Form 11-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

(Mark One)

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 001-32395

 

 

CONOCOPHILLIPS SAVINGS PLAN

(Full title of the Plan)

ConocoPhillips

(Name of issuer of securities)

 

600 North Dairy Ashford  
Houston, Texas   77079
(Address of principal executive office)   (Zip code)

 

 

 


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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(a) Financial Statements

Financial statements of the ConocoPhillips Savings Plan, filed as part of this annual report, are listed in the accompanying index.

 

(b) Exhibits

Exhibit 23     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

SIGNATURES

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

 

CONOCOPHILLIPS
SAVINGS PLAN
/s/ F. M. Vallejo
F. M. Vallejo
Plan Financial Administrator

June 27, 2012

 

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Index To Financial Statements    ConocoPhillips Savings Plan
And Schedule   

 

     Page  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     3   

Financial Statements

  

      Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits at December  31, 2011 and 2010

     4   

       Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2011

     5   

      Notes to Financial Statements

     6   

Supplemental Schedule

  

       Schedule H, Line 4i — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2011

     21   

Exhibit Index

     25   

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The ConocoPhillips Savings Plan Committee

ConocoPhillips Savings Plan

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of ConocoPhillips 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 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

ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Houston, Texas

June 27, 2012

 

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Statements of Net Assets    ConocoPhillips Savings Plan
Available for Benefits   

 

     Thousands of Dollars  
At December 31    2011     2010  

Assets

    

Investments

    

Plan interest in Stable Value Fund Master Trust

     2,125,089        1,996,720   

 

 

Common Stock:

    

ConocoPhillips Stock Fund

     3,059,152        2,980,137   

Leveraged Stock Fund

     1,153,434        1,068,398   

Loan 2 Suspense

     59,168        230,571   

DuPont Stock Fund

     74,505        89,651   

 

 

Total Common Stock

     4,346,259        4,368,757   

 

 

Mutual Funds

     3,012,418        3,044,917   

 

 

Total Investments

     9,483,766        9,410,394   

Notes receivable from participants

     111,270        105,910   

Active Employee Deposits Receivables

     1        —     

 

 

Total assets

     9,595,037        9,516,304   

 

 

Liabilities

    

Securities acquisition loans

     15,460        63,750   

Interest payable

     24        87   

 

 

Total liabilities

     15,484        63,837   

 

 

Net assets reflecting investments at fair value

     9,579,553        9,452,467   

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

     (107,938     (86,687

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 9,471,615      $ 9,365,780   

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Changes In Net    ConocoPhillips Savings Plan
Assets Available for Benefits   

 

     Thousands  
Year Ended December 31, 2011    of Dollars  

Additions

  

Company contributions

  

Company matching – cash

   $ 25,012   

Basic allocation – stock

     84,346   

Funds for debt service

     4,000   

Active employee deposits

     231,384   

Rollovers

     60,587   

 

 

Total contributions

     405,329   

 

 

Investment income

  

Dividends and interest

     234,894   

Plan interest in Stable Value Fund Master Trust

     68,833   

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

     218,155   

 

 

Total investment income

     521,882   

 

 

Interest income on notes receivable from participants

     4,115   

Other additions

     330   

 

 

Total additions

     931,656   

 

 

Deductions

  

Distributions to participants or their beneficiaries

     824,033   

Interest expense

     911   

Administrative expenses

     610   

Other deductions

     267   

 

 

Total deductions

     825,821   

 

 

Net Increase

     105,835   

Net assets available for benefits

  

Beginning of year

     9,365,780   

 

 

End of year

   $ 9,471,615   

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes To Financial Statements   ConocoPhillips Savings Plan

Note 1—Plan Description

The following description of the ConocoPhillips Savings Plan (Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

General

The Plan is a defined contribution, 401(k) profit sharing plan which includes a Thrift Feature and a Stock Savings Feature. The Vanguard Group, Inc. serves as recordkeeper. Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company (Vanguard) serves as trustee for the Plan.

The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA).

Eligibility

Generally, active employees of ConocoPhillips Company (Company or COP) and its subsidiaries on the direct U.S. dollar payroll are eligible to participate in the Plan.

Thrift Feature

An active employee may deposit between 1% and 75% of pay, as defined in the Plan document (Pay), on a Roth 401 (k) basis, before-tax basis, an after-tax basis, or in any combination thereof. The Company contributes $1 for each $1 deposited by the active employee participant up to 1.25% of Pay. Thrift assets are invested in a variety of investment funds; however, the DuPont Stock Fund and the Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund are closed to new investment elections. Investments in the Thrift Feature are participant-directed.

Active employees are eligible to make catch-up deposits to the Thrift Feature beginning in the year they attain age 50.

Stock Savings Feature (SSF)

An active employee may deposit 1% of pay on a Roth 401 (k) basis, before-tax basis, or after-tax basis. SSF deposits are invested in the ConocoPhillips Stock Fund. Based on the SSF deposits made by an active employee, participants in the SSF receive semiannual (basic) allocations of ConocoPhillips common stock (Company Stock) generally as of June 30 and December 31 of each year. The semiannual allocation to participants is based on the ratio of the active employee’s SSF deposits to all participant SSF deposits for the allocation period. A supplemental allocation shall be made each year-end if all shares released for allocation, based on loan payment provisions, have not been allocated. The method for calculating a supplemental allocation is described in the Plan document; however, such an allocation is rare and was not required in 2011.

Semiannual allocations and supplemental allocations are invested in the ConocoPhillips Stock Fund and the Leveraged Stock Fund. Both the ConocoPhillips Stock Fund and the Leveraged Stock Fund are invested solely in Company Stock and have the same fair value per share. The cost basis per share is different as the ConocoPhillips Stock Fund has an average cost based on average purchase price, and the Leveraged Stock Fund has a fixed cost based on the acquisition loan cost per share.

 

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The ConocoPhillips Stock Fund contains shares of Company Stock purchased with active employee deposits, Company contributions, dividends reinvested in participant accounts, and shares allocated to participant accounts as a result of SSF allocations other than those purchased with the proceeds of acquisition loans. The Leveraged Stock Fund primarily contains shares of Company Stock that were purchased with the proceeds of acquisition loans and allocated to participant accounts as a result of SSF allocations. Participants may direct that their SSF deposits and Company allocations be exchanged from the ConocoPhillips Stock Fund and the Leveraged Stock Fund into other investment funds at any time.

The number of shares allocated on each semiannual allocation date is determined by the Plan document. In 2011, there were 7,924 shares allocated for each 100 eligible employees. Shares used for the semiannual allocation came from financed shares, shares held by ConocoPhillips in the Compensation and Benefits Trust (CBT), and Treasury shares. In 2011, the Company used the CBT to contribute 660,755 shares of stock to the Plan. The fair value of the CBT shares was approximately $50 million, and these shares were invested in the ConocoPhillips Stock Fund. In 2011, the company also contributed 475,696 shares of Treasury stock to the Plan. The fair value of the Treasury shares was approximately $35 million, and these shares were invested in the ConocoPhillips Stock Fund.

The Plan is required to retain and use eligible dividends on Company Stock to make payments on the loans it used to acquire Company Stock for the SSF. If the Company does not elect to make a special contribution and if eligible dividends to be allocated to participants’ accounts are used to make loan payments, participants receive a dividend replacement allocation. The Plan used $38 million in dividends on allocated shares to make loan payments and allocated 524,818 shares in dividend replacement allocations to participants’ accounts in 2011. The fair value of the allocated dividend replacement shares was approximately $38 million, and these shares were invested in the Leveraged Stock Fund.

The Company made contributions to the Plan which, when aggregated with certain Plan dividends and certain interest earnings, equaled the amount necessary to enable the Plan to make its regularly scheduled payments of principal and interest due on its loan. The Company can also elect to make contributions to the Plan, as an alternative to using the dividends. Finally, the Company can make contributions to the Plan in the amount necessary to bring the number of shares of stock released for allocation up to the level required to complete the semiannual allocation by contributing cash or by contributing Company Stock.

Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the active employee deposits, Company contributions, if applicable, and Plan earnings, and charged with an allocation of investment administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that could be provided from the participant’s vested account.

Vesting

Participants are immediately vested in all amounts credited to their accounts in all funds.

Voting Rights

As a beneficial owner of Company Stock, Plan participants and beneficiaries are entitled to direct the trustee to vote the Company Stock attributable to their accounts. Active employee participants on the voting valuation date may direct the trustee to vote the non-directed and unallocated shares based on their proportionate share of total non-directed and unallocated shares.

 

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Diversification

Generally, participants may make unlimited exchanges out of any investment fund in any dollar amount, whole percentages, or shares of their account to another investment fund subject to the exchange rules in the Plan document. In addition, using selected investment percentages, a participant may request a reallocation of both the existing account and future contribution allocations or a rebalancing of the participant’s existing account.

Share Accounting Method for Company Stock

Any shares purchased or sold for the Plan on any business day are valued at the Participant Transaction Price, as defined by the Plan, which is calculated using a weighted-average price of the Company Stock traded on that business day and any carryover impact as described in the Plan document.

Distributions

Total distributions from participant accounts can be made upon the occurrence of specified events, including the attainment of age 59 1/2, death, disability, or termination of employment. Partial distributions are permitted in cases of specified financial hardship.

Installment Payments

A terminated employee or a beneficiary who is the surviving spouse of a participant is eligible to elect a distribution based on a fixed-dollar amount or life-expectancy installment payments.

Installment distribution options offered under the Conoco Thrift Plan and exercised by a participant were grandfathered into the Plan.

Dividend Pass Through

A participant can make an election to receive cash dividends from the ConocoPhillips Stock Fund on a portion of that participant’s account invested in Company Stock. The distribution of these dividends is made on each dividend payment date.

Forms of Payment

Generally, distributions from participant accounts invested in Company Stock and the DuPont Stock Fund can be made in cash, stock, or a combination of both. Distributions from all other funds in the Thrift Feature are made in cash. An election to make an eligible rollover distribution is also available.

Participant Loans

Active employee participants can request a loan from their account in the Plan. The minimum loan is $1,000. Generally, the maximum loan is the lesser of $50,000 or one-half of the vested value of the participant’s account. For those eligible for loans, three outstanding loans are available at any one time, one of which can be a home loan. The maximum term of a home loan is 238 months, and the maximum term of a general purpose loan is 58 months.

Trust Agreements

The trust agreement with Vanguard provides for the administration of certain assets in the Plan.

There is one master trust agreement in effect at December 31, 2011. The Stable Value Fund (SVF) is managed under the Stable Value Fund Master Trust Agreement. The assets in this fund include stable value investment contracts and short-term investments. The trustee is State Street Bank and Trust Company. Underlying the stable value investment contracts are units of common collective trust (CCT) funds. Bank of New York Mellon is the custodian for those CCT funds.

 

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Administration

The Plan is administered by the ConocoPhillips Savings Plan Committee (Committee), a Plan Financial Administrator, a Plan Benefits Administrator, and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, collectively referred to as the Plan Administrators. Members of the Committee are appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company or its delegate. The Plan Financial Administrator and the Plan Benefits Administrator are the persons who occupy, respectively, the Company positions of Vice President and Treasurer, and Manager Global Compensation and Benefits. Members of the Committee and the Plan Administrators serve without compensation, but are reimbursed by the Company for necessary expenditures incurred in the discharge of their duties. Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid from assets of the Plan to the extent allowable by law, unless paid by the Company.

Note 2—Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The Plan’s financial statements are presented on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Distributions to participants or their beneficiaries are recorded when paid.

The SVF invests in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts. These investment contracts are recorded at fair value (see Note 10); however, since these contracts are fully benefit-responsive, an adjustment is reflected in the statements of net assets available for benefits to present these investments at contract value. Contract value is the relevant measurement 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. The contract value represents contributions plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.

Notes Receivable from Participants

Notes receivable from participants represent participant loans that are recorded at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income on notes receivable from participants is recorded when it is earned. Related fees are recorded as administrative expenses and are expensed when they are incurred. No allowance for credit losses has been recorded as of December 31, 2011 or 2010. If a participant ceases to make loan repayments and the plan administrator deems the participant loan to be a distribution, the participant loan balance is reduced and a benefit payment is recorded.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-06, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements, (ASU 2010-06). ASU 2010-06 amended Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements, (ASC 820) to clarify certain existing fair value disclosures and require a number of additional disclosures. The requirement to present changes in Level 3 measurements on a gross basis is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010. Since ASU 2010-06 only affects fair value

 

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measurement disclosures, adoption of ASU 2010-06 did not have an effect on the Plan’s net assets available for benefits or its changes in net assets available for benefits.

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs, (ASU 2011-04). ASU 2011-04 amended ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, to converge the fair value measurement guidance in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). Some of the amendments clarify the application of existing fair value measurement requirements, while other amendments change a particular principle in ASC 820. In addition, ASU 2011-04 requires additional fair value disclosures. The amendments are to be applied prospectively and are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Plan management is currently evaluating the effect that the provisions of ASU 2011-04 will have on the Plan’s financial statements.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes and supplemental schedule. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Note 3—Securities Acquisition Loans

The Plan borrowed $400 million (Loan 2) in 1990, and purchased 28,318,584 shares of Company Stock, utilizing the bank borrowings. The financed shares are held in a suspense account (currently Loan 2 Suspense) until allocated to eligible participants based on the provisions of the Plan.

Upon allocation to participant accounts, the Loan 2 shares are transferred to the Leveraged Stock Fund. The Plan released 2,048,997 Loan 2 suspense shares in 2011 for semiannual allocations to participant accounts. The fair value of the Loan 2 shares used in the semiannual allocations was approximately $150 million. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the fair value of unallocated shares was $59 million and $231 million, respectively. See Note 6 for a list of other unallocated assets.

Loan 2 was refinanced on September 8, 2009, and was extended to December 5, 2015. Loan 2 prepayments totaled $48.3 million in 2011. The outstanding balance of Loan 2 was $15 million and $64 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The carrying value of Loan 2 approximates fair value as it provides for variable interest rates adjusted quarterly. The rates were 2.09% (LIBOR rate plus 1.75%) and 2.06% (LIBOR rate plus 1.75%) at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Loan 2 was guaranteed by ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company and was being repaid through contributions made by the Company, dividends on certain allocated and unallocated shares, and earnings on the short-term investment of dividends. Loan 2 was fully repaid in March 2012, with a final payment of $15 million, and all leveraged shares associated with Loan 2 have been allocated to participant accounts.

 

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Note 4—Investments

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Investments held by the Plan are stated at fair value. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (the exit price).

Common stock values are based on their quoted market prices. Mutual funds are valued using quoted market prices which represent the net asset values of shares held by the Plan at year-end. The assets in the SVF include investment contracts and a short-term investment fund (STIF). The investment contracts are backed by fixed income instruments and units of common collective trusts (CCT’s). The STIF is valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. (See Note 10 on Master Trust for more detail on the SVF including the fair value computation techniques and inputs.)

Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a trade date basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.

Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in values of investments will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

Net Appreciation

During 2011, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows:

 

     Thousands  
     of Dollars  

Common Stock

  

ConocoPhillips Stock Fund

   $ 218,743   

Leveraged Stock Fund

     69,649   

Loan 2 Suspense

     16,620   

DuPont Common Stock Fund

     (6,701

Mutual funds

     (80,156

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

   $ 218,155   

 

 

 

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Note 5—Fair Value Measurements

ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1

   Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2

   Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

Level 3

   Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The following tables set forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s investment assets at fair value. (See Note 10 for the fair value hierarchy for the master trust investments):

 

     Thousands of Dollars  
     Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2011  
     Level 1        Level 2          Level 3        Total  

Mutual Funds:

           

Balanced Funds

   $ 562,497       $ —         $ —         $ 562,497   

Bond Funds

     521,763         —           —           521,763   

Domestic Stock Funds

     1,382,106        —           —           1,382,106   

International Stock Funds

     270,393        —           —           270,393  

Short Term Reserves

     275,652         —           —           275,652   

Vanguard Prime MM – Loan 2

     7         —           —           7   

 

 

Total Mutual Funds

     3,012,418         —           —           3,012,418   

 

 

Common Stock:

           

ConocoPhillips Stock Fund

     3,059,152         —           —           3,059,152   

Leveraged Stock Fund

     1,153,434         —           —           1,153,434   

Loan 2 Suspense

     59,168               59,168   

DuPont Stock

     74,505         —           —           74,505   

 

 

Total Common Stock

     4,346,259         —           —           4,346,259   

 

 

 

 

Total investment assets at fair value

   $ 7,358,677       $ —         $ —         $ 7,358,677   

 

 

 

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     Thousands of Dollars  
     Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2010  
     Level 1        Level 2          Level 3        Total  

Mutual Funds:

           

Balanced Funds

   $ 519,193       $ —         $ —         $ 519,193   

Bond Funds

     452,386         —           —           452,386   

Domestic Stock Funds

     1,481,601        —           —           1,481,601   

International Stock Funds

     344,899        —           —           344,899  

Short Term Reserves

     246,730         —           —           246,730   

Vanguard Prime MM – Loan 2

     108         —           —           108   

 

 

Total Mutual Funds

     3,044,917         —           —           3,044,917   

 

 

Common Stock:

           

ConocoPhillips Stock Fund

     2,980,137         —           —           2,980,137   

Leveraged Stock Fund

     1,068,398         —           —           1,068,398   

Loan 2 Suspense

     230,571               230,571   

DuPont Stock

     89,651         —           —           89,651   

 

 

Total Common Stock

     4,368,757         —           —           4,368,757   

 

 

 

 

Total investment assets at fair value

   $ 7,413,674       $ —         $ —         $ 7,413,674   

 

 

Note 6—Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

All Company Stock held by the Plan is considered part of the ESOP. This includes the ConocoPhillips Stock Fund, Leveraged Stock Fund, Loan 2 Suspense shares and money market fund (Vanguard Prime Money Market – Loan 2, or Vanguard Prime MM Loan 2), and any released shares pending allocation. The Loan 2 Suspense shares and the related money market fund are the only non-participant-directed investments in the Plan, and the only assets in the Plan not allocated to participant accounts (unallocated assets).

 

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Information about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the ESOP portion of the Plan follows:

 

     Thousands of Dollars  
     December 31, 2011      December 31, 2010  
     Allocated      Unallocated      Total      Allocated      Unallocated      Total  

Assets

                 

COP Stock ESOP – COP Stock Fund

   $ 3,059,152       $ —         $ 3,059,152       $ 2,980,137       $ —         $ 2,980,137   

Leveraged Stock

     1,153,434         —           1,153,434         1,068,398         —           1,068,398   

Loan 2 Suspense

     —           59,168         59,168         —           230,571         230,571   

Vanguard Prime MM Loan 2

     —           7         7         —           108         108   

 

 

Total assets

     4,212,586         59,175         4,271,761         4,048,535         230,679         4,279,214   

 

 

Liabilities

                 

Securities loan

     —           15,460         15,460         —           63,750         63,750   

Interest payable

     —           24         24         —           87         87   

 

 

Total liabilities

     —           15,484         15,484         —           63,837         63,837   

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 4,212,586       $ 43,691       $ 4,256,277       $ 4,048,535       $ 166,842       $ 4,215,377   

 

 

Changes in net assets during the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

     Thousands of Dollars  
     Allocated     Unallocated     Total  

Company matching – cash

   $ 8,952      $ —        $ 8,952   

Basic allocation – stock

     84,346        —          84,346   

Active employee deposits

     93,483        —          93,483   

Funds for debt services

     —          4,000        4,000   

Allocation of 2,048,997 shares of ConocoPhillips common stock, at fair value

     150,085        —          150,085   

Dividends and interest

     150,366        7,225        157,591   

Other additions

     5        —          5   

Net appreciation in fair value of common stock

     288,392        16,620        305,012   

 

 

Total additions

     775,629        27,845        803,474   

 

 

Distributions

     360,653        —          360,653   

Allocation of 2,048,997 shares of ConocoPhillips common stock, at fair value

     —          150,085        150,085   

Interest expense

     —          911        911   

Other deductions

     7        —          7   

Administrative expense

     547        —          547   

 

 

Total deductions

     361,207        150,996        512,203   

 

 

Interfund and source transfers

     (250,371     —          (250,371

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     164,051        (123,151     40,900   

Net assets available for benefits

      

Beginning of year

     4,048,535        166,842        4,215,377   

 

 

End of year

   $ 4,212,586      $ 43,691      $ 4,256,277   

 

 

 

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Note 7—Tax Status

The Plan received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated March 23, 2004, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the Internal Revenue Service, the Plan was amended and restated. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The Committee believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes the Plan, as amended and restated, is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.

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.

Note 8—Related-Party Transactions

A large portion of the Plan’s assets is invested in Company Stock. Because ConocoPhillips is the ultimate parent of the Company, transactions involving Company Stock qualify as related-party transactions. In addition, certain investments of the Plan are in shares of mutual funds managed by Vanguard. Because Vanguard is the Plan’s trustee, these transactions also qualify as related-party transactions. All of these types of transactions were exempt from the prohibited transaction rules.

Note 9—Plan Termination

In the event of termination of the Plan, participants and beneficiaries of deceased participants would be vested with respect to, and would receive, within a reasonable time, any funds in their accounts as of the date of the termination. The unallocated shares that had been acquired by the proceeds to Loan 2 would be allocated pursuant to applicable legal and contractual requirements.

Note 10—Master Trust

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, one investment option of the Plan, the SVF, was held in a master trust.

 

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Stable Value Fund

The Plan’s share of SVF Master Trust net assets was 100% as of December 31, 2011 and 2010. The SVF consists of synthetic investment contracts (SYNs) and a STIF. The STIF seeks to provide safety of principal and daily liquidity by investing in high quality money market instruments that include but are not limited to certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements, commercial paper, bank notes, time deposits, corporate debt, and U.S. Treasury and agency debt. While the intent of this fund is to allow daily withdrawals on each business day when the Federal Reserve’s wire system is open, the trustee of the fund may suspend withdrawal rights at its sole discretion in certain situations such as a breakdown in the means of communication normally employed in determining the value of the investments of the fund or a state of affairs in which the disposition of the assets of the fund would not be reasonably practicable or would be seriously prejudicial to the fund participants. In a SYN contract structure, the underlying investments are owned by the SVF Master Trust and held in trust for Plan participants. The underlying investments of the SYNs in the SVF Master Trust consist of CCTs, short-term investments, and U.S. Treasury notes. The SVF Master Trust purchases a wrapper contract from an insurance company or bank to provide market and cash flow protection to the Plan. The wrapper contract amortizes the realized and unrealized gains and losses on the underlying fixed income investments, typically over the duration of the investment, through adjustments to the future interest crediting rate. The issuer of the wrapper contract provides assurance that the adjustments to the interest crediting rate do not result in a future interest crediting rate that is less than zero.

There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuers or otherwise. The crediting rates for most SYNs are reset monthly or quarterly and are based on the fair value of the underlying portfolio of assets backing these contracts.

Key factors influencing future interest crediting rates for a wrapper contract include:

 

   

the level of market interest rates

 

   

the amount and timing of participant contributions, transfers, and withdrawals into/out of the wrapper contract

 

   

the investment returns generated by the fixed income investments that back the wrapper contract, and

 

   

the duration of the underlying investments backing the wrapper contract.

While there may be slight variations from one wrapper contract to another, the formula for determining interest crediting rate resets is based on the characteristics of the underlying fixed income portfolio. Over time, the crediting rate formula amortizes the SVF’s realized and unrealized fair value gains and losses over the duration of the underlying investments. The resulting gains and losses in the fair value of the underlying investments relative to the wrapper contract value are represented in the SVF asset values as the “Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts.”

 

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The SVF values as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, were as follows:

 

     Thousands of Dollars  
December 31    2011     2010  

SVF, at fair value

    

Short-term investment fund

   $ 122,860        $     36,716        

SYNs:

    

CCTs

     1,999,114        1,952,947        

Short-term investments

     —          145        

U.S. Treasury notes

     —          5,552        

Wrapper contracts

     3,115        1,360        

 

 

Total assets

     2,125,089        1,996,720        

Total liabilities

     —          —          

 

 

Net assets reflecting investments at fair value

     2,125,089        1,996,720        

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

     (107,938     (86,687)       

 

 

Net assets

   $ 2,017,151        $1,910,033        

 

 

Ratio of year-end market value yield to investments, at fair value

     1.48     2.34%     

Ratio of year-end crediting rate to investments, at fair value

     2.95     3.90%     

The CCTs are valued at fair value using the net asset value as determined by the issuer based on the current fair values of the underlying assets of such trust. These CCTs are designed to be high quality fixed income portfolios appropriate for a conservative, moderate duration investment option. The CCTs invest in fixed income securities including but not limited to government-issued securities, mortgages, corporate bonds, structured securities including but not limited to asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities, and other CCTs that invest in fixed income securities. The CCTs may invest in derivatives, including but not limited to futures, options, forwards, swaps and mortgage derivatives. While it is intended for participating plans to generally receive liquidity from these CCTs in one to three business days, there are both market conditions and withdrawal sizes (as determined by the Trustee of the CCTs) that may extend this period. Withdrawals from the CCTs may be made upon at least ten business days advance written notice to the Trustee or such lesser period to which the Trustee may agree. Any withdrawal shall be valued as of the close of business on the day of or the day next succeeding the expiration of the notice period (the “Valuation Date”) and shall be effected within sixty days following such Valuation Date or such other time as may be agreed to by the Trustee and the plan sponsor, provided that such withdrawal may be delayed if the Trustee determines that it cannot reasonably make such distribution on account of any order, directive or legal impediment by an official or agency of any government or any other cause reasonably beyond its control.

 

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The STIF is valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The U.S. Treasury notes are valued at market price plus accrued interest. The fair value of wrapper contracts is determined by calculating the present value of excess future wrap fees. When the replacement cost of the wrapper contract (a re-pricing provided annually by the contract issuer) is greater than the current wrap fee, the difference is converted into the implied additional fee payment cash flows for the duration of the holding. The present value of that cash flow stream is calculated using a swap curve yield that is based on the duration of the holding, and adjusted for the holding’s credit quality rating.

The significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the SVF are as follows:

 

     Thousands of
Dollars
 

Year Ended December 31, 2011

  

Contributions

   $ 64,954   

Interest income (net)

     68,833   

Interfund transfers in (net)

     176,202   

Distributions

     (198,482

Participant loans

     (4,356

Other additions

     9   

Other deductions

     (42

 

 

Net increase

     107,118   

Beginning of year

     1,910,033   

 

 

End of year

   $ 2,017,151   

 

 

In certain circumstances, the amount withdrawn from investment contracts would be payable at fair value rather than contract value. These events include, but are not limited to, termination of the Plan or SVF, a material adverse change to the provisions of the Plan, a decision by the administrators of the Plan to withdraw from or terminate an investment contract without securing a replacement contract, and in the event of a spin-off or sale of a division if the terms of a successor plan do not meet the investment contract issuer’s underwriting criteria for issuance of a clone investment contract. However, the events described above are not probable of occurring in the foreseeable future.

Examples of events that would permit a contract issuer to terminate an investment contract upon short notice include the Plan’s loss of its qualified tax status, un-cured material breaches of responsibilities, or material and adverse changes to the provisions of the Plan. If one of these occurred, the investment contract issuer could terminate the investment contract at fair value. The Plan Administrators do not anticipate any of these events are probable of occurrence.

 

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The following tables set forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the SVF Master Trust’s investment assets at fair value.

 

     Thousands of Dollars  
     Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2011  
       Level 1        Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Collective Trusts:

           

Multi-Mgr A or Better Interm.

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Multi-Mgr Interm.

     —           785,250         —           785,250   

Multi-Mgr Core Fixed Income

     —           317,552         —           317,552   

Short term bond

     —           896,312         —           896,312   

 

 

Total Common Collective Trusts

     —           1,999,114         —           1,999,114   

 

 

Short-term investment fund

     —         $ 122,860         —         $ 122,860   

Wrapper contracts

     —           —           3,115         3,115   

 

 

Total SVF Master Trust investment assets at fair value

   $ —         $ 2,121,974       $ 3,115       $ 2,125,089   

 

 
     Thousands of Dollars  
     Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2010  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Collective Trusts:

           

Multi-Mgr A or Better Interm.

   $ —         $ 7,690       $ —         $ 7,690   

Multi-Mgr Interm.

     —           711,360         —           711,360   

Multi-Mgr Core Fixed Income

     —           303,396         —           303,396   

Short term bond

     —           930,501         —           930,501   

 

 

Total Common Collective Trusts

     —           1,952,947         —           1,952,947   

 

 

Short-term investment fund

     —         $ 36,861         —         $ 36,861   

U.S. Treasury notes

     5,552         —           —           5,552   

Wrapper contracts

     —           —           1,360         1,360   

 

 

Total SVF Master Trust investment assets at fair value

   $ 5,552       $ 1,989,808       $ 1,360       $ 1,996,720   

 

 

Level 3 Gains and Losses

There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 for the year ended December 31, 2011. The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the SVF Master Trust’s Level 3 investment assets for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

     Thousands of Dollars  
     Wrapper contracts  

Balance, beginning of year

   $ 1,360   

Unrealized gains

     1,755   

 

 

Balance, end of year

   $ 3,115   

 

 

 

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Note 11—Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, as reflected in these financial statements, to the amounts reflected in the Plan’s Form 5500:

 

     Thousands of Dollars  
     2011      2010  

Net assets available for benefits as reported in the financial statements

   $ 9,471,615       $ 9,365,780   

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

     107,938         86,687   

 

 

Net assets available for benefits as reported in the Form 5500

   $ 9,579,553       $ 9,452,467   

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of net increase for the year ended December 31, 2011, as reflected in these financial statements, to the amounts reflected in the Plan’s Form 5500:

 

     Thousands  
     of Dollars  

Year Ended December 31, 2011

  

Net increase as reported in the financial statements

   $ 105,835   

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for certain fully benefit-responsive investment contracts at December 31, 2011

     107,938   

Reverse adjustment from contract value to fair value for certain fully benefit-responsive investment contracts at December 31, 2010

     (86,687

 

 

Net income as reported in the Form 5500

   $ 127,086   

 

 

Note 12—Subsequent Event

On April 30, 2012, the separation of Phillips 66 from ConocoPhillips was completed. An amendment to the Plan was approved on April 19, 2012 to spin off the Phillips 66 Savings Plan from the Plan. All assets and liabilities relating to Phillips 66 employees who were participants in the Plan as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Employee Matters Agreement between ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66) were transferred to the Phillips 66 Savings Plan effective May 1, 2012. The total net assets available for benefits transferred were $2,836 million.

 

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Schedule H, Line 4i —    ConocoPhillips Savings Plan
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)    EIN 73-0400345, Plan 022

At December 31, 2011

 

(a)(b)    (c)    Thousands of Dollars  
Identity of issue    Description of investment including    (d)      (e)  
borrower, lessor    maturity date, rate of interest,    Historical         

Current or similar party

  

collateral, par or maturity value

   Cost      Value  

* ConocoPhillips

   14,220,087 shares, Leveraged Stock Fund    $ **       $ 1,153,434   

* ConocoPhillips

   811,963 shares, Loan 2 Suspense      11,469         59,168   

* ConocoPhillips

   41,980,946 shares, Common Stock Fund      **         3,059,152   

DuPont

   1,627,459 shares, Stock Fund      **         74,505   

Fidelity Investments

   1,804,517 units, Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund      **         64,475   

Fidelity Investments

   1,071,945 units, Fidelity Magellan Fund      **         67,511   

PIMCO Funds

   11,740,549 units, PIMCO Total Return Fund – Administrative Class      **         127,620   

* The Vanguard Group

   2,404,657 units, Vanguard Balanced Index Fund Inst      **         52,373   
   669,292 units, Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund      **         16,023   
   10,326,727 units, Vanguard Infla-Protected Sec Inst      **         116,589   
   1,091,634 units, Vanguard Explorer Fund Inv      **         77,986   
   2,817,195 units, Vanguard Vanguard Inst Index Fund      **         324,090   

 

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Schedule H, Line 4i —    ConocoPhillips Savings Plan
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)    EIN 73-0400345, Plan 022

At December 31, 2011

 

(a)(b)    (c)    Thousands of Dollars  
Identity of issue    Description of investment including    (d)      (e)  
borrower, lessor    maturity date, rate of interest,    Historical         

Current or similar party

  

collateral, par or maturity value

   Cost      Value  

* The Vanguard Group

   1,709,782 units, Vanguard International Growth Fund      **         88,892   
   275,652 units, Vanguard Prime MM Inst      **         275,652   
   3,448,209 units, Vanguard International Value Fund      **         91,826   
   18,002,671 units, Vanguard Vanguard Total Bond Idx Inst      **         198,029   
   5,961,399 units, Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund      **         79,525   
   5,199,019 units, Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund Ins      **         102,369   
   2,054,674 units, Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund      **         35,895   
   1,026,973 units, Vanguard Total Int’l Stock Idx      **         89,675   
   3,582,226 units, Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund      **         229,406   
   4,602,826 units, Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Idx Ins      **         99,099   
   4,457,358 units, Vanguard Small-Cap Value Idx Ins      **         67,172   

 

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Schedule H, Line 4i —    ConocoPhillips Savings Plan
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)    EIN 73-0400345, Plan 022

At December 31, 2011

 

(a)(b)    (c)    Thousands of Dollars  
Identity of issue    Description of investment including    (d)      (e)  
borrower, lessor    maturity date, rate of interest,    Historical         

Current or similar party

  

collateral, par or maturity value

   Cost      Value  

* The Vanguard Group

   2,457,268 units, Vanguard Total Stock Market Idx Inst      **         76,913   
   1,417,688 units, Vanguard Extended Mkt Index Inst      **         55,772   
   1,523,486 units, Vanguard Value Index Fund Inst      **         31,186   
   1,045,961 units, Vanguard Growth Index Fund Ins      **         33,251   
   2,807,711 units, Vanguard Wellington Fund      **         151,981   
   2,556,983 units, Vanguard Windsor II Fund      **         116,982   
   755,621 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2005      **         9,052   
   911,575 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2010      **         20,447   
   5,218,845 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2015      **         64,192   
   3,636,719 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2020      **         78,880   
   4,810,811 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2025      **         59,029   

 

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Schedule H, Line 4i —    ConocoPhillips Savings Plan
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)    EIN 73-0400345, Plan 022

At December 31, 2011

 

(a)(b)    (c)    Thousands of Dollars  
Identity of issue    Description of investment including    (d)      (e)  
borrower, lessor    maturity date, rate of interest,    Historical         

Current or similar party

  

collateral, par or maturity value

   Cost      Value  

* The Vanguard Group

   923,192 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2045      **         11,881   
   1,403,546 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2030      **         29,362   
   1,711,663 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2035      **         21,413   
   407,244 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2050      **         8,312   
   602,779 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2040      **         12,357   
   42,132 units, Vanguard Target Retirement 2055      **         921   
   2,278,699 units, Vanguard Target Retirement Income      **         26,273   

* Participants

   Loans to Plan participants, Interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 9.5%      **         111,270   

* The Vanguard Group

   Vanguard Prime Money Market - Loan 2      7         7   

 

 
         $ 7,469,947   

 

 

 

* Party-in-interest
** Historical cost information is not required for participant-directed investments.

 

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Exhibit Index    ConocoPhillips Savings Plan
   EIN 73-0400345, Plan 022

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

23    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

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