The Company and its subsidiaries are involved in litigation matters and claims in the normal course of business. In the past, the Company and its subsidiaries have litigated to enforce their respective patents and other intellectual property rights, to enforce the terms of license agreements, to protect trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others and to defend themselves or their customers against claims of infringement or invalidity. The Company expects to be involved, either directly or through its subsidiaries, in similar legal proceedings in the future, including proceedings regarding infringement of its patents, and proceedings to ensure proper and full payment of royalties by customers under the terms of its license agreements.
The existing and any future legal actions may harm the Company’s business. For example, an adverse decision in any of these legal actions could result in a loss of the Company’s proprietary rights; reduce or limit the value of the Company’s licensed technology; negatively impact the Company’s stock price, its business, combined financial position, results of operations, royalties, billings, or cash flows; subject the Company to significant liabilities; or require the Company to seek licenses from others. Furthermore, legal actions could cause an existing customer or strategic partner to cease making royalty or other payments to the Company, or to challenge the validity and enforceability of patents owned by the Company’s subsidiaries or the scope of license agreements with the Company’s subsidiaries, and could significantly damage the Company’s relationship with such customer or strategic partner and, as a result, prevent the adoption of the Company’s other technologies by such customer or strategic partner. Litigation could also severely disrupt or shut down the business operations of customers or strategic partners of the Company’s subsidiaries, which in turn would significantly harm ongoing relations with them and cause the Company to lose royalty revenue.
The costs associated with legal proceedings are typically high, relatively unpredictable, and not completely within the Company’s control. These costs may be materially higher than expected, which could adversely affect the Company’s operating results and lead to volatility in the price of its common stock. Whether or not determined in the Company’s favor or ultimately settled, litigation diverts managerial, technical, legal, and financial resources from the Company’s business operations.
NOTE 15 – BENEFIT PLAN
Xperi Holding Corporation offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan to its eligible employees, under which it can make discretionary contributions to match employee contributions. The costs of the Xperi Product employees who participate in the plan are reflected in the combined financial statements. During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s employer 401(k) match expense was approximately $2.9 million and $2.4 million, respectively.
NOTE 16 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The combined financial statements of the Company are derived from the consolidated financial statements of Xperi Holding Corporation, which issued its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 on February 26, 2021. Accordingly, the Company has evaluated transactions or other events for consideration as recognized subsequent events in the annual financial statements through February 26, 2021. Additionally, the Company has evaluated transactions and other events through the issuance of these combined financial statements, October 12, 2021, for purposes of disclosure of unrecognized subsequent events.
On May 31, 2021, the Company completed its acquisition of certain assets and assumption of certain liabilities of MobiTV, Inc. (“MobiTV”, and the acquisition, the “MobiTV Acquisition”), a provider of application-based Pay-TV video delivery solutions. The acquisition expands the Company’s IPTV Managed Service capabilities, which is expected to grow the addressable market for the Company’s IPTV products and further secure its position as a leading provider of Pay-TV solutions. The net purchase price for the MobiTV Acquisition was $17.4 million in cash.
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