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Koninklijke Philips NV – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 2/20/24, at 6:58am ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  313216-24-3   ·   File #:  1-05146-01

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 2/20/24  Koninklijke Philips NV            20-F       12/31/23  195:33M

Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 20-F        Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign     HTML   5.98M 
                Non-Canadian Issuer                                              
14: EX-2.B      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML    454K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
15: EX-4.B      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     72K 
16: EX-4.F      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    149K 
 7: EX-8        Opinion of Counsel re: Tax Matters                  HTML     77K 
11: EX-13.A     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     53K 
12: EX-13.B     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     53K 
 8: EX-97       Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     60K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 9: EX-12.A     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     54K 
10: EX-12.B     Statement re: the Computation of Ratios             HTML     54K 
13: EX-15.A     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     50K 
17: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML    121K 
18: R2          Consolidated statements of income                   HTML    122K 
19: R3          Consolidated statements of comprehensive income     HTML    104K 
20: R4          Consolidated balance sheets                         HTML    162K 
21: R5          Consolidated statements of cash flows               HTML    165K 
22: R6          Consolidated statements of changes in equity        HTML     95K 
23: R7          General information to the Consolidated financial   HTML     77K 
                statements                                                       
24: R8          Information by segment and main country             HTML    158K 
25: R9          Discontinued operations and assets classified as    HTML     82K 
                held for sale                                                    
26: R10         Acquisitions and divestments                        HTML     77K 
27: R11         Interests in entities                               HTML     68K 
28: R12         Income from operations                              HTML    195K 
29: R13         Financial income and expenses                       HTML     66K 
30: R14         Income taxes                                        HTML    138K 
31: R15         Earnings per share                                  HTML     76K 
32: R16         Property, plant and equipment                       HTML    131K 
33: R17         Goodwill                                            HTML    105K 
34: R18         Intangible assets excluding goodwill                HTML    116K 
35: R19         Other financial assets                              HTML     79K 
36: R20         Other assets                                        HTML     55K 
37: R21         Inventories                                         HTML     59K 
38: R22         Receivables                                         HTML     73K 
39: R23         Equity                                              HTML    123K 
40: R24         Debt                                                HTML    104K 
41: R25         Provisions                                          HTML    137K 
42: R26         Post-employment benefits                            HTML    143K 
43: R27         Accrued liabilities                                 HTML     62K 
44: R28         Other liabilities                                   HTML     60K 
45: R29         Cash flow statement supplementary information       HTML     97K 
46: R30         Contingencies                                       HTML     83K 
47: R31         Related-party transactions                          HTML     60K 
48: R32         Share-based compensation                            HTML    122K 
49: R33         Information on remuneration                         HTML    137K 
50: R34         Fair value of financial assets and liabilities      HTML    163K 
51: R35         Details of treasury and other financial risks       HTML    144K 
52: R36         Subsequent events                                   HTML     55K 
53: R37         Material accounting policies (Policies)             HTML    299K 
54: R38         Information by segment and main country (Tables)    HTML    153K 
55: R39         Discontinued operations and assets classified as    HTML     72K 
                held for sale (Tables)                                           
56: R40         Acquisitions and divestments (Tables)               HTML     59K 
57: R41         Interests in entities (Tables)                      HTML     56K 
58: R42         Income from operations (Tables)                     HTML    178K 
59: R43         Financial income and expenses (Tables)              HTML     62K 
60: R44         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML    118K 
61: R45         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML     73K 
62: R46         Property, plant and equipment (Tables)              HTML    119K 
63: R47         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     86K 
64: R48         Intangible assets excluding goodwill (Tables)       HTML    106K 
65: R49         Other financial assets (Tables)                     HTML     69K 
66: R50         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     55K 
67: R51         Receivables (Tables)                                HTML     69K 
68: R52         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    101K 
69: R53         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     97K 
70: R54         Provisions (Tables)                                 HTML    115K 
71: R55         Post-employment benefits (Tables)                   HTML    128K 
72: R56         Accrued liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     60K 
73: R57         Other liabilities (Tables)                          HTML     55K 
74: R58         Cash flow statement supplementary information       HTML     89K 
                (Tables)                                                         
75: R59         Related-party transactions (Tables)                 HTML     55K 
76: R60         Share-based compensation (Tables)                   HTML    107K 
77: R61         Information on remuneration (Tables)                HTML    138K 
78: R62         Fair value of financial assets and liabilities      HTML    156K 
                (Tables)                                                         
79: R63         Details of treasury and other financial risks       HTML    110K 
                (Tables)                                                         
80: R64         Information by segment and main country - Text      HTML     51K 
                Details (Detail)                                                 
81: R65         Information by segment and main country -           HTML     83K 
                Information on income statements (Detail)                        
82: R66         Information by segment and main country -           HTML    176K 
                Reconciliation from net income to Adjusted EBITA                 
                (Detail)                                                         
83: R67         Information by segment and main country - Main      HTML     84K 
                countries (Detail)                                               
84: R68         Discontinued operations and assets classified as    HTML     94K 
                held for sale - Text Details (Detail)                            
85: R69         Discontinued operations and assets classified as    HTML     62K 
                held for sale - Discontinued operations, net of                  
                income taxes (Detail)                                            
86: R70         Discontinued operations and assets classified as    HTML     78K 
                held for sale - Results of Domestic Appliances                   
                (Detail)                                                         
87: R71         Discontinued operations and assets classified as    HTML     57K 
                held for sale - Net cash provided by (Used For)                  
                Discontinued Operations (Detail)                                 
88: R72         Acquisitions and divestments - Text Details         HTML     93K 
                (Detail)                                                         
89: R73         Acquisitions and divestments - Opening balance      HTML     86K 
                sheet (Detail)                                                   
90: R74         Interests in entities - Text Details (Detail)       HTML     94K 
91: R75         Interests in entities - Interests in group          HTML     76K 
                companies (Detail)                                               
92: R76         Income from operations - Text Details (Detail)      HTML     87K 
93: R77         Income from operations - Sales and costs by nature  HTML     82K 
                (Detail)                                                         
94: R78         Income from operations - Sales composition          HTML     65K 
                (Detail)                                                         
95: R79         Income from operations - Disaggregation of Sales    HTML     85K 
                per segment (Detail)                                             
96: R80         Income from operations - Disaggregation of Sales    HTML     91K 
                per geographic area (Detail)                                     
97: R81         Income from operations - Employee benefit expenses  HTML     61K 
                (Detail)                                                         
98: R82         Income from operations - Employees by category      HTML     64K 
                (Detail)                                                         
99: R83         Income from operations - Employees by geographical  HTML     58K 
                location (Detail)                                                
100: R84         Income from operations - Depreciation and           HTML     70K  
                amortization (Detail)                                            
101: R85         Income from operations - Audit and audit-related    HTML     82K  
                fees (Detail)                                                    
102: R86         Income from operations - Other business income      HTML     68K  
                (Expenses) (Detail)                                              
103: R87         Financial income and expenses - Text Details        HTML     53K  
                (Detail)                                                         
104: R88         Financial income and expenses - Financial income    HTML     86K  
                and expenses (Detail)                                            
105: R89         Income taxes - Text Details (Detail)                HTML     85K  
106: R90         Income taxes - Income tax expense (Detail)          HTML     66K  
107: R91         Income taxes - Current income tax expense (Detail)  HTML     56K  
108: R92         Income taxes - Deferred income tax expense          HTML     65K  
                (Detail)                                                         
109: R93         Income taxes - Effective income tax rate (Detail)   HTML     73K  
110: R94         Income taxes - Deferred tax assets and liabilities  HTML     91K  
                (Detail)                                                         
111: R95         Income taxes - Expiry years of net operating loss   HTML     71K  
                and credit carryforwards (Detail)                                
112: R96         Earnings per share - Text Details (Detail)          HTML     54K  
113: R97         Earnings per share - Earnings per share (Detail)    HTML    107K  
114: R98         Property, plant and equipment - Useful lives of     HTML     63K  
                property, plant and equipment (Detail)                           
115: R99         Property, plant and equipment - Property, plant     HTML     56K  
                and equipment (Detail)                                           
116: R100        Property, plant and equipment - Property, plant     HTML    116K  
                and equipment - owned assets (Detail)                            
117: R101        Property, plant and equipment - Property, plant     HTML    103K  
                and equipment - right-of-use assets (Detail)                     
118: R102        Goodwill - Text Details (Detail)                    HTML     77K  
119: R103        Goodwill - Goodwill (Detail)                        HTML     75K  
120: R104        Goodwill - Goodwill by business (Detail)            HTML     76K  
121: R105        Goodwill - Key assumptions (Detail)                 HTML     91K  
122: R106        Intangible assets excluding goodwill - Text         HTML     78K  
                Details (Detail)                                                 
123: R107        Intangible assets excluding goodwill - Expected     HTML     73K  
                useful lives of intangible assets excluding                      
                goodwill (Detail)                                                
124: R108        Intangible assets excluding goodwill - Intangible   HTML    145K  
                assets excluding goodwill (Detail)                               
125: R109        Other financial assets - Text Details (Detail)      HTML     59K  
126: R110        Other financial assets - Other non-current          HTML     86K  
                financial assets (Detail)                                        
127: R111        Other assets - Text Details (Detail)                HTML     63K  
128: R112        Inventories - Text Details (Detail)                 HTML     54K  
129: R113        Inventories - Inventories (Detail)                  HTML     59K  
130: R114        Receivables - Text Details (Detail)                 HTML     76K  
131: R115        Receivables - Trade accounts receivable, net        HTML     60K  
                (Detail)                                                         
132: R116        Receivables - Aging analysis (Detail)               HTML     60K  
133: R117        Receivables - Allowance for accounts receivable     HTML     64K  
                (Detail)                                                         
134: R118        Equity - Text Details (Detail)                      HTML    196K  
135: R119        Equity - Outstanding number of shares (Detail)      HTML     58K  
136: R120        Equity - Transactions related to share-based        HTML     64K  
                compensation plans (Detail)                                      
137: R121        Equity - Transactions related to capital reduction  HTML     64K  
                (Detail)                                                         
138: R122        Equity - Composition of net debt and group equity   HTML     72K  
                (Detail)                                                         
139: R123        Equity - Adjusted income from continuing            HTML    115K  
                operations attributable to shareholders (Detail)                 
140: R124        Debt - Text Details (Detail)                        HTML     91K  
141: R125        Debt - Long-term debt (Detail)                      HTML    108K  
142: R126        Debt - Unsecured Bonds (Detail)                     HTML    111K  
143: R127        Debt - Lease liabilities (Detail)                   HTML     75K  
144: R128        Debt - Short-term debt (Detail)                     HTML     55K  
145: R129        Provisions - Text Details (Detail)                  HTML    129K  
146: R130        Provisions - Provisions (Detail)                    HTML    118K  
147: R131        Provisions - Restructuring-related provisions       HTML     62K  
                (Detail)                                                         
148: R132        Provisions - Other provisions (Detail)              HTML     69K  
149: R133        Post-employment benefits - Text Details (Detail)    HTML     96K  
150: R134        Post-employment benefits - Post-employment          HTML     81K  
                benefits (Detail)                                                
151: R135        Post-employment benefits - Classification net       HTML     64K  
                position (Detail)                                                
152: R136        Post-employment benefits - Pre-tax costs for        HTML     64K  
                post-employment benefits (Detail)                                
153: R137        Post-employment benefits - Defined benefit          HTML     83K  
                obligations (Detail)                                             
154: R138        Post-employment benefits - Plan assets (Detail)     HTML     73K  
155: R139        Post-employment benefits - Plan assets allocation   HTML     66K  
                (Detail)                                                         
156: R140        Post-employment benefits - Assumptions used for     HTML     65K  
                defined benefit obligations (Detail)                             
157: R141        Post-employment benefits - Sensitivity of key       HTML     66K  
                assumptions (Detail)                                             
158: R142        Accrued liabilities - Accrued liabilities (Detail)  HTML     76K  
159: R143        Other liabilities - Text Details (Detail)           HTML     60K  
160: R144        Other liabilities - Other current liabilities       HTML     57K  
                (Detail)                                                         
161: R145        Cash flow statement supplementary information -     HTML     62K  
                Text Details (Detail)                                            
162: R146        Cash flow statement supplementary information -     HTML    132K  
                Reconciliation of liabilities arising from                       
                financing activities (Detail)                                    
163: R147        Contingencies - Text Details (Detail)               HTML     70K  
164: R148        Related-party transactions - Text Details (Detail)  HTML     70K  
165: R149        Related-party transactions - Related-party          HTML     59K  
                transactions (Detail)                                            
166: R150        Share-based compensation - Text Details (Detail)    HTML    128K  
167: R151        Share-based compensation - Performance shares       HTML     98K  
                (Detail)                                                         
168: R152        Share-based compensation - Restricted shares        HTML     96K  
                (Detail)                                                         
169: R153        Share-based compensation - Black-Scholes-Merton     HTML     74K  
                option pricing model inputs (Detail)                             
170: R154        Share-based compensation - Options on               HTML     65K  
                EUR-denominated listed share (Detail)                            
171: R155        Share-based compensation - Options on               HTML     66K  
                USD-denominated listed share (Detail)                            
172: R156        Share-based compensation - Outstanding options      HTML     77K  
                (Detail)                                                         
173: R157        Information on remuneration - Text Details          HTML     68K  
                (Detail)                                                         
174: R158        Information on remuneration - Remuneration costs    HTML     74K  
                of the Executive Committee (Detail)                              
175: R159        Information on remuneration - Remuneration costs    HTML    108K  
                of individual members of the Board of Management                 
                (Detail)                                                         
176: R160        Information on remuneration - Accumulated annual    HTML     62K  
                pension entitlements and pension-related costs                   
                (Detail)                                                         
177: R161        Information on remuneration - Remuneration of the   HTML    139K  
                Supervisory Board (Detail)                                       
178: R162        Information on remuneration - Shares held by Board  HTML     76K  
                members (Detail)                                                 
179: R163        Fair value of financial assets and liabilities -    HTML    166K  
                Fair value of financial assets and liabilities                   
                (Detail)                                                         
180: R164        Fair value of financial assets and liabilities -    HTML     93K  
                Reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements                
                (Detail)                                                         
181: R165        Fair value of financial assets and liabilities -    HTML     61K  
                Financial assets subject to offsetting,                          
                enforceable master netting arrangements or similar               
                agreements (Detail)                                              
182: R166        Fair value of financial assets and liabilities -    HTML     62K  
                Financial liabilities subject to offsetting,                     
                enforceable master netting arrangements or similar               
                agreements (Detail)                                              
183: R167        Details of treasury and other financial risks -     HTML    214K  
                Text Details (Detail)                                            
184: R168        Details of treasury and other financial risks -     HTML     80K  
                Contractual cash obligations (Detail)                            
185: R169        Details of treasury and other financial risks -     HTML     65K  
                Remaining minimum payments under                                 
                sale-and-leaseback arrangements (Detail)                         
186: R170        Details of treasury and other financial risks -     HTML    101K  
                Estimated transaction exposure and related hedges                
                (Detail)                                                         
187: R171        Details of treasury and other financial risks -     HTML     65K  
                Estimated impact of 10% increase of value of the                 
                EUR on the fair value of hedges (Detail)                         
188: R172        Details of treasury and other financial risks -     HTML     58K  
                Net debt and interest rate sensitivity (Detail)                  
189: R173        Details of treasury and other financial risks -     HTML     66K  
                Credit risk with number of counterparties (Detail)               
190: R174        Subsequent events - Text Details (Detail)           HTML     54K  
192: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    367K  
195: XML         XBRL Instance -- phg-20231231_htm                    XML   8.33M  
191: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    511K  
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‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — phg-20231231_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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