unclear statutory definitions and interpretations, we are unable at this time to determine in detail the ramifications of our activities under the WEEE Directive. An amendment to the WEEE Directive to be adopted in 2012 may or may not clarify such definitions with respect to our activities. At this stage, we do not participate in a “take back” organization in France.

Our activities in the EU are also subject to the European Directive 2003/87/EC (as amended) establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas allowance trading and applicable national legislation. Two of our manufacturing sites (Crolles, France, and Agrate, Italy) have been allocated a quota of greenhouse gas for the period 2008-2012. The Crolles site in France was removed from the allocation scheme in 2010 by the French authorities and our site

in Agrate, Italy, should be removed from the scheme by the Italian authorities in 2012. As of the status at the end of 2010, we were able to comply with the allocated greenhouse gas quota allocations that have been defined, without purchasing any.

Failure to comply would force us to acquire potentially expensive additional emission allowances from third parties, or to pay a fee for each extra ton of gas emitted. Our ongoing programs to reduce CO₂ emissions should allow us to comply with the greenhouse gas quota allocations that have been defined for Crolles and Agrate for the period 2008-2012.

At this stage, the emission permits are allocated for free to the industry. However, pursuant to provisions created by the 2009 Directive, a growing percentage of the permits will be auctioned by Member States beginning in 2013. Commission Decision of December 24, 2009 identifies a list of sectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of “carbon leakage”. In these sectors, the permits will be allocated for free until December 31, 2027. Given the fact that manufacture of electronic valves and tubes and other electronic components is considered as a sector exposed to a significant risk of “carbon leakage”, we expect to receive free allocations until 2027 in the event that one or several of our sites would remain subject to greenhouse gas allowances. However, we cannot guarantee that the allocated allowances would be sufficient for our operations and we may have to purchase additional allowances.

In the United States, we participate in the Chicago Climate Exchange program, a voluntary greenhouse gas trading program whose members commit to reduce emissions. We have also implemented voluntary reforestation projects in several countries in order to sequester additional CO₂ emissions and report our emissions in our annual Corporate Sustainability Report as well as through the Carbon Disclosure Project.

Regulations implementing the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals (“REACH”) came into force in 2008. We intend to proactively implement such legislation, in line with our commitment toward environmental protection. The implementation of any such legislation could adversely affect our manufacturing costs or product sales by requiring us to develop new processes, acquire costly equipment or materials, or to incur other significant expenses in adapting our manufacturing processes or waste and emission disposal processes. However, we are currently unable to evaluate such specific expenses and therefore have no specific reserves for environmental risks. Furthermore, environmental claims or our failure to comply with present or future regulations could result in the assessment of damages or imposition of fines against us, suspension of production or a cessation of operations and, as with other companies engaged in similar activities, any failure by us to control the use of, or adequately restrict the discharge of hazardous substances could subject us to future liabilities. See “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Operations — Some of our production processes and materials are environmentally sensitive, which could expose us to liability and increase our costs due to environmental regulations and laws or because of damage to the environment”.

Item 5.

Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

Overview

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included elsewhere in this Form 20-F. The following discussion contains statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, particularly in the sections “— Critical Accounting Policies Using Significant Estimates”, “— Business Outlook” and “— Liquidity and Capital Resources — Financial Outlook”. Our actual results may differ significantly from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For a discussion of factors that might cause future actual results to differ materially from our recent results or those projected in the forward-looking statements in addition to the factors set forth below, see “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and Item 3. “Key Information — Risk Factors”. We assume no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or such risk factors.

Critical Accounting Policies Using Significant Estimates

The preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions. The primary areas that require significant estimates and judgments by us include, but are not limited to:

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sales returns and allowances;

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determination of the best estimate of the selling price for deliverables in multiple element sale arrangements;

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inventory obsolescence reserves and normal manufacturing capacity thresholds to determine costs capitalized in inventory;

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provisions for litigation and claims and recognition and measurement of loss contingencies;

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valuation at fair value of assets acquired in a business combination, including intangibles, goodwill, investments and tangible assets, as well as the impairment of their related carrying values, and valuation at fair value of assumed liabilities;

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annual and trigger based impairment review of our goodwill and intangible assets, as well as an assessment, in each reporting period, of events, which could trigger interim impairment testing;

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estimated value of the consideration to be received and used as fair value for asset groups classified as assets to be disposed of by sale and the assessment of probability of realizing the sale;

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determination of fair value on nonmonetary exchanges of assets;

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assessment of credit losses and other-than-temporary impairment charges on financial assets;

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valuation of noncontrolling interest and repurchase of remaining interest on certain investments;

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restructuring charges;

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assumptions used in calculating pension obligations; and

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determination of the amount of taxes expected to be paid and tax benefit expected to be received, including deferred income tax assets and valuation allowances, and provisions for uncertain tax positions and claims.

We base the estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various other factors such as market trends and the latest available business plans that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. While we regularly evaluate our estimates and assumptions, the actual results we experience could differ materially and adversely from our estimates. To the extent there are material differences between our estimates and actual results, future results of operations, cash flows and financial position could be significantly affected. With respect to Wireless, our accounting relies on estimates based on the latest available business plan of ST-Ericsson, as submitted and reviewed by ST-Ericsson’s CEO to ST-Ericsson’s Board of Directors, which includes an equal number of executives from each partner.

Our Consolidated Financial Statements include the ST-Ericsson joint ventures; in particular, we fully consolidate ST-Ericsson SA and related affiliates (“JVS”), which is owned 50% plus a controlling share by us and is responsible for the full commercial operations of the Wireless business, primarily sales and marketing. The other joint venture is focused on fundamental R&D activities. Its parent company is ST-Ericsson AT SA (“JVD”), which is owned 50% plus a controlling share by Ericsson and is therefore accounted for by us under the equity-method.

We believe the following critical accounting policies require us to make significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements:

Revenue recognition. Our policy is to recognize revenues from sales of products to our customers when all of the following conditions have been met: (a) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (b) delivery has occurred; (c) the selling price is fixed or determinable; and (d) collectability is reasonably assured. Our revenue recognition usually occurs at the time of shipment.

Consistent with standard business practice in the semiconductor industry, price protection is granted to distributor customers on their inventory of our products to compensate them for declines in market prices. We accrue a provision for price protection based on a rolling historical price trend computed on a monthly basis as a percentage of gross distributor sales. This historical price trend represents differences in recent months between the invoiced price and the final price to the distributor adjusted, if required, to accommodate for a significant change in the current market price. We record the accrued amounts as a deduction of revenue at the time of the sale. The ultimate decision to authorize a distributor refund remains fully within our control. The short outstanding inventory time period, our ability to foresee changes in standard inventory product pricing (as opposed to pricing for certain customized products) and our lengthy distributor pricing history, have enabled us to reliably estimate price protection provisions at period-end. If market conditions differ from our assumptions, this could have an impact on future periods. In particular, if market conditions were to deteriorate, net revenues could be reduced due to higher product returns and price reductions at the time these adjustments occur, which could severely impact our profitability.

Our customers occasionally return our products for technical reasons. Our standard terms and conditions of sale provide that if we determine that our products are non-conforming, we will repair or replace them, or issue a credit or rebate of the purchase price. In certain cases, when the products we have supplied have been proven to be defective, we have agreed to compensate our customers for claimed damages in order to maintain and enhance our business relationship. Quality returns are not related to any technological obsolescence issues and are identified shortly after sale in customer quality control testing. We provide for such returns when they are considered probable and can be reasonably estimated. We record the accrued amounts as a reduction of revenue.

Any potential warranty claims are subject to our determination that we are at fault and liable for damages, and that such claims usually must be submitted within a short period following the date of sale. This warranty is given in lieu of all other warranties, conditions or terms expressed or implied by statute or common law. Our contractual terms and conditions typically limit our liability to the sales value of the products that gave rise to the claim.

Our insurance policy relating to product liability only covers physical and other direct damages caused by defective products. We carry limited insurance against immaterial, non-consequential damages in the event of a product recall. We record a provision for warranty costs as a charge against cost of sales based on historical trends of warranty costs incurred as a percentage of sales which we have determined to be a reasonable estimate of the probable losses to be incurred for warranty claims in a period.

We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated potential losses resulting from our customers’ inability to make required payments. We base our estimates on historical collection trends and record a provision accordingly. Furthermore, we are required to evaluate our customers’ financial condition periodically and record a provision for any specific account that we consider doubtful. In 2011, we did not record any new material specific provision related to bankrupt customers. If we receive information that the financial condition of our customers has deteriorated, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances could be required.

While the majority of our sales agreements contain standard terms and conditions, we may, from time to time, enter into agreements that contain multiple elements or non-standard terms and conditions, which require revenue recognition judgments. In such cases, following the guidance related to revenue recognition, we allocate the revenue to different deliverables qualifying as separate units of accounting based on vendor-specific objective evidence, third party evidence or our best estimates of selling prices of the separable deliverables.

Business combinations and goodwill. The purchase accounting method applied to business combinations requires extensive use of estimates and judgments to allocate the purchase price to the fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. If the assumptions and estimates used to allocate the purchase price are not correct or if business conditions change, purchase price adjustments or future asset impairment charges could be required. At December 31, 2011, the value of goodwill amounted to $1,059 million.

Impairment of goodwill. Goodwill recognized in business combinations is not amortized but is tested for impairment annually in the third quarter, or more frequently if a triggering event indicating a possible impairment exists. Goodwill subject to potential impairment is tested at a reporting unit level, which represents a component of an operating segment for which discrete financial information is available. This impairment test determines whether the fair value of each reporting unit for which goodwill is allocated is lower than the total carrying amount of relevant net assets allocated to such reporting unit, including its allocated goodwill. If lower, the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill is then compared to the carrying value of the goodwill and an impairment charge is recognized for any excess. In determining the fair value of a reporting unit, we use the lower of a value determined by applying a market approach with financial metrics of comparable public companies compared to an estimate of the expected discounted future cash flows associated with the reporting unit on the basis of the most updated five-year business plan. Significant management judgments and estimates are used in forecasting the future discounted cash flows. Our evaluations are based on financial plans updated with the latest available projections of the semiconductor market, our sales expectations and our costs evaluation, and are consistent with the plans and estimates that we use to manage our business. It is possible, however, that the plans and estimates used may prove to be incorrect, and future adverse changes in market conditions, changes in strategies, lack of performance of major customers or operating results of acquired businesses that are not in line with our estimates may require impairment of certain goodwill.

The table below presents the results of our most recent impairment tests:


Date of most recent impairment test	Reporting Unit	% estimated fair value exceeds carrying value
Q3 2011	HED		275
Q3 2011	MMS		399
Q4 2011	Wireless		54

Our reporting unit “Wireless” includes ST-Ericsson JVS, which is consolidated in our accounts. We will continue to monitor the carrying value of our assets, in particular, our Wireless segment, which registered the lowest ratio of estimated fair value exceeding carrying value in the above table, and which experienced a material decline in revenues in the last several quarters. We considered the material decline in our Wireless revenues and increased level of losses as a triggering event to perform additional impairment tests during the first, second and fourth quarters of 2011, in addition to our annual impairment test in the third quarter. Based on the result of the latest impairment test performed in the fourth quarter 2011, the fair value of the Wireless business determined by the lower of market comparables or discounted cash flows still exceeded its carrying value by 54%. The discounted cash flows are based on the latest five year plan for the Wireless segment which is based on our best estimate about future developments as well as market assumptions. The discounted cash flow model also includes a 10.9% discount rate and 1.5% perpetuity growth rate in the terminal value. When assessing the sensitivity of the assumption in the discounted cash flows model, a decrease of 18% in sales would result in an impairment. The majority of our wireless activities are run through ST-Ericsson, which is currently in a shift from legacy to new products. Though their path to success is challenging, ST-Ericsson is continuing to focus on securing the successful execution and delivery of their new products to customers while lowering its break-even point. ST-Ericsson very recently appointed Chief Executive Officer and leadership team have been requested by the parent companies to review its strategic plans and financial prospects. We, together with our partner Ericsson, are further committed to support ST-Ericsson in the transition to turn-over to sustainable profitability and cash generation. As a result of this strategical review, we may consider additional actions to solidify and accelerate ST-Ericsson’s path to profitability. In such an event, or in case of a material worsening of business prospects, the value of ST-Ericsson for us could decrease to a value significantly lower than the current carrying amount of ST-Ericsson in our books and may be required to take an impairment charge. We will continuously monitor ST-Ericsson’s business evolution and we will evaluate their progress on a regular basis. Further impairment charges could also result from new valuations triggered by changes in our product portfolio or by strategic transactions, particularly in the event of a downward shift in future revenues or operating cash flows in relation to our current plans or in case of capital injections by or equity transfers to third parties at a value lower than the one underlying our carrying amount.

Intangible assets subject to amortization. Intangible assets subject to amortization include intangible assets purchased from third parties recorded at cost and intangible assets acquired in business combinations recorded at fair value, comprised of technologies and licenses, trademarks and contractual customer relationships and computer software. Intangible assets with finite useful lives are reflected net of any impairment losses and are amortized over their estimated useful life. We evaluate each period whether there is reason to suspect that intangible assets held for use might not be recoverable. If we identify events or changes in circumstances which are indicative that the carrying amount is not recoverable, we assess whether the carrying value exceeds the undiscounted cash flows associated with the intangible assets. If exceeded, we then evaluate whether an impairment charge is required by determining if the asset’s carrying value also exceeds its fair value. An impairment loss is recognized for the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value. Significant management judgments and estimates are required to forecast undiscounted cash flows associated with the intangible assets. Our evaluations are based on financial plans, including the plan we receive from ST-Ericsson, updated with the latest available projections of growth in the semiconductor market and our sales expectations. They are consistent with the plans and estimates that we use to manage our business. It is possible, however, that the plans and estimates used may be incorrect and that future adverse changes in market conditions or operating results of businesses acquired may not be in line with our estimates and may therefore require us to recognize impairment charges on certain intangible assets.

We evaluated the material decline in our Wireless revenues and increased level of losses and its possible implications on our recoverability assessment for intangible assets subject to amortization in connection with our impairment tests during the first, second and fourth quarters of 2011, in addition to our annual impairment test in the third quarter. On the basis of the estimates and assumptions set forth in the latest business plan provided by ST-Ericsson, we did not record any intangible assets impairment charge in 2011. The factors used in assessing fair values for such assets are based on the joint venture’s strategic plan developed by the ST-Ericsson management, which is approved by its board of directors. We will continue to monitor the carrying value of our assets. If market conditions deteriorate or our Wireless business experiences a lack of or delay in results, in

particular with respect to design-wins with customers to generate future revenues, this could result in future non-cash impairment charges against earnings. Further impairment charges could also result from new valuations triggered by changes in our product portfolio or by strategic transactions, particularly in the event of a downward shift in future revenues or operating cash flows in relation to our current plans or in case of capital injections by or equity transfers to third parties at a value lower than the one underlying our carrying amount.

At December 31, 2011, the value of intangible assets subject to amortization amounted to $645 million.

Property, plant and equipment. Our business requires substantial investments in technologically advanced manufacturing facilities, which may become significantly underutilized or obsolete as a result of rapid changes in demand and ongoing technological evolution. We estimate the useful life for the majority of our manufacturing equipment, the largest component of our long-lived assets, to be six years, except for our 300-mm manufacturing equipment whose useful life is estimated to be ten years. This estimate is based on our experience using the equipment over time. Depreciation expense is a major element of our manufacturing cost structure. We begin to depreciate newly acquired equipment when it is placed into service.

We evaluate each period whether there is reason to suspect impairment on tangible assets or groups of assets held for use and we perform an impairment review when there is reason to suspect that the carrying value of these long-lived assets might not be recoverable, particularly in case of a restructuring plan. If we identify events or changes in circumstances which are indicative that the carrying amount is not recoverable, we assess whether the carrying value exceeds the undiscounted cash flows associated with the tangible assets or group of assets. If exceeded, we then evaluate whether an impairment charge is required by determining if the asset’s carrying value also exceeds its fair value. We normally estimate this fair value based on independent market appraisals or the sum of discounted future cash flows, using assumptions such as the utilization of our fabrication facilities and the ability to upgrade such facilities, change in the selling price and the adoption of new technologies. We also evaluate and adjust, if appropriate, the assets’ useful lives at each balance sheet date or when impairment indicators are identified. Assets classified as held for sale are reported as current assets at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell and are not depreciated. Costs to sell include incremental direct costs to transact the sale that we would not have incurred except for the decision to sell.

Our evaluations are based on financial plans updated with the latest projections of growth in the semiconductor market and our sales expectations, from which we derive the future production needs and loading of our manufacturing facilities, and which are consistent with the plans and estimates that we use to manage our business. These plans are highly variable due to the high volatility of the semiconductor business and therefore are subject to continuous modifications. If future growth differs from the estimates used in our plans, in terms of both market growth and production allocation to our manufacturing plants, this could require a further review of the carrying amount of our tangible assets and result in a potential impairment loss. In 2011, no impairment on property, plant and equipment was recorded since our evaluation of potential triggering events did not result in a need for an impairment review.

Inventory. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is based on the weighted average cost by adjusting the standard cost to approximate actual manufacturing costs on a quarterly basis; therefore, the cost is dependent on our manufacturing performance. In the case of underutilization of our manufacturing facilities, we estimate the costs associated with the excess capacity. These costs are not included in the valuation of inventory but are charged directly to cost of sales. Market value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less applicable variable selling expenses and cost of completion. As required, we evaluate inventory acquired in business combinations at fair value, less completion and distribution costs and related margin.

While we perform, on a continuous basis, inventory write-offs of products and semi-finished products, the valuation of inventory requires us to estimate a reserve for obsolete or excess inventory as well as inventory that is not of saleable quality. Provisions for obsolescence are estimated for excess uncommitted inventories based on the previous quarter’s sales, order backlog and production plans. To the extent that future negative market conditions generate order backlog cancellations and declining sales, or if future conditions are less favorable than the projected revenue assumptions, we could be required to record additional inventory provisions, which would have a negative impact on our gross margin.

Restructuring charges. We have undertaken, and we may continue to undertake, significant restructuring initiatives, which have required us, or may require us in the future, to develop formalized plans for exiting any of our existing activities. We recognize the fair value of a liability for costs associated with exiting an activity when we have a present obligation and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Given the significance and timing of the execution of the restructuring activities, the process is complex and involves periodic reviews of estimates

made at the time the original decisions were taken. This process can require more than one year due to requisite governmental and customer approvals and our capability to transfer technology and know-how to other locations. As we operate in a highly cyclical industry, we monitor and evaluate business conditions on a regular basis. If broader or newer initiatives, which could include production curtailment or closure of other manufacturing facilities, were to be taken, we may be required to incur additional charges as well as change estimates of the amounts previously recorded. The potential impact of these changes could be material and could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. In June 2011, ST-Ericsson announced a restructuring plan (the “ST-Ericsson cost savings plan”) aimed at achieving $120 million of annualized savings by the end of 2012. The ST-Ericsson cost savings plan is expected to result in a total pre-tax charge of $70 million to $75 million, the majority of which consists of employee termination costs estimated at approximately $55 million. The ST-Ericsson cost savings plan is expected to be substantially completed in 2012. See Note 19 to our Consolidated Financial Statements. In 2011, the net amount of restructuring charges and other related closure costs amounted to $71 million before taxes.

Share-based compensation. We measure our share-based compensation expense based on the grant date fair value of the award. This cost is recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award or the requisite service period, usually the vesting period, and is adjusted for actual forfeitures that occur before vesting. Our share-based compensation plans may award shares contingent on the achievement of certain performance conditions based on financial objectives, including our financial results when compared to certain industry performances. In order to determine share-based compensation to be recorded for the period, we use significant estimates on the number of awards expected to vest, including the probability of achieving certain industry performances compared to our financial results, award forfeitures and employees’ service period. Our assumption related to industry performances is generally taken with a lag of one quarter in line with the availability of the information. As a result, in relation to the total of our nonvested Stock Award Plans, we recorded a total pre-tax expense of $29 million in 2011.

Earnings (loss) on Equity-method Investments. We are required to record our proportionate share of the results of the entities that we account for under the equity-method. This recognition is based on results reported by these entities, relying on their internal reporting systems to measure financial results. The main equity-method investments as of December 31, 2011 are represented by ST-Ericsson JVD and 3Sun. In 2011, we recognized a loss of approximately $23 million related to the ST-Ericsson JVD, net of amortization of basis differences, and a $5 million loss related to other investments, principally 3Sun. In case of triggering events, we are required to determine whether our investment is temporarily or other-than-temporarily impaired. If impairment is considered to be other-than-temporary, we need to assess the fair value of our investment and record an impairment charge directly in earnings when fair value is lower than the carrying value of the investment. We make this assessment by evaluating the business on the basis of the most recent plans and projections or to the best of our estimates.

Financial assets. We classify our financial assets in two categories, held-for-trading and available-for-sale. Such classification depends on the purpose for which the investments are acquired and held. We determine the classification of our financial assets at initial recognition. Unlisted equity securities with no readily determinable fair value are carried at cost; they are neither classified as held-for-trading nor as available-for-sale.

Held-for-trading and available-for-sale financial assets are valued at fair value. The fair value of quoted debt and equity securities is based on current market prices. If the market for a financial asset is not active, if no observable market price is obtainable, or if the security is not quoted, we measure fair value by using assumptions and estimates. For unquoted equity securities, these assumptions and estimates include the use of recent arm’s-length transactions; for debt securities without available observable market price, we establish fair value by reference to publicly available indexes of securities with the same rating and comparable or similar underlying collaterals or industries’ exposure, which we believe approximates the orderly exit value in the current market. In measuring fair value, we make maximum use of market inputs and rely as little as possible on entity-specific inputs.

Income taxes. We are required to make estimates and judgments in determining income tax for the period, comprising current and deferred income tax. We need to assess the income tax expected to be paid or the benefit expected to be received related to the current year income (loss) in each individual tax jurisdiction and recognize deferred income tax for all temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amount in the consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we are required to assess all material open income tax positions in all tax jurisdictions to determine any uncertain tax positions, and to record a provision for those that are not more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities.

We are also required to assess the likelihood of recovery of our deferred tax assets originated by the net operating losses carried forward. In particular, approximately $80 million of deferred tax assets at ST-Ericsson SA are included as of December 31, 2011, after having booked a valuation allowance of $92 million in the fourth quarter 2011, which are based on ST-Ericsson management’s assessment about their tax planning strategy. This assessment requires the exercise of judgment with respect to, among other things, benefits that could be realized from available tax strategies and future taxable income, as well as other positive and negative factors. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon, among other things, our ability to generate future taxable income that is sufficient to utilize loss carry-forwards or tax credits before their expiration or our ability to implement prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. If recovery is not likely, we are required to record a valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets that we estimate will not ultimately be recoverable, which would increase our provision for income taxes.

As of December 31, 2011, we had current deferred tax assets of $141 million and non-current deferred tax assets of $332 million, net of valuation allowances. Our deferred tax assets have increased in the past few years. In particular, a significant portion of the increase in our deferred tax assets was recorded in relation to net operating losses incurred in the ST-Ericsson joint venture. These net operating losses may not be realizable before their expiration in seven years, unless ST-Ericsson is capable of identifying favorable tax strategies. In connection with the continuing losses of ST-Ericsson, in the fourth quarter of 2011, we performed an assessment of the future recoverability of the deferred tax assets resulting from past net operating losses. On the basis of ST-Ericsson tax planning strategies and its most updated business plans, a valuation allowance of $92 million with respect to the ST-Ericsson deferred tax assets was recorded at December 31, 2011. As this allowance does not relate to our investment in ST-Ericsson, noncontrolling interest increases by the same amount of $92 million, with no impact to our net income attributable to us. The future recoverability of these net operating losses is partly dependent on the successful market penetration of new product releases and additional tax planning strategies currently under evaluation; however, negative developments in the new product roll-out or in the ongoing evaluation of the tax planning strategies could require adjustments to our evaluation of the deferred tax asset valuation.

We could be required to record further valuation allowances thereby reducing the amount of total deferred tax assets, resulting in a decrease in our total assets and, consequently, in our stockholders’ equity, if our estimates of projected future taxable income and benefits from available tax strategies are reduced as a result of a change in our assessment or due to other factors, or if changes in current tax regulations are enacted that impose restrictions on the timing or extent of our ability to utilize net operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards in the future. Likewise, a change in the tax rates applicable in the various jurisdictions or unfavorable outcomes of any ongoing tax audits could have a material impact on our future tax provisions in the periods in which these changes could occur.

Patent and other Intellectual Property (“IP”) litigation or claims. As is the case with many companies in the semiconductor industry, we have from time to time received, and may in the future receive, communications alleging possible infringement of patents and other IP rights of third parties. Furthermore, we may become involved in costly litigation brought against us regarding patents, mask works, copyrights, trademarks or trade secrets. In the event the outcome of a litigation claim is unfavorable to us, we may be required to purchase a license for the underlying IP right on economically unfavorable terms and conditions, possibly pay damages for prior use, and/or face an injunction, all of which singly or in the aggregate could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and on our ability to compete. See Item 3. “Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Operations — We depend on patents to protect our rights to our technology and may face claims of infringing the IP rights of others”.

We record a provision when we believe that it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. We regularly evaluate losses and claims with the support of our outside counsel to determine whether they need to be adjusted based on current information available to us. We currently estimate that the possible losses for known claims are in the range of $10 million to $40 million. From time to time we face cases where loss contingencies cannot readily be reasonably estimated. In the event of litigation that is adversely determined with respect to our interests, or in the event that we need to change our evaluation of a potential third-party claim based on new evidence or communications, this could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition at the time it were to materialize. We are in discussion with several parties with respect to claims against us relating to possible infringement of other parties’ IP rights. We are also involved in certain legal proceedings concerning such issues. See “Item 8. Financial Information — Legal Proceedings”.

As of December 31, 2011, based on our assessment, we recorded an immaterial provision in our financial statements relating to third-party claims, and in particular third party claims that relate to patent rights, since we

had not identified any significant risk of probable loss that could arise out of such asserted claims or ongoing legal proceedings. There can be no assurance, however, that all such claims will be resolved in our favor. If the outcome of any claim or litigation were to be unfavorable to us, we could incur monetary damages, and/or face an injunction, all of which singly or in the aggregate could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and our ability to compete.

Other claims. We are subject to the possibility of loss contingencies arising in the ordinary course of business. These include, but are not limited to: warranty costs on our products not covered by insurance, breach of contract claims, tax claims beyond assessed uncertain tax positions as well as claims for environmental damages. In determining loss contingencies, we consider the likelihood of a loss of an asset or the occurence of a liability, as well as our ability to reasonably estimate the amount of such loss or liability. An estimated loss is recorded when we believe that it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. We regularly re-evaluate any losses and claims and determine whether our provisions need to be adjusted based on the current information available to us. We currently estimate that the possible losses for known claims are in the range of $0 million to $10 million. In the event we are unable to estimate the amount of such loss in a correct and timely manner, this could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition at the time such loss were to materialize. For further details of our legal proceedings refer to “Item 8. Financial Information — Legal Proceedings” and Note 23 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Pension and Post-Retirement Benefits. Our results of operations and our consolidated balance sheet include amounts for pension obligations and post-retirement benefits that are measured using actuarial valuations. At December 31, 2011, our pension and post-retirement benefit obligations net of plan assets amounted to $409 million based on the assumption that our employees will work with us until they reach the age of retirement. These valuations are based on key assumptions, including discount rates, expected long-term rates of return on funds and salary increase rates. These assumptions are updated on an annual basis at the beginning of each fiscal year or more frequently upon the occurrence of significant events. Any changes in the pension schemes or in the above assumptions can have an impact on our valuations. The measurement date we use for our plans is December 31.

Fiscal Year 2011

Under Article 35 of our Articles of Association, our financial year extends from January 1 to December 31, which is the period end of each fiscal year. The first quarter of 2011 ended on April 2, 2011. The second quarter of 2011 ended on July 2, 2011 and the third quarter of 2011 ended on October 1, 2011. The fourth quarter of 2011 ended on December 31, 2011. Based on our fiscal calendar, the distribution of our revenues and expenses by quarter may be unbalanced due to a different number of days in the various quarters of the fiscal year.

In 2012 the first quarter will end on March 31, the second quarter will end on June 30, the third quarter will end on September 29 and the fourth quarter will end on December 31.

2011 Business Overview

The total available market is defined as the “TAM”, while the serviceable available market, the “SAM”, is defined as the market for products produced by us (which consists of the TAM and excludes major devices such as Microprocessors (“MPUs”), DRAMs, optoelectronics devices and Flash Memories).

In 2011, the semiconductor industry was characterized by a solid first half, while there was a significant slowdown in the later part of the year; as a result the total market grew only marginally in 2011 after the rebound registered in 2010.

Based on published industry data by WSTS, semiconductor industry revenues were basically flat in 2011 on a year-over-year basis for the TAM, while the SAM increased by approximately 2%, to reach approximately $300 billion and $174 billion, respectively. In the fourth quarter the TAM and the SAM decreased approximately 8% and 10% sequentially, and 5% and 7% on a year-over-year basis, respectively.

With reference to our business performance, in 2011 we registered a decline in terms of revenues, being particularly penalized by the negative results of our Wireless business. Our 2011 revenues decreased 5.9% to $9,735 million; this performance was below the SAM, being penalized by an approximately 30% decline in Wireless revenues, while the wholly owned businesses performed slightly better than their served markets.

Our fourth quarter 2011 revenues were down to $2,191 million, declining both on a year-over-year and sequential basis by approximately 23% and 10%, respectively, as they were negatively impacted by a reduction

in the demand in all of the product segments, due to the unfavorable market environment. Compared to the SAM, our sequential performance was equal to the SAM on a sequential basis and lower on a year-over-year basis.

Our effective average exchange rate for 2011 was $1.37 for €1.00 compared to $1.36 for €1.00 for 2010. Our effective average exchange rate for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $1.36 for €1.00, compared to $1.40 for €1.00 for the third quarter of 2011 and compared to $1.34 for €1.00 in the fourth quarter of 2010. For a more detailed discussion of our hedging arrangements and the impact of fluctuations in exchange rates, see “Impact of Changes in Exchange Rates” below.

Our 2011 gross margin was 36.7% of revenues, decreasing by 210 basis points compared to the prior year. The main factors contributing to the deterioration during 2011 compared to the prior year were (i) the significant amounts of unused capacity charges due to the underloading of our fabs, registered in particular in the second half of 2011, with an impact of approximately 150 basis points and (ii) the impact of the negative trend of selling prices. Our fourth quarter 2011 gross margin decreased to 33.4%, down sequentially and on a year-over-year basis, by 240 and 650 basis points, respectively, again due to unused capacity charges which accounted for approximately 450 basis points in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Our total operating expenses, combining the selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) and research and development (“R&D”) expenses, were basically flat compared to 2010.

The deterioration of our 2011 operating performance resulted in a significant decline of our operating income, particularly due to lower revenues and unused capacity charges. As a result, our operating income declined to $46 million in 2011 from $476 million in 2010.

Our fourth quarter 2011 operating result was a loss of $132 million, increasing sequentially from a $23 million loss, as a result of lower revenues and higher unused capacity charges.

In 2011, our wholly owned businesses delivered a solid performance throughout the year, within the backdrop of a severe slowdown in the broader semiconductor market as the year evolved. Our wholly owned businesses delivered revenue of $8,183 million and an operating margin of slightly above 11%. In 2010, the revenues for our wholly owned businesses were $8,127 million with an operating margin of slightly above 13%.

Moreover, we expected to see strong growth during 2011 in two of our key strategic product areas and we are particularly proud of our achievements there. Our MEMS sales nearly doubled to over $600 million. Our automotive business reported record revenues, with sales up 18% during 2011, on top of sales growth of over 40% during 2010. In both areas, revenue growth was also accompanied by a significant expansion of the operating profitability of these product groups.

We also continued to maintain a strong financial position and sharp focus on capital management. Exiting the year, our financial resources totaled $2.3 billion and our net financial position was about $1.17 billion, as adjusted, excluding the $400 million loan provided by our partner to fund ST-Ericsson SA. As anticipated, we saw an improvement in the fourth quarter in inventory levels and inventory turns and capital expenditures are back down to much lower levels as planned.

For ST-Ericsson, managing the wireless joint venture’s shift from a legacy portfolio to the new product roadmap has proven more challenging than expected given the change in the business of one of their largest customers and its evolving plans. While the new portfolio is beginning to ramp, the current results of ST-Ericsson are still distant from the financial prospects we are envisioning. Therefore, ST-Ericsson is now in a crucial phase focusing on improving execution, lowering its break-even point and reviewing its roadmap to sustainable profitability. We are confident that the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of ST-Ericsson is the appropriate leader to drive this turnaround.

Business Outlook

Based on current visibility, we believe bookings have bottomed. Looking to the first quarter, billings should also bottom out as we see stronger than seasonal billings for our wholly owned businesses offset by a very significantly weaker revenue performance from ST-Ericsson.

Preliminary industry analysts’ forecasts indicate that the overall semiconductor market should stabilize in 2012. For us, we see the opportunity to continue to grow in selected markets during 2012 but we remain concerned about the macro-economic uncertainty. Consequently, we plan in the near-term to continue to maintain reduced levels of loading at our facilities. We will continue to focus on capital management, taking a prudent approach with respect to inventory levels and capital investments, with the goal of maintaining and expanding our free cash flow. In addition, we are continuing to bring to market new innovative products to drive market share gains.

Based largely upon a very significantly weaker sequential sales outlook for wireless, we anticipate total revenues to sequentially decrease about 4% to 10% in first quarter of 2012. As a result, and reflecting an improved, but still high level of unsaturation at our facilities, gross margin in the first quarter is expected to be about 33.0%, plus or minus 1.5 percentage points.

This outlook is based on an assumed effective currency exchange rate of approximately $1.32 = €1.00 for the 2012 first quarter and includes the impact of existing hedging contracts. The first quarter will close on March 31, 2012.

These are forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially; in particular, refer to those known risks and uncertainties described in “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and Item 3. “Key Information — Risk Factors” herein.

Other Developments

On March 15, 2011, we announced new appointments to our executive management team. Fabio Gualandris rejoined us as Corporate Vice President, Director Product Quality Excellence. Gualandris took the position previously held by Georges Auguste, who has been appointed Executive Vice President, Packaging & Test Manufacturing (PTM). Claudia Levo joined us as Corporate Vice President, Communication, reporting to Carlo Ferro. In addition to the new appointments, we also announced a dedicated organization to investigate new areas of potential strategic interest for our Company, including possible investments in start-up companies that develop emerging technologies, products and services related to our business goals. Loic Lietar, Executive Vice President, New Ventures, manages this new activity. Philippe Lambinet has taken responsibility for the strategic functions formerly managed by Lietar, including Strategic Planning and Corporate Business Development. Lambinet manages these activities in addition to his current role as Senior Executive Vice President.

On March 30, 2011, the French Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (“FSI”) acquired Areva’s indirect interest in STMicroelectronics N.V., representing 10.9% of STMicroelectronics N.V.’s share capital (through the acquisition of Areva’s stake in FT1CI), at a price of €7.00 per share for a total of €695 million and signed a deed of adherence to the shareholders’ agreement relating to ST Holding NV.

Our Annual General Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 3, 2011 in Amsterdam and the following (main) decisions were adopted by our shareholders’ meeting:

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The reappointment of Mr. Carlo Bozotti as the sole member of the Managing Board and our President and Chief Executive Officer for a three-year term expiring at the 2014 Annual General Meeting;

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The reappointment for a three-year term, expiring at the 2014 Annual General Meeting, for the following members of the Supervisory Board: Mr. Didier Lombard, Mr. Bruno Steve and Mr. Tom de Waard;

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The appointment of Messrs. Jean d’Arthuys, Jean-Georges Malcor and Alessandro Rivera as new members of the Supervisory Board for a three-year term, expiring at the 2014 Annual General Meeting, in replacement of Messrs. Gerald Arbola and Antonino Turicchi, whose mandates expired at the 2011 Annual General Meeting, and of Mr. Didier Lamouche, who resigned in October 2010;

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The adoption of our 2010 annual accounts reported in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted in the European Union (IFRS);

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The distribution of a cash dividend of US$0.40 per share, to be paid in four equal quarterly installments in May, August and December 2011 and February 2012 to shareholders of record in the month of each quarterly payment;

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The reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. as our external auditors for a three-year term effective as of our 2011 Annual General Meeting to expire at the end of our 2014 Annual General Meeting;

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The delegation to our Supervisory Board, for 3 years as of April 25, 2012, of the authority to issue new shares, to grant rights to subscribe for new shares and to limit and/or exclude existing shareholders’ pre-emptive rights;

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The authorization to our Managing Board, for 18 months as of May 3, 2011, to repurchase our shares, subject to the approval of our Supervisory Board.

Following the Annual General Meeting, the Supervisory Board appointed Mr. Didier Lombard as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Mr. Bruno Steve as the Vice-Chairman, respectively, for a three-year term ending in 2014.

On May 31, 2011, we announced the publication of our 2010 Sustainability Report. The report provides comprehensive information about our sustainability strategy, policies and performance during 2010 and describes how we incorporate sustainability into our business practices to create value for all of our stakeholders. Key commitments and achievements include a record safety performance that puts us among the worldwide leaders in this field and a commitment to have 100% of our products eco-designed by 2015.

On June 9, 2011, we received cash proceeds of $356.8 million from Credit Suisse as the full and final payment for the settlement of all outstanding litigation concerning auction rate securities (“ARS”). This amount fully covers all losses and costs associated with the litigation. We booked a pre-tax gain of approximately $329 million in the second quarter of 2011 as a result of the settlement.

On July 8, 2011, the photovoltaic panels factory run by 3Sun, the equal share joint venture between Enel Green Power, Sharp and us, was inaugurated in Catania, Italy.

On October 21, 2011, we announced a new product group structure which was finalized on February 20, 2012, as described below.

On November 3, 2011, the Supervisory Board approved a plan to reorganize our corporate structure, focusing our activities as a holding company. A new Dutch company, wholly owned by us, was established, with effect from December 31, 2011, acting exclusively through a Swiss branch, to operate our business activities based in Geneva, Switzerland. We will continue to hold all of our group’s investments in affiliates and our existing Swiss branch will continue to run our group’s treasury activities. Additionally, under the new tax treaty between Switzerland and The Netherlands, which became effective on January 1, 2012, we became a full Dutch tax resident and the new Dutch company qualifies as a Swiss tax resident.

Effective December 1, 2011, Didier Lamouche, Chief Operating Officer, assumed the role of President and CEO of ST-Ericsson. In view of this, Mr. Lamouche suspended his operational responsibilities in the Company and consequently, reporting lines in the Corporate Staff changed as follows:

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Sales and Marketing: effective December 1, 2011, the Regional Sales and Marketing organizations report to Mr. Bozotti;

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Manufacturing & Technology R&D: effective December 1, 2011, Jean-Marc Chery took on the responsibility for Manufacturing & Technology R&D, reporting to Mr. Bozotti, with Front-End Manufacturing, led by Orio Bellezza, Packaging & Test Manufacturing, led by Georges Auguste, Product Quality Excellence, led by Fabio Gualandris and Information Technology, led by Stephane Delivre reporting to him; and

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Infrastructure & Services: effective December 1, 2011, Otto Kosgalwies took on the responsibility for Infrastructure & Services, reporting to Carlo Ferro.

On December 15, 2011, we launched our corporate venture capital fund (“ST New Ventures”). The increasing importance of the semiconductor has led us to create a venture fund which will invest in technology, product and service start-up companies to understand in advance emerging markets for which semiconductors are key. Healthcare, Cleantech and Smart Infrastructure are among the main areas of focus. In addition to financial investment, ST New Ventures will bring to its portfolio companies a deep understanding of the semiconductor industry — from technology to products, manufacturing and markets worldwide — and the experience of how semiconductors can enable new applications. The fund will co-invest with financial and corporate venture capitalists and has been designed accordingly. ST New Ventures is a fully owned subsidiary headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, led by Loïc Liétar, Managing Director, reporting to Philippe Lambinet.

On January 27, 2012, we announced that we were reorganizing our Sales & Marketing organization with the primary objectives to accelerate sales growth and gain market share. The changes have been designed along three key drivers:

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Strengthening the effectiveness of the development of global accounts;

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Boosting demand creation through an enhanced focus on the geographical coverage; and

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Establishing marketing organizations in the Regions fully aligned with the Product Groups.

Our Sales and Marketing organization is structured in six units:

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Four Regional Sales Organizations, all with a very similar structure to enhance coordination in the go-to-market activities and all strongly focused on accelerated growth:

Europe, Middle East and Africa Region led by Paul Grimme;

Americas Region led by Bob Krysiak;

Greater China-South Asia Region led by François Guibert; and

Japan-Korea Region led by Marco Cassis.

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Two Major Accounts units for our established global customers aimed at the further development of the business relationship between us and those clients:

Europe Major Accounts led by Paul Grimme; and

Americas Major Accounts led by Bob Krysiak.

In each of the four regions, the existing sales organization by market segment is replaced by a new sales organization based on a combination of country/area coverage and key accounts coverage.

In particular, in addition to the above major accounts, about fourty accounts will be managed globally by key account managers who will be responsible for the total sales generated worldwide, regardless of the channel and the geography. The main criteria for the selection of these accounts are their growth potential, the size of their transnational business and the geographical dispersion of their R&D activities.

On February 20, 2012, we announced that Carlo Ferro, Chief Financial Officer, has accepted to focus on the turnaround of ST-Ericsson as chief operating officer of the company. Mario Arlati, ST’s chief accounting officer and head of corporate external reporting, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer while Carlo Ferro is assigned to ST-Ericsson. Corporate External Communications and Investor Relations, led by Claudia Levo and Tait Sorensen, respectively, now report to Philippe Lambinet, head of the Strategy Office and newly created Digital Sector. With the increased responsibilities of Philippe Lambinet, we announced that we were re-organizing the Digital Sector as follows: the newly-formed Digital Convergence Group (DCG), encompassing all CMOS-based products, both ASIC and Application Processor Platforms and the Imaging, Bi-CMOS ASIC and Silicon Photonics Group (IBP). Effective January 1, 2012, the Products Groups are divided as follows:

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The Automotive Product Group, led by the newly appointed Corporate Vice President Marco Monti;

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The Digital Sector, led by Philippe Lambinet which consists of two Product Groups: the Digital Convergence Group, led by Gian Luca Bertino and the Imaging, Bi-CMOS ASIC and Silicon Photonics Group, led by Eric Aussedat; and

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The Industrial & Multisegment Sector, led by Carmelo Papa which consists of three Product Groups: Industrial & Power Discretes, led by Carmelo Papa, Microcontrollers, Memories & Secure MCUs, led by Claude Dardanne and Analog, MEMS & Sensors, led by Benedetto Vigna.

Giuseppe Notarnicola will maintain his role as head of Corporate Treasury and Otto Kosgalwies will lead Corporate Infrastructures and Services, both directly reporting to Carlo Bozotti.

Results of Operations

Segment Information

We operate in two business areas: Semiconductors and Subsystems.

In the Semiconductors business area, we design, develop, manufacture and market a broad range of products, including discrete and standard commodity components, application-specific integrated circuits (“ASICs”), full-custom devices and semi-custom devices and application-specific standard products (“ASSPs”) for analog, digital and mixed-signal applications. In addition, we further participate in the manufacturing value chain of Smartcard products, which include the production and sale of both silicon chips and Smartcards.

The organization during 2011 was as follows:

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Automotive, Consumer, Computer and Communication Infrastructure (“ACCI”), comprised of:

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Automotive Products Group (“APG”);

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Computer and Communication Infrastructure (“CCI”);

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Home Entertainment & Displays (“HED”); and

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Imaging (“IMG”).

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Analog, MEMS and Microcontrollers (“AMM”), comprised of:

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Analog Products and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (“Analog & MEMS”); and

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Microcontrollers, non Flash, non volatile Memory and Smartcard products (“MMS”).

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Power Discrete Products (“PDP”), comprised of:

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Rectifiers, Thyristors & Triacs, Protection, Integrated Passive Active Devices (IPADs) and Transistors.

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Wireless, comprised of:

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Entry Solutions and Connectivity (“ESC”) (formerly called “2G, EDGE, TD-SCDMA & Connectivity”);

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Smartphone and Tablet Solutions (“STS”) (formerly called “3G Multimedia & Platforms”);

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Modems (“MOD”) (formerly called “LTE & 3G Modem Solutions”);

in which we report the portion of sales and operating results of ST-Ericsson JVS as consolidated in our revenue and operating results; and

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Other Wireless, in which we report other revenues, gross margin and other items related to our Wireless business outside the ST-Ericsson JVS.

In 2011, we restated our results from prior periods for illustrative comparisons of our performance by product segment due to the Industrial and Multisegment Sector (“IMS”) now being tracked in two separate segments (“AMM” and “PDP”). The preparation of segment information based on the current segment structure requires us to make significant estimates, assumptions and judgments in determining the operating income of the segments for the prior reporting periods. The tables set forth below also reflect the transfer of the Audio division from ACCI to AMM; accordingly, we have reclassified the prior period’s revenues and operating income results of ACCI and AMM. We believe that the restated 2010 and 2009 presentation is consistent with that of 2011 and we use these comparatives when managing our company.

Effective January 1, 2012, the organization is as follows:

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Automotive Segment (APG);

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Digital Segment, consisting of two product lines:

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Digital Convergence Group (DCG); and

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Imaging, Bi-CMOS ASIC and Silicon Photonics Group (IBP).

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Analog, MEMS and Microcontrollers Sector (AMM), comprised of three product lines:

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Analog, MEMS & Sensors;

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Industrial & Power Conversion; and

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Microcontrollers, Memories & Secure MCUs.

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Power Discrete Product Segment (PDP);

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Wireless Segment comprised of the following product lines:

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Entry Solutions and Connectivity (ESC);

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Smartphone and Tablet Solutions (STS);

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Modems (MOD); and

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Other Wireless, in which we report other revenues, gross margin and other items related to the wireless business but outside the ST-Ericsson JVS.

Our principal investment and resource allocation decisions in the semiconductor business area are for expenditures on R&D and capital investments in front-end and back-end manufacturing facilities. These decisions are not made by product segments, but on the basis of the semiconductor business area. All these product segments share common R&D for process technology and manufacturing capacity for most of their products.

In the Subsystems business area, we design, develop, manufacture and market subsystems and modules for the telecommunications, automotive and industrial markets including mobile phone accessories, battery chargers, ISDN power supplies and in-vehicle equipment for electronic toll payment. Based on its immateriality to our business as a whole, the Subsystems business area does not meet the requirements for a reportable segment as defined in the guidance on disclosures about segments of an enterprise and related information. All the financial values related to Subsystems including net revenues and related costs, are reported in the segment “Others”.

The following tables present our consolidated net revenues and consolidated operating income by product segment. For the computation of the segments’ internal financial measurements, we use certain internal rules of allocation for the costs not directly chargeable to the segments, including cost of sales, selling, general and administrative expenses and a significant part of research and development expenses. Additionally, in compliance with our internal policies, certain cost items are not charged to the segments, including unused capacity charges, impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, including ST-Ericsson plans, start-up and phase-out costs of certain manufacturing facilities, strategic and special R&D programs or other corporate-sponsored initiatives, including certain corporate-level operating expenses, other non-recurrent purchase accounting items and certain other miscellaneous charges.


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(In millions)
Net revenues by product segments:
Automotive, Consumer, Computer and Communication Infrastructure (“ACCI”)⁽¹⁾	$	4,030	$	4,086	$	3,093
Analog, MEMS and Microcontrollers (“AMM”)⁽¹⁾		2,864		2,663		1,797
Power Discrete Products (“PDP”)⁽¹⁾		1,240		1,319		949
Wireless		1,552		2,219		2,585
Others⁽²⁾		49		59		86
Total consolidated net revenues	$	9,735	$	10,346	$	8,510

(1)	Following the split of IMS between AMM and PDP and the transfer of a small business unit from ACCI to AMM, we have reclassified prior periods’ revenues accordingly.

(2)	In 2011, “Others” includes revenues from the sales of Subsystems ($21 million), assembly services ($1 million), sales of materials and other products not allocated to product segments ($22 million) and miscellaneous ($5 million).

For each product segment, the following table discloses the revenues of their relevant product lines for the periods under review:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(In millions)
Net revenues by product line:
Automotive Products Group (“APG”)	$	1,678	$	1,420	$	1,005
Computer and Communication Infrastructure (“CCI”)		958		1,125		932
Home Entertainment & Displays (“HED”)		746		923		728
Imaging (“IMG”)		615		569		417
Others		33		49		11
Automotive, Consumer, Computer and Communication Infrastructure (“ACCI”)⁽¹⁾		4,030		4,086		3,093
Analog and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (“Analog & MEMS”)		1,686		1,478		997
Microcontrollers, non-Flash, non-volatile Memory and Smartcard products (“MMS”)		1,175		1,181		798
Others		3		4		2
Analog, MEMS and Microcontrollers (“AMM”)⁽¹⁾		2,864		2,663		1,797
Power Discrete Products (“PDP”)⁽¹⁾		1,240		1,319		949
Entry Solutions and Connectivity (“ESC”)		778		956		1,027
Smartphone and Tablet Solutions (“STS”)		657		1,223		1,529
Modems (“MOD”)		115		35		18
Others		2		5		11
Wireless		1,552		2,219		2,585
Others		49		59		86
Total consolidated net revenues	$	9,735	$	10,346	$	8,510

(1)	Following the split of IMS between AMM and PDP and the transfer of a small business unit from ACCI to AMM, we have reclassified prior periods’ revenues accordingly.


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	(In millions)
Operating income (loss) by product segment:
Automotive Consumer Computer and Communication Infrastructure (“ACCI”)	$	360		$	410		$	(62	)
Analog, MEMS and Microcontrollers (“AMM”)		581			502			44
Power Discrete Products (“PDP”)		139			179			40
Wireless⁽¹⁾		(812	)		(483	)		(356	)
Others⁽²⁾		(222	)		(132	)		(689	)
Operating income (loss)	$	46		$	476		$	(1,023	)

(1)

The majority of Wireless’ activities are run through ST-Ericsson JVS. In addition, Wireless includes other items affecting operating results related to the wireless business. The noncontrolling interest of Ericsson in ST-Ericsson JVS’ operating results (which are 100% included in Wireless) is credited on the line “Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest” of our Consolidated Statements of Income, which represented $495 million for the year ended December 31, 2011.

(2)

Operating loss of “Others” includes items such as unused capacity charges, impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs including ST-Ericsson plans, start-up and phase-out costs, and other unallocated expenses such as: strategic or special R&D programs, and other non-recurrent purchase accounting items, certain corporate-level operating expenses and other costs that are not allocated to the product segments, as well as operating earnings or losses of the Subsystems and Other Products Group.


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	(As percentage of net revenues)
Operating income (loss) by product segment:
Automotive Consumer Computer and Communication Infrastructure (“ACCI”)⁽¹⁾		8.9	%		10.0	%		(2.0	)%
Analog, MEMS and Microcontrollers (“AMM”)⁽¹⁾		20.3			18.8			2.4
Power Discrete Products (“PDP”)⁽¹⁾		11.2			13.6			4.2
Wireless⁽¹⁾		(52.3	)		(21.8	)		(13.8	)
Others		—			—			—
Total consolidated operating income (loss)⁽²⁾		0.5	%		4.6	%		(12.0	)%

(1)	As a percentage of net revenues per product segment.

(2)	As a percentage of total net revenues.


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	(In millions)
Reconciliation to consolidated operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss) of product segments	$	268		$	608		$	(334	)
Unused capacity charges		(149	)		(3	)		(322	)
Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs		(75	)		(104	)		(291	)
Phase-out and start up costs		(8	)		(15	)		(39	)
Strategic and other research and development programs		(13	)		(18	)		(22	)
Other non-allocated provisions⁽¹⁾		23			8			(15	)
Total operating loss Others		(222	)		(132	)		(689	)
Total consolidated operating income (loss)	$	46		$	476		$	(1,023	)

(1)	Includes unallocated income and expenses such as certain corporate-level operating expenses and other costs/income that are not allocated to the product segments.

Net revenues by location of order shipment and by market segment

The table below sets forth information on our net revenues by location of order shipment:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(In millions)
Net Revenues by Location of Order Shipment:⁽¹⁾
EMEA	$	2,328	$	2,592	$	2,413
Americas		1,342		1,331		1,015
Greater China-South Asia		4,359		4,558		3,457
Japan-Korea		1,706		1,865		1,625
Total	$	9,735	$	10,346	$	8,510

(1)

Net revenues by location of order shipment are classified by location of customer invoiced. For example, products ordered by U.S.-based companies to be invoiced to Greater China-South Asia affiliates are classified as Greater China-South Asia revenues. Furthermore, the comparison among the different periods may be affected by shifts in order shipment from one location to another, as requested by our customers.

The table below shows our net revenues by location of order shipment and market segment application in percentage of net revenues:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	(As percentage of net revenues)
Net Revenues by Location of Order Shipment:⁽¹⁾
EMEA		23.9	%		25.0	%		28.4	%
Americas		13.8			12.9			11.9
Greater China-South Asia		44.8			44.1			40.6
Japan-Korea		17.5			18.0			19.1
Total		100.0			100.0			100.0
Net Revenues by Market Segment/Channel:⁽²⁾
Automotive		17.2			14.0			12.2
Computer		13.7			13.0			12.9
Consumer		10.2			12.2			11.5
Telecom		26.9			31.8			39.9
Industrial and Other		9.3			8.1			7.7
Distribution		22.7			20.9			15.8
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%

(1)

(2)

The above table estimates, within a variance of 5% to 10% in the absolute dollar amount, the relative weighting of each of our target segments. Net revenues by market segment/channel are classified according to the status of the final customer. For example, products ordered by a computer company, even including sales of other applications such as Telecom, are classified as Computer revenues.

The following table sets forth certain financial data from our Consolidated Statements of Income, expressed in each case as a percentage of net revenues:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	(As percentage of net revenues)
Net sales		98.9	%		99.2	%		99.5	%
Other revenues		1.1			0.8			0.5
Net revenues		100.0			100.0			100.0
Cost of sales		(63.3	)		(61.2	)		(69.1	)
Gross profit		36.7			38.8			30.9
Selling, general and administrative		(12.4	)		(11.4	)		(13.6	)
Research and development		(24.1	)		(22.7	)		(27.8	)
Other income and expenses, net		1.1			0.9			1.9
Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs		(0.8	)		(1.0	)		(3.4	)
Operating income (loss)		0.5			4.6			(12.0	)
Other-than-temporary impairment charge and realized gains (losses) on financial assets		3.3			—			(1.6	)
Interest income (expense), net		(0.3	)		0.0			0.1
Earnings (loss) on equity-method investments and gain on investment divestiture		(0.3	)		2.3			(4.0	)
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net		0.3			(0.2	)		(0.1	)
Income (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interest		3.5			6.7			(17.6	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		(1.9	)		(1.5	)		1.1
Net income (loss)		1.6			5.2			(16.5	)
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest		5.1			2.8			3.2
Net income (loss) attributable to parent company		6.7	%		8.0	%		(13.3	)%

2011 vs. 2010

Net revenues


	Year Ended December 31
	2011		2010		% Variation
	(In millions)
Net sales	$	9,630	$	10,262		(6.2	)%
Other revenues		105		84		24.3
Net revenues	$	9,735	$	10,346		(5.9	)%

Our 2011 net revenues decreased by approximately 6%, driven by the significant decline in Wireless and the overall weakness in the semiconductor industry registered in the second half of 2011. Such decline originated from an approximate 4% decrease in volume and 2% reduction in average selling prices. Our 2011 net revenues benefited from $105 million of other revenues, consisting mainly of technology licensing of $77 million, of which $38 million related to ACCI, $34 million to Wireless, $3 million to AMM and $2 million to PDP.

Our wholly owned businesses registered an increase by about 1% in 2011.

ACCI revenues decreased by approximately 1%, driven by a significant drop in demand for our HED (down about 19%) and CCI (down about 15%) products, while APG and IMG were performing better, registering a revenue growth of approximately 18% and approximately 8%, respectively. AMM net revenues were approximately 8% higher, led by the strong success of our MEMS products, which nearly doubled their revenues. PDP revenues declined by approximately 6%. Wireless sales registered a decline of approximately 30%, led by the strong reduction of its legacy products.

By market segment/channel, our revenues registered a decline in all of them, except Automotive, Industrial & Other and Distribution.

By location of order shipment, all regions except the Americas performed negatively in terms of revenues. In 2011, our largest customer, the Nokia group of companies, accounted for slightly more than 10% of our total net revenues, compared to about 14% in 2010.

Gross profit


	Year Ended December 31
	2011			2010			% Variation
	(In millions)
Cost of sales	$	(6,161	)	$	(6,331	)		2.7	%
Gross profit		3,574			4,015			(11.0	)
Gross margin (as percentage of net revenues)		36.7	%		38.8	%		—

In 2011, gross margin was 36.7%, down by 210 basis points compared to the prior year, mainly due to the negative impact of selling prices, lower sales volume which generated a significant amount of unused capacity charges, which penalized the 2011 gross margin by 150 basis points. Furthermore, 2011 benefited from the contribution of improved overall manufacturing performances and of the contribution of other revenues.

Selling, general and administrative expenses


	Year Ended December 31						% Variation
	2011			2010			Year-Over-Year
	(In millions)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	(1,210	)	$	(1,175	)		(3.0	)%
As percentage of net revenues		(12.4	)%		(11.4	)%		—

Our selling, general and administrative expenses increased in 2011 mainly due to the negative impact of the U.S. dollar exchange rate. Our share-based compensation charges were $16 million in 2011, slightly lower compared to the previous period.

As a percentage of revenues, our selling, general and administrative expenses amounted to 12.4%, slightly increasing in comparison to 11.4% in 2010.

Research and development expenses


	Year Ended December 31						% Variation
	2011			2010			Year-Over-Year
	(In millions)
Research and development expenses	$	(2,352	)	$	(2,350	)		(0.1	)%
As percentage of net revenues		(24.1	)%		(22.7	)%		—

The 2011 R&D expenses benefited from higher billing of R&D services by ST-Ericsson to our partner in the JVS in the amount of $100 million, whereas they amounted to $80 million in 2010, while they were penalized by the unfavorable impact of the exchange rates. In addition, the 2011 R&D expenses benefited from our ongoing cost saving measures and restructuring initiatives, mainly in the ST-Ericsson perimeter. As a result, our R&D expenses were flat on a year-over-year basis.

The 2011 amount included $8 million of share-based compensation charges, slightly less compared to 2010. Total R&D expenses were net of research tax credits, which amounted to $159 million in 2011; the amount was $146 million in 2010.

As a percentage of revenues, 2011 R&D equaled 24.1%, increasing compared to 22.7% in the prior year.

Other income and expenses, net


	Year Ended December 31
	2011			2010
	(In millions)
Research and development funding	$	128		$	106
Phase-out and start-up costs		(8	)		(15	)
Exchange gain, net		8			11
Patent costs		(28	)		(12	)
Gain on sale of non-current assets		15			4
Other, net		(6	)		(4	)
Other income and expenses, net	$	109		$	90
As percentage of net revenues		1.1	%		0.9	%

Other income and expenses, net, mainly included, as income, items such as R&D funding, gain on sale of non-current assets and exchange gain and, as expenses, patent costs and phase-out and start-up costs. Income from R&D funding was associated with our R&D projects, which, upon project approval, qualifies as funding on the basis of contracts with local government agencies in locations where we pursue our activities. Patent costs increased mainly due to higher provisions for loss contingencies and higher legal fees. The gain on the sale of non-current assets mainly consisted of the gain on the sale of our Phoenix plant. In 2011, the balance of these factors resulted in an income, net of $109 million, increasing compared to 2010 mainly due to the higher level of funding.

Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs


	Year Ended December 31
	2011			2010
	(In millions)
Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs	$	(75	)	$	(104	)

In 2011, we recorded $75 million of impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, of which:

•

$37 million was recorded in relation to the manufacturing restructuring plan in regards to the closure of our Carrollton (Texas) and Phoenix (Arizona) sites, and was composed of one-time termination benefits, as well as other related closure charges, mainly associated with the Phoenix fab, where production was terminated in the first quarter of 2011;

•

$7 million related to the workforce reduction plans announced in April and December 2009 by ST-Ericsson, pursuant to the closure of certain locations;

•

$26 million related to the cost savings plan announced in June 2011 by ST-Ericsson, primarily consisting of employee termination benefits; the total plan charge is expected to be approximately between $70 million and $75 million, and will be substantially completed in 2012; and

•

$5 million related to other restructuring initiatives.

In 2010, we recorded $104 million of impairment and restructuring charges and other related closure costs, which were basically related to two plans: the manufacturing plan and the ST-Ericsson restructuring plan. The breakdown was as follows:

•

$27 million related to our manufacturing restructuring plan which contemplated the closure of our Ain Sebaa (Morocco), Carrollton and Phoenix sites, and was composed of one-time termination benefits, as well as other relevant charges, mainly related to the Carrollton and Phoenix fabs;

•

$74 million related to the plans announced in April and December 2009 by ST-Ericsson, largely completed during 2010, primarily consisting of ongoing termination benefits pursuant to the workforce reduction plan and the closure of certain locations in Europe; and

•

$3 million related to other restructuring initiatives.

Operating income


	Year Ended December 31
	2011			2010
	(In millions)
Operating income	$	46		$	476
As percentage of net revenues		0.5	%		4.6	%

Our operating income was down to $46 million from $476 million in 2010, as a result of the lower volume of our revenues and the other aforementioned factors.

Our wholly owned businesses (ACCI, AMM, PDP and others), were in a position to maintain a solid operating income of slightly above 11% of revenues, while they reported a decline in their profitability compared to 2010 because of lower revenues. ACCI operating income decreased to $360 million, or about 9% of revenues from $410 million or approximately 10% of 2010 revenues, mainly due to a significant decline in HED and CCI profitability, while APG and IMG improved their operating performances due to their strong revenue result. AMM improved its profit level, driven by the revenue growth, registering $581 million operating income or 20% of revenues compared to $502 million operating income or about 19% of revenues in 2010, mainly supported by the strong MEMS operating performances. PDP operating income was down to $139 million, equivalent to about 11% of current revenues from $179 million operating income or about 14% of revenues. Due to a strong decline in revenues, Wireless segment registered a significant deterioration in its operating result, registering a loss of $812 million, compared to a loss of $483 million in the previous year; since, substantially all of this loss was generated by ST-Ericsson JVS, 50% was attributed to Ericsson as noncontrolling interest below operating income. The segment “Others” increased its losses to $222 million, from $132 million in 2010, mainly due to higher unused capacity charges, which are not allocated to the product segments.

Other-than-temporary impairment charge and realized gains (losses) on financial assets


	Year Ended December 31
	2011		2010
	(In millions)
Other-than-temporary impairment charge and realized gains (losses) on financial assets	$	318		—

The income of $318 million represents a balance of (i) a realized gain on financial assets of $323 million as a result of the cash settlement from Credit Suisse against the transfer of ownership of the whole portfolio of ARS and (ii) an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $5 million as an adjustment of the fair value of certain marketable securities.

Interest expense, net


	Year Ended December 31
	2011			2010
	(In millions)
Interest expense, net	$	(25	)	$	(3	)

In 2011, we registered a significant expense increase compared with the year-ago period, mainly due to ST-Ericsson because of the one-off sale of certain R&D tax credits at ST-Ericsson, anticipating their collection by three years and the increased utilization of the parents’ credit facility.

Earnings (loss) on equity-method investments and gain on investment divestiture


	Year Ended December 31
	2011			2010
	(In millions)
Earnings (loss) on equity-method investments and gain on investment divestiture	$	(28	)	$	242

In 2011, we recorded a charge of $28 million, out of which $23 million related to our proportionate share in ST-Ericsson JVD’s net results, including amortization of basis difference. The remaining $5 million loss related to other investments. The 2010 amount represented an income of $242 million, which included (i) $265 million gain realized on the divestiture of our proportionate share in Numonyx; (ii) $8 million of income representing our net proportional share of Numonyx’s result; (iii) $28 million of loss related to our proportionate share in the ST-Ericsson JVD (both results included amortization of basis difference following the business combinations); and (iv) $3 million loss relating to other investments.

Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net


	Year Ended December 31
	2011		2010
	(In millions)
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net	$	25	$	(24	)

The $25 million gain on financial assets in 2011 was mainly associated with (i) the gain of $20 million related to the sale of the remaining Micron shares and the unwinding of the related hedging of our equity participation in Micron received upon the Numonyx disposal and (ii) a gain of $4 million recorded following unsolicited repurchases of a portion of our 2016 Convertible Bonds with an accreted value of $318 million, inclusive of the swap, for a cash consideration of $314 million. The $24 million loss on financial instruments in 2010 was the balance between (i) a loss of $15 million related to the net premium paid on financial contracts designated to hedge part of the disposal of our share in Numonyx; (ii) a loss of $3 million related to the sale of senior Floating Rate Notes; (iii) a loss of $13 million related to the sale of shares of our equity participation in Micron; and (iv) a gain of $7 million related to the repurchase of our 2016 Convertible Bonds.

Income tax expense


	Year Ended December 31
	2011			2010
	(In millions)
Income tax expense	$	(181	)	$	(149	)

During 2011, we registered an income tax expense of $181 million, reflecting the actual tax charge calculated on our income before income taxes in each of our jurisdictions. This expense included the recognition of deferred tax assets, potential valuation allowances on our deferred tax assets associated with our estimates of the net operating loss recoverability in certain jurisdictions of which a $92 million charge was for a valuation allowance related to part of ST-Ericsson’s accumulated net operating losses and our best estimate on tax charges related to potential uncertain tax positions.

Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest


	Year Ended December 31
	2011			2010
	(In millions)
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest	$	495		$	288
As percentage of net revenues		5.1	%		2.8	%

In 2011, we recorded $495 million income, representing the loss attributable to noncontrolling interest, which mainly included $413 million of the ST-Ericsson JVS losses owned by Ericsson and $92 million charge attributed to Ericsson for a valuation allowance related to part of ST-Ericsson’s accumulated net operating losses. In 2010, we booked $288 million as a result attributable to noncontrolling interest, of which $296 million was attributable to the share owned by Ericsson in the losses of the consolidated ST-Ericsson JVS.

All periods included the recognition of noncontrolling interest related to our joint venture in Shenzhen, China for assembly operating activities and Incard do Brazil for distribution. Those amounts were not material.

Net income attributable to parent company


	Year Ended December 31
	2011			2010
	(In millions)
Net income attributable to parent company	$	650		$	830
As percentage of net revenues		6.7	%		8.0	%

In 2011, we reported a net income of $650 million, a significant decline compared to 2010 due to the aforementioned factors and in spite of the significant amount of realized gain on financial assets. In 2010, we reported a net income of $830 million.

Diluted earnings per share for 2011 was $0.72 compared to $0.92 per share in 2010.

In 2011, the impact after tax of impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, other-than-temporary impairment charge and other one-time items, net of tax, was estimated to be approximately $0.31 per share.

2010 vs. 2009

Based on published industry data by WSTS, semiconductor industry revenue increased by approximately 32% for the TAM and 26% for the SAM.

Net Revenues


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010		2009		% Variation
	(In millions)
Net sales	$	10,262	$	8,465		21.2
Other revenues		84		45		87.1
Net revenues	$	10,346	$	8,510		21.6

In 2010, we registered a strong performance, posting growth in all regions and in all product segments, with the exception of Wireless. Our revenues reached a record $10,346 million, increasing 21.6% compared to prior year, as a result of a broad product portfolio and significantly better industry conditions. In 2010, we recognized $84 million in other revenues, mainly consisting of the proceeds from the licensing of CMOS technologies which accounted for $57 million. The revenue increase was entirely driven by volume, which accounted for an approximate 31% increase, partially balanced by an approximate 9% decline in average selling prices. The selling price decrease resulted from a negative pricing impact of approximately 6% and a less favorable product mix impact of 3% due to a strong volume increase in AMM, PDP and ACCI coupled with a volume decrease in Wireless.

By product segment, our revenues performance was supported by the strong results within AMM, PDP and ACCI, registering an increase of approximately 48%, 39% and 32%, respectively, while Wireless sales registered a decline of approximately 14%. Within ACCI, strong results were driven by all key product lines, in particular Automotive, Digital Consumer, Computer Peripherals and Printers. AMM revenue growth benefited from two main factors: (1) advanced Analog and MEMS products, which are becoming an increasing proportion of its overall portfolio; and (2) success of its general purpose and secure microcontroller families. The decline in volume and selling prices was the main reason for Wireless’ sales decrease, due to the expected ongoing decline in sales of our legacy product portfolio.

By location of order shipment, Greater China-South Asia and Americas were the top performers, with approximately 32% and 31% growth, respectively, largely exceeding the results registered by Japan-Korea at approximately 15% and EMEA at approximately 7%. Our largest customer, the Nokia group of companies, accounted for approximately 14% of our net revenues in 2010 compared to about 16% during 2009.

Gross profit


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009			% Variation
	(In millions)
Cost of sales	$	(6,331	)	$	(5,884	)		(7.6	)
Gross profit		4,015			2,626			52.9
Gross margin (as percentage of net revenues)		38.8	%		30.9	%

Our gross margin in 2010 reached a level of 38.8%, increasing on a year-over-year basis by nearly 8 percentage points. The increase in gross profit and gross margin reflected higher revenues, improved manufacturing efficiencies and a more favorable product mix in ACCI and AMM, as well as the absence of unused capacity charges following the return to normal fab loading. The unused capacity charges were immaterial in 2010, compared to $322 million in 2009. The gross profit also benefited slightly from a positive fluctuation in the U.S. dollar exchange rate.

Selling, general and administrative expenses


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009			% Variation
	(In millions)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	(1,175	)	$	(1,159	)		(1.4	)
As percentage of net revenues		(11.4	)%		(13.6	)%

While our selling, general and administrative expenses registered a slight increase in 2010 in dollar terms, they decreased as a percentage of revenues from 13.6% in 2009 to 11.4% in 2010, as leveraged by the higher revenues.

Our share-based compensation charges were $18 million in 2010, compared to $19 million registered in 2009.

Research and development expenses


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009			% Variation
	(In millions)
Research and development expenses	$	(2,350	)	$	(2,365	)		0.6
As percentage of net revenues		(22.7	)%		(27.8	)%

Our year-over-year R&D expenses remained basically flat due to our ongoing cost saving measures and restructuring initiatives, mainly in the ST-Ericsson perimeter, while maintaining our commitment to invest in R&D activities. The R&D expense to sales ratio was at about 23% of revenues in 2010, also reflecting the significant effort in product transition in Wireless.

The 2010 amount included $10 million of share-based compensation charges compared to $11 million in 2009. R&D expenses in 2010 were net of research tax credits, which amounted to $146 million, same as in the prior year.

Other income and expenses, net


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009
	(In millions)
Research and development funding	$	106		$	202
Phase-out and start-up costs		(15	)		(39	)
Exchange gain, net		11			11
Patent costs, net of gain from settlement		(12	)		(5	)
Gain on sale of non-current assets, net		4			3
Other, net		(4	)		(6	)
Other income and expenses, net	$	90		$	166
As percentage of net revenues		0.9	%		2.0	%

Other income and expenses, net, mainly included, as income, R&D funding and exchange gain and, as expenses, phase-out and start-up costs and patent claim costs net of settlement agreements. Income from R&D funding was associated with our R&D projects, which, upon approval, qualify as funding on the basis of contracts with local government agencies in locations where we pursue our activities. In 2010, the balance of these factors resulted in net income of $90 million, significantly lower than in the previous year, which benefited from the catch-up of funding related also to prior years. The 2010 amount also included a significant decline in phase-out and start-up costs, benefiting from a more stabilized structure of our manufacturing activities.

Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009
	(In millions)
Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs	$	(104	)	$	(291	)

In 2010, we recorded $104 million of impairment and restructuring charges and other related closure costs, which were basically related to two plans: the manufacturing restructuring plan and the ST-Ericsson restructuring plan. The breakdown was as follows:

•

$27 million related to our manufacturing restructuring plan which contemplated the closure of our Ain Sebaa, Carrollton and Phoenix sites, and was composed of one-time termination benefits, as well as other relevant charges, mainly related to the Carrollton and Phoenix fabs;

•

$3 million related to other restructuring initiatives.

In 2009, we recorded $291 million in impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, of which: $126 million related to the closure of our Ain Sebaa, Carrollton and Phoenix sites, including $101 million of one-time termination benefits, as well as other relevant charges and $25 million as impairment charges on the fair value of Carrollton and Phoenix assets; $100 million related to the plans announced in April and December 2009 by ST-Ericsson, primarily consisting of ongoing termination benefits pursuant to the closure of certain locations in Europe and the United States; $59 million related to other committed restructuring plans, consisting primarily of voluntary termination benefits and early retirement arrangements in some of our European locations; and $6 million as impairment on certain goodwill.

Operating income (loss)


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009
	(In millions)
Operating income (loss)	$	476		$	(1,023	)
As percentage of net revenues		4.6	%		(12.0	)%

Our operating results significantly improved in 2010 compared to the year-ago period due to the rebound in our revenues, the success of new product offering, in particular in ACCI and AMM and the benefits of our cost

optimization initiatives. As a result, our operating income reached $476 million, significantly better than our operating loss of $1,023 million in 2009. In 2009, the high level of operating losses was mainly due to the sharp drop in revenues originated by the market downturn, the high amount of unused capacity charges associated with the low level of fab loading and the higher amount of impairment and restructuring charges.

ACCI, AMM and PDP reported a significant improvement in their profitability compared to the year-ago period, supported by their higher levels of revenues, while Wireless incurred higher losses due to declining sales. ACCI increased its operating result from a loss of $62 million to an operating profit of $410 million, equivalent to 10.0% of revenues. AMM improved its profit from $44 million to $502 million, equivalent to 18.8% of revenues. PDP improved its profit from $40 million to $179 million, equivalent to 13.6% of revenues. Wireless operating loss increased from $356 million to $483 million, partially off-set by noncontrolling interest in our earnings of respectively $276 million and $296 million, and was originated by ST-Ericsson, which was completing its cost restructuring while seeking to enhance its product and customers’ portfolio. The segment “Others” significantly reduced its losses to $132 million, from $689 million in the year-ago period, mainly due to significantly lower amounts of restructuring and unused capacity charges.

Other-than-temporary impairment charge and realized gains (losses) on financial assets


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010		2009
	(In millions)
Other-than-temporary impairment charge and realized gains (losses) on financial assets	$	0	$	(140	)

No amounts were recorded as other-than-temporary impairment charge or realized gains (losses) on financial assets as of December 31, 2010. The 2009 amount was related to an other-than-temporary impairment of $72 million and a realized loss of $68 million, both linked to the portfolio of ARS purchased on our account by Credit Suisse contrary to our instruction. See “— Liquidity and Capital Resources”.

Interest income (expense), net


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009
	(In millions)
Interest income (expense), net	$	(3	)	$	9

We recorded net interest expense of $3 million in 2010, compared to income of $9 million registered in the previous period. This amount consisted of (i) $31 million in interest income, decreasing compared to 2009, in spite of the more favorable cash position, due to lower U.S. dollar denominated interest rates on liquidity investments and the extinguishment of long-term subordinated notes received upon the creation of Numonyx, as well as the redemption of the $250 million restricted cash in favor of the Numonyx-Hynix joint venture; and (ii) $34 million of interest expense and banking fees, which also decreased due to the lower cost of debt following our repurchase of about 50% of our 2016 Convertible Bonds and about 15% of our 2013 Senior Bonds.

Earnings (loss) on equity-method investments and gain on investment divestiture


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010		2009
	(In millions)
Earnings (loss) on equity-method investments and gain on investment divestiture	$	242	$	(337	)

The 2010 amount represented an income of $242 million, which included (i) $265 million gain realized on the divestiture of our proportionate share in Numonyx; (ii) $8 million of income representing our net proportional share of Numonyx’s result; (iii) $28 million of loss related to our proportionate share in the ST-Ericsson JVD (both results included amortization of basis difference following the business combinations); and (iv) $3 million loss relating to other investments. In 2009, we recorded an impairment loss of $200 million booked on our Numonyx equity-method investment, $103 million as our net proportional share of the loss reported by Numonyx, a $32 million loss related to our proportionate share in ST-Ericsson JVD as a loss pick-up including an amortization of basis difference and $2 million related to other investments.

Loss on financial instruments, net


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009
	(In millions)
Loss on financial instruments, net	$	(24	)	$	(5	)

The $24 million loss on financial instruments in 2010 was the balance between (i) a loss of $15 million related to the net premium paid on financial contracts designated to hedge part of the disposal of our share in Numonyx; (ii) a loss of $3 million related to the sale of senior Floating Rate Notes; (iii) a loss of $13 million related to the sale of shares of our equity participation in Micron; and (iv) a gain of $7 million related to the repurchase of our 2016 Convertible Bonds. In 2009, we registered a loss of $8 million related to the sale of a cancellable swap purchased to hedge the fair value of a portion of the convertible bonds due 2016 carrying a fixed interest rate, partially balanced by a $3 million gain related to a partial repurchase of our 2016 Convertible Bonds.

Income tax benefit (expense)


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009
	(In millions)
Income tax benefit (expense)	$	(149	)	$	95

In 2010, we registered an income tax expense of $149 million, reflecting the actual tax charge calculated on our income before income taxes in each of our jurisdictions. This expense included the recognition of deferred tax assets, potential valuation allowances on our deferred tax assets associated with our estimates of the net operating loss recoverability in certain jurisdictions and our best estimate on tax charges related to potential uncertain tax positions. The 2009 benefit was reflecting the loss before taxes.

Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009
	(In millions)
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest	$	288		$	270
As percentage of net revenues		2.8	%		3.2	%

In 2010, we booked $288 million as a result attributable to noncontrolling interest, of which $296 million was attributable to the share owned by Ericsson in the losses of the consolidated ST-Ericsson JVS, while the corresponding 2009 amount was $276 million.

All periods included the recognition of noncontrolling interest related to our joint venture in Shenzhen, China for assembly operating activities and Incard do Brasil for distribution. Those amounts were not material.

Net income (loss) attributable to parent company


	Year Ended December 31,
	2010			2009
	(In millions)
Net income (loss) attributable to parent company	$	830		$	(1,131	)
As percentage of net revenues		8.0	%		(13.3	)%

In 2010, we reported a net income of $830 million. In 2009, we had a net loss of $1,131 million as a result of adverse economic conditions, which negatively impacted our operations and certain non-operating charges.

Earnings per diluted share was $0.92 in 2010, whereas in 2009 we reported a loss per share of $(1.29).

Quarterly Results of Operations

Certain quarterly financial information for the years 2011 and 2010 are set forth below. Such information is derived from our unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements, prepared on a basis consistent with the

Consolidated Financial Statements that include, in our opinion, all normal adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the interim information set forth therein. Operating results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for any future period. In addition, in view of the significant growth we have experienced in recent years, the increasingly competitive nature of the markets in which we operate, the changes in products mix and the currency effects of changes in the composition of sales and production among different geographic regions, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance.

Our quarterly and annual operating results are also affected by a wide variety of other factors that could materially and adversely affect revenues and profitability or lead to significant variability of operating results, including, among others, capital requirements and the availability of funding, competition, new product development, changes in technology, manufacturing problems, litigation and possible IP claims. In addition, a number of other factors could lead to fluctuations in operating results, including order cancellations or reduced bookings by key customers or distributors, IP developments, international events, currency fluctuations, problems in obtaining adequate raw materials on a timely basis, impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, as well as the loss of key personnel. As only a portion of our expenses varies with our revenues, there can be no assurance that we will be able to reduce costs promptly or adequately in relation to revenue declines to compensate for the effect of any such factors. As a result, unfavorable changes in the above or other factors have in the past and may in the future adversely affect our operating results. Quarterly results have also been and may be expected to continue to be substantially affected by the cyclical nature of the semiconductor and electronic systems industries, the speed of some process and manufacturing technology developments, market demand for existing products, the timing and success of new product introductions and the levels of provisions and other unusual charges incurred. Certain additions of our quarterly results will not total our annual results due to rounding.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, based upon published industry data by WSTS, the TAM and the SAM decreased year-over-year approximately 5% and 7%, reaching approximately $72 billion and $41 billion, while sequentially, they decreased approximately 8% and 10%, respectively.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, our average effective exchange rate was approximately $1.36 to €1.00, compared to $1.40 to €1.00 in the third quarter of 2011 and $1.34 to €1.00 in the year-ago quarter. Our effective exchange rate reflects actual exchange rate levels combined with the impact of cash flow hedging programs.

Net revenues


	Three Months Ended						% Variation
	December 31, 2011		October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010		Sequential			Year-Over-Year
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Net sales	$	2,170	$	2,392	$	2,810		(9.3	)		(22.8	)
Other revenues		21		50		23		(57.4	)		(7.0	)
Net revenues	$	2,191	$	2,442	$	2,833		(10.3	)		(22.6	)

Year-over-year comparison

Our fourth quarter 2011 net revenues were $2,191 million, or 22.6% below the equivalent year-ago quarter, with a decrease registered in all product segments and in all regions, as a result of the declining demand from our customers. As such, our revenue performance was primarily driven by a decrease in volume by approximately 23%, partially balanced by 1% positive impact of average selling prices, which were made by a negative 7% of pure pricing effect largely offset by an approximately 8% positive product mix.

ACCI’s revenues decreased by approximately 21%, driven by the weak results observed in all its served markets, mainly in CCI, HED and IMG. AMM’s fourth quarter net revenues reached $638 million, with a 19% year-over-year decrease, despite a very good performance in MEMS, which increased by nearly 30%. Wireless sales registered a decline of approximately 27%, reflecting its product portfolio transition.

Decline in revenues in the fourth quarter 2011 was strong in all market segments, but Automotive declined only by approximately 6%.

By location of order shipment, all regions were negatively impacted by weak local demand from their customers, registering revenue decline of 29%, 23%, 21% and 12% in EMEA, Greater China-South Asia,

Japan-Korea and the Americas, respectively. Our largest customer, the Nokia group of companies, accounted for approximately 13% of our fourth quarter 2011 net revenues, compared to about 14% in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Sequential comparison

On a sequential basis our revenues decreased by approximately 10%, slightly more than our anticipated 8% decline and within the anticipated range of $2.15 billion and $2.30 billion. This negative sequential variation was due to an approximate 14% decrease in volume, partially compensated by a 4% increase in average selling prices, the latter due to a more favorable product mix which largely offset the negative pure pricing effect.

ACCI revenues decreased by approximately 10%, with all the product lines contributing to such a result. AMM’s revenues decreased by about 12% mainly as a result of lower sales volume, and despite a decrease by less than 4% in MEMS revenues. PDP’s revenues decreased by nearly 20%. Wireless revenues slightly decreased by nearly 1%.

All market segments decreased, with Automotive lower by 1%, Industrial and other by 14%, Computer by 15%, Telecom by 4% and Consumer by 5%. Distribution decreased sequentially by 19%.

Sequentially, revenues decreased in all regions, led by EMEA, Japan-Korea and Greater China-South Asia, with 21%, 8% and 7% decreases, respectively. In the fourth quarter of 2011, our largest customer, the Nokia group of companies, accounted for approximately 13% of our net revenues, increasing compared to the third quarter of 2011.

Gross profit


	Three Months Ended									% Variation
	December 31, 2011			October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010			Sequential			Year-Over-Year
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Cost of sales	$	(1,459	)	$	(1,569	)	$	(1,704	)		7.0			14.4
Gross profit		732			873			1,129			(16.1	)		(35.1	)
Gross margin (as percentage of net revenues)		33.4	%		35.8	%		39.9	%

Fourth quarter gross margin was 33.4%, decreasing on a year-over-year basis by approximately 650 basis points, due to a lower volume of revenues and higher unused capacity charges, which penalized our gross margin by approximately 450 basis points.

On a sequential basis, gross margin in the fourth quarter decreased by 240 basis points, as a result of the lower volumes and higher unused capacity charges.

Selling, general and administrative expenses


	Three Months Ended									% Variation
	December 31, 2011			October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010			Sequential		Year-Over-Year
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	(280	)	$	(302	)	$	(310	)		7.3		9.9
As percentage of net revenues		(12.8	)%		(12.4	)%		(11.0	)%		—		—

The amount of our selling, general and administrative expenses decreased on the year-over-year basis due to a lower number of days and reduced activity. On a sequential basis, SG&A expenses were lower mainly due to the favorable exchange rate impact. Our share-based compensation charges were $3 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to $4 million in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $3 million in the third quarter of 2011.

The ratio to sales of our selling, general and administrative expenses was impacted by the lower volume of our revenues. As a percentage of revenues, they increased to 12.8% compared to 11.0% in the prior year’s fourth quarter, while there was a slight increase sequentially from 12.4%.

Research and development expenses


	Three Months Ended									% Variation
	December 31, 2011			October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010			Sequential			Year-Over-Year
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Research and development expenses	$	(614	)	$	(596	)	$	(604	)		(3.0	)		(1.8	)
As percentage of net revenues		(28.0	)%		(24.4	)%		(21.3	)%		—			—

R&D expenses remained basically flat year-over-year. On a sequential basis, R&D expenses increased, due to seasonal factors.

The fourth quarter of 2011 included $2 million of share-based compensation charges, basically flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2010 and the third quarter of 2011. Total R&D expenses were net of research tax credits, which amounted to $36 million, basically equivalent to prior periods.

As a percentage of revenues, fourth quarter 2011 R&D equaled 28.0%, an increase of approximately 7 percentage points compared to the year-ago period due to decreasing revenues.

Other income and expenses, net


	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2011			October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Research and development funding	$	46		$	19		$	32
Phase-out costs and start-up costs		—			—			(6	)
Exchange gain, net		2			—			4
Patent costs		(7	)		(7	)		(4	)
Gain on sale of non-current assets		—			1			2
Other, net		(2	)		(1	)		2
Other income and expenses, net	$	39		$	12		$	30
As percentage of net revenues		1.8	%		0.5	%		1.1	%

Other income and expenses, net, mainly included, as income, items such as R&D funding and exchange gain and, as expenses, patent costs. Income from R&D funding was associated with our R&D projects, which, upon project approval, qualifies as funding on the basis of contracts with local government agencies in locations where we pursue our activities. In the fourth quarter of 2011, the balance of these factors resulted in net income of $39 million, mainly due to funding of approximately $46 million.

Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs


	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2011			October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs	$	(9	)	$	(10	)	$	(32	)

In the fourth quarter of 2011, we recorded $9 million of impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs in relation to the cost savings plan announced in June 2011 by ST-Ericsson, primarily consisting of employee termination benefits; the total plan charge is expected to be between approximately $70 million and $75 million, and will be substantially completed in 2012.

In the third quarter of 2011, we recorded $10 million of impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, of which:

(i)

$2 million was recorded in relation to the manufacturing restructuring plan in regards to the closure of our Carrollton and Phoenix sites, and was composed of one-time termination benefits, as well as other related closure charges, mainly associated with the Phoenix fab, where production was terminated in the first quarter of 2011;

(ii)

$1 million related to the workforce reduction plans announced in April and December 2009 by ST-Ericsson, pursuant to the closure of certain locations;

(iii)

$4 million related to the cost savings plan announced in June 2011 by ST-Ericsson, primarily consisting of employee termination benefits; and

(iv)

$3 million related to other restructuring initiatives.

In the fourth quarter of 2010, we recorded $32 million of impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, of which:

(i)

$8 million was recorded in relation to the manufacturing restructuring plan contemplating the closure of our Ain Sebaa, Carrollton and Phoenix sites, and was composed of one-time termination benefits, as well as other relevant closure charges, mainly associated with Carrollton and Phoenix fabs; and

(ii)

$24 million related to the workforce reductions plans announced in April and December 2009 by ST-Ericsson, primarily consisting of ongoing termination benefits pursuant to the workforce reduction plan and the closure of certain locations in Europe.

Operating income (loss)


	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2011			October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Operating income (loss)	$	(132	)	$	(23	)	$	213
As percentage of net revenues		(6.0	)%		(0.9	)%		7.5	%

Our fourth quarter 2011 operating results deteriorated compared to both the third quarter of 2011 and the year-ago period as a result of a lower level of revenues and higher unused capacity charges. The fourth quarter 2011 registered an operating loss of $132 million compared to an income of $213 million in the year-ago quarter and a loss of $23 million in the prior quarter. The decline in our revenues led to a significant decrease in loading, thereby increasing under-utilization charges from an immaterial amount in the fourth quarter of 2010 to $99 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

All segments reported a significant deterioration in their profitability levels compared to the year-ago period, due to their lower levels of revenues. ACCI decreased its operating income from $134 million to $53 million, equivalent to 6.1% of revenues. AMM’s profit decreased from $192 million to $113 million, equivalent to 17.7% of revenues. PDP decreased its operating income from $63 million to $16 million, equivalent to 6.4% of revenues. Wireless’ operating loss increased from $136 million to $211 million, and was originated by ST-Ericsson, which is completing its cost restructuring while seeking to enhance its product and customers’ portfolio and which is 50% attributed to our partner as noncontrolling interest. The segment “Others” significantly increased its losses to $103 million, from $40 million in the year-ago period, mainly due to significantly higher amounts of unused capacity charges.

Interest expense, net


	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2011			October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Interest expense, net	$	(5	)	$	(3	)	$	(5	)

We recorded net interest expense of $5 million, remaining flat on a year-over-year basis. On a sequential basis the net interest expense increased by $2 million mainly due to the increased utilization of the parents’ credit facility in ST-Ericsson.

Earnings (loss) on equity-method investments


	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2011			October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Earnings (loss) on equity-method investments	$	(6	)	$	(7	)	$	(10	)

In the fourth quarter of 2011, we recorded a charge of $6 million, of which $5 million related to our proportionate share in ST-Ericsson JVD as a loss pick-up including amortization of basis difference and $1 million related to other investments.

Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net


	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2011		October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net	$	3	$	1	$	(12	)

The $3 million fourth quarter 2011 gain on financial instruments was related to an additional unsolicited repurchase of part of our 2016 Convertible Bonds with an accreted value of $201 million, inclusive of the swap, for a cash consideration of $198 million. A gain of $1 million was recorded in the third quarter of 2011 following unsolicited repurchases of a portion of our 2016 Convertible Bonds with an accreted value of $73 million, inclusive of the swap, for a cash consideration of $72 million. In the prior year quarter a $12 million loss was the balance between (i) a loss of $13 million related to the sale of shares of our equity participation in Micron and (ii) a gain of $1 million related to the additional repurchase of part of our 2016 Convertible Bonds. Please see “Liquidity and Capital Resources — Capital Resources”.

Income tax benefit (expense)


	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2011			October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Income tax benefit (expense)	$	(70	)	$	3	$	(50	)

During the fourth quarter of 2011, we registered an income tax expense of $70 million, in spite of a loss before income taxes, reflecting actual tax charges and benefits in each jurisdiction and a $92 million charge for a valuation allowance related to part of ST-Ericsson’s accumulated net operating losses. As this allowance did not relate to our investment in ST-Ericsson, minority interests increased by the same amount of $92 million.

Our tax rate is variable and depends on changes in the level of operating results within various local jurisdictions and on changes in the applicable taxation rates of these jurisdictions, as well as changes in estimations of our tax provisions. Our income tax amounts and rates depend also on our loss carry forwards and their relevant valuation allowances, which are based on estimated projected plans and available tax planning strategies; in the case of material changes in these plans, the valuation allowances could be adjusted accordingly with an impact on our tax charges. We currently enjoy certain tax benefits in some countries. Such benefits may not be available in the future due to changes in the local jurisdictions; our effective tax rate could be different in future quarters and may increase in the coming years. In addition, our yearly income tax charges include the estimated impact of provisions related to potential tax positions which have been considered uncertain.

Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest


	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2011		October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest	$	199	$	100	$	83

In the fourth quarter of 2011, we booked $199 million as a result attributable to noncontrolling interest, representing the loss attributable to noncontrolling interest, which mainly included the 50% owned by Ericsson in the consolidated ST-Ericsson JVS and a $92 million charge for a valuation allowance related to part of ST-Ericsson’s accumulated net operating losses. In the third quarter of 2011, the corresponding amount was $100 million. These amounts reflected Ericsson’s share in the joint venture’s loss.

Net income (loss) attributable to parent company


	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2010			October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010
	(Unaudited, in millions)
Net income (loss) attributable to parent company	$	(11	)	$	71		$	219
As percentage of net revenues		(0.5	)%		2.9	%		7.7	%

For the fourth quarter of 2011, we reported a net loss of $11 million, a significant decline compared to previous periods due to the aforementioned factors.

Earnings (loss) per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $(0.01) compared to $0.08 in the third quarter of 2011 and $0.24 in the year-ago quarter.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, the impact per share after tax of impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs and other one-time items was estimated to be basically nil, while in the third quarter of 2011, it was approximately $(0.01) per share. In the year-ago quarter, the impact after tax of impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs and other one-time items was estimated to be approximately $(0.03) per share.

Impact of Changes in Exchange Rates

Our results of operations and financial condition can be significantly affected by material changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and other currencies, particularly the Euro.

As a market rule, the reference currency for the semiconductor industry is the U.S. dollar and the market prices of semiconductor products are mainly denominated in U.S. dollars. However, revenues for some of our products (primarily our dedicated products sold in Europe and Japan) are quoted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and as such are directly affected by fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar. As a result of currency variations, the appreciation of the Euro compared to the U.S. dollar could increase, in the short-term, our level of revenues when reported in U.S. dollars. Revenues for all other products, which are either quoted in U.S. dollars and billed in U.S. dollars or in local currencies for payment, tend not to be affected significantly by fluctuations in exchange rates, except to the extent that there is a lag between the changes in currency rates and the adjustments in the local currency equivalent of the price paid for such products. Furthermore, certain significant costs incurred by us, such as manufacturing costs, selling, general and administrative expenses, and R&D expenses, are largely incurred in the currency of the jurisdictions in which our operations are located. Given that most of our operations are located in the Euro zone and other non-U.S. dollar currency areas, including Sweden, our costs tend to increase when translated into U.S. dollars when the dollar weakens or to decrease when the U.S. dollar strengthens.

In summary, as our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar, currency exchange rate fluctuations affect our results of operations: in particular, if the U.S. dollar weakens, our results are negatively impacted since we receive a limited part of our revenues, and more importantly, we incur a significant part of our costs, in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. On the other hand, our results are favorably impacted when the dollar strengthens. The impact on our accounts could therefore be material, in the case of a material variation of the U.S. dollar exchange rate.

Our principal strategy to reduce the risks associated with exchange rate fluctuations has been to balance as much as possible the proportion of sales to our customers denominated in U.S. dollars with the amount of materials, purchases and services from our suppliers denominated in U.S. dollars, thereby reducing the potential exchange rate impact of certain variable costs relative to revenues. Moreover, in order to further reduce the exposure to U.S. dollar exchange fluctuations, we have hedged certain line items on our consolidated statements of income, in particular with respect to a portion of the costs of goods sold, most of the R&D expenses and certain selling, general and administrative expenses, located in the Euro zone, which we account for as cash flow hedging contracts. We use three different types of hedging contracts, consisting of forward contracts, collars and options.

Our consolidated statements of income for 2011 included income and expense items translated at the average U.S. dollar exchange rate for the period, plus the impact of the hedging contracts expiring during the period. Our effective average exchange rate was $1.37 for €1.00 for 2011 compared to $1.36 for €1.00 for 2010.

Our effective exchange rate was $1.36 for €1.00 for the fourth quarter of 2011 and $1.40 for €1.00 for the third quarter of 2011, while it was $1.34 for €1.00 for the fourth quarter of 2010. These effective exchange rates reflect the actual exchange rates combined with the impact of cash flow hedging contracts that matured in the period.

In 2010, we extended the time horizon of our cash flow hedging through zero cost collars contracts for manufacturing costs and operating expenses for up to 24 months, for a limited percentage of our exposure to the Euro and under certain currency market circumstances. As of December 31, 2011, the outstanding hedged amounts were €752 million to cover manufacturing costs and €520 million to cover operating expenses, at an average exchange rate of about $1.3890 to €1.00 and $1.3865 to €1.00, respectively (considering the options and the risk reversals at strike and including the premiums paid to purchase foreign exchange options), maturing over the period from January 3, 2012 to November 6, 2012. As of December 31, 2011, these outstanding hedging contracts and certain expiring contracts covering manufacturing expenses capitalized in inventory represented a deferred loss of approximately $67 million before tax, recorded in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” in the consolidated statements of changes in equity, compared to a deferred gain of approximately $31 million before tax at December 31, 2010.

With respect to the portion of our R&D expenses incurred in ST-Ericsson Sweden, as of December 31, 2011, the outstanding hedged amounts were Swedish krona 782 million at an average exchange rate of about Swedish krona 6.6640 to $1.00, maturing over the period from January 5, 2012 to December 6, 2012. As of December 31, 2011, these outstanding hedging contracts represented a deferred loss of approximately $4 million before tax, recorded in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” in the consolidated statements of changes in equity, compared to a deferred gain of approximately $7 million before tax at December 31, 2010.

Our cash flow hedging policy is not intended to cover our full exposure and is based on hedging a portion of our exposure in the next quarter and a declining percentage of our exposure in each quarter thereafter. In 2011, as a result of Euro U.S. dollar and U.S. dollar Swedish krona cash flow hedging, we recorded a net gain of $117 million, consisting of a gain of $44 million to R&D expenses, a gain of $65 million to cost of goods sold and a gain of $8 million to selling, general and administrative expenses, while in 2010, we recorded a net loss of $81 million.

In 2012, we will also start hedging a portion of our manufacturing costs in Singapore dollars incurred by our legal entity in Singapore.

In addition to our cash flow hedging, in order to mitigate potential exchange rate risks on our commercial transactions, we purchase and enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts and currency options to cover foreign currency exposure in payables or receivables at our affiliates, which we account for as fair value instruments. We may in the future purchase or sell similar types of instruments. See Item 11. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk”. Furthermore, we may not predict in a timely fashion the amount of future transactions in the volatile industry environment. No assurance may be given that our hedging activities will sufficiently protect us against declines in the value of the U.S. dollar. Consequently, our results of operations have been and may continue to be impacted by fluctuations in exchange rates. The net effect of the consolidated foreign exchange exposure resulted in a net gain of $8 million recorded in “Other income and expenses, net” in 2011.

The assets and liabilities of subsidiaries are, for consolidation purposes, translated into U.S. dollars at the period-end exchange rate. Income and expenses, as well as cash flows, are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. The balance sheet impact, as well as the income statement and cash flow impact, of such translations have been, and may be expected to be, significant from period to period since a large part of our assets and liabilities and activities are accounted for in Euros as they are located in jurisdictions where the Euro is the functional currency. Adjustments resulting from the translation are recorded directly in stockholders’ equity, and are shown as “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” in the consolidated statements of changes in equity. At December 31, 2011, our outstanding indebtedness was denominated mainly in U.S. dollars and in Euros.

For a more detailed discussion, see Item 3. “Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Operations”.

Impact of Changes in Interest Rates

Interest rates may fluctuate upon changes in financial market conditions and material changes can affect our results of operations and financial condition, since these changes can impact the total interest income received on our cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, as well as the total interest expense paid on our financial debt.

Our interest income (expense), net, as reported in our consolidated statements of income, is the balance between interest income received from our cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities investments and interest expense paid on our financial liabilities and bank fees (including fees on committed credit lines). Our interest income is dependent upon fluctuations in interest rates, mainly in U.S. dollars and Euros, since we invest primarily on a short-term basis; any increase or decrease in the market interest rates would mean an equivalent increase or decrease in our interest income. Our interest expense is mainly associated with long- and short-term debt, of which only the remaining of 2016 Convertible Bonds is at a fixed rate of 1.5%, whereas all the remaining debt is at a floating rate (2013 Senior Bonds, which is fixed quarterly at a rate of Euribor plus 40bps, and European Investment Bank Floating Rate Loans at Libor plus variable spreads).

At December 31, 2011, our total financial resources, including cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, generated an average interest income rate of 0.84%. In the same period, the average interest rate on our outstanding debt was 1.72%, including the external portion of short-term debt of ST-Ericsson.

Impact of Changes in Equity Prices

The impact of changes in equity prices was applicable to us mainly in relation to our participation in Micron, following the Numonyx divestiture. As consideration for the divestiture of our share in Numonyx in May 2010, we received 66.88 million Micron shares and we owed $78 million to one of our partners. In the fourth quarter of 2010 we sold 46.8 million shares at an average price of $8.48 per share, including the unwinding of the applicable hedging contracts. We received proceeds of $319 million (net of the $78 million payment to one of our partners) and realized a $13 million loss in the fourth quarter 2010. The remaining 20.1 million shares were sold in January 2011, together with the unwinding of their hedging contracts, for total proceeds of $195 million, realizing a gain of $20 million, recorded as a gain on financial instruments in the first quarter 2011.

As of December 31, 2011, we did not hold any significant participations, which could be subject to a material impact in changes in equity prices.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Treasury activities are regulated by our policies, which define procedures, objectives and controls. The policies focus on the management of our financial risk in terms of exposure to currency rates and interest rates. Most treasury activities are centralized, with any local treasury activities subject to oversight from our head treasury office. The majority of our cash and cash equivalents are held in U.S. dollars and Euros and are placed with financial institutions rated “A3/A-” or better. Part of our liquidity is also held in Euros to naturally hedge intercompany payables and financial debt in the same currency and is placed with financial institutions rated at least a single A long-term rating, meaning at least A3 from Moody’s Investor Service (“Moody’s”) and A- from Standard & Poor’s (“S&P’s”) or Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”). Marginal amounts are held in other currencies. See Item 11. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk”.

Our total liquidity and capital resources were $2,333 million as of December 31, 2011, decreasing compared to $2,922 million at December 31, 2010, after having done certain transactions, including, among others, a repurchase for a total amount of $422 million of our 2016 Convertible Bonds and 2013 Senior Bonds and paid $327 million of dividends to stockholders. As of December 31, 2011, our total liquidity and capital resources were comprised of $1,912 million in cash and cash equivalents, of which $9 million was held at the ST-Ericsson level and $413 million in marketable securities, all considered as current assets. Additionally, in order to reconcile with our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2011, we had $8 million as restricted cash in an escrow account out of which $5 million is related to the disposal of the Numonyx investment and $3 million to the sale of our Phoenix plant.

As of December 31, 2011, marketable securities were $413 million held by us as current assets of which $181 million invested in treasury bills from the Italian and U.S. governments and $232 million invested in senior debt issued by primary financial institutions with an average rating, excluding one impaired debt security for a notional value of €15 million, of A2/A from Moody’s and S&P’s, respectively. Both the treasury bills and the marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale and reported at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized as a separate component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income” in the consolidated statements of changes in equity, except if deemed to be other-than-temporary. In relation to the concern about the difficult market conditions in the Euro zone, we estimated that an impairment of these marketable securities was not needed since there was no significant variation in their fair value due to their short-term maturity. We

reported as of December 31, 2011, a before tax decrease of $2 million compared to December 31, 2010, in the fair value of our marketable securities portfolio. Since the duration of the marketable securities portfolio is only an average of 0.99 year and the securities have a minimum Moody’s rating of Baa1, we expect the value of the securities to return to par as the final maturity approaches (with the only exception being the €15 million of Senior Floating Rate Notes issued by Lehman Brothers, the value of which was impaired through an “other-than-temporary” charge in 2008 and in 2011). The fair value of these securities is based on market prices publicly available through major financial information providers. The market price of the marketable securities is influenced by changes in the credit standing of the issuer but is not significantly impacted by movement in interest rates. In 2011, we invested $325 million in French, German, Italian and U.S. treasury bills. In addition, we reported proceeds of $705 million during the year 2011 pursuant to sold or matured treasury bills. The change in fair value of the $181 million government debt securities classified as available-for-sale was not material at December 31, 2011. The average duration of the treasury bills portfolio is less than four months and the securities are rated Aaa and A2 by Moody’s.

In 2007, we had $415 million of Auction Rate Securities (“ARS”), representing interests in collateralized debt obligations and credit linked notes invested by Credit Suisse without our authorization. In 2008, we launched a legal action against Credit Suisse. In December 2009, Credit Suisse, because of its contingent interest in certain securities held by us and issued by Deutsche Bank, requested that we tender the securities. Pursuant to legal advice, and while reserving our legal rights, we participated in the tender offer. As a result, we sold ARS with a face value of $154 million, collected $75 million and registered $68 mill