UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) December 5, 2006
WAVE SYSTEMS CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
DELAWARE |
| 0-24752 |
| 13-3477246 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction |
| (Commission |
| (IRS Employer |
of Incorporation) |
| File Number) |
| Identification No.) |
480 Pleasant Street, Lee, Massachusetts 01238
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (ZIP Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (413) 243-1600
Item 8.01. Other Events.
Wave Systems Corp. (“Wave”) signed an amendment to its software license agreement with Dell Products, L.P. (“the OEM”). Pursuant to the existing agreement, the OEM is permitted to distribute a custom version of Wave’s software on certain of its PCs. Wave receives a per-unit royalty based on the volume of products shipped with this software.
Pursuant to the software license amendement, a new version of the software may also be made available by the OEM to its customers.
Also pursuant to this amendment, the OEM is permitted to bundle another version of Wave’s software, Wave’s EMBASSY Trusted Drive Manager (ETDM), with certain harddrives it sells. Wave is entitled to receive a per-unit royalty based on the volume of products shipped with this software.
The contract does not provide for guaranteed minimum royalties or shipped quantities of units containing Wave software.
Safe-Harbor Statement: Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The foregoing may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), including all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the company, its directors or its officers. The words “may,” “would,” “will,” “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend” and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company’s ability to control, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
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| By: | /s/ Gerard T. Feeney |
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| Gerard T. Feeney |
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| Chief Financial Officer |
Dated: December 8, 2006
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