FORM 11-K
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

  X   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2011

OR

         TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                      

Commission file number 000-06217

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

INTEL 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office

INTEL CORPORATION

2200 MISSION COLLEGE BOULEVARD

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, 95054-1549


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INTEL 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and for the Year Ended December 31, 2011

Contents

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     1   

Audited Financial Statements

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

     3   

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

     4   

Notes to Financial Statements

     5   

Supplemental Schedule

  

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

     47   

Signatures

     48   

Exhibit 23 - Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     49   


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Retirement Plans Administrative Committee

Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Intel 401(k) Savings Plan (formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2011. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2011, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and

 

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Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Such information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ Ernst & Young, LLP                                

San Jose, California

June 28, 2012

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

    December 31
    2011     2010
 

 

 

Assets

   

Value of interest in master trust investment accounts, at fair value

  $ 3,365,735,538       $   962,179,342 

Investments, at fair value

    1,631,019,494       3,899,665,674 

Receivables:

   

Notes receivable from participants

    71,528,717       67,013,527 

Interest and dividends receivable

    51       77 

Receivable from brokers for securities sold

    398,688       1,462,072 

Employee contributions receivable

    118,017       — 

Employer discretionary contributions receivable

    2,725,556       — 
 

 

 

Total receivables

    74,771,029       68,475,676 
 

 

 

Total assets, at fair value

    5,071,526,061       4,930,320,692 

Liabilities

   

Other accrued liabilities

    819,765       3,267,904 
 

 

 

Total liabilities, at fair value

    819,765       3,267,904 
 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits, at fair value

    5,070,706,296       4,927,052,788 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by the Stable Value Fund master trust investment account

    (7,961,502)      (3,955,738)
 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

  $ 5,062,744,794       $4,923,097,050 
 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

Additions to (deductions from) net assets attributed to:

  

Employee contributions

   $   458,510,348 

Employer discretionary contributions

   2,725,556 

Interest and dividend income

   89,747,495 

Net investment income from participation in master trust investment accounts

   50,986,056 

Net realized and unrealized depreciation in fair value of investments

   (247,030,841)

Benefits paid to participants and participant withdrawals

   (214,639,538)

Administrative fees

   (495,960)

Transfers to other plan

   (155,372)
  

 

Net increase

   139,647,744 

Net assets available for benefits:

  

Beginning of year

   4,923,097,050 
  

 

End of year

   $5,062,744,794 
  

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2011

1. Description of the Plan

The following description of the Intel 401(k) Savings Plan (the Plan), formerly known as the Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, provides only general information. Participants should refer to the summary plan description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions. The plan document contains the definitive legal provisions governing the Plan.

General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all eligible U.S. employees of Intel Corporation (the Company). Eligible employees may participate in the Plan at any time on or after their date of hire. All employees who become eligible to participate are automatically enrolled in the Plan unless they make an affirmative election not to participate. Participants who are automatically enrolled initially have 3% of their eligible pre-tax compensation withheld and deposited in the appropriate Target Date Fund (formerly known as LifeStage Funds), which invests in varying percentages of equity securities and fixed-income debt instruments based on the participants’ ages. Pre-tax deferrals shall increase by one percentage point effective as of the first payroll period ending on or after April 1, 2012 and as of the first payroll period ending on or after April 1 of each successive plan year to a maximum pre-tax deferral of 10%, subject to the limitations as set forth in the plan document including the ability for participants to opt-out of increases.

As of January 1, 2011 (the effective date), the Company closed the Intel Minimum Pension Plan (the Intel Pension Plan) and the Intel Retirement Contribution Plan (the Intel Contribution Plan) to employees hired on or after the effective date. Employees hired on or after the effective date will receive an annual contribution, the Discretionary Intel Contribution, in their Discretionary Intel Contribution Account.

The Plan is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code), as amended, and is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Trustee

State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street) is the trustee for the Plan, the Intel Corporation Retirement Plans Master Trust (the Master Trust) and held all investments of the Plan and the Master Trust directly or through a subtrust for which Fidelity Management Trust Company is subtrustee.

Administration of the Plan

The Company’s Finance Committee appoints the members of the Retirement Plans Administrative Committee (RPAC) and the Investment Policy Committee (IPC). RPAC is the fiduciary responsible for the general operation and administration of the Plan. The IPC is the fiduciary responsible for the management and control of Plan assets. The Company is the plan sponsor, as defined by ERISA. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company is the Plan’s record keeper.

Contributions and Participant Accounts

Participant Contributions

Participants may make pre-tax contributions, after-tax Roth 401(k) contributions, or a combination of both, up to 50% of their annual eligible compensation, provided the amounts do not exceed the annual Internal Revenue Service (IRS) limits. Such contributions are withheld by the Company from each participant’s compensation and deposited in the appropriate investment option in accordance with the participant’s directives. Participants who are 50 years of age or older by the end of a particular plan year and have contributed the maximum amount allowed under the Plan for that year are eligible to contribute an additional portion of their annual compensation as catch-up contributions, up to the annual IRS limit. Participants can elect to invest in any combination of the available investment options offered under the Plan, in addition to mutual funds and exchange traded funds available through a self-directed brokerage account. However, participants may not elect to invest more than 20% of their account in the Intel Stock Fund. Participants may change their investment elections daily.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Company Contributions

For eligible participants, the Plan provides for the Company, at its discretion, to make an annual contribution to their Discretionary Intel Contribution Account subject to certain limitations of the Code. Amounts to be contributed are determined by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company under delegation from the Board of Directors, pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

Generally, only participants employed by the Company on the last day of the plan year and who have completed one year of service as defined by the plan document are eligible to receive the Company contribution, except in the event of death, job elimination, divestiture, total and permanent disability, or attainment of normal or early retirement date occurring during the plan year.

Participants have authority over the investment allocation of Company contributions.

Participant Accounts

Separate accounts are maintained for each participant. The account balances are generally adjusted as follows:

 

   

Bi-weekly or semi-monthly for participant contributions.

 

   

Daily for a pro rata share of investment income or losses on the Plan’s investments based on the ratio that each participant’s account bears to the total of all such accounts.

 

   

Annual discretionary employer contributions to the Discretionary Intel Contribution Account are allocated at the end of each calendar year in the ratio that each participant’s adjusted compensation for the plan year bears to the total adjusted compensation of all participants eligible for a contribution for that plan year. The adjusted compensation of a participant equals the participant’s current year’s eligible compensation as defined in the plan document.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Under the terms of the Plan, the Intel Stock Fund is an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) in accordance with Code section 4975(e)(7). As such, participants will have the option to receive dividends on their shares of stock held in the Intel Stock Fund distributed in cash or reinvested within the Intel Stock Fund.

Vesting

Participants are immediately 100% vested with respect to employee contributions and related earnings.

Participants vest in the discretionary employer contributions to their Discretionary Intel Contribution Account and related earnings according to the following schedule:

 

Years of Service    Vesting    

 

Less than 2 years

   0%

2 years

   20   

3 years

   40   

4 years

   60   

5 years

   80   

6 years

   100   

The value of each participant’s account becomes 100% vested when the participant reaches age 60, upon death, job elimination, divestiture, or upon total and permanent disability. For participants who withdrew from the Plan during 2011, no unvested account balances were forfeited because no contributions had yet been made.

Payment of Benefits

Participants are eligible for a distribution of plan benefits upon termination of service, whether by disability, retirement, death or leaving the Company. In the event of financial hardship (as defined by the Plan), participants may withdraw money from the employee contribution portion of their plan accounts while they are still employed. Upon termination of service, a participant or applicable beneficiary may elect to have benefits paid in a single lump-sum distribution, monthly annuity payments, partial distribution (not available to beneficiaries), or may request that the Plan make a direct transfer to another eligible retirement plan.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Participants who elect monthly annuity payments will have the balance of their accounts transferred to the Intel Pension Plan. An annuity is paid to those participants based on the value of their plan accounts in accordance with the terms of the two plans. There were transfers under this option of $155,372 for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Notes Receivable From Participants

Active participants are permitted to obtain loans of up to 50% of their vested account balances in the Plan up to a maximum of $50,000 when combined with all other loans from this Plan and the Intel Contribution Plan. No more than two loans may be outstanding at any time. Participants’ account balances secure their loans. The interest rate on these loans is based on the prime rate plus 1% as reported by Reuters on the last business day of each month. Loan provisions are established by the RPAC and administered by the record keeper.

Participants may choose to obtain loans from either this Plan or the Intel Contribution Plan. Repayments of loans are transferred to the participants’ plan and Intel Contribution Plan accounts in the ratio in which their accounts provided funding for the loan. Participant loans are classified as notes receivable from participants on the statements of net assets available for benefits and are valued at their unpaid principal balance, plus accrued but unpaid interest. The interest earned on these loans is included with interest and dividend income on the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.

Administrative Expenses

A portion of the expenses for administration of the Plan is paid from asset-based credits received from certain mutual funds. Any remaining administrative expenses are paid by the Company.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Investment Valuation

A portion of the investments of the Plan is held in the Master Trust, which consists of the assets of the Plan, the Intel Contribution Plan, and the Intel Pension Plan. The Master Trust includes multiple master trust investment accounts, in which different combinations of the above-mentioned plans invest. Each participating plan shares in the assets and earnings of the master trust investment accounts based on its respective interest in each master trust investment account. See Note 3: Master Trust Investment Accounts, for the detail of the investments held and investment income of the master trust investment accounts. The investments and activities of each master trust investment account are specified; however, not all of the master trust investment accounts will engage in all of the investments or activities described. In 2011 and 2010, the Plan participated in the U.S. Large Cap Stock Fund, the International Stock Fund, the Global Bond Fund, the U.S. Small Cap Stock Fund, the Stable Value Fund, the Alternative Investments Fund, the Commodities Fund, the Absolute Return Fund and the Long/Short Fund. During 2011, the Absolute Return Fund and the Long/Short Fund were combined to form the Hedge Fund and part of the International Stock Fund was spun off to form the Emerging Markets Fund. As a result, during 2011, the Plan also participated in the newly created Hedge Fund and Emerging Markets Fund.

The Plan, either directly or through investment in master trust investment accounts, holds investments in registered mutual funds, common collective trust funds, equity securities, exchange traded funds, fixed-income debt instruments, derivative financial instruments, marketable limited partnerships or corporations, securities lending collateral and nonmarketable limited partnerships, all of which are stated at fair value as of the last day of the plan year. The fair value for securities traded on a national securities exchange or over-the-counter market is determined using the last reported sales price as of the valuation date. Registered mutual funds are valued at quoted market prices that represent the net asset values of shares held at year-end. Participation units in common collective trust funds are stated at their unit price based on the fair values of underlying assets in the common collective trust funds on the last business day of the plan year. Marketable limited partnerships and corporations are valued at their unit price based on the fair value of underlying assets in the partnership or corporation. Nonmarketable limited partnerships are valued at their unit price, or equivalent, based on the fair value of underlying assets in the partnership.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

The Global Bond Fund may engage in repurchase agreement transactions. Under the terms of a repurchase agreement, the Global Bond Fund takes possession of an underlying fixed-income debt instrument (collateral) subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and the Global Bond Fund to resell, the fixed-income debt instrument at an agreed-upon price and date in the future. Fixed-income debt instruments purchased under repurchase agreements are reflected as assets and the obligations to resell as liabilities. The market value of the collateral must be equal to or exceed the total amount of the repurchase obligations, including interest. Generally, in the event of counterparty default, the Global Bond Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset losses incurred.

The Global Bond Fund may purchase or sell securities on a delayed-delivery or when-issued basis. These transactions involve a commitment by the Global Bond Fund to purchase or sell securities for a predetermined price or yield, with payment and delivery taking place beyond the customary settlement period. When purchasing a security, the Global Bond Fund assumes the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations. The Global Bond Fund may dispose of, or renegotiate delivery of, the security after entering into the transaction and may sell the security before it is delivered, which may result in a realized gain or loss. When the Global Bond Fund has sold a security on a delayed-delivery basis, the Global Bond Fund does not participate in future gains and losses with respect to the security.

The Global Bond Fund may enter into short-sale transactions. A short sale is a transaction in which the Global Bond Fund sells securities it borrows in anticipation of a decline in the market price of the securities, and subsequently repurchases the securities. Securities sold in short-sale transactions are reflected as a liability. The Global Bond Fund is obligated to deliver securities at the market price at the date the short position is closed. Possible losses from short sales may be unlimited, whereas losses from purchases cannot exceed the total amount invested.

Within the Stable Value Fund, traditional guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) and variable synthetic (VS) GICs are stated at fair value, computed using discounted cash flows. Fixed maturity synthetic (FMS) GICs, constant duration synthetic (CDS) GICs and pooled separate account (PSA) GICs held in the Stable Value Fund are also stated at fair value, which includes a value for the underlying assets held plus a value for the wrap contracts related to the investment. The fair value of the underlying assets held is determined by either security market prices or the net asset value in the case of the PSA GICs. The wrap contract valuations are stated at fair value based on a replacement cost determined by BNY Mellon Cash Investment Strategies, a division of The Dreyfus Corporation (BNY Mellon), the Stable Value Fund’s investment manager. The Stable Value Fund is allocated to the Plan and the Intel Contribution Plan based on each plans’ proportionate share of underlying assets.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. Contract value represents the cost plus contributions made under the contracts plus interest at the contract rates less withdrawals and administrative expenses. The statements of net assets available for benefits present the fair value of the investment in the Stable Value Fund as well as the adjustment from fair value to contract value for the Plan’s proportionate share of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts within the Stable Value Fund. The statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.

Income Recognition

Net investment income includes the gain (loss) realized on the sale of securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of investments. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is calculated as the difference between the fair value of investments at the beginning and the end of the year for investments held the entire year, and the difference between the purchase price and the fair value of investments at the end of the year for investments acquired during the year.

Investment transactions are recognized as of their trade dates. Interest is accrued daily; dividends are accrued on the ex-dividend date.

Benefit Payments

Benefits are recorded when paid.

Contributions

Participant contributions are accrued when the participants’ salary deferrals are withheld. Company contributions are accrued in the period in which they become obligations of the Company, pursuant to the terms of the plan document.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from management’s estimates.

Accounting Changes

2011

In 2011, the Plan adopted new standards that require presentation of disaggregated activity within the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Plan’s financial statements.

2010

In 2010, the Plan adopted new standards that require additional fair value disclosures. These amended standards require disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value as well as disclosures about significant transfers. These new standards did not have a significant impact on the Plan’s financial statements.

Additionally, in 2010, the Plan adopted new standards that clarify the classification and measurement of participant loans by defined contribution plans. The new standards require that participant loans be classified as notes receivable from participants and measured at their unpaid principal balance, plus any accrued interest. The Plan adopted these new standards and has reclassified participant loans from investments to notes receivable from participants. Net assets available for benefits were not affected by the adoption of the new standards because fair value approximates cost.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued amended standards to achieve a consistent definition of fair value and common requirements for measurement of and disclosure about fair value between U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and International Financial Reporting Standards. For assets and liabilities categorized as Level 3 and recognized at fair value, these amended standards require disclosure of quantitative information about unobservable inputs, a description of the valuation processes used by the entity, and a qualitative discussion about the sensitivity of the measurements. In addition, these amended standards require disclosure of the level in the fair value hierarchy for financial instruments disclosed at fair value but not recorded at fair value. These new standards are to be applied prospectively and are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of these amended standards is not expected to significantly impact the Plan’s financial statements.

3. Master Trust Investment Accounts

Most of the Plan’s investments are held in master trust investment accounts.

The value of the Plan’s interest in the master trust investment accounts included in the statements of net assets available for benefits represents the following percentages of the net assets available for benefits of the asset class master trust investment accounts:

 

     December 31
       2011              2010      
  

 

 

U.S. Large Cap Stock Fund

     45.1%        27.5%

International Stock Fund

     48.1            17.0   

Global Bond Fund

     17.3            5.8   

U.S. Small Cap Stock Fund

     54.2            25.2   

Stable Value Fund

     79.7            68.4   

Alternative Investments Fund

     0.4            0.1   

Emerging Markets Fund

     43.2            *   

Hedge Fund

     36.6            *   

Absolute Return Fund

     *             5.6   

Commodities Fund

     36.9            8.0   

Long/Short Fund

     *             9.9   

 

  *

Denotes that the Plan did not participate in these master trust investment accounts because the master trust investment account did not exist as of December 31 of the years shown above.

 

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Intel 401(k) Savings Plan

(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

The following table presents the net assets available for benefits of the nine master trust investment accounts as of December 31, 2011:

 

   

U.S. Large Cap

Stock Fund

    International
Stock Fund
   

Global

Bond Fund

    U.S. Small Cap
Stock Fund
   

Stable

Value Fund

    Alternative
Investments
Fund
   

Hedge

Fund

    Commodities
Fund
    Emerging
Markets
Fund
    Total
 

 

 

Assets

                   

Cash

  $ 69,300      $ 3,494,889      $ 23,740,072      $      $      $      $      $      $ 20,000,121      $     47,304,382 

Common collective trust funds

    929,350,192        446,978,958        178,872,790        22,809,839        504,958,497        3,263,537        11,117,287            157,957,264        943,324,999      3,198,633,363 

U.S. corporate bonds

           15,076,105        380,858,923               3,943,530                                  399,878,558 

International corporate bonds

           18,394,583        129,545,896                                                147,940,479 

U.S. government bonds

                  709,663,293               9,578,447                                  719,241,740 

International government bonds

           26,633,269        372,257,257                                                398,890,526 

Municipal bonds

                  25,054,988                                                25,054,988 

Mortgage-backed securities

                  73,513,689               6,790,739                                  80,304,428 

Collateralized debt obligations

                  200,693,259               5,869,523                                  206,562,782 

Other fixed-income debt instruments

                         2,876,525                                         2,876,525 

Mutual funds

    482,444,234                                                              482,444,234 

Exchange traded fund

                         72,338,486                                         72,338,486 

U.S. corporate stocks

    13,296        191,193,978               118,949,407                                         310,156,681 

International corporate stocks

           422,069,552               43,286,018                                         465,355,570 

Preferred stocks

           6,227,455        3,072,335                                                9,299,790 

Traditional guaranteed investment contracts

                                4,873,301                                  4,873,301 

Pooled separate accounts

                                60,258,127                                  60,258,127 

Interest and dividends receivable

    27        2,238,734        15,374,059        189,653        112,644        387        562        22        31      17,916,119 

Receivable from brokers for securities sold

    947,653        2,442,071               77,747                      11,041,676        178,294        336,501      15,023,942 

Receivable for investments sold on a delayed-delivery basis

                  165,128,283                                                165,128,283 

Wrap contracts

                                54,788                                  54,788 

Derivative assets

           2,789,435        18,239,748                                                21,029,183 

Marketable limited partnerships and corporations

                                              1,848,898,080        227,543,836             2,076,441,916 

Non-marketable limited partnerships

                                       345,136,833                           345,136,833 

Investments of securities lending collateral

           87,080,668        108,565,798        108,630,421                                         304,276,887 
 

 

 

Total assets, fair value

  $ 1,412,824,702      $ 1,224,619,697      $ 2,404,580,390      $ 369,158,096      $ 596,439,596      $ 348,400,757      $ 1,871,057,605      $ 385,679,416      $ 963,661,652      $9,576,421,911 
 

 

 

 

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U.S. Large Cap

Stock Fund

   

International

Stock Fund

   

Global

Bond Fund

    U.S. Small Cap
Stock Fund
   

Stable

Value Fund

   

Alternative
Investments

Fund

   

Hedge

Fund

    Commodities
Fund
   

Emerging
Markets

Fund

    Total
 

 

 

Liabilities

                   

Accrued administrative fees

  $ 74,324      $ 1,510,040      $ 5,710,639      $ 384,779      $ 318,534      $ 434,818      $ 28,961      $ 216,208      $ 740,101      $      9,418,404 

Other payables

                  831,255                                                831,255 

Payable to brokers for securities purchased

           72,440               1,586,247                                    20,000,000      21,658,687 

Payable for investments sold on a delayed-delivery basis

                  228,516,431                                                228,516,431 

Payable to brokers for collateral on deposit

                  6,067,557                                                6,067,557 

Derivative liabilities

           885,534        23,991,083                                                24,876,617 

Securities sold, not yet purchased

                  105,637,108                                                105,637,108 

Payable for securities lending collateral

           89,116,208        111,103,560        109,461,576                                         309,681,344 
 

 

 

Total liabilities, at fair value

    74,324        91,584,222        481,857,633        111,432,602        318,534        434,818        28,961        216,208        20,740,101      706,687,403 
 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits, at fair value

    1,412,750,378        1,133,035,475        1,922,722,757        257,725,494        596,121,062        347,965,939        1,871,028,644        385,463,208        942,921,551      8,869,734,508 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held

                                (9,989,337                               (9,989,337)
 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

  $ 1,412,750,378      $ 1,133,035,475      $ 1,922,722,757      $ 257,725,494      $ 586,131,725      $ 347,965,939      $ 1,871,028,644      $     385,463,208      $ 942,921,551      $8,859,745,171 
 

 

 

 

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The following table presents the net assets available for benefits of the nine master trust investment accounts as of December 31, 2010. Certain amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation.

 

   

U.S. Large

Cap Stock

Fund

    International
Stock Fund
   

Global

Bond Fund

    U.S. Small Cap
Stock Fund
   

Stable

Value Fund

    Alternative
Investments
Fund
    Absolute
Return Fund
    Commodities
Fund
    Long/Short
Fund
    Total
 

 

 

Assets

                   

Cash

  $      $ 412,629      $ 23,664,157      $ 1,037,169      $      $ 52      $      $ 322,611     $      $    25,436,618 

Subscriptions paid in advance

                                              147,000,000              63,000,000      210,000,000 

Common collective trust funds

    985,344,051        795,381,822        756,418,890        11,628,613        234,909,756        759,250        1,499,742       122,442,208        217,394      2,908,601,726 

U.S. corporate bonds

           9,517,828        190,468,429                                                199,986,257 

International corporate bonds

           8,603,210        80,711,413                                                89,314,623 

U.S. government bonds

                  483,589,520               28,266,350                                  511,855,870 

International government bonds

           9,314,253        295,103,799                                                304,418,052 

Municipal bonds

                  12,246,769                                                12,246,769 

Mortgage-backed securities

                  67,041,666               7,826,183                                  74,867,849 

Collateralized debt obligations

                  169,751,374               13,085,870                                  182,837,244 

Other fixed-income debt instruments

                  10,617,019                                                10,617,019 

Mutual funds

    185,402,381               7,734,628                                                193,137,009 

Exchange traded fund

                         228,077,765                                         228,077,765 

U.S. corporate stocks

           87,445,721                                                       87,445,721 

International corporate stocks

           225,030,745                                                       225,030,745 

Preferred stock

                  1,800,973                                               1,800,973 

Traditional guaranteed investment contracts

                                6,266,505                                  6,266,505 

Variable synthetic guaranteed investment contracts

                                2,525,997                                  2,525,997 

Interest and dividends receivable

    93        803,611        12,008,468        114,829        225,630        481        177               221      13,153,510 

Receivable from broker for securities sold

    34,639        532,887        4,152,728                                                4,720,254 

Receivable for investments sold on a delayed-delivery basis

                  301,721,225                                                301,721,225 

Wrap contracts

                                180,998                                  180,998 

Derivative assets

           541,900        21,736,879                                                22,278,779 

Marketable limited partnerships and corporations

                                              348,030,783        144,830,874        190,523,313      683,384,970 

Non-marketable limited partnerships and corporations

                                       245,283,010                           245,283,010 

Investments of securities lending collateral

           56,860,061        209,643,606        193,570,000                                         460,073,667 
 

 

 

Total assets, fair value

  $ 1,170,781,164      $ 1,194,444,667      $ 2,648,411,543      $ 434,428,376      $ 293,287,289      $ 246,042,793      $ 496,530,702      $ 267,595,693      $ 253,740,928      $7,005,263,155 
 

 

 

 

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U.S. Large

Cap Stock

Fund

    International
Stock Fund
   

Global

Bond Fund

    U.S. Small Cap
Stock Fund
   

Stable

Value Fund

    Alternative
Investments
Fund
    Absolute
Return Fund
    Commodities
Fund
    Long/Short
Fund
    Total
 

 

 

Liabilities

                   

Accrued administrative fees

  $ 44,584      $ 1,068,560      $ 635,142      $ 5,705      $ 154,452       $ 13,086      $ 39,121      $ 106,858      $      $      2,067,508 

Other payables

                  537,131               —                                   537,131 

Payable to brokers for securities purchased

           2,767,921        559,317        1,105,209        —                                   4,432,447 

Payable for investments sold on a delayed-delivery basis

                  465,052,525               —                                   465,052,525 

Payable to brokers for collateral on deposit

                  5,450,000               —                                   5,450,000 

Derivative liabilities

           1,550,980        15,846,317               —                                   17,397,297 

Securities sold, not yet purchased

                  21,378,574               —                                   21,378,574 

Payable for securities lending collateral

           56,860,061        217,349,290        193,570,000        —                                   467,779,351 
 

 

 

Total liabilities, at fair value

    44,584        62,247,522        726,808,296        194,680,914        154,452         13,086        39,121        106,858             984,094,833 
 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits, at fair value

    1,170,736,580        1,132,197,145        1,921,603,247        239,747,462        293,132,837         246,029,707        496,491,581        267,488,835        253,740,928      6,021,168,322 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held

                                (5,783,243)                                  (5,783,243)
 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

  $ 1,170,736,580      $ 1,132,197,145      $ 1,921,603,247      $ 239,747,462      $ 287,349,594       $ 246,029,707      $ 496,491,581      $ 267,488,835      $ 253,740,928      $6,015,385,079 
 

 

 

The following is a summary of the net investment income (loss) in the master trust investment accounts for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

   

U.S. Large Cap

Stock Fund

    International
Stock Fund
   

Global

Bond Fund

    U.S. Small Cap
Stock Fund
   

Stable

Value Fund

    Alternative
Investments
Fund
    Hedge Fund     Commodities
Fund
    Emerging
Markets Fund
    Absolute
Return Fund
    Total
 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments

  $ 87,529,232      $ (61,971,528   $ 47,861,475      $ (27,962,983   $ 7,372,905      $ (96,448   $ (41,228,049   $ (28,467,588   $ (47,192,054   $ 19,333,963      $(44,821,075)

Interest and dividends

    6,686,280        13,929,945        63,054,362        3,932,632        2,423,585        6,416        3,721        1,076        3,622        5,573      90,047,212 

Administrative fees

    (181,017     (5,509,759     (7,475,653     (764,480     (673,761     (873,737     (385,879     (283,505     (784,517     (60,000   (16,992,308)
 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 94,034,495      $ (53,551,342   $ 103,440,184      $ (24,794,831   $ 9,122,729      $ (963,769   $ (41,610,207   $ (28,750,017   $ (47,972,949   $ 19,279,536      $ 28,233,829 
 

 

 

 

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4. Fair Value

The Plan’s financial instruments and the master trust investment accounts are stated at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining fair value, the Plan and master trust investment accounts consider the principal or most advantageous market in which the Plan and master trust investment accounts would transact, and the Plan and master trust investment accounts also consider assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, redemption restrictions, and risk of nonperformance.

The Plan’s financial instruments stated at fair value are detailed below, and the fair value of the master trust investment accounts within the Master Trust is separately disclosed below the Plan related disclosures.

Fair Value Hierarchy

The three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value are as follows.

 

   

Level 1. Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 1 assets and liabilities consist of certain of the Plan’s and master trust investment accounts’ marketable fixed-income debt and equity instruments, registered mutual funds, exchange-traded derivative financial instruments, bonds held in the FMS GICs, and exchange-traded funds that are traded in an active market with sufficient volume and frequency of transactions.

 

   

Level 2. Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets), or model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from or corroborated with observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 2 assets consist of certain of the Plan’s and master trust investment accounts’ marketable fixed-income debt instruments with quoted market prices that are traded in less active markets or priced using a quoted market price for similar instruments. Level 2 assets also include marketable fixed-income debt instruments priced using non-binding market consensus prices that

 

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can be corroborated with observable market data, quoted prices that were adjusted for security-specific restrictions and fixed-income debt instruments and derivative financial instruments priced using inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated with observable market data. Privately negotiated derivatives, also referred to as over the counter (OTC), including currency forward contracts and swap agreements, are valued using observable inputs, such as quotations received from the counterparty, dealers or brokers, whenever available or considered reliable. In instances, where models are used, the value of the OTC derivative depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the instrument as well as the availability and reliability of observable inputs. Such inputs may include prepayment rates, rates of estimated credit losses, interest rates or discount rates and volatilities and can generally be corroborated by market data and therefore classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Other marketable instruments in this category generally include certain of the Plan’s and master trust investment accounts’ common collective trust funds, registered mutual funds, certain marketable limited partnerships or corporations that are redeemable in the near term, GICs, CDS GICs, VS GICs and PSA GICs. The non-binding market consensus prices obtained from pricing providers or brokers are based on proprietary valuation models that incorporate a number of inputs, including benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers and other reference data. Common collective trust funds, registered mutual funds, certain marketable limited partnerships or corporations and PSA GICs are valued using the net asset value per share for the investment.

 

   

Level 3. Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of assets or liabilities. Level 3 inputs also include non-binding market consensus prices or non-binding broker quotes that we were unable to corroborate with observable market data.

Level 3 assets and liabilities include certain of the Plan’s and master trust investment accounts’ marketable limited partnerships or corporations that are not redeemable in the near term, nonmarketable limited partnership investments that are not redeemable in the near term, wrap contracts for the FMS GICs, CDS GICs, and PSA GICs, common collective trust funds with significant redemption restrictions, and fixed-income debt instruments for which values are determined using inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the values of the instruments being measured.

 

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The Plan’s policy is to reflect transfers between levels at the beginning of the year in which a change in circumstances resulted in the transfer.

Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The Plan’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, excluding accrued interest and dividends, cash, and administrative fees, consisted of the following types of instruments as of December 31, 2011:

 

     Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date
Using Inputs Classified as:
      
  

 

 

    
     Level 1                 Level 2                   Level 3          Total
  

 

 

Assets

            

Common collective trust funds:

            

Fixed-income funds

   $ —              $ 430,162             $ —               $         430,162 

International equity funds

     —            75,343,562           —           75,343,562 

Intel Corporation common stock

     368,676,269                      —           368,676,269 

Registered mutual funds:

            

Fixed-income funds

     195,317,017                      —           195,317,017 

U.S. large cap equity funds

     362,658,769                      —           362,658,769 

U.S. small cap equity funds

     160,795,365                      —           160,795,365 

International equity funds

     97,083,628                      —           97,083,628 

Equity precious metal funds

     39,659,903                      —           39,659,903 

Large cap growth funds

     72,831,724                      —           72,831,724 

Other mutual funds

     234,875,192                      —           234,875,192 

Exchange traded funds

     23,347,903                      —           23,347,903 
  

 

 

Total assets measured at fair value

   $  1,555,245,770              $  75,773,724             $       —               $1,631,019,494 
  

 

 

 

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The Plan’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, excluding accrued interest and dividends, cash, and administrative fees, consisted of the following types of instruments as of December 31, 2010:

 

    Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
Inputs Classified as:
     
 

 

 

   
    Level 1                     Level 2                            Level 3         Total
 

 

 

Assets

          

Common collective trust funds:

          

Fixed-income funds

  $ —                      $ 422,211                     $      $          422,211 

U.S. large cap entity funds

    —                    84,380,763                        84,380,763 

International equity funds

    —                    139,410,251                        139,410,251 

Intel Corporation common stock

    356,128,064                    —                        356,128,064 

Registered mutual funds:

          

Fixed-income funds

    705,939,384                    —                        705,939,384 

Balanced funds

    136,679,241                    —                        136,679,241 

U.S. large cap equity funds

    1,199,145,471                    —                        1,199,145,471 

U.S. small cap equity funds

    637,430,229                    —                        637,430,229 

International equity funds

    465,062,281                    —                        465,062,281 

Specialty funds

    175,067,779                    —                        175,067,779 
 

 

 

Total assets measured at fair value

  $  3,675,452,449                      $  224,213,225                     $      $3,899,665,674 
 

 

 

 

  1 

For further fair value information on the assets held in the master trust investment accounts, see master trust investment accounts fair value disclosure below.

The Plan did not have any financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and did not have any assets or liabilities that are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

 

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The master trust investment accounts’ assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, excluding accrued interest and dividends, cash, and administrative fees, consisted of the following types of instruments as of December 31, 2011, for the nine asset class master trust investment accounts:

 

    

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using

Inputs Classified as:

     
  

 

 

   
     Level 1           Level 2           Level 3     Total
  

 

 

Assets

            

Common collective trust funds:

            

Emerging markets fund

   $        $ 943,033,053        $      $   943,033,053 

Fixed-income funds

              762,595,439               762,595,439 

U.S. large cap equity funds

              929,069,553               929,069,553 

U.S. small cap equity funds

              9,916,400               9,916,400 

International equity funds

              396,248,149               396,248,149 

Specialty funds

              157,770,769               157,770,769 

U.S. corporate bonds

              399,878,558               399,878,558 

International corporate bonds

              147,940,479               147,940,479 

U.S. government bonds

     329,560,042          389,681,698               719,241,740 

International government bonds

              398,890,526               398,890,526 

Municipal bonds

              25,054,988               25,054,988 

Mortgage-backed securities

                       80,304,428      80,304,428 

Collateralized debt obligations

                       206,562,782      206,562,782 

Other fixed-income debt instruments

              2,876,525               2,876,525 

Mutual funds:

            

U.S. large cap equity funds

     482,444,234                                                        482,444,234 

Exchange traded fund

     72,338,486                        72,338,486 

U.S. corporate stocks

     310,156,681                        310,156,681 

International corporate stocks

     465,355,570                        465,355,570 

Preferred stocks

     9,299,790                        9,299,790 

Traditional guaranteed investment contracts

              4,873,301               4,873,301 

Pooled separate accounts

              60,258,127               60,258,127 

Receivable from brokers for securities sold

     15,023,942                        15,023,942 

Receivable for investments sold on a delayed delivery basis

     165,128,283                        165,128,283 

Wrap contracts

                       54,788      54,788 

Derivative assets

     1,651,529          19,377,654               21,029,183 

Marketable limited partnerships or corporations

              2,075,152,357          1,289,559      2,076,441,916 

Nonmarketable limited partnerships

                       345,136,833      345,136,833 

Investments of securities lending collateral

              304,276,887               304,276,887 
  

 

 

Total assets measured at fair value

   $  1,850,958,557        $  7,026,894,463        $  633,348,390      $9,511,201,410 
  

 

 

 

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Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using

Inputs Classified as:

      
  

 

 

    
     Level 1         Level 2           Level 3        Total
  

 

 

Liabilities

             

Payable to brokers for securities purchased

   $ 21,658,687        $        $       $  21,658,687 

Payable for investments purchased on a delayed-delivery basis

     228,516,431                         228,516,431 

Payable to brokers for collateral on deposit

     6,067,557                         6,067,557 

Derivative liabilities

     3,253,382                        21,623,235                              24,876,617 

Securities sold, not yet purchased

     105,637,108                         105,637,108 

Payable for securities lending collateral

     309,681,344                         309,681,344 
  

 

 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

   $ 674,814,509        $ 21,623,235        $       $696,437,744 
  

 

 

The master trust investment accounts’ assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, excluding accrued interest and dividends, cash, and administrative fees, consisted of the following types of instruments as of December 31, 2010, for the nine asset class master trust investment accounts. As a result of further analysis of the characteristics of certain financial instruments, approximately $75 million and $183 million of mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations, respectively, that were previously reported as Level 2 at December 31, 2010 have been reclassified as Level 3 investments. These revisions in the disclosed classification had no effect on the reported fair values of these instruments.

 

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    Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
Inputs Classified as:
     
    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total
          (Revised)     (Revised)      
 

 

 

Assets

       

Subscriptions paid in advance

  $ 210,000,000      $      $      $   210,000,000 

Common collective trust funds:

       

Fixed-income funds

           1,021,662,307             1,021,662,307 

U.S. large cap equity funds

           984,915,863             984,915,863 

U.S. small cap equity funds

           10,567,798             10,567,798 

International equity funds

           769,013,550             769,013,550 

Specialty funds

           122,442,208             122,442,208 

U.S. corporate bonds

           199,986,257             199,986,257 

International corporate bonds

           89,314,623             89,314,623 

U.S. government bonds

    263,091,912        248,763,958             511,855,870 

International government bonds

           304,418,052             304,418,052 

Municipal bonds

           12,246,769             12,246,769 

Mortgage-backed securities

                  74,867,849      74,867,849 

Collateralized debt obligations

                  182,837,244      182,837,244 

Other fixed-income debt instruments

           10,617,019             10,617,019 

Mutual funds:

       

Fixed-income funds

    7,734,628                    7,734,628 

U.S. large cap equity funds

    185,402,381                    185,402,381 

Exchange traded fund

    228,077,765                    228,077,765 

U.S. corporate stocks

    87,445,721                    87,445,721 

International corporate stocks

    225,030,745                    225,030,745 

Preferred stocks

    1,800,973                    1,800,973 

Traditional guaranteed investment contracts

           6,266,505             6,266,505 

Variable synthetic guaranteed investment contracts

           2,525,997             2,525,997 

Receivable from brokers for securities sold

    4,720,254                    4,720,254 

Receivable for investments sold on a delayed-delivery basis

    301,721,225                    301,721,225 

Wrap contracts

                  180,998      180,998 

Derivative assets

    5,227,821        17,050,958             22,278,779 

Marketable limited partnerships or corporations

           683,257,101        127,869      683,384,970 

Nonmarketable limited partnerships

                  245,283,010      245,283,010 

Investments of securities lending collateral

           460,073,667             460,073,667 
 

 

 

Total assets measured at fair value

  $ 1,520,253,425      $ 4,943,122,632      $ 503,296,970     $6,966,673,027 
 

 

 

 

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    Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
Inputs Classified as:
      
    Level 1           Level 2               Level 3          Total
 

 

 

Liabilities

            

Payable to brokers for securities purchased

  $ 4,432,447        $        $       $    4,432,447 

Payable for investments purchased on a delayed-delivery basis

    465,052,525                         465,052,525 

Payable to brokers for collateral on deposit

    5,450,000                         5,450,000 

Derivative liabilities

    4,189,067          13,208,230                17,397,297 

Securities sold, not yet purchased

    21,378,574                         21,378,574 

Payable for securities lending collateral

    467,779,351                                                     467,779,351 
 

 

 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

  $  968,281,964        $ 13,208,230       $       $981,490,194 
 

 

 

 

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The table below provides a summary of each of the master trust investment accounts by the fair value inputs, excluding accrued interest and dividends, cash, and administrative fees, used in the measurement as of December 31, 2011.

 

 

    U.S. Large Cap
Stock Fund
    International
Stock Fund
   

Global

Bond Fund

    U.S. Small Cap
Stock Fund
   

Stable

Value Fund

    Alternative
Investments
Fund
    Hedge Fund     Commodities
Fund
    Emerging
Markets Fund
    Total
 

 

 

Assets

                   

Level 1

  $ 483,405,183      $ 621,933,056      $ 499,412,189      $    234,651,658      $      $      $ 11,041,676      $ 178,294      $ 336,501      $1,850,958,557 

Level 2

    929,350,192        596,953,018        1,591,847,122        134,316,785        583,611,902        3,263,537        1,858,725,808        385,501,100        943,324,999      7,026,894,463 

Level 3

                  274,206,948               12,715,050        345,136,833        1,289,559                    633,348,390 
 

 

 

Total assets measured at fair value

  $    1,412,755,375      $ 1,218,886,074      $ 2,365,466,259      $ 368,968,443      $ 596,326,952      $ 348,400,370      $ 1,871,057,043      $   385,679,394      $ 943,661,500      $9,511,201,410 
 

 

 

Liabilities

                   

Level 1

  $      $ 89,695,840      $ 454,070,846      $ 111,047,823      $      $      $      $      $ 20,000,000      $   674,814,509 

Level 2

           378,342        21,244,893                                                21,623,235 
 

 

 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

  $      $ 90,074,182      $ 475,315,739      $ 111,047,823      $      $      $      $      $ 20,000,000      $   696,437,744 
 

 

 

The table below provides a summary of each of the master trust investment accounts by the fair value inputs, excluding accrued interest and dividends, cash, and administrative fees, used in the measurement as of December 31, 2010.

 

    U.S. Large Cap
Stock Fund
    International
Stock Fund
   

Global

Bond Fund

(revised)

    U.S. Small Cap
Stock Fund
   

Stable

Value Fund

(revised)

    Alternative
Investments
Fund
    Absolute
Return Fund
    Commodities
Fund
    Long/Short
Fund
    Total
 

 

 

Assets

                   

Level 1

  $ 185,437,020      $ 313,009,353      $ 583,729,287      $    228,077,765      $      $      $   147,000,000      $      $ 63,000,000      $1,520,253,425 

Level 2

    985,344,051        880,219,074        1,792,216,591        205,198,613        271,968,608        759,250        349,402,656        267,273,082        190,740,707      4,943,122,632 

Level 3

                  236,739,040               21,093,051        245,283,010        127,869                    503,242,970 
 

 

 

Total assets measured at fair value

  $    1,170,781,071      $ 1,193,228,427      $ 2,612,684,918      $ 433,276,378      $ 293,061,659      $ 246,042,260      $ 496,530,525      $   267,273,082      $ 253,740,707     $6,966,673,027 
 

 

 

Liabilities

                   

Level 1

  $      $ 59,627,982      $ 713,978,773      $ 194,675,209      $      $      $      $      $      $   968,281,964 

Level 2

           1,550,980        11,657,250                                                13,208,230  
 

 

 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

  $      $ 61,178,962      $ 725,636,023      $ 194,675,209      $      $      $      $      $      $   981,490,194 
 

 

 

 

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The table below presents a reconciliation for the master trust investment accounts’ assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, excluding accrued interest and dividends, cash, and administrative fees, using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for 2011:

 

     Fair Value Measurements Using Level 3       
     Mortgage-Backed
Securities
(revised)
    Collateralized
Debt Obligations
(revised)
    Wrap
Contracts
    Marketable
Limited
Partnerships or
Corporation
    Nonmarketable
Limited
Partnership
    

Total

Net Losses

  

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2010

   $ 74,867,849      $ 182,837,244      $ 180,998      $ 127,869      $ 245,283,010       

Total gains (losses) (realized and unrealized)

     (2,114,126     5,693,473        (126,210     (2,344,201     (17,511,768)       $(16,402,832)

Purchases

     40,094,350        101,052,922                      133,318,783       

Sales

     (32,543,645     (83,020,857                   (15,953,192)      

Transfers into Level 3

                          3,505,891        —       
  

 

 

    

Balance as of December 31, 2011

   $ 80,304,428      $ 206,562,782      $ 54,788      $ 1,289,559      $ 345,136,833       
  

 

 

    

The amount of total losses for the period included in changes in net assets attributable to the changes in unrealized gains (losses) related to assets and liabilities still held as of
December 31, 2011

   $ (41,727   $ (245,295   $ (126,210   $ (2,202,229   $ (17,536,248)       $(20,151,709)
  

 

 

Transfers into Level 3 in 2010 include certain marketable limited partnerships or corporations that are not redeemable in the near term and unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value were used.

Changes in net assets are included in the master trust investment accounts net increase/(decrease) for the year ended December 31, 2011, and are reported in net investment income/(loss) in the master trust investment accounts.

The master trust investment accounts did not have any assets or liabilities that are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

 

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Fair Value Estimated Using Net Asset Value Per Share

The Plan and master trust investment accounts invest in funds that calculate net asset value per share and primarily consist of investments in funds where they co-invest with third-party investors. The investments consist of common collective trust funds, marketable limited partnerships or corporations, nonmarketable limited partnership investments and pooled separate accounts. The private equity, private energy and real estate funds are primarily closed-end funds, which are not eligible for redemption until a date in the future that currently cannot be determined. The liquidation of these investments is likely to occur at different times over the next 10 years.

The following table presents the Plan’s and the master trust investment accounts’ fair values, future investment commitments, and redemption conditions for funds that calculate net asset value per share as of December 31, 2011:

 

Type    Fair Value      Future
Commitments
     Redemption
Frequency
   Redemption
Notice Period

 

Hedge funds (a)(b)

   $ 1,848,898,080         N/A        Monthly to annual    5 to 90 days  

Commodities funds (c)

     227,543,836         N/A        Monthly    30 to 35 days  

Private real estate funds (d)

     44,138,301       $ 55,000,000        N/A    None  

Private energy and natural resource funds (e)

     48,126,934         45,000,000        N/A    None  

Private equity and venture capital funds (f)

     252,871,598         215,000,000        N/A    None  

Fixed-income common collective trust funds (g)

     763,025,601         N/A        Daily    1 to 5 days  

U.S. large cap equity common collective trust funds (h)

     929,069,553         N/A        Daily    1 to 3 days  

U.S. small cap equity common collective trust funds (i)

     9,916,400         N/A        Daily    1 to 3 days  

International equity common collective trust funds (j)

     396,248,149         N/A        Daily    1 to 5 days  

Commodities common collective trust funds (k)

     157,770,769         N/A        Weekly    1 to 3 days  

Emerging markets common collective trust funds (l)

     1,018,376,615         N/A        Daily    1 to 5 days  

Pooled separate accounts (m)

     60,258,127         N/A        Daily    3 to 5 days  
  

 

 

       

Total

   $ 5,756,243,963       $ 315,000,000          
  

 

 

       

 

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The following table presents the Plan’s and the master trust investment accounts’ fair values, future investment commitments, and redemption conditions for funds that calculate net asset value per share as of December 31, 2010:

 

Type    Fair Value     Future
Commitments
     Redemption
Frequency
   Redemption
Notice Period

 

Absolute return hedge funds (a)

   $ 348,030,783        N/A         Monthly to annual    5 to 90 days  

Long/short equity hedge funds (b)

     190,523,313        N/A         Quarterly to annual    30 to 65 days  

Commodities hedge funds (c)

     144,830,874        N/A         Monthly    30 to 35 days  

Private real estate funds (d)

     27,163,308      $     45,000,000         N/A    None  

Private energy and natural resource funds (e)

     34,012,602        65,000,000         N/A    None  

Private equity and venture capital funds (f)

     171,145,327        171,000,000         N/A    None  

Fixed-income common collective trust funds (g)

     1,022,084,518        N/A         Daily    1 to 3 days  

U.S. large cap equity common collective trust funds (h)

     1,069,296,626        N/A         Daily    1 to 3 days  

U.S. small cap equity common collective trust funds (i)

     10,567,798        N/A         Daily    1 to 3 days  

International equity common collective trust funds (j)

     908,423,801        N/A         Daily    1 to 5 days  

Commodities common collective trust funds (k)

     122,442,208        N/A         Weekly    1 to 3 days  
  

 

 

       

Total

   $ 4,048,521,158      $   281,000,000           
  

 

 

       

 

(a)

Includes absolute return hedge funds that typically take positions in primarily publically traded securities and derivatives. The funds generally attempt to utilize trading strategies such as relative value, event driven and directional. Relative value strategy seeks return by capitalizing on perceived mis-pricing of related securities or financial instruments, and generally avoids taking a directional bias with regard to price movement of securities and markets overall. Event driven strategy focuses on identifying and analyzing securities that can benefit from the occurrence of an extraordinary transaction or event (e.g., restructurings, takeovers, mergers, spin-offs, bankruptcy). Directional strategy takes a bias based on price movement of securities and markets. These funds typically will include global exposure which includes emerging markets.

 

(b)

Includes long/short equity hedge funds that typically take both long and short positions in primarily publicly traded securities. Portfolios are built based on positive and negative views on equities. These funds typically will include global exposure which includes emerging markets.

 

(c)

The commodities hedge fund category seeks to match the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index and the Standard & Poor Goldman Sachs Commodity Index which are composed on futures contracts on physical commodities.

 

(d)

Private real estate funds seek out value added and opportunistic real estate investments in nonpublicly traded securities. These funds typically will include global exposure which includes emerging markets.

 

(e)

Private energy and natural resource funds seek out private investments in nonpublicly traded securities that focus on areas such as hydrocarbon reserves, infrastructure, timber, mining or minerals. These funds typically will include global exposure which includes emerging markets.

 

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(f)

Private equity and venture capital funds seek out private investments in nonpublicly traded securities that include venture capital funding of exceptional growth potential enterprises, and special situations such as distressed, opportunistic or secondary market positions. These funds typically will include global exposure which includes emerging markets.

 

(g)

The fixed-income funds invest in short-term and long-term high quality government, mortgage and corporate bonds. Some of the funds seek to replicate the performance of the Barclays Capital 1—3 Year Treasury Bond Index and Barclays Capital 1—3 Year Agency Bond Index over the long term.

 

(h)

The funds seek to match or exceed the performance of the Russell 1000 Index. The Russell 1000 Index focuses on the large- and mid-capitalization segment of the market, with approximately 90% coverage of U.S. stocks.

 

(i)

The funds seek to match or exceed the performance of the Russell 2000 Index, a free float-adjusted market capitalization index representing 2,000 small company stocks of U.S. domiciled companies.

 

(j)

For 2010, the funds sought to provide exposure to developed and emerging market stocks outside the U.S. Approximately 80% of the funds were invested in developed international stocks, as represented by the MSCI EAFE Index. The residual 20% were invested in emerging market stocks as represented by the MSCI EM Index. For 2011, the funds seek to provide exposure to developed stocks outside the U.S., as represented by the MSCI All Country World Index, excluding U.S.

 

(k)

The fund seeks to match the Dow Jones-USB Commodity Index which is composed of futures contracts on physical commodities.

 

(l)

The funds seek to provide exposure to emerging market stocks outside the U.S. as represented by the MSCI EM Index, Lazard Emerging Markets Collective Trust Fund and State Street Global Advisors EAFE Fund.

 

(m)

Pooled separate accounts include separate account guaranteed investment contracts (SA GICs). The initial crediting rate for SA GICs is set based on the market interest rates at the time that the initial asset is purchased and is are guaranteed to have an interest crediting rate not less than zero percent.

 

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5. Investments

The fair value of individual investments that represent 5% or more of the fair value of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits at year-end is as follows:

 

     December 31
     2011     2010
  

 

 

Mutual funds:

    

Fidelity Contrafund

     *      $306,887,472 

Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund

     *      288,955,546 

Vanguard Institutional Index Fund

     *      251,745,852 

Common stock:

    

Intel Corporation

   $ 368,676,269      $356,128,064 

 

   *

Amount represents less than 5% of net assets at year end

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Plan’s investments (including investments purchased, sold, and held during the year) (decreased) in fair value as follows:

 

Net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments:

 

Registered mutual funds

  $(262,165,071)

Common collective trust funds

  (33,734,514)

Intel Corporation common stock

  48,868,744 
 

 

Net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments

  $(247,030,841)
 

 

6. Investment Contracts

The Stable Value Fund holds investment contracts with insurance companies and banks to provide participants with a stable return on investment and protection of principal from changes in market interest rates. BNY Mellon has discretionary authority for the purchase and sale of investments in the Stable Value Fund, subject to the general investment policies of the IPC.

 

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The traditional GICs crediting rate is based on the rate that is agreed to when the insurance company writes the contract and is generally fixed for the life of the contract. The initial crediting rate for the CDS GICs, the FMS GICs and the PSA GICs are set based on the market interest rates at the time that the initial asset is purchased and are guaranteed to have an interest crediting rate not less than zero percent. The crediting rates for the CDS GICs, the FMS GICs and the PSA GICs reset every quarter based on the book value of the contract, the market value of the underlying assets, and the average duration of the underlying assets. The crediting rate for the CDS GICs, the FMS GICs and the PSA GICs aim at converging the book value of the contract and the market value of the underlying assets and therefore will be affected by interest rate and market changes.

Certain events may limit the ability of the Stable Value Fund to transact at contract value with the issuers. Such events include the following:

 

   

default of wrap provider;

 

   

default of an underlying bond issuer with material impact on the fund;

 

   

employer-initiated events that are within the control of the plan sponsor that would have a material and adverse impact on the fund;

 

   

employer communications designed to induce participants to transfer from the fund;

 

   

competing fund transfer or violation of equity wash or equivalent rules in place; and

 

   

changes in qualification status of the employer or the plans participating in the fund.

If any such event occurs, market value would likely be used in determining the payouts to the participants.

In general, issuers may terminate the contract and settle at other than contract value if there is a change in the qualification status of the employer or the Plan, if there is a breach of material obligations under the contract and misrepresentations by the contract holder, if the market and book values diverge dramatically, or if there is a failure of the underlying portfolio to conform to the pre-established investment guidelines.

 

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The FMS GICs, CDS GICs, VS GICs and PSA GICs use wrap contracts in order to manage market risks and to alter the return characteristics of the underlying portfolio of securities owned by the Stable Value Fund to match certain fixed-income fund objectives. Wrap contracts generally change the investment characteristics of underlying securities (such as corporate debt or U.S. government securities) to those of traditional GICs. The wrap contracts provide that benefit-responsive distributions for specific underlying securities may be withdrawn at contract value. Benefit-responsive distributions are generally defined as a withdrawal on account of a participant’s retirement, disability, or death, or participant-directed transfers in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

The investment contracts owned by the Stable Value Fund earned the following average yields:

 

     Year Ended
December 31
 
       2011     2010    
  

 

 

 

Earned by the Plan

         2.37     3.00

Credited to participants

         2.28        2.91   

7. Party-In-Interest Transactions

Approximately 7% of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits are shares of the Company’s common stock. Transactions in shares of the Company’s common stock qualify as party-in-interest transactions under the provisions of ERISA. During 2011, the Plan made purchases of the Company’s common stock of $18,156,985 and sales and distributions of $54,477,524.

8. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Plan, either directly or through the master trust investment accounts, invests in common collective trust funds, mutual funds, marketable limited partnerships or corporations, and nonmarketable limited partnerships, which can purchase derivatives consistent with their offering documents and prospectuses. The Plan does not directly hold any derivatives that are designated as hedging instruments. For 2011 and 2010, the Plan purchased derivatives through its investment in the Global Bond Fund and the International Stock Fund.

 

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The Global Bond Fund and the International Stock Fund consist of separately managed accounts. The investment managers of these accounts may use derivatives, consistent with the objective of the account, to hedge a portion of the investments to limit or minimize exposure to certain risks and to gain access to markets more efficiently. The investment managers do not employ leverage in the use of derivatives. Following is a summary of the significant accounting policies associated with the use of derivatives by the Global Bond Fund and International Stock Fund.

Currency Forward Contracts

The Global Bond Fund and the International Stock Fund have investments that are denominated in foreign currencies and utilize currency forward contracts to hedge a portion of the currency exposure for these investments. Currency forward contracts are generally marked-to-market at the prevailing forward exchange rate of the underlying currencies, with the difference between contract value and market value recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). When the currency forward contract is closed, the Global Bond Fund and the International Stock Fund transfer the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) to a realized gain (loss) equal to the change in the value of the currency forward contract from when it was opened to the value at the time it was closed. Sales and purchases of currency forward contracts having the same settlement date and broker are offset, and any gain (loss) is realized on that date. At the end of the year, open currency forward contracts are recorded as a derivative asset if the market value of the contract has appreciated or as a derivative liability if depreciated.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into a currency forward contract from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. The Global Bond Fund and the International Stock Fund seek to control this risk by evaluating the creditworthiness of potential counterparties and establishing credit limits. Additionally, when utilizing currency forward contracts, the Global Bond Fund and the International Stock Fund give up the opportunity to profit from favorable exchange rate movements during the term of the contract.

Futures Contracts

A futures contract is a contractual agreement to deliver or receive a commodity or financial instrument at a specific date in the future at an agreed-upon price. The Global Bond Fund uses fixed-income futures contracts to manage exposure to the market. Buying futures typically increases the exposure to the underlying instrument. Selling futures typically decreases the exposure to the underlying instrument held, or hedges the fair value of the other investments.

 

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Futures contracts are valued at the last settlement price at the end of each day on the exchange upon which they are traded. Upon entering into a futures contract, a deposit either in cash or securities in an amount (initial margin) equal to a certain percentage of the nominal value of the contract is required. Pursuant to the futures contract, there is an agreement to receive from, or to pay to, the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments, known as “variation margin,” are generally settled daily and are included in the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. Each separately managed account maintains its own variation margin accounts, and there is a separate variation margin account for each exchange used in the separately managed account. At the end of the year, the net amount of the variation margin accounts is recorded as a derivative asset if it has a positive balance or as a derivative liability if it has a negative balance.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, credit and market risks. The futures contracts entered into are exchange traded futures contracts where the broker acts as the clearinghouse for and counterparty to the transactions. Thus, credit risk on such transactions is mitigated by having an exchange that regulates margin requirements for futures contracts and capital requirements for clearinghouses, and by the ability of clearinghouses to net customer trades. The daily settlement process on the futures contracts serves to greatly reduce credit risk. Losses in value may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments or if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts. In addition, there is the risk that there may not be an exact correlation between a futures contract and the underlying index, commodity, or security.

The Global Bond Fund had securities pledged as collateral for futures contracts with a fair value of $1,511,238 and $3,301,248 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Swap Agreements

The Global Bond Fund enters into swap agreements to exchange or swap investment cash flows, assets, or market-linked returns at specified future intervals with counterparties. The Global Bond Fund has entered into interest rate and credit default swap agreements to manage its exposure to interest rates and credit risk. In connection with these agreements, securities may be identified as collateral in accordance with the terms of the respective swap agreements.

 

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Swaps are marked-to-market daily based on quotations supplied by an exchange, a pricing service, or a major market maker (or dealer), and the change in value, if any, is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). Realized gain (loss) is recorded upon termination or maturity of the swap. At the end of the year, outstanding swaps with a positive fair value are recorded as a derivative asset, and those with a negative fair value are recorded as a derivative liability.

Entering into these agreements involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit and market risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the statements of net assets available for benefits of the Global Bond Fund. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates.

The Global Bond Fund has entered into various derivative transactions that are considered credit derivatives. The Global Bond Fund writes and purchases credit default swaps primarily through credit default swap indices, but may also do so on a single name or basket basis. The use of credit default swaps provides the Global Bond Fund with flexibility in adjusting the yield curve and credit characteristics of the portfolio. Credit default swaps can provide access to exposure that may not be available in the financial markets.

The following table contains the notional value of the Global Bond Fund’s written credit derivatives as of December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 

     Notional Value of Credit 
Default Swaps1 
  

 

 

Maturity    2011      2010

 

0–5 years

   $ 13,332,627       $11,159,827 

5–10 years

     2,100,000       16,200,000 

10 years or greater

     466,004       714,302 
  

 

 

Total written credit derivatives2

   $ 15,898,631       $28,074,129 
  

 

 

 

1

Credit spreads on the underlying notional values are less than 1,000 basis points. Credit spread on the underlying, together with the period of expiration are indicators of payment/performance risk. The likelihood of payment or performance is greater as credit spread on the underlying and period of expiration increase.

 

2

All credit default swaps written are investment grade quality.

 

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The maximum payouts for contracts are limited to the notional values of each derivative contract. Typical credit events include bankruptcy, failure to pay, debt restructuring, obligation default, and repudiation. The settlement terms of credit default swaps are determined when the credit default swap contract is written.

The Global Bond Fund had $3,770,262 pledged as collateral for swap agreements as of December 31, 2011. The Global Bond Fund did not have any securities pledged as collateral for swap agreements as of December 31, 2010.

Options Contracts

The Global Bond Fund writes call and put options on futures, swaps (swaptions), securities, or currencies it owns or in which it may invest. Writing put options increases the Global Bond Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. Writing call options decreases the Global Bond Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. When the Global Bond Fund writes a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the option written. These liabilities are reflected as derivative liabilities in the statements of net assets available for benefits for the Global Bond Fund. Premiums received from writing options that expire out of the money are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options that are exercised or closed are added to the proceeds or offset against amounts paid on the underlying future, swap, security, or currency transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. As a writer of an option, the Global Bond Fund has no control over whether the underlying future, swap, security, or currency may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the future, swap, security, or currency underlying the written option. There is a risk that the Global Bond Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market.

The Global Bond Fund also purchases put and call options. Purchasing call options increases the Global Bond Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. Purchasing put options decreases the Global Bond Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. The Global Bond Fund pays a premium that is included in the Global Bond Fund’s statements of net assets available for benefits as an investment and subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the options. Premiums paid for purchasing options that expire out of the money are treated as realized losses. The risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid. Premiums paid for purchasing options that are exercised or closed are added to the amounts paid or offset against the proceeds on the underlying future, swap, security, or currency transaction to determine the realized gain or loss.

 

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At the end of the year, the total fair value of the open options is recorded as a derivative asset if the fair value is positive, or as a derivative liability if the fair value is negative.

Volume of Derivative Activity

Total gross notional amounts for outstanding derivatives (recorded at fair value) were as follows. Certain amounts in prior year have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

 

     December 31, 2011      December 31, 2010
    

Global

Bond Fund

     International 
Stock Fund 
    

Global

Bond Fund

     International 
Stock Fund 
  

 

 

Currency forward contracts

   $ 529,054,441       $ 271,657,112        $ 561,863,011       $ 124,093,834 

Financial futures

     295,673,050         78,575,344          820,293,789       — 

Interest rate swaps

     958,603,365         —          442,838,643       — 

Credit default swaps

     195,932,152         —          180,277,500       — 

Options on financial futures

     173,666,700         —          168,899,133       — 

Other

     9,102,614         —          36,700,000       — 
  

 

 

Total

   $ 2,162,032,322       $ 350,232,456        $ 2,210,872,076       $ 124,093,834 
  

 

 

 

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The gross notional amounts for currency forward contracts by currency were as follows:

 

     December 31, 2011      December 31, 2010
    

Global

Bond Fund

     International 
Stock Fund 
    

Global

Bond Fund

     International 
Stock Fund 
  

 

 

Australian dollar

   $ 55,155,553       $ 387,059        $ 37,496,771       $     5,198,652 

Brazilian real

     4,956,804         28,218          2,876,867       40,604 

British pound sterling

     116,044,990         81,494,844          80,111,056       44,122,643 

Canadian dollar

     24,986,649         —          61,301,031       — 

Chinese yuan

     10,448,040         —          12,304,925       — 

Czechoslovakian koruna

     4,200,000         —                — 

Danish krone

     10,204,217         5,148,731          10,075,372       1,798,059 

Euro

     165,652,639         96,820,936          194,785,783       29,889,474 

Hong Kong dollar

     1,072,582         —          5,684,248       — 

Hungarian forint

     10,993,474         —                — 

Indian rupee

     2,301,656         —          7,029,554       2,596,884 

Japanese yen

     49,136,022         28,468,436          90,304,855       10,632,670 

Malaysian ringgit

     1,692,426         34,999          1,661,188       — 

Mexican peso

     5,571,893         —          6,447,882       — 

New Zealand dollar

     2,037,620         —          2,869,483       — 

Norwegian krone

     1,006,875         —          4,617,371       — 

Polish Zloty

     6,050,478         —                — 

Singapore dollar

             —                53,498 

South African rand

     2,900,528         —          2,387,534       — 

South Korean won

     11,650,532         7,833,108          10,482,081       8,154,357 

Swedish krona

     34,101,060         30,460,973          12,932,045       9,897,873 

Swiss franc

     6,793,450         20,979,808          15,587,200       11,709,120 

Taiwan dollar

     2,096,953         —          2,907,765       — 
  

 

 

Total

   $ 529,054,441       $ 271,657,112        $ 561,863,011       $ 124,093,834 
  

 

 

Credit-Risk-Related Contingent Features

None of the derivative instruments contain credit-risk-related contingent features. Credit ratings are not applicable to the Plan and the master trust investment accounts.

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments

None of the derivative instruments were designated as hedging instruments.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

The fair values of the derivative instruments included in the statements of net assets available for benefits of the Global Bond Fund and the International Stock Fund as of December 31, 2011, were as follows.

 

     Global Bond Fund      International Stock
Fund
     Derivative
Asset
     Derivative 
Liability 
     Derivative
Asset
     Derivative 
Liability 
  

 

 

    

 

 

Currency forward contracts

   $ 7,641,591       $ 6,816,883        $ 2,789,435       $    378,342 

Financial futures

     233,995         2,002,981                507,192 

Interest rate swaps

     3,260,095         14,094,790                — 

Credit default swaps

     5,266,458         332,627                — 

Options on financial futures

     1,417,534         743,209                — 

Other

     420,075         593                — 
  

 

 

    

 

 

Total

   $ 18,239,748       $ 23,991,083        $ 2,789,435       $    885,534 
  

 

 

    

 

 

The fair values of the derivative instruments included in the statements of net assets available for benefits of the Global Bond Fund and the International Stock Fund as of December 31, 2010, were as follows. Certain amounts in prior year have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

 

     Global Bond Fund      International Stock
Fund
     Derivative
Asset
     Derivative 
Liability 
     Derivative
Asset
     Derivative 
Liability 
  

 

 

    

 

 

Currency forward contracts

   $ 4,906,515       $ 5,216,848        $ 541,900       $  1,550,980 

Financial futures

     336,956         1,148,113                — 

Interest rate swaps

     7,287,924         6,712,794                — 

Credit default swaps

     6,597,634         679,718                — 

Options on financial futures

     2,607,850         1,626,710                — 

Other

             462,134                — 
  

 

 

    

 

 

Total

   $ 21,736,879       $ 15,846,317        $ 541,900       $  1,550,980 
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

All derivative gains and/or (losses) were recorded as net realized and unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation) in fair value of investments and related interest income was excluded. The effects of derivative instruments on the net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments for the year ended December 31, 2011, were as follows:

 

    

Global

Bond Fund

     International
Stock Fund
  

 

 

Currency forward contracts

   $ 5,454,855        $  11,694,582 

Financial futures

     (18,153,555)       (436,419)

Interest rate swaps

     (9,717,366)       — 

Credit default swaps

     3,306,986        — 

Options on financial futures

     (1,311,788)       — 

Other

     (1,313,095)       — 
  

 

 

Total

   $ (21,733,963)       $  11,258,163 
  

 

 

9. Securities Lending

The Master Trust has securities lending agreements with State Street relating to the assets in the Global Bond Fund, the U.S. Small Cap Stock Fund and the International Stock Fund, and a securities lending agreement with BlackRock Institutional Trust Company (BlackRock) relating to certain assets in the U.S. Small Cap Stock Fund. The master trust investment accounts are not restricted from lending securities to other qualified financial institutions, provided such loans are callable at any time and are at all times fully secured by cash, cash equivalents, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies. The master trust investment accounts may bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or even of rights in, the securities loaned if the borrower of the securities fails financially. Consequently, loans of securities are only made to firms deemed to be creditworthy. The master trust investment accounts are also subject to investment risk in connection with investment of the collateral. The master trust investment accounts receive compensation for lending their securities, either in the form of fees or by retaining a portion of the return on the investment of any cash received as collateral.

Cash collateral is recorded as an asset with a corresponding liability on the statements of net assets available for benefits of the applicable master trust investment account. For lending agreements collateralized by securities, the collateral is not recorded as an asset or a liability, unless the collateral is repledged. All collateral received will be in an amount equal to at least 102% of the fair value of the U.S. loaned securities and 105% of the fair value of foreign loaned securities. It is intended that the collateral will be maintained at that level during the period of the

 

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loan. The fair value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business, and any additional required collateral is delivered the next business day. The applicable master trust investment accounts do not have the right to sell or repledge securities pledged as collateral. During the loan period, the funds continue to retain rights of ownership, including dividends and interest of the loaned securities.

The following is a summary of the collateral held and the fair value of securities on loan for the applicable master trust investment accounts as of December 31, 2011:

 

     Cash
Collateral
     Securities
Held as
Collateral
     Total
Collateral
     Fair Value of
Loaned
Securities
  

 

 

Global Bond Fund

   $ 108,565,798       $ 76,228,393       $ 184,794,191       $  181,220,783 

U.S. Small Cap Stock Fund

     108,630,421                 108,630,421       105,671,571 

International Stock Fund

     87,080,668                 87,080,668       84,069,732 
  

 

 

Total

   $ 304,276,887       $ 76,228,393       $ 380,505,280       $  370,962,086 
  

 

 

The following is a summary of the collateral held and the fair value of securities on loan for the applicable master trust investment accounts as of December 31, 2010:

 

     Cash
Collateral
     Securities
Held as
Collateral
     Total
Collateral
     Fair Value of
Loaned
Securities
  

 

 

Global Bond Fund

   $ 209,643,606       $ 11,888,589       $ 221,532,195       $  217,111,467 

U.S. Small Cap Stock Fund

     193,570,000                 193,570,000       189,339,040 

International Stock Fund

     56,860,061         150,100         57,010,161       55,576,286 
  

 

 

Total

   $ 460,073,667       $ 12,038,689       $ 472,112,356       $  462,026,793 
  

 

 

A gain was generated from securities lending arrangements totaling $2,878,604 for the year ended December 31, 2011. The gain was primarily a result of the change in the cumulative loss on the securities lending program’s collateral pool. The cumulative loss decreased to $5,404,457 at December 31, 2011, from $7,705,684 at December 31, 2010. The 2011 cumulative loss represents the difference between the value of the investments of securities lending collateral of $304,276,887 and the value of the related payable for securities lending collateral of $309,681,344 for the applicable master trust investment accounts at December 31, 2011

 

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($209,643,606 and $217,349,290, respectively, at December 31, 2010). The gain was included in the net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments in the summary of net investment income in the asset class master trust investment accounts as disclosed in Note 3: Master Trust Investment Accounts.

State Street is the investment manager for the securities lending collateral pool. The investment policy statement requires that securities lending investments conform to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission guidelines for money market funds.

10. Concentration of Credit Risk

The Plan’s exposure to a concentration of credit risk is limited by the diversification of investments across multiple participant-directed fund elections. With the exception of the Intel Stock Fund, the investments within each participant-directed fund election are further diversified into varied financial instruments. The Intel Stock Fund invests in a single security, the trading value of which is used to determine the entire fair value of the investment. The Plan’s exposure to credit risk on the wrap contracts is limited to the fair value of the contracts with each counterparty. Collateral has been obtained and secured against investments whenever deemed necessary. The Plan has exposure to currency exchange rate risk on non-U.S. dollar denominated investments in debt and equity instruments which are generally managed through offsetting derivative instruments to reduce foreign currency exposure.

11. Income Tax Status

The Plan received a determination letter from the IRS dated February 7, 2006, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this issuance of the determination letter, the Plan was amended and restated. A new application for a favorable determination letter was timely filed; however, a final letter has not yet been issued by the IRS. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The plan sponsor has indicated that it will take the necessary steps, if any, to maintain the tax qualified status of the Plan.

 

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(Formerly Intel Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan)

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States require plan management to evaluate uncertain tax positions taken by the Plan. The financial statement effects of a tax position are recognized when the position is more–likely–than–not, based on the technical merits, to be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2011, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken. The Plan has recognized no interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The plan administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2008.

12. Plan Termination

The Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of a plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their accounts.

13. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to the Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

     December 31
     2011      2010
  

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 5,062,744,794       $4,923,097,050 

Adjustment between fair value and contract value related to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by the Stable Value Fund master trust investment account

     7,961,502       3,955,738 
  

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

   $ 5,070,706,296       $4,927,052,788 
  

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of net investment income from participation in the master trust investment accounts per the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011, to the Form 5500:

 

Net investment income from participation in master trust investment accounts per the financial statements

   $50,986,056 

Change in adjustment between fair value and contract value related to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by the Stable Value Fund master trust investment account

   4,005,764 
  

 

Net investment income from master trust investment accounts per the Form 5500

   $54,991,820 
  

 

 

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EIN: 94-1672743 Plan Number: 003

Schedule H, Line 4i — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2011

 

  (a)   

(b)

Identity of Issue, Borrower,

Lessor or Similar Party

  

(c)
Description of Investment,

Including Maturity Date,
Rate of Interest, Collateral,
Par, or Maturity Value

  

(e)

Current

Value

 

  

Mutual funds:

     
  

American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund

     2,764,325   shares    $     97,083,628
  

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund

        675,284   shares    68,612,837

*

  

Fidelity Growth Company Fund

     1,954,633   shares    158,154,132

*

  

Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund

     4,508,529   shares    160,795,365

*

  

Fidelity Contrafund

               588   shares    588

*

  

Fidelity Puritan Fund

                 49   shares    49

*

  

PIMCO Total Return Fund

   13,899,587   shares    151,373,731
  

Vanguard Institutional Index Fund

     1,179,000   shares    135,891,212
        

 

  

Total mutual funds

      771,911,542
  

Common collective trust fund:

     

*

  

State Street Bank and Trust Short Term Investment Fund

        430,162   units      430,162

*

  

BlackRock Russell 1000 Value Fund K

               147   units      147
  

Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Collective Trust

     5,325,603   units      75,343,415
        

 

  

Total common collective trust funds

      75,773,724
  

Self-directed brokerage accounts

   Various    414,657,959
  

Common stock:

     

*

  

Intel Corporation

    15,206,730   shares    368,676,269

*

  

Participant loans

  

Interest at 4.25% — 10.6%,

maturing through 2029

   71,528,717
        

 

  

Total investments

      $1,702,548,211
        

 

Column (d) for Cost has been omitted as investments are participant-directed

 

*

Indicates a party-in-interest

 

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SIGNATURES

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

INTEL 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

   

Date: June 28, 2012

 

By:

 

/s/ Stacy J. Smith

 
   

Stacy J. Smith

 
   

Senior Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer and

 
   

Principal Accounting Officer

 

 

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