Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions

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Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions

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A. Major Shareholders

The following table shows the amount and percentage of our common stock beneficially owned as of December 31, 2018, December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 by each person who is or was known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our common stock.

	Common Stock Beneficially Owned as of December 31
	2018				2017				2016
	Number		%*		Number		%*		Number		%*
T. Rowe (1)		24,537,803		7.47		-		-		32,862,425		9.50
BlackRock, Inc. (2)		20,587,515		6.26		19,595,928		5.66		-		-
Elliott Associates L/P.		-		-		16,437,756		4.75		-		-

*	Percentage computations are based on 328,702,719 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018, 346,002,862 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

(1)

Information about the number of common shares owned by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe”) on December 31, 2018, is based solely on a Schedule 13G filed by T. Rowe with the SEC on February 14, 2019. T. Rowe’s address is 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. T. Rowe beneficially owned an aggregate of 24,537,803 common shares, has sole power to vote 9,341,218 shares and the sole power to dispose of 24,537,803 shares of our common stock.

(2)

Information about the number of common shares owned by BlackRock, Inc. (“Blackrock”) on December 31, 2018, is based solely on a Schedule 13G/A filed by Blackrock with the SEC on February 11, 2019. Blackrock’s address is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. Blackrock beneficially owned an aggregate of 24,537,803 common shares, has sole power to vote 9,341,218 shares and the sole power to dispose of 24,537,803 shares of our common stock.

No shareholders held different voting rights.

B. Related Party Transactions

The transactions NXP has with related parties are not deemed to be material, individually or in the aggregate. See Part III, Item 18. Financial Statements, note 19 Related-party Transactions.

C. Interests of Experts and Counsel

Not applicable.

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