www.immersion.com • 408.467.1900 • 30 Rio Robles, San Jose, CA 95134
TO OUR VALUED STOckhOLDERS
Dear Stockholders,
2012 represents a year of strategic accomplishment for Immersion. While delivering healthy revenues of $32.2 million in 2012,
we made significant progress in executing our strategy of (1) creating new haptic technologies and user experiences, (2)
focusing on the haptic technologies and experiences that bring maximum value to OEMs, developers and consumers, and (3) monetizing both
our innovative software solutions and our strong patent portfolio. The success of our strategic initiatives in 2012 allowed us to raise our 2013
revenue guidance to between $44 and $48 million and has positioned us solidly for even more growth in future years.
Our software licensing business is highly scalable, profitable and expanding rapidly, particularly in the mobile market, where our OEM
customers have shipped over 550 million TouchSense-enabled smartphones and tablets. Among other 2012 highlights:
• We expanded our market presence in important new geographies, including Japan and China, where Japanese OEMs like Fujitsu,
Panasonic and NEC shipped new products with Immersion TouchSense solutions, and Chinese OEMs like ZTE, Huawei and Xiaomi
adopted Immersion technology provided by our chip partners.
• We saw the introduction of an increasing number of products featuring our most advanced technologies, including Fujitsu’s release of
the Raku Raku, the first piezo-based smartphone containing our high definition TouchSense 5000 software; Docomo’s launch of NEC’s
MEDIAS tablet incorporating not only our TouchSense 5000 software, but also our HD Reverb technology; and Samsung’s use of our
TouchSense 3000 software and Reverb technology in its flagship Galaxy S III smartphone.
• Top game developers continued to download our Haptic SDK and embrace Immersion haptics in their games, including Rockstar
Games, which launched games including Grand Theft Auto III and Max Payne Mobile; Sega of America, which launched Sonic CD and
Sonic the Hedgehog 4; and Handy Games, a top development studio in Europe with a series of popular casual game titles, which used
our SDK to rapidly add compelling haptic effects into over a half dozen titles, all of which boast millions of downloads and excellent
consumer reviews.
At the same time we’ve been enhancing the value of our TouchSense and other software solutions, we’ve also been investing strategically
in the expansion and enforcement of our intellectual property rights.
We achieved a significant milestone in our Basic Haptics patent enforcement initiative in November 2012 when we successfully resolved
our patent infringement litigation against Motorola by entering into a settlement and licensing agreement with Google and Motorola cover-
ing our Basic Haptics IP. Since that time, we have begun reaping the benefits of this achievement as the most powerful players in the mobile
ecosystem are not only embracing our advanced software solutions, but are also recognizing the strength of our patents: first, in January
2013, LGE Electronics entered into an agreement to expand their relationship with us to include a license to our Basic Haptics IP, and then, in
March 2013, Samsung entered into a broad license renewal agreement with us covering both our Basic Haptics IP and TouchSense solutions.
As we look to the future, we continue to envision new ways in which haptics can enhance digital experiences, and are investing in innovations
that will fuel future growth. We are seeing increased opportunities for our touch feedback technologies to bring valuable and reassuring
confirmation, increased realism and rich new forms of communication to the digital world, and are translating our vision into new products
and technologies in areas including customized and enhanced user interfaces that thematically combine audio and visual elements; software
that weaves touch interactions into long distance communications, allowing users to transmit tactile gestures or actions to friends and family
members who can physically feel these gestures and actions; and the augmentation of videos, ads and other content with haptic feedback.
We strongly believe that haptics can enhance user experiences in a wide array of markets, from mobile, automotive and medical to the next
generation of mobile peripherals, such as game controllers and wearables. We remain focused on innovating where haptics can provide the
most value to our OEM customers, to developers, and to consumers.
Our entire team at Immersion is enthused by the broad market opportunities we see ahead, and we are confident that the execution of our
strategy in 2012 has put Immersion on the right path for success in the future. As witnessed by our ongoing stock repurchase program, the
confidence of our management and board in Immersion’s future has never been greater. The success we’ve achieved is driven by our excel-
lent employees, as well as the guidance of our board of directors, partners and stockholders. We extend our gratitude for your support, and
look forward to sharing progress with you in 2013.
Sincerely,
Victor Viegas
CEO and Director, Immersion
UNITED STATES
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FORM 10-K
[x] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
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Immersion Corporation
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2012 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 1A. Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 2.
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 3. Legal Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations . . . . .
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure . . . . .
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 9B. Other Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 11. Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Forward-looking Statements
In addition to historical information this Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“the Exchange Act”). The forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,”
“intends,” “may,” “will,” and other similar expressions. However, these words are not the only way we identify
forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements which refer to expectations, projections, or other
characterizations of future events, or circumstances, are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including
those set forth below in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” “Risk Factors” and those described elsewhere in this report, and those described in our other
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). We caution you not to place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report, and we undertake no
obligation to update these forward-looking statements after the filing of this report. You are urged to review
carefully and consider our various disclosures in this report and in our other reports publicly disclosed or filed
with the SEC that attempt to advise you of the risks and factors that may affect our business.
PART I
Item 1. Business
Overview
Immersion Corporation (“Immersion”) is a premier intellectual property and technology licensing company
focused on the creation, design, development and licensing of patented haptic innovations and technologies that
allow people to use their sense of touch more fully when operating a wide variety of digital devices. Our mission
is to transform user experiences through groundbreaking innovations and technologies designed to provide
unique and customizable touch feedback effects, excite the senses in games, videos and music, restore
improve safety by overcoming
mechanical
distractions, and expand usability when audio and visual feedback are ineffective. While we believe that our
innovations are broadly applicable, we are currently focusing our marketing and business development activities
on the following target markets: mobile communications and consumer electronics, automotive, gaming,
commercial and industrial, and medical.
feel by providing intuitive and unmistakable confirmation,
Prior to April 2010, we managed these markets under two operating and reportable segments: 1) the Touch
Line of Business and 2) the Medical Line of Business. In March 2010, we sold certain assets of the Endoscopy,
Endovascular, and Laparoscopy medical simulation product lines. See Note 11 of the consolidated financial
statements. As a result, our business has been consolidated into a single segment and we now operate primarily
under a licensing model. As such, we no longer report on a segment basis. See “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” as well as the notes to the consolidated financial
statements for further information.
In our target markets, we license our software and intellectual property to manufacturers for use in products
sold under their own brand names. We and our wholly-owned subsidiaries hold more than 1,300 issued or
pending patents in the U.S. and other countries, covering a wide range of digital technologies, including many of
the ways in which touch-related technology can be incorporated into and between hardware products, systems
software, application software and digital content.
Immersion was incorporated in 1993 in California and reincorporated in Delaware in 1999. We
consummated our initial public offering on November 12, 1999.
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Our Business Strategy
Our goal is to continue to be the technology and market leader in haptic technologies and drive the adoption
of our touch software and intellectual property across markets and applications to improve the user experience
with digital devices and systems. Key aspects of our strategy include:
Innovate: Develop and patent our innovative technology to provide haptics in mobile device, automotive,
gaming, medical, and consumer electronics products to transform user experiences with unique and customizable
touch feedback effects.
Drive Adoption: Communicate the advantages of our patented innovations and technologies to the industry
and encourage their adoption through demonstrations and incorporation in the products of world-class
companies.
Monetize: License our patented inventions and technology solutions to customers for use in their mobile
device, automotive, gaming, medical, and consumer electronics products.
We believe that the successful execution of this strategy requires an exceptional and unparalleled licensing
platform and business model that relies on the skills and talent of our employees. Accordingly, we seek to hire
and retain world class haptic expertise, as well as the executive management and operating personnel required to
successfully execute our business strategy. In order to attract the quality of employees required for this business
model, we have created an environment and culture that encourages, fosters, and supports research, development,
and innovation in breakthrough technologies with significant opportunities for broad industry adoption through
licensing. We believe that we have created a compelling company for inventors and innovators who are able to
work within a business model and platform that focuses on intellectual property development and licensing to
drive strong future growth.
Haptics and Its Benefits
While digital devices offer many advanced capabilities they often fail to provide users with the meaningful
touch experiences that enrich their real world interactions. For example, when dialing a number or entering text
on a conventional touchscreen, users feel only the touchscreen surface, without the subtle, yet confirming
sensation they expect from mechanical switches and keyboards. Similarly, communications with other users and
experiences with digital content can feel “flat” or “lifeless” without the accompanying tactile feedback that is an
essential part of the physical world. Immersion’s haptic technologies can restore these missing elements of
confirmation, realism and rich communication to the digital world.
Immersion’s haptic technology breathes life into digital interfaces, allowing users feel the vibrating force or
resistance as they push a virtual button, scroll through a list or encounter the end of a menu. In a video or mobile
game with haptics, users can feel the gun recoil, the engine rev, or the crack of the bat meeting the ball. When
simulating the placement of cardiac pacing leads, a user can feel the forces that would be encountered when
navigating the leads through a beating heart, providing a more realistic experience of performing this procedure.
Haptics can enhance the user experience through:
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Improved Usability: By restoring the sense of touch to otherwise lifeless surfaces, haptics creates
fulfilling multi-modal experiences that can improve usability by engaging touch, sight, and sound. From
the confidence a user receives through touch confirmation when selecting a virtual button to the
contextual awareness they receive through haptics in a first person shooter game, haptics improves
usability by more fully engaging the user’s senses.
Enhanced Realism: Haptics injects a sense of realism into user experiences by exciting the senses and
allowing the user to feel the action and nuance of the application. This is particularly relevant in
applications like games or simulation that rely on only visual and audio inputs. The inclusion of tactile
feedback provides additional context that translates into a sense of realism for the user.
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Restoration of Mechanical Feel: Today’s touchscreen-driven devices lack the physical feedback that
humans frequently need to fully understand the context of their interactions. By providing users with
intuitive and unmistakable tactile confirmation, haptics can create a more confident user experience and
can also improve safety by overcoming distractions. This is especially important when audio or visual
confirmation is insufficient, such as for industrial applications, or applications that involve distractions,
such as automotive navigation.
We believe these features of our haptic technology are broadly applicable to a number of markets and
devices. By continuing to enhance these features through further research and development, we believe we will
serve as a strategic partner for our customers and partners in helping them develop a more compelling user
experience for consumers.
Our Offerings
Our patented inventions and technology solutions are offered to our customers through either a solutions
license or a patent license.
We offer our customers solutions licenses to support the implementation and adoption of haptics in their
products. Our solutions license offerings include a range of solutions developed by Immersion, including our
TouchSense solutions that we provide for incorporation into mobile devices, video console gaming systems,
consumer electronics, medical simulation and surgical robotic systems, and automotive controls. These solutions
license agreements may have both a fixed price (non-recurring) component and ongoing royalties. Further, under
solutions licenses, our customers typically receive licenses to our patents necessary to implement the licensed
solutions in their products, with the specific rights and restrictions to the applicable patents described in their
license agreements.
We also offer our customers patent licenses, through which we provide a license to specified aspects of our
broad portfolio of patented inventions. The patent license provides the customer with a defined right to use our
patented innovations in the customer’s own products, which may be limited to specific fields of use. Our patent
license agreements are structured with fixed, variable or a hybrid of fixed and variable royalty payments over
certain defined periods.
For both our solutions and patent licensees, we offer our expertise to help our customers design and integrate
touch effects into their products. This expertise may include turn-key engineering and integration services, design
kits for prototyping, authoring tools, application programming interfaces (“APIs”), and the development of
hardware and software technologies that are compatible with industry standards.
Solution Licenses
We license our solutions to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) or their suppliers who then include
our solutions in products sold under their own brand names. We license many of our technology solutions under
the TouchSense brand, and have developed a family of TouchSense solutions that are intended to address the
needs of our target markets.
TouchSense 1000: Targeted to the commercial and industrial and automotive markets, the TouchSense 1000
family offers haptic effects for large touch screens, touch panels, and touch surfaces that are optimized for
strength in demanding applications and extreme environments.
TouchSense 2000: Targeted to mass market consumer electronic devices such as microwaves, cameras and
tablet PCs, the TouchSense 2000 family provides haptic effects for touch screens and touch panels, providing
pre-designed haptic effects and user interface (“UI”) support along with design recommendations oriented for
mass market devices. TouchSense 2000 is offered as a direct software license to the OEM as well as through our
integrated circuit partners who preload their integrated circuits with the TouchSense 2000 Player.
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TouchSense 3000: Targeted to the mobile device and consumer electronics market, the TouchSense 3000
family provides precise actuator control to single actuator designs, making it an easy to implement solution that
enables over 100 haptic effects.
TouchSense 4000: Building off the TouchSense 3000 family, the TouchSense 4000 family also targets the
mobile communications and consumer electronics market by providing controls for higher-fidelity haptic designs
which utilize multiple actuators. The TouchSense 4000 family offers a higher level of control, creating the
opportunity for an increased number of haptic effects with finer resolution.
TouchSense 5000: Targeted to the mobile communications and consumer electronics market,
the
TouchSense 5000 family offers haptic controls for high-fidelity piezo and/or smart actuators, creating crisp,
realistic and nuanced haptic effects.
Integrator: Working in conjunction with Immersion’s mobile TouchSense solutions, Integrator consists of
modules that OEMs can choose from to easily incorporate haptic experiences into mobile devices. Integrator
Modules include: UI Module, which streamlines haptic integration by automatically associating haptic effects
with select UI elements such as button presses and scrolling actions; Reverb Module, which uses the real-time
audio track in digital content such as games to create complementary haptic effects; Themes Module, which
allows OEMs to waterfall a signature haptic feel through the UI of the device; WebKit Module, which extends
the theme controls to the device internet browser experience; and Ringtones Module, which enables support of
unique and distinct haptic vibrations to be used during the device silent mode.
Patent Licenses
In addition to licensing software solutions, we also offer patent licenses to those customers who wish to
develop their own proprietary haptic implementations. We license our patents across all of our target markets.
Basic Haptics: Targeted primarily to the mobile communications and consumer electronics markets, a Basic
Haptics license allows customers to develop their own haptic implementations or utilize standard operating
systems’ implementations of haptics where the haptic effects are based on sensing a user’s input on a touchscreen
and associating events with a limited set of haptic effects in a multi-tasking environment.
Force Feedback: Targeted at the gaming, automotive, and medical markets, Immersion’s Force Feedback
license allows customers to create custom implementations of force feedback based on the unique requirements
of
the application including: gaming peripherals and simulation; navigation controls for automotive
environments; as well as medical applications such as virtual reality training simulators for interventional and
surgical procedures, robotic surgical tools, medical instrumentation, and wearable medical devices.
Haptic Expertise
For both our TouchSense and patent licensees, we offer our expertise to help them design and integrate touch
effects into their products. This expertise includes turn-key engineering and integration services, design kits for
prototyping, authoring tools, APIs, and the development of hardware and software technologies that are
compatible with industry standards.
Turn-key Engineering and Integration Services — We offer engineering assistance, including technical and
design assistance and integration services that allow our licensees to incorporate our touch-enabling products and
technologies into their products at a reasonable cost and in a shortened time frame. This allows them to get to
market quickly by using our years of haptic development and solution deployment expertise. We offer product
development solutions including product software libraries, design, prototype creation, technology transfer,
actuator selection, component sourcing, development/integration kits, sample source code, comprehensive
documentation, and other engineering services. In addition, we help ensure a quality end-user experience by
offering testing and certification services to a number of licensees.
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Design Kits for Prototyping — We offer several design kits for customers to use for technology evaluation,
internal evaluation, usability testing, and focus group testing. The kits include components and documentation
that designers, engineers, and system integrators need for prototyping TouchSense touch feedback into an
existing or sample product.
Authoring Tools — We license authoring tools that enable haptic designers and software developers to
quickly design and incorporate customized touch feedback into their applications. Authoring tools allow
designers to create, modify, experience, and save or restore haptic effects for a haptically-enabled device. Our
authoring tools are the equivalent of a computer-aided design application for haptics, and support vibro-tactile
haptic devices (such as mobile devices, touchscreens, and vibro-tactile gaming peripherals), as well as kinesthetic
haptic devices (such as rotary devices, 2D devices, and joysticks). Various haptic effect parameters can be
defined and modified, and the result immediately experienced. Our authoring tools run on mainstream operating
systems such as Microsoft Windows. Commencing in March 2011, we have made Immersion’s Haptic
Development Platform available to Android software developers for use in integrating tactile effects into mobile
games and other downloadable applications.
Application Programming Interfaces — Our APIs provide haptic-effect generation capability. This allows
designers and software programmers to focus on adding haptic effects to their applications instead of struggling
with the mechanics of programming real-time algorithms and handling communications between computers and
devices. Some of our haptic APIs are device independent (for example, they work with scroll wheels, rotary
knobs, 2D joysticks, and other devices) to allow flexibility and reusability. Others are crafted to meet the needs
of a particular customer or industry.
Platform Independent Solutions — Our software driver and API technology have been designed to be easily
ported to a variety of operating systems including Windows, Windows CE, REX (from QUALCOMM), and
various Linux platforms including Android, Maemo and VxWorks.
Products and Markets
Mobile Communications and Consumer Electronics — We offer both TouchSense solutions and patent
licenses to OEMs in the mobile device and consumer electronics markets. In addition, our integrated circuit
partners preload their integrated circuits with our TouchSense solutions and offer these integrated circuits to
OEMs in the mobile device market.
Our licensees currently include some of the top makers of mobile devices in the world including: Samsung,
Motorola, LG Electronics, Fujitsu, NEC, Pantech Co., Ltd., and Toshiba, as well as integrated circuit
manufacturers such as Texas Instruments and Atmel.
For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively, 46%, 44%, and 36% of our total
revenues were generated from mobile communications.
Gaming Devices — We have licensed our patents to Microsoft Corporation for use in its gaming products
and to Sony Computer Entertainment Inc (“Sony”). for use in its legacy and current PlayStation console gaming
products. We have also licensed our patents to over a dozen gaming peripheral manufacturers and distributors,
including Logitech and Mad Catz, Inc., to bring haptic technology to PC platforms including Microsoft Windows
operating systems, as well as to video game consoles.
In the video game console peripheral market, we have licensed our patents for use in hundreds of spinning
mass tactile feedback devices and force feedback devices such as steering wheels and joysticks to various
manufacturers, including: Bensussen Deutsch & Associates Inc., Datel Design & Inc., dreamGear LLC, Logitech
Inc., Mad Catz, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Performance Designed Products (formerly Electro Source LLC) ,
Razer PTE Ltd, and Sony. These products are designed to work with one or more video game consoles including
the Xbox and Xbox 360 from Microsoft; the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3 from Sony; and the
N64, GameCube, and Wii from Nintendo. Currently, products sold to consumers using Immersion technology
include PC joysticks, steering wheels, and gamepads from various licensees.
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For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively, 28%, 31%, and 24% of our total
revenues were generated from PC and console gaming revenues.
Automotive — We offer both TouchSense solutions and patent licenses to automotive component suppliers.
Our current licensees include: ALPS Electric Co., Ltd, Methode Electronics, Inc., Visteon, SMK Corporation,
and Panasonic Corp.
For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively, 6%, 6%, and 6% of our total revenues
were from automotive customers.
Medical — In March 2010, we sold certain assets of the endoscopy, endovascular, and laparoscopy medical
simulation product lines. See Note 11 of the consolidated financial statements for a further discussion.
As a result of this sale of the majority of the medical products business to CAE Healthcare USA Inc. (“CAE”)
in March 2010, we maintained a single remaining medical simulation product line, the Virtual IV system, which
simulates needle-based procedures such as intravenous catheterization and phlebotomy, and is a jointly developed
product with our partner Laerdal Medical A/S, who distributes this product on a world-wide basis. In December of
2012, we signed a licensing agreement for this product line with Laerdal Medical A/S. Moving forward in 2013, we
will continue to license patents to the medical market, but will no longer manufacture any product lines. Our current
licensees include: MAKO Surgical Corp., SOFAR S.P.A., and Laerdal Medical A/S.
For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively 16%, 15%, and 23% of our total
revenues were from the medical line of business. The decline in 2011 primarily reflects the decision to divest
most of our medical product lines to CAE in March 2010.
Manufactured Products
Prior to the divesting of our medical products line of business in March 2010, we produced our products
using both contracted and in-house manufacturing. Since the divestiture, all products have been produced using
contracted manufacturing services.
Our product solutions, which do not represent a material part of our business, are limited to components used
for design kits, and through 2012, for a single medical product, the Virtual IV system which was manufactured
on a “private” label basis for a customer (See Product and Markets — Medical). In December 2012, we entered
into a licensing agreement with our Virtual IV system partner and will no longer produce the Virtual IV systems,
but will license the Virtual IV systems to this partner instead.
Sales and Distribution
Our sales have been seasonal with typically an increase in the first quarter reflecting holiday shipments of
our customers with integrated Immersion technology. Both mobile devices and gaming products are subject to
shipment increases in the fourth quarter which is reflected in our first quarter revenue. Seasonal fluctuations have
not been extremely significant to our overall revenue trends in the past. With mobile device sales continuing to
increase, our business may become more seasonal as we leverage new products and have our technology in
additional mobile device designs.
We employ a consolidated direct sales force in the United States, Europe, and Asia to license our solutions
and patents across our target markets and augment that sales force via partnerships and licensing agreements with
component suppliers and system integrators.
Competition
Our biggest source of competition derives from decisions made by internal design groups at our OEM
customers and potential OEM customers. We expect that these internal design groups will continue to make
choices regarding whether to implement haptics or not, whether to use our solutions or other standard haptic
capability (i.e., Android), or even whether to develop their own haptic solutions.
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In the event we have granted or grant a license to our patent portfolio to an OEM, its internal design group
may design technology that is less expensive to implement or that enables products with higher performance or
additional features. In some cases, the OEM may elect not to include haptics in its products due to the higher bill
of materials costs associated with incorporating haptics.
In addition to licensing OEMs directly, our business also includes licensing to semiconductor manufacturers
who incorporate certain of our lower tiered technology in their integrated circuits for use in certain electronic
devices.
The principal competitive factors are the strength of the patents underlying the technology, the technological
expertise and design innovation and the use, reliability and cost-effectiveness of the solutions. We believe we
compete favorably in all these areas.
For licensed applications, our competitive position is partially dependent on the competitive positions of our
licensees that pay a license fee and/or royalty. Our licensees’ markets are highly competitive. We believe that the
principal competitive factors in our licensees’ markets include price, performance, user-centric design, ease-of-
use, quality, and timeliness of products, as well as the manufacturer’s responsiveness, capacity, technical
abilities, established customer relationships, retail shelf space, advertising, promotional programs, and brand
recognition. Touch-related benefits in some of these markets may be viewed simply as enhancements and
compete with nontouch-enabled technologies.
Research and Development
Our success depends on our ability to invent, improve, and reduce the cost of our technologies in a timely
manner; to design and develop products to meet specifications based on research and our understanding of
customer needs and expectations; and to collaborate with our licensees who are integrating our technologies into
theirs.
Immersion Engineering — We have assembled a multi-disciplinary team of highly skilled engineers and
scientists with the experience required for development of touch-enabling technology. The team’s experience
includes skills related to mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, embedded systems and firmware,
control techniques, software, quality control, haptic content design, and project and process management.
Application Engineering and Technical Support — We may provide application engineering and technical
support during integration of our touch-enabling technology into customer products. To facilitate the validation
and adoption of touch-enabling technology, we have developed various design kits. These kits may include
actuators, mounting suggestions,
and
documentation. Our application engineers support customer use of these design kits, including through phone and
e-mail technical support and onsite training.
libraries, programming examples,
controller boards,
software
sensors,
Research — We have multidisciplinary expertise in usability and multimodal user interface design, actuator
design,
real-time simulation algorithms, control, and software
development. Our team is involved with existing and potential partners to help them assess and prove the value
of haptics in their field of interest, creating main competitive differentiator and value added solutions. Our team
continues to generate patent applications, actively contributing to the reinforcement of Immersion’s IP position.
integration, material
science,
User Experience — We have a dedicated team of user interaction specialists, focusing on user research and
design to enable new and improved applications of haptics. We have unique expertise in haptics, usability and
interface design. Our team is involved with existing and potential partners to help them determine the best
implementation of haptics in their specific application. This team works on the cutting edge of new user interface
paradigms using haptics, resulting in an ongoing generation of patent applications, actively contributing to the
development of new IP for us.
For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, research and development expenses were
$8.4 million, $8.4 million, and $8.7 million respectively.
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Intellectual Property
We believe that IP protection is crucial to our business. We rely on a combination of patents, copyrights,
trade secrets, trademarks, nondisclosure agreements with employees and third parties, licensing arrangements,
and other contractual agreements with third parties to protect our IP. We maintain and support an active program
to protect our intellectual property, primarily through the filing of patent applications and the defense of issued
patents against infringement.
Our failure to obtain or maintain adequate protection for our IP rights for any reason could hurt our
competitive position. There is no guarantee that patents will be issued from the patent applications that we have
filed or may file. Our issued patents may be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented, and claims of our patents
may not be of sufficient scope or strength, or issued in the proper geographic regions, to provide meaningful
protection or any commercial advantage.
At the end of 2012, we and our wholly owned subsidiaries had over 1,300 currently issued or pending
patents in the U.S. and other countries that cover various aspects of our technologies. Some of our U.S. patents
have begun to expire starting in 2007. We amortize our patents over their estimated useful lives, generally 10
years.
Investor Information
You can access financial and other information in the Investor Relations section of our Web site at
www.immersion.com. We make available, on our Web site, free of charge, copies of our annual report on
Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed
or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after filing
such material electronically or otherwise furnishing it to the SEC.
The charters of our audit committee, our compensation committee, and our nominating/corporate governance
committee, and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (including code of ethics provisions that apply to our
principal executive officer, principal financial officer, controller, and senior financial officers) are also available
at our Web site under “Corporate Governance.” These items are also available to any stockholder who requests
them by calling +1 408.467.1900.
The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy, and information statements, and other
information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at www.sec.gov.
Employees
As of December 31, 2012, we had 94 full-time and part-time employees, including 47 in research and
development, 18 in sales and marketing, and 29 in legal, finance, and administration. We also use independent
contractors. None of our employees are represented by a labor union, and we consider our employee relations to
be positive.
Executive Officers
The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers as of March 1, 2013.
Name
Victor Viegas
Dennis Sheehan
Paul Norris
Position with the Company
Chief Executive Officer and member of the
Board of Directors
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Chief Financial Officer
Age
55
51
51
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Victor Viegas has served as Chief Executive Officer since October 2009 and as a member of the Board of
Directors since October 2002. Mr. Viegas was our Chief Executive Officer from October 2002 through April
2008, and President from February 2002 through April 2008. Mr. Viegas was also Chairman of the Board of
Directors from October 2007 to February 2009, and assumed the role of interim Chief Financial Officer from
December 2011 through May 2012. Mr. Viegas also served as Chief Financial Officer until February 2005,
having joined us in August 1999 as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Finance. From June 1996 to August
1999, he served as Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Macrovision
Corporation, a developer and licensor of video and software copy protection technologies. From October 1986 to
June 1996, he served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Balco Incorporated, a
manufacturer of advanced automotive service equipment. He holds a B.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. from
Santa Clara University. Mr. Viegas is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in the State of California.
Dennis Sheehan assumed the role as Immersion’s SVP of Sales & Marketing, responsible for leading all
sales, product & corporate marketing activities for Immersion’s TouchSense solutions and technology licenses,
in October 2012. Previously, Mr. Sheehan was our Vice President of Marketing from January 2009 to October
2012. Prior to joining Immersion, Mr. Sheehan was the Senior Director of Product Management at SiRF
technology, a leading supplier of GPS semiconductor solutions for mobile phones and personal navigation
devices from June 2006 to December 2009. From March 2005 to November 2005, Mr. Sheehan was the Vice
President of Business Development and Strategy for Varatouch, an IP components and software
company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sheehan held various marketing and management positions at Intel. He holds
a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s
Kellogg School of Management.
Paul Norris joined Immersion as Chief Financial Officer in May 2012. Prior to joining Immersion,
Mr. Norris served as a partner at Accanto Partners, LLC, an investment fund focusing on technology and digital
media companies from July 2011 to May 2012. Prior to that, from June 2005 to February 2011, Mr. Norris served
in various executive positions at Sonic Solutions, a digital media software and entertainment solutions provider,
acting as its Senior Vice President and General Counsel from June 2005 to February 2008, and its Executive Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel February 2008 until its acquisition by Rovi Corporation,
a digital entertainment technology solutions provider in February 2011. From February 2011 through June 2011,
Mr. Norris assisted Rovi in its integration activities as an Executive Advisor. Mr. Norris, holds a Bachelor of
Arts from Yale University and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
You should carefully consider the following risks and uncertainties, as well as other information in this
report and our other SEC filings, in considering our business and prospects. If any of the following risks or
uncertainties actually occurs, our business, financial condition, or results of operations could be materially
adversely affected. The following risks and uncertainties are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and
uncertainties of which we are unaware or that we currently believe are immaterial could also materially
adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations. In any case, the trading price of our
common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. See also the Forward-looking
Statements discussion in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.”
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Company Risks
If we are unable to enter into new licensing arrangements with our existing licensees and with additional
third-party manufacturers for our touch-enabling technologies, our royalty revenue may not grow and could
decline.
Our revenue growth is largely dependent on our ability to enter into new licensing arrangements. Our failure
to enter into new or renewed licensing arrangements will cause our operating results to suffer. We face numerous
risks in obtaining new or renewed licenses on terms consistent with our business objectives and in maintaining,
expanding, and supporting our relationships with our current licensees. These risks include:
• the competition we may face from third parties and/or the internal design teams of existing and potential
licensees;
• difficulties in persuading product manufacturers to work with us, to rely on us for critical technology, and to
disclose to us proprietary product development and other strategies;
• difficulties in persuading existing licensees of our software technologies incorporated in certain of their
products to additionally license our patents that may cover products that do not include our software
technologies;
• challenges in demonstrating the compelling value of our technologies and challenges associated with
customers’ ability to easily implement our technologies;
• difficulties in persuading existing and potential licensees to bear the additional bill of materials costs
necessary to incorporate our technologies into their products;
• difficulties in obtaining new licensees for yet-to-be commercialized technology because their suppliers may
not be ready to meet stringent quality and parts availability requirements;
• inability to sign new gaming licenses if video console makers choose not to license third parties to make
peripherals for their new consoles, if video console makers no longer require peripherals to play video
games, if video console makers no longer utilize technology in the peripherals that are covered by our
patents or if the overall market for video consoles deteriorates substantially;
• reluctance of content developers, mobile device manufacturers, and service providers to sign license
agreements without a critical mass of other such inter-dependent supporters of the mobile device industry
also having a license, or without enough similar devices in the market that incorporate our technologies; and
• inability of current or prospective licensees to ship certain mobile devices if they are involved in IP
infringement claims by third parties that ultimately prevent them from shipping products or that impose
substantial royalties on their products.
A limited number of customers account for a significant portion of our revenue, and the loss of major
customers could harm our operating results.
One customer accounted for approximately 24% of our total revenues for the year ended December 31,
2012. Two customers accounted for approximately 33% and 24% of our total revenues for the years ended
December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. We cannot be certain that customers that have accounted for
significant revenue in past periods, individually or as a group, will continue to generate revenue in any future
period. If we fail to renew or lose a major customer or group of customers, our revenue could decline if we are
unable to replace the lost revenue with revenue from other sources.
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Future revenue is difficult to predict for several reasons, and our failure to predict revenue accurately may
cause our results to be below our expectations or those of analysts and result in our stock price declining.
Our lengthy and costly license negotiation cycle and any IP litigation that we may engage in make our future
revenue difficult to predict because we may not be successful in entering into or renewing licenses with our
customers on our estimated timelines, and we may be reliant on litigation timelines, which are difficult to control
for any results or settlements.
While some of our license agreements provide for fixed royalty payments, many of our license agreements
provide for per-unit royalties, and may also be subject to adjustments based on volume. The sales volume and
prices of our licensees’ products in any given period can be difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results may
differ substantially from analyst estimates or our forecasts in any given period.
In addition, a portion of our revenue comes from development and support services provided to our
licensees, or may be part of a contractual arrangement involving multiple elements. Depending upon the nature
of the services or elements, all or a portion of the revenue may be recognized ratably over the support period or
length of the contract, may be recognized according to the proportional performance accounting method under
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), or may be deferred in part
or in whole. Contract revenue accounting may result in deferral of the service fees to the completion of the
contract or may cause the services fees to be recognized over the period in which services are performed on a
proportional performance basis and, therefore, product development schedules for these projects may be changed
or delayed.
All of these factors make it difficult to predict future licensing revenue and may result in our revenue being
below our previously announced guidance or analysts’ estimates, which would likely cause our stock price to
decline.
We are currently involved in litigation and administrative proceedings involving some of our key patents; any
invalidation or limitation of the scope of our key patents could significantly harm our business.
As more fully described under “Legal Proceedings,” we are currently involved in litigation involving some
of our patents. The parties in these legal actions have challenged the validity, scope, enforceability and
ownership of our patents. In addition, reexamination requests have been filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office (“PTO”) with respect to patent claims at issue in our litigation proceedings. Under a reexamination
proceeding and upon completion of the proceeding, the PTO may leave a patent in its present form, narrow the
scope of the patent or cancel some or all of the claims of the patent. We are currently asserting these patents and
patent claims in litigation. If some or all of the claims of the patents that are subject to reexamination are
canceled, our business may be significantly harmed.
We cannot predict the outcome of the litigation or reexaminations. If there is an adverse ruling in any legal
or administrative proceeding relating to the infringement, validity, enforceability or ownership of any of our
patents, or if a court or an administrative body such as the PTO limits the scope of the claims of any of our
patents, we could be prevented from enforcing or earning future revenues from those patents, and the likelihood
that customers will take new licenses and that current licensees will continue to agree to pay under their existing
licenses could be significantly reduced. The resulting reduction in license fees and royalties could significantly
harm our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows, or the trading price of our
common stock.
Furthermore, regardless of the merits of any claim,
the continued maintenance of these legal and
administrative proceedings may result in substantial legal expenses and diverts our management’s time and
attention away from our other business operations, which could significantly harm our business. The time to
resolution and complexity of our litigation, its disproportionate importance to our business compared to other
companies, the propensity for delay in patent litigation, and the potential that we may lose particular motions as
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well as the overall litigation all could cause significant volatility in our stock price and materially adversely
affect our business and consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
The terms in our agreements may be construed by our licensees in a manner that is inconsistent with the
rights that we have granted to other licensees, or in a manner that may require us to incur substantial costs to
resolve conflicts over license terms.
We have entered into, and we expect to continue to enter into, agreements pursuant to which our licensees
are granted rights to our technology and under our IP. These rights may be granted in certain fields of use, or
with respect to certain market sectors or product categories, and may include exclusive rights or sublicensing
rights. We refer to the license terms and restrictions in our agreements, including, but not limited to, field of use
definitions, market sector, and product category definitions, collectively as “License Provisions.”
Due to the continuing evolution of market sectors, product categories, and licensee business models, and to
the compromises inherent in the drafting and negotiation of License Provisions, our licensees may, at some time
during the term of their agreements with us, interpret License Provisions in their agreements in a way that is
different from our interpretation of such License Provisions, or in a way that is in conflict with the rights that we
have granted to other licensees. Such interpretations by our licensees may lead to claims that we have granted
rights to one licensee that are inconsistent with the rights that we have granted to another licensee. Many of our
customers report royalties to us based on their shipments or their revenues and their interpretation and allocation
of contracted royalty rates. It is possible that the originally reported royalties could differ materially from those
determined by either a customer self-reported correction or from an audit we have performed. These
interpretations may also cause disagreements arising during customer audits, may lead to claims or litigation of
those claims, and may have an adverse affect on the results of our operations. Further, although our agreements
generally give us the right to audit books and records of our licensees, audits can be expensive, time consuming,
and may not be cost justified based on our understanding of our licensees’ businesses. Pursuant to our license
compliance program, we audit certain licensees to review the accuracy of the information contained in their
royalty reports in an effort to decrease the likelihood that we will not receive the royalty revenues to which we
are entitled under the terms of our license agreements, but we cannot give assurances that such audits will be
effective.
In addition, after we enter into an agreement, it is possible that markets and/or products, or legal and/or
regulatory environments, will evolve in a manner that we did not foresee or was not foreseeable at the time we
entered into the agreement. As a result, in any agreement, we may have granted rights that will preclude or
restrict our exploitation of new opportunities that arise after the execution of the agreement.
Competing technologies may harm our business.
Our biggest source of competition derives from decisions made by internal design groups at our OEM
customers and potential OEM customers. We expect that these internal design groups will continue to make
choices regarding whether to implement haptics or not, whether to use our solutions or other standard haptic
capability (i.e., Android), or even whether to develop their own haptic solutions. In the instances where the
design team elects not to use our solution but implements some type of unlicensed haptic capability, we will seek
to enforce our IP. If the OEM is unwilling to enter into a license agreement, we may elect to pursue litigation
which would harm our relationship with the OEM and could harm our relationships with other licensees or our
ability to gain new customers, who may postpone licensing decisions pending the outcome of the litigation or
dispute, or who may, as a result of such litigation, choose not to adopt our technologies. In addition, these legal
proceedings could be very expensive and will have a negative impact on our financial results.
In the event we have granted or grant a license to our patent portfolio to an OEM, its internal design group
may design technology that is less expensive to implement or that enables products with higher performance or
additional features. Many of these groups have substantially greater resources, greater financial strength and
lower cost structures which may allow them to undercut our price. They also have the inherent advantage of
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access to internal corporate strategies, technology roadmaps and technical information. As a result, they may be
able to bring alternative solutions to market more easily and quickly.
In some cases, the OEM may elect not to include haptics in its products due to the higher bill of materials
costs associated with incorporating haptics.
In addition to licensing OEMs directly, our business also includes licensing to semiconductor manufacturers
who incorporate certain of our lower tiered technology in their integrated circuits for use in certain electronic
devices. While our relationships with these semiconductor manufacturers increases our distribution channels by
leveraging their sales channels, it is possible that OEMs may elect to implement haptics using the integrated
circuit lower-tiered solution rather than our higher-end solutions which may negatively impact our financial
results.
Winning business is subject to a competitive selection process that can be lengthy and requires us to incur
significant expense, and we may not be selected.
Our primary focus is on winning competitive bid selection processes, known as “design wins,” so that
haptics will be included in our customers’ products. These selection processes can be lengthy and can require us
to incur significant design and development expenditures. We may not win the competitive selection process and
may never generate any revenue despite incurring significant design and development expenditures. Because we
typically focus on only a few customers in a product area, the loss of a design win can sometimes result in our
failure to have haptics added to new generation products in that area. This can result in lost sales and could hurt
our position in future competitive selection processes to the extent we are not be perceived as being a technology
leader.
After winning a product design for one of our customers, we may still experience delays in generating
revenue from our products as a result of the lengthy development and design cycle. In addition, a change, delay
or cancellation of a customer’s plans could significantly adversely affect our financial results, as we may have
incurred significant expense and generated no revenue. Finally, if our customers fail to successfully market and
sell their products it could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Automobiles and medical devices incorporating our touch-enabling technologies are subject to lengthy
product development periods, making it difficult to predict when and whether we will receive automotive and
medical devices royalties.
The product development process for automobiles and medical devices is very lengthy, sometimes longer
than four years. We may not earn royalty revenue on our automotive/medical devices technologies unless and
until products featuring our technologies are shipped to customers, which may not occur until several years after
we enter into an agreement with a manufacturer or a supplier to a manufacturer. Throughout the product
development process, we face the risk that a manufacturer or supplier may delay the incorporation of, or choose
not to incorporate, our technologies into its products, making it difficult for us to predict the royalties we may
receive, if any. After the product launches, our royalties still depend on market acceptance of the vehicle, the
option packages if our technology is an option (for example, a navigation unit), or medical device, which is likely
to be determined by many factors beyond our control.
We have little or no control or influence on our licensees’ design, manufacturing, quality control, promotion,
distribution, or pricing of their products incorporating our touch-enabling technologies, upon which we
generate royalty revenue.
A key part of our business strategy is to license our IP to companies that manufacture and sell products
incorporating our touch-enabling technologies. Sales of those products generate royalty and license revenue for
us. For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, 93%, 88% and 75%, respectively, of our total
revenues were royalty and license revenues. We do not control or influence the design, manufacture, quality
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control, promotion, distribution, or pricing of products that are manufactured and sold by our licensees, nor can
we control consolidation within an industry which could either reduce the number of licensing products available
or reduce royalty rates for the combined licensees. In addition, we generally do not have commitments from our
licensees that they will continue to use our technologies in current or future products. As a result, products
incorporating our technologies may not be brought to market, achieve commercial acceptance, or otherwise
generate meaningful royalty revenue for us. For us to generate royalty revenue, licensees that pay us per-unit
royalties must manufacture and distribute products incorporating our touch-enabling technologies in a timely
fashion and generate consumer demand through marketing and other promotional activities. If our licensees’
products fail to achieve commercial success or if products are recalled because of quality control problems or if
our licensees do not ship products incorporating our touch-enabling technologies in a timely fashion or fail to
achieve strong sales, our revenues will not grow and could decline.
We had an accumulated deficit of $112 million as of December 31, 2012, have a history of losses, and may not
achieve or maintain profitability in the future.
Since 1997, we have incurred losses in all but six quarters. As of December 31, 2012, we had an
accumulated deficit of $112 million. We need to generate significant ongoing revenue to achieve and maintain
consistent profitability. We anticipate that we will continue to incur expenses as we:
• continue to develop our technologies;
• increase our sales and marketing efforts;
• attempt to expand the market for touch-enabled technologies and products;
• protect and enforce our IP;
• pursue strategic relationships;
• incur costs related to pending and anticipated litigation;
• acquire IP or other assets from third-parties; and
• invest in systems and processes to manage our business.
If our revenues grow more slowly than we anticipate or if our operating expenses exceed our expectations,
we may not achieve or maintain profitability.
We have limited engineering, customer service, technical support, quality assurance and operations resources
to design and fulfill favorable product delivery schedules and to provide support of our different product
areas. Products and services may not be delivered in a timely way, with sufficient levels of quality, or at all,
which may reduce our revenue.
We deploy our limited engineering, customer service, technical support, quality assurance, and operations
resources on a variety of different projects and programs intended to provide sufficient levels of quality
necessary for channels and customers. Our success in various markets may depend on timely deliveries and
overall levels of sustained quality and customer service. Our failure to provide favorable product and program
deliverables and quality and customer service levels, or provide them at all, may disrupt channels and customers,
harm our brand, and reduce our revenues.
Our business depends in part on access to third-party platforms or technologies, and if the access is
withdrawn, denied, or is not available on terms acceptable to us, or if the platforms or technologies change
without notice to us, our business and operating results could be adversely affected.
Many of our current and future products are designed for use with third-party platforms or technologies. Our
business in these categories relies on our access to the platforms or technologies of third parties, which can be
withdrawn, denied or not be available on terms acceptable to us.
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Our access to third-party platforms or technologies may require paying a royalty, which lowers our product
margins, or may otherwise be on terms that are not acceptable to us. In addition, the third-party platforms or
technologies used to interact with our product portfolio can be delayed in production or can change without prior
notice to us, which can result lost sales or lower margins.
If we are unable to access third-party platforms or technologies, or if our access is withdrawn, denied, or is
not available on terms acceptable to us, or if the platforms or technologies are delayed or change without notice
to us, our business and operating results could be adversely affected.
Because we have a fixed payment license with Microsoft, our royalty revenue from licensing in the gaming
market and other consumer markets has previously declined and may further do so if Microsoft increases its
volume of sales of touch-enabled products at the expense of our other licensees.
Under the terms of our present agreement with Microsoft, Microsoft receives a royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable license (including sublicense rights) to our worldwide portfolio of patents. This license permits
Microsoft to make, use, and sell hardware, software, and services, excluding specified products, covered by our
patents. We will not receive any further revenues or royalties from Microsoft under our current agreement with
Microsoft. Microsoft has a significant share of the market for touch-enabled console gaming computer
peripherals and is pursuing other consumer markets such as mobile devices and tablets. Microsoft has
significantly greater financial, sales, and marketing resources, as well as greater name recognition and a larger
customer base than some of our other licensees. In the event that Microsoft increases its share of these markets,
our royalty revenue from other licensees in these market segments may decline.
The market for certain touch-enabling technologies and touch-enabled products is at an early stage and if
market demand does not develop, we may not achieve or sustain revenue growth.
The market for certain of our touch-enabling technologies and certain of our licensees’ touch-enabled
products is at an early stage. If we and our licensees are unable to develop demand for our touch-enabling
technologies and touch-enabled products, we may not achieve or sustain revenue growth. We cannot accurately
predict the growth of the markets for these technologies and products, the timing of product introductions, or the
timing of commercial acceptance of these products.
Even if our touch-enabling technologies and our licensees’ touch-enabled products are ultimately widely
adopted, widespread adoption may take a long time to occur. The timing and amount of royalties and product
sales that we receive will depend on whether the products marketed achieve widespread adoption and, if so, how
rapidly that adoption occurs.
We expect that we will need to pursue extensive and expensive marketing and sales efforts to educate
prospective licensees, component customers, and end users about the uses and benefits of our technologies and to
persuade software developers and content producers to create products that utilize our technologies. Negative
product reviews or publicity about our company, our technologies, our licensees’ products, haptic features, or
haptic technology in general could have a negative impact on market adoption, our revenue, and/or our ability to
license our technologies in the future.
We may not be able to continue to derive significant revenues from makers of peripherals for popular video
gaming platforms.
A significant portion of our gaming royalty revenues come from third-party peripheral makers who make
licensed gaming products designed for use with popular video game console systems from Microsoft, Sony, and
Nintendo. Video game console systems are closed, proprietary systems, and video game console system makers
typically impose certain requirements or restrictions on third-party peripheral makers who wish to make
peripherals that will be compatible with a particular video game console system. If third-party peripheral makers
cannot or are not allowed to obtain or satisfy these requirements or restrictions, our gaming royalty revenues
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could be significantly reduced. Furthermore, should a significant video game console maker choose to omit
touch-enabling capabilities from its console systems or somehow restrict or impede the ability of third parties to
make touch-enabling peripherals, it may very well lead our gaming licensees to stop making products with touch-
enabling capabilities, thereby significantly reducing our gaming royalty revenues. Also, if the gaming industry
changes such that mobile or other platforms increase in popularity at the expense of traditional video game
consoles, our gaming royalty revenues could be substantially reduced if we are unable to enter into replacement
arrangements enabling us to license our IP in connection with gaming on such mobile or other platforms.
If we fail to protect and enforce our IP rights, our ability to license our technologies and generate revenues
would be impaired.
Our business depends on generating revenues by licensing our IP rights and by customers selling products
that incorporate our technologies. We rely on our significant patent portfolio to protect our proprietary rights. If
we are not able to protect and enforce those rights, our ability to obtain future licenses or maintain current
licenses and royalty revenue could be impaired. In addition, if a court or patent office were to limit the scope,
declare unenforceable, or invalidate any of our patents, current licensees may refuse to make royalty payments,
or they may choose to challenge one or more of our patents. It is also possible that:
• our pending patent applications may not result in the issuance of patents;
• our patents may not be broad enough to protect our proprietary rights; and
• effective patent protection may not be available in every country, particularly in Asia, where we or our
licensees do business.
In addition, our patents will continue to expire according to their terms, with expiration dates starting in
2007. Our failure to continuously develop or acquire successful innovations and obtain patents on those
innovations could significantly harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
We also rely on licenses, confidentiality agreements, other contractual agreements, and copyright, trademark, and
trade secret laws to establish and protect our proprietary rights. It is possible that:
• laws and contractual restrictions may not be sufficient to prevent misappropriation of our technologies or
deter others from developing similar technologies; and
• policing unauthorized use of our patented technologies, trademarks, and other proprietary rights would be
difficult, expensive, and time-consuming, within and particularly outside of the United States of America.
Our business may suffer if third parties assert that we violate their IP rights.
Third parties have previously claimed and may in the future claim that we or our customers are infringing
upon their IP rights. Even if we believe that such claims are without merit, they can be time-consuming and
costly to defend against and will divert management’s attention and resources away from our business.
Furthermore, third parties making such claims may be able to obtain injunctive or other equitable relief that could
block our ability to further develop or commercialize some or all of our products or services in the U.S. and
abroad. Claims of IP infringement also might require us to enter into costly settlement or license agreements or
pay costly damage awards. Even if we have an agreement that provides for a third party to indemnify us against
such costs, the indemnifying party may be unable or unwilling to perform its contractual obligations under the
agreement.
We have acquired patents from third parties and also license some technologies from third parties. We must
rely upon the owners of the patents or the technologies for information on the origin and ownership of the
acquired or licensed technologies. As a result, our exposure to infringement claims may increase. We generally
obtain representations as to the origin and ownership of acquired or licensed technologies and indemnification to
cover any breach of these representations. However, representations may not be accurate and indemnification
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may not provide adequate compensation for breach of the representations. If we cannot or do not license the
infringed IP at all or on reasonable terms, or substitute similar technology from another source, our business,
financial position, results of operations or cash flows could suffer.
Recent changes to U.S. patent laws and proposed changes to the rules of the U.S. PTO may adversely impact
our business.
Our business relies in part on the uniform and historically consistent application of U.S. patent laws and
regulations. There are numerous recent changes to the patent laws and proposed changes to the rules of the PTO,
which may have a significant impact on our ability to protect our technology and enforce our IP rights. For
example, on September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act which codifies
significant changes to the U.S. patent laws, including, among other things, changing from a “first to invent” to a
“first inventor to file” system, limiting where a patentee may file a patent suit, requiring the apportionment of
patent damages, replacing interference proceedings with derivation actions and creating a post-grant opposition
process to challenge patents after they have been issued. The effects of these changes on our patent portfolio and
business have yet to be determined, as the PTO must still implement regulations relating to these changes and the
courts have yet to address the new provisions. In addition, in recent years, the courts have interpreted U.S. patent
laws and regulations differently, and in particular the U.S. Supreme Court has decided a number of patent cases
and continues to actively review more patent cases than it has in the past. Some of these changes or potential
changes may not be advantageous for us, and may make it more difficult to obtain adequate patent protection or
to enforce our patents against parties using them without a license or payment of royalties. These changes or
potential changes could increase the costs and uncertainties surrounding the prosecution of our patent
applications and the enforcement or defense of our patent rights, and could have a deleterious effect on our
licensing program and, therefore, the royalties we can collect.
If we fail to develop new or enhanced technologies for new applications and platforms, we may not be able to
create a market for our technologies or our technologies may become obsolete, and our ability to grow and our
results of operations might be harmed.
We derive a significant portion of our revenues from licenses and royalties from a relatively small number of
key technologies. We devote significant engineering resources to develop new technologies to address the
evolving needs of our customers. To remain competitive, we must introduce new technologies in a timely manner
and the market must adopt them. Our initiatives to develop new and enhanced technologies and to commercialize
these technologies for new applications and new platforms may not be successful or timely. Any new or
enhanced technologies, such as our Integrator product, may not be favorably received by our licensees or
consumers and could damage our reputation or our brand. Expanding our technologies could also require
significant additional expenses and strain our management, financial, and operational resources.
Moreover,
technology products generally have relatively short product
life cycles and our current
technologies may become obsolete in the future. Our ability to achieve revenue growth also depends on our
continuing ability to improve and reduce the cost of our technologies, to improve their ease of integration in both
hardware and software, and to introduce these technologies to the marketplace in a timely manner. If our
incorporate our
development efforts are not successful or are significantly delayed, companies may not
technologies into their products and our revenues may not grow and could decline.
The higher cost of products incorporating our touch-enabling technologies may inhibit or prevent their
widespread adoption.
Mobile devices, tablets, touchscreens, personal computer and console gaming peripherals, and automotive
and industrial controls incorporating our touch-enabling technologies can be more expensive than similar
competitive products that are not touch-enabled. Although many OEMS have licensed our technologies, there is
generally no commitment on their part to use our technologies in their devices. The greater expense of
development and production of products containing our touch-enabling technologies, together with the higher
price to the end customer, may be a significant barrier to their widespread adoption and sale.
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If we are unable to develop open source compliant products, our ability to license our technologies and
generate revenues would be impaired.
We have seen, and believe that we will continue to see, an increase in customers requesting that we develop
products that will operate in an “open source” environment. Developing open source compliant products, without
imperiling the IP rights upon which our licensing business depends, may prove difficult under certain
circumstances, thereby placing us at a competitive disadvantage for new product designs. As a result, our
revenues may not grow and could decline.
The uncertain economic environment could reduce our revenues and could have an adverse effect on our
financial condition and results of operations.
The current economic conditions could materially hurt our business in a number of ways, including longer
sales and renewal cycles, delays in adoption of our products or technologies, increased risk of competition,
higher overhead costs as a percentage of revenue, delays in signing or failing to sign customer agreements, or
signing customer agreements with reduced royalty rates. In addition, our customers, potential customers, and
business partners are facing similar challenges, which could materially and adversely affect the level of business
they conduct with us or in the level of sales of products that include our technology.
Our international expansion efforts subject us to additional risks and costs.
We currently have sales personnel in Finland, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan and China and we intend
to expand our international activities. International operations are subject to a number of difficulties and special
costs, including:
• compliance with multiple, conflicting and changing governmental laws and regulations;
• laws and business practices favoring local competitors;
• foreign exchange and currency risks;
• import and export restrictions, duties, tariffs, quotas and other barriers;
• difficulties staffing and managing foreign operations;
• difficulties and expense in enforcing IP rights;
• business risks, including fluctuations in demand for our technologies and products and the cost and effort
to conduct international operations and travel abroad to promote international distribution and overall
global economic conditions;
• multiple conflicting tax laws and regulations;
• political and economic instability; and
• an outbreak of hostilities in markets where major customers are located, including Korea.
Our international operations could also increase our exposure to international laws and regulations. If we
cannot comply with foreign laws and regulations, which are often complex and subject to variation and
unexpected changes, we could incur unexpected costs and potential litigation. For example, the governments of
foreign countries might attempt to regulate our products or levy sales or other taxes relating to our activities. In
addition, foreign countries may impose tariffs, duties, price controls, or other restrictions on foreign currencies or
trade barriers, any of which could make it more difficult for us to conduct our business. Our international
operations could also increase our exposure to complex international tax rules and regulations. Changes in, or
interpretations of, tax rules and regulations may adversely affect our income tax provision. In addition, our
operations outside the U.S. may be affected by changes in trade protection laws, policies and measures, and other
regulatory requirements affecting trade and investment, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and local
laws prohibiting corrupt payments by our employees, vendors, or agents.
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We might be unable to retain or recruit necessary personnel, which could slow the development and
deployment of our technologies.
Our technologies are complex and we rely upon the continued service of our existing personnel to support
licensees, enhance existing technologies, and develop new technologies. Accordingly, our ability to develop and
deploy our technologies and to sustain our revenue growth depends upon the continued service of our
management and other key personnel, many of whom would be difficult to replace. Furthermore, we believe that
there are a limited number of engineering and technical personnel that are experienced in haptics. Management
and other key employees may voluntarily terminate their employment with us at any time upon short notice. The
loss of management or key personnel could delay product development cycles or otherwise harm our business.
We believe that our future success will also depend largely on our ability to attract, integrate, and retain
sales, support, marketing, and research and development personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense,
and we may not be successful in attracting, integrating, and retaining such personnel. Given the protracted nature
of, if, how, and when we collect royalties on new design contracts, it may be difficult to craft compensation plans
that will attract and retain the level of salesmanship needed to secure these contracts. Additionally some of our
executive officers and key employees hold stock options with exercise prices above the current market price of
our common stock or that are largely vested. Each of these factors may impair our ability to retain the services of
our executive officers and key employees.
Our current litigation is expensive, disruptive, and time consuming, and will continue to be, until resolved,
and regardless of whether we are ultimately successful, could adversely affect our business.
We have been in the past and are currently a party to various legal proceedings. Due to the inherent
uncertainties of litigation, we cannot accurately predict how these cases will ultimately be resolved. We
anticipate that currently pending litigation will continue to be costly and that future litigation or investigations
will result in additional legal expenses, and there can be no assurance that we will be successful or be able to
recover the costs we incur in connection with litigation or investigations. We expense litigation and investigatory
costs as incurred, and only accrue for costs that have been incurred but not paid to the vendor as of the financial
statement date. Litigation and investigations have diverted, and could continue to divert, the efforts and attention
of some of our key management and personnel. As a result, until such time as it is resolved or concluded,
litigation and investigations could adversely affect our business. Further, any unfavorable outcome could
adversely affect our business. For additional background on this and our other litigation, please see Note 15 to
the consolidated financial statements and Part I, Item 3 “Legal Proceedings”.
Product liability claims could be time-consuming and costly to defend and could expose us to loss.
Our products or our licensees’ products may have flaws or other defects that may lead to personal or other
injury claims. If products that we or our licensees sell cause personal injury, property damage, financial loss, or
other injury to our or our licensees’ customers, the customers or our licensees may seek damages or other
recovery from us. In addition, even though we have transitioned from the medical products business, we could
face product liability claims for products that we have sold or that our successors have sold or may sell in the
future. Defending any claims against us, regardless of merit, would be time-consuming, expensive to defend, and
distracting to management, and could result in damages and injure our reputation, the reputation of our
technology, services, or products, or the reputation of our licensees or their products. This damage could limit the
market for our and our licensees’ products and harm our results of operations. In addition, if our business liability
insurance coverage proves inadequate or future coverage is unavailable on acceptable terms or at all, our
business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected.
In the past, manufacturers of peripheral products including certain gaming products such as joysticks,
wheels, or gamepads, have been subject to claims alleging that use of their products has caused or contributed to
various types of repetitive stress injuries, including carpal tunnel syndrome. While we have not experienced any
product liability claims to date, we could face such claims in the future, which could harm our business and
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reputation. Although our license agreements typically contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to
product liability claims, existing or future laws or unfavorable judicial decisions could limit or invalidate the
provisions.
Our technologies are complex and may contain undetected errors, which could harm our reputation and
future sales.
Any failure to provide high quality and reliable technologies, whether caused by our own failure or failures
of our suppliers or OEM customers, could damage our reputation and reduce demand for our technologies. Our
technologies have in the past contained, and may in the future contain, undetected errors or defects. Some errors
in our technologies may only be discovered after a customer’s product incorporating our technologies has been
shipped to customers. Any errors or defects discovered in our technologies after commercial release could result
in product recalls, loss of revenue, loss of customers, and increased service and warranty costs, any of which
could adversely affect our business.
Our customers may have difficulties obtaining the components necessary to manufacture haptic-based
products, which could harm our business and results of operations.
In order to manufacture haptic-based products, our customers require components such as actuators and
amplifiers. The inability of suppliers to deliver adequate supplies of these components could disrupt our
customers’ production processes which would harm our business and results of operations. In addition, our newer
products require new types of components that we expect will be developed and sold by our ecosystem partners.
Failure of our ecosystem partners to bring these products to market in a timely fashion, with appropriate levels of
quality, and at attractive prices may affect our ability to secure customers for these newer products which could
harm our business and results of operations. Component suppliers to customers could also be affected by natural
disasters and other similar events.
Catastrophic events, such as natural disasters, war, and acts of terrorism could disrupt the business of our
customers, which could harm our business and results of operations.
The production processes and operations of our customers are susceptible to the occurrence of catastrophic
events, such as natural disasters, war, and acts of terrorism, all of which are outside of our control. Any such
events could cause a serious business disruption to our customers’ ability to manufacture, distribute and sell
products incorporating our touch-enabling technologies, which may adversely affect our business and results of
operation.
If our facilities were to experience catastrophic loss, our operations would be seriously harmed.
Our facilities could be subject to a catastrophic loss such as fire, flood, earthquake, power outage, or terrorist
activity. A substantial portion of our research and development activities, operations, our corporate headquarters,
and other critical business operations are located near major earthquake faults in San Jose, California, an area
with a history of seismic events. An earthquake at or near our facilities could disrupt our operations and result in
large expenses to repair and replace the facility. While we believe that we maintain insurance sufficient to cover
most long-term potential losses at our facilities, our existing insurance may not be adequate for all possible
losses.
If we fail to establish and maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate
financial statements on a timely basis could be impaired, which would adversely affect our consolidated
operating results, our ability to operate our business and our stock price.
We have in the past had material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. Ensuring that
we have adequate internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place to produce accurate financial
statements on a timely basis is a costly and time-consuming effort that needs to be re-evaluated frequently. Any
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failure on our part to remedy identified material weaknesses, or any additional delays or errors in our financial
reporting, could cause our financial reporting to be unreliable and could have a material adverse effect on our
business, results of operations, or financial condition and could have a substantial adverse impact on the trading
price of our common stock.
We do not expect that our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all
fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute,
assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control
systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will
not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company will have been detected.
The nature of some of our products may also subject us to export control regulation by the U.S. Department of
State and the Department of Commerce. Violations of these regulations can result in monetary penalties and
denial of export privileges.
Our sales to customers or sales by our customers to their end customers in some areas outside the United
States could be subject to government export regulations or restrictions that prohibit us or our licensees from
selling to customers in some countries or that require us to obtain licenses or approvals to export such products
internationally. Delays or denial of the grant of any required license or approval, or changes to the regulations,
could make it difficult or impossible to make sales to foreign customers in some countries and could adversely
affect our revenue. In addition, we could be subject to fines and penalties for violation of these export regulations
if we were found in violation. Such violation could result in penalties, including prohibiting us from exporting
our products to one or more countries, and could materially and adversely affect our business.
Investment Risks
Our quarterly revenues and operating results are volatile, and if our future results are below the expectations
of public market analysts or investors, the price of our common stock is likely to decline.
Our revenues and operating results are likely to vary significantly from quarter to quarter due to a number of
factors, many of which are outside of our control and any of which could cause the price of our common stock to
decline.
These factors include:
• the establishment or loss of licensing relationships;
• the timing and recognition of payments under fixed and/or up-front license agreements, as well as other
multi-element arrangements;
• seasonality in the demand for our technologies or products or our licensees’ products;
• the timing of our expenses, including costs related to litigation, stock-based awards, acquisitions of
technologies, or businesses;
• development in any pending litigation;
• the timing of introductions and market acceptance of new technologies and products and product
enhancements by us, our licensees, our competitors, or their competitors;
• the timing of work performed under development agreements; and
• corrections and true-ups to royalty payments and royalty rates from prior periods.
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Changes in financial accounting standards or practices may cause adverse, unexpected financial reporting
fluctuations and affect our reported results of operations.
A change in accounting standards or practices can have a significant effect on our reported results and may
transactions completed before the change is effective. New accounting
even affect our
pronouncements and varying interpretations of accounting pronouncements have occurred and may occur in the
future. Changes to existing rules or the questioning of current practices may adversely affect our reported
financial results or the way we conduct our business.
reporting of
Our business is subject to changing regulations regarding corporate governance and other compliance areas
that will increase both our costs and the risk of noncompliance.
As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the rules and regulations of
The NASDAQ Stock Market. The requirements of these rules and regulations have increased and we expect will
continue to increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs, will make some activities more
difficult, time-consuming and costly, and may also place undue strain on our personnel, systems and resources.
Additionally, the SEC has promulgated final rules in connection with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act, regarding disclosure of the use of certain minerals, known as conflict minerals,
that are mined from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries. The metals covered by the
rules include tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold. The rules require us to conduct a reasonable country of origin
inquiry to determine if we know or have reason to believe any of the minerals used in the production process may
have originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. If we are not able to
determine the minerals did not originate from a covered country, we would be required to perform supply chain
due diligence on members of our supply chain. These new requirements may also reduce the number of suppliers
who provide conflict free metals, and may affect our, our customers’ or our manufactures’ ability to obtain
products in sufficient quantities or at competitive prices. Compliance costs and the unavailability of raw
materials could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
Our stock price may fluctuate regardless of our performance.
The stock market has experienced extreme volatility that often has been unrelated or disproportionate to the
performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may cause our stock price to decline regardless
of our performance. The market price of our common stock has been, and in the future could be, significantly
affected by factors such as: actual or anticipated fluctuations in operating results; announcements of technical
innovations; announcements regarding litigation in which we are involved; changes by game console
manufacturers to not include touch-enabling capabilities in their products; new products or new contracts; sales
or the perception in the market of possible sales of large number of shares of our common stock by insiders or
others; stock repurchase activity; changes in securities analysts’ recommendations; personnel changes; changing
circumstances regarding competitors or their customers; governmental regulatory action; developments with
respect to patents or proprietary rights; inclusion in or exclusion from various stock indices; and general market
conditions. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities
class action litigation has been initiated against that company.
Our stock repurchase program could affect our stock price and add volatility.
Any repurchases pursuant to our stock repurchase program could affect our stock price and add volatility.
There can be no assurance that any repurchases will actually be made under the program, nor is there any
assurance that a sufficient number of shares of our common stock will be repurchased to satisfy the market’s
expectations. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that any repurchases conducted under the plan will
be made at the best possible price. The existence of a stock repurchase program could also cause our stock price
to be higher than it would be in the absence of such a program and could potentially reduce the market liquidity
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for our stock. Additionally, we are permitted to and could discontinue our stock repurchase program at any time
and any such discontinuation could cause the market price of our stock to decline.
Provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law could prevent or delay a change in control, which
could reduce the market price of our common stock.
Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may have the effect of delaying or preventing a
change of control or changes in our board of directors or management, including the following:
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our board of directors is classified into three classes of directors with staggered three-year terms;
only our chairperson of the board of directors, a majority of our board of directors or 10% or greater
stockholders are authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders;
our stockholders can only take action at a meeting of stockholders and not by written consent;
vacancies on our board of directors can be filled only by our board of directors and not by our
stockholders;
our restated certificate of incorporation authorizes undesignated preferred stock, the terms of which may
be established and shares of which may be issued without stockholder approval; and
advance notice procedures apply for stockholders to nominate candidates for election as directors or to
bring matters before an annual meeting of stockholders.
In addition, certain provisions of Delaware law may discourage, delay, or prevent someone from acquiring
or merging with us. These provisions could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for
shares.
We may engage in acquisitions that could dilute stockholders’ interests, divert management attention, or cause
integration problems.
As part of our business strategy, we have in the past and may in the future, acquire businesses or IP that we
feel could complement our business, enhance our technical capabilities, or increase our IP portfolio. The pursuit
of potential acquisitions may divert the attention of management and cause us to incur various expenses in
identifying, investigating, and pursuing suitable acquisitions, whether or not they are consummated.
If we consummate acquisitions through the issuance of our securities, our stockholders could suffer
significant dilution. Acquisitions could also create risks for us, including:
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unanticipated costs associated with the acquisitions;
use of substantial portions of our available cash to consummate the acquisitions;
diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns;
difficulties in assimilation of acquired personnel or operations;
failure to realize the anticipated benefits of acquired IP or other assets;
charges associated with amortization of acquired assets or potential charges for write-down of assets
associated with unsuccessful acquisitions;
potential IP infringement claims related to newly-acquired product lines or technologies; and
potential costs associated with failed acquisition efforts.
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Any acquisitions, even if successfully completed, might not generate significant additional revenue or
provide any benefit to our business.
As our business grows, such growth may place a significant strain on our management and operations and, as
a result, our business may suffer.
We plan to continue expanding our business, and any significant growth could place a significant strain on
our management systems, infrastructure and other resources. We will need to continue to invest the necessary
capital to upgrade and improve our operational, financial and management reporting systems. If our management
fails to manage our growth effectively, we could experience increased costs, declines in product quality, and/or
customer satisfaction, which could harm our business.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2. Properties
We lease a facility in San Jose, California of approximately 33,000 square feet, which serves as our
corporate headquarters and includes our sales, marketing, administration, research and development, and
distribution operations functions. The lease for this property expires in December 2016 and we have an option to
renew through December 2021.
We lease a facility in Montreal, Quebec, Canada of approximately 6,416 square feet, for our subsidiary,
Immersion Canada, Inc. The facility is used for research and development and administration functions. The
lease for this property expires in October 2015.
We also lease office space in Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea; Espoo, Finland; Zhonghe City, Taipei, Taiwan; and
Tokyo, Japan.
We believe that our existing facilities are adequate to meet our current needs.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
In re Immersion Corporation Securities Litigation
In September and October 2009, various putative shareholder class action and derivative complaints were
filed in federal and state court against us and certain current and former Immersion directors and officers.
On September 2, 2009, a securities class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for
the Northern District of California against us and certain of our current and former directors and officers. Over
the following five weeks, four additional class action complaints were filed. (One of these four actions was later
voluntarily dismissed.) The securities class action complaints name us and certain current and former Immersion
directors and officers as defendants and allege violations of federal securities laws based on our issuance of
allegedly misleading financial statements. The various complaints assert claims covering the period from May
2007 through July 2009 and seek compensatory damages allegedly sustained by the purported class members.
On December 21, 2009, these class actions were consolidated by the court as In Re Immersion Corporation
Securities Litigation. On the same day, the court appointed a lead plaintiff and lead plaintiff’s counsel. Following
our restatement of financial statements, lead plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint on April 9, 2010. Defendants
moved to dismiss the action on June 15, 2010 and that motion was granted with leave to amend on March 11,
2011. Lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint on April 29, 2011. Defendants moved to dismiss the amended
complaint on July 1, 2011. On December 16, 2011, the motion to dismiss was granted with prejudice and on
December 19, 2011, judgment was entered in favor of defendants. On January 13, 2012, the plaintiffs filed a
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notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In May 2012, plaintiff filed his opening appeals brief. On
July 13, 2012, we filed our response brief. On September 4, 2012, plaintiff filed his reply.
In re Immersion Corporation Derivative Litigation
On September 15, 2009, a putative shareholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District
Court for the Northern District of California, purportedly on behalf of us and naming certain of our current and
former directors and officers as individual defendants. Thereafter, two additional putative derivative complaints
were filed in the same court.
The derivative complaints arise from the same or similar alleged facts as the federal securities actions and
seek to bring state law causes of action on behalf of us against the individual defendants for breaches of fiduciary
duty, gross negligence, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, breach of contract, waste of corporate assets,
unjust enrichment, as well as for violations of federal securities laws. The federal derivative complaints seek
compensatory damages, corporate governance changes, unspecified equitable and injunctive relief,
the
imposition of a constructive trust, and restitution. On November 17, 2009, the court consolidated these actions as
In re Immersion Corporation Derivative Litigation and appointed lead counsel. On May 3, 2010, the court issued
an order staying the action, and that stay was lifted following dismissal of the securities class action in December
2011. On October 31, 2012, plaintiffs filed a statement with the Court indicating that in light of the settlement of
the Kasmer v. Richardson action (referenced below), they intend to voluntarily dismiss their action with
prejudice once the time to appeal the Kasmer settlement approval order has expired. The parties jointly moved to
dismiss the action on January 2, 2013, and the Court dismissed the action with prejudice on January 4, 2013.
Kasmer v. Immersion Corporation
On May 5, 2010, an action was filed in Delaware Chancery Court by a shareholder seeking to enforce a
demand to inspect certain of our records pursuant to Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as a
possible prelude to the shareholder bringing a derivative action. We filed our answer on June 14, 2010,
questioning whether a proper purpose for the records inspection had been stated and raising other defenses
concerning the scope of the demand, among other deficiencies. Following a one-day trial on December 2, 2010,
the Court significantly narrowed the scope of the demand and we responded accordingly. On October 24, 2011,
the shareholder filed a motion seeking to compel further responses to the demand. We believe that our responses
complied with the Court’s ruling and we opposed the shareholder’s motion. On May 30, 2012, the same
shareholder filed a putative shareholder derivative action in San Francisco Superior Court, entitled Kasmer v.
Richardson et. al. purportedly on behalf of us and naming certain of our former directors and officers as
individual defendants. On June 5, 2012, the parties participated in a mediation session, and on the same day
reached an agreement in principle to settle both the Delaware Chancery and Kasmer v. Richardson actions. The
Delaware Chancery action was dismissed with prejudice by stipulation of the parties on October 22, 2012. The
settlement of the Kasmer v. Richardson action was approved by the San Francisco Superior Court on October 26,
2012 and became final on December 29, 2012.
Immersion Corporation vs. Motorola Mobility, Inc., Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc., HTC Corporation,
HTC America Holding, Inc., HTC America, Inc., HTC (B.V.I.) Corporation, Exedea, Inc., Brightstar
Corporation, and Brightpoint, Inc.
On February 7, 2012, we filed a complaint against Motorola with the U.S. International Trade Commission
(the “ITC”) alleging that certain Motorola mobile electronic devices, including smartphones and cellular phones,
infringe six of our patents that cover various uses of haptic effects in connection with touchscreens (the “ITC
Complaint”). The ITC Complaint requests that the ITC institute an immediate investigation into Motorola’s
unlicensed importation, sale for importation and/or sale after importation of mobile electronic devices, including
smartphones and cellular phones, using haptic effects covered by our patents. The ITC Complaint further
requests an exclusion order barring the importation, sale for importation and sale after importation of products
infringe our patents and cease and desist orders directing Motorola to cease importing, marketing,
that
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advertising, demonstrating, warehousing, distributing, selling, offering to sell and/or using mobile electronic
devices incorporating haptic effects that infringe one or more of our patents. We amended the ITC Complaint on
March 2, 2012 to add the following parties: HTC Corporation, HTC America Holding, Inc., HTC America, Inc.,
HTC (B.V.I.) Corporation, Exedea, Inc., Brightstar Corporation and Brightpoint, Inc. We subsequently withdrew
HTC America Holding, Inc., HTC (B.V.I.) Corporation, Exedea, Brightstar, and Brightpoint from the ITC
Complaint. The ITC instituted an investigation against Motorola Mobility, Inc., Motorola Mobility Holdings,
Inc., HTC Corporation, and HTC America, Inc. on April 2, 2012.
On February 7, 2012, we filed a complaint against Motorola in the U.S. District Court for the District of
Delaware (the “Motorola Delaware Complaint”) alleging that certain of Motorola’s mobile electronic devices,
including smartphones and cellular phones, infringe six of our patents that cover various uses of haptic effects.
The Motorola Delaware Complaint covers the same patents as the ITC Complaint. The Motorola Delaware
Complaint seeks damages and injunctive relief. The parties stipulated to stay the case pending the completion of
the ITC investigation.
Inc., HTC (B.V.I.) Corporation, Exedea,
On March 2, 2012, we filed a complaint against HTC Corporation, HTC America Holding, Inc., HTC
America,
Inc.
(collectively, “HTC”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (the “HTC Delaware Complaint”)
alleging that certain of HTC’s mobile electronic devices, including smartphones and cellular phones, infringe six
of our patents that cover various uses of haptic effects. The HTC Delaware Complaint covers the same patents as
the ITC Complaint. The HTC Delaware Complaint seeks damages and injunctive relief. The parties have
stipulated to stay the case pending the completion of the ITC investigation.
Inc., Brightstar Corporation and Brightpoint,
The ITC Complaint, Motorola Delaware Complaint and HTC Delaware Complaint assert infringement of the
following patents:
U.S. Patent No 6,429,846: “Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls”
U.S. Patent No 7,592,999: “Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls”
U.S. Patent No 7,969,288: “Force Feedback System Including Multi-Tasking Graphical Host Environment and
Interface Device”
U.S. Patent No 7,982,720: “Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls”
U.S. Patent No 8,031,181: “Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls”
U.S. Patent No 8,059,105: “Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls”
Motorola and HTC asserted that the patents are not infringed, invalid, and unenforceable.
On November 21, 2012, we entered into a confidential settlement agreement with Motorola. On January 15,
2013, the Administrative Law Judge issued an Initial Determination terminating the ITC investigation as to
Motorola.
The hearing in the ITC investigation against HTC is scheduled to begin on March 28, 2013.
In the United States Patent Office, HTC has filed requests for ex-parte reexamination of three of
Immersion’s patents: U.S. Patent No. 7,969,288 (the ’288 patent), U.S. Patent No. 7,592,999 (the ’999 patent),
and U.S. Patent No. 7,982,720 (the ’720 patent). Reexamination of the ’288 patent was requested on July 30,
2012. The Patent Office granted the request on October 24, 2012. Reexamination of the ’999 patent was
requested on September 6, 2012. The Patent Office granted the request on November 26, 2012. Reexamination of
the ’720 patent was requested on September 10, 2012. The Patent Office granted the request on November 28,
2012. The Patent Office has not yet issued any office actions in any of these reexamination proceedings.
We cannot predict the ultimate outcome of the above-mentioned federal and state actions and reexamination
proceedings, and we are unable to estimate any potential liability we may incur.
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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of
Equity Securities
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “IMMR.” The following table
sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales prices for our common stock on such market.
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2012
Fourth Quarter
Third Quarter
Second Quarter
First Quarter
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2011
Fourth Quarter
Third Quarter
Second Quarter
First Quarter
High
Low
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
6.93
6.11
7.12
7.50
7.39
10.66
8.74
7.81
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
4.15
5.15
4.71
5.08
4.67
5.85
6.80
5.77
On February 25, 2013, the closing price was $6.85 per share and there were 113 holders of record of our
common stock. Because many of such shares are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders,
we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders.
Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities
Below is a summary of stock repurchases for the quarter ending December 31, 2012. See Note 10 of our
consolidated financial statements for information regarding our stock repurchase program.
Program/Period (1)
Beginning approximate dollar value available to
be repurchased as of September 30, 2012 . . . .
October 1 — October 31, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
November 1 — November 30, 2012 . . . . . . . . . .
December 1 — December 31, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . .
the Program as of December 31, 2012 . . . . . . .
Ending approximate dollar value that may be
repurchased under the Program as of
December 31, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shares
Repurchased (2)
Average
Price Per
Share
Approximate Dollar
Value that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Program
86,050
0
0
86,050
$5.50
$0.00
$0.00
$19,913,000
473,000
$19,440,000
(1) On November 1, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $50,000,000.
This share repurchase authorization has no expiration date and does not require us to repurchase a specific
number of shares. The timing and amount of any share repurchase will depend on the share price, corporate
and regulatory requirements, economic and market conditions, and other
factors. The repurchase
authorization may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time.
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(2) All shares were repurchased on the open market as part of the plan publicly announced on November 1, 2007.
The repurchases were effected by a single broker in market transactions at prevailing market prices pursuant
to a trading plan designed to satisfy the conditions of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, as amended.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate paying
cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain any earnings to fund future growth,
product development, and operations.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
The following selected consolidated financial data is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in
conjunction with, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
2012
Years Ended December 31,
2011
2009 (2)
(In thousands, except per share data)
2010 (2)
2008
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Costs and expenses (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operating loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income tax benefit (provision) from continuing
operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loss from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gain (loss) from discontinued operations (net of
tax)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Basic and diluted net loss per share
Continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shares used in calculating basic and diluted net loss per
share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$32,169
37,264
(5,095)
$30,635
30,688
(53)
$31,124
35,952
(4,828)
$27,725
58,181
(30,456)
$27,981
77,075
(49,094)
(792)
(5,717)
153
(5,564)
$ (0.21)
0.01
$ (0.20)
(1,816)
(1,665)
61
(1,604)
$ (0.06)
0.00
$ (0.06)
(1,501)
(6,057)
130
(5,927)
$ (0.22)
0.01
$ (0.21)
310
(28,856)
(5,088)
(50,258)
577
(28,279)
(732)
(50,990)
$ (1.03)
0.02
$ (1.70)
(0.02)
$ (1.01)
$ (1.72)
27,735
28,564
28,113
27,973
29,575
December 31,
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
(In thousands)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term
investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$43,546
38,640
63,442
44,641
$56,285
49,520
74,679
51,621
$61,204
56,771
80,875
53,684
$63,728
61,005
87,834
55,741
$85,743
82,972
113,587
79,778
(1) Results include litigation settlements, conclusions, and patent license expense of $20.8 million for 2008.
(2) During 2009, we sold all of our 3D product line. On March 30, 2010, we divested certain medical simulation
product lines. See Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes
thereto.
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations includes
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Exchange Act, as amended. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.
Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,”
“may,” “will,” and other similar expressions. However, these words are not the only way we identify forward-
looking statements.
to expectations, projections, or other
characterizations of future events or circumstances, are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including
those set forth in Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” those described elsewhere in this report, and those described in our
other reports filed with the SEC. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date of this report, and we undertake no obligation to release the results of
any revisions to these forward-looking statements that could occur after the filing of this report.
In addition, any statements, which refer
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our
consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these
consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions, including those related to revenue
recognition, stock-based compensation, short-term investments, patents and intangible assets, income taxes,
contingencies, and litigation. We base our estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various
other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for
making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other
sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions.
We believe the following are our most critical accounting policies as they require our significant judgments
and estimates in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:
Revenue Recognition
(“ASC 605-25”);
We recognize revenues in accordance with applicable accounting standards, including Accounting Standards
Codification (“ASC”) 605-10-S99, “Revenue Recognition” (“ASC 605-10-S99”); ASC 605-25, “Multiple
Element Arrangements”
“Software-Revenue Recognition”
(“ASC 985-605”). We derive our revenues from three principal sources: royalty and license fees, product sales,
and development contracts. As described below, management judgments and estimates must be made and used in
connection with the revenue recognized in any accounting period. Material differences may result in the amount
and timing of our revenue for any period based on the judgments and estimates made by our management.
Specifically, in connection with each transaction, we must evaluate whether: (i) persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectibility is
probable. We apply these criteria as discussed below.
and ASC 985-605,
•
•
Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists: For a license arrangement, we require a written
contract, signed by both the customer and us. For a stand-alone product sale, we require a
purchase order or other form of written agreement with the customer.
Delivery has occurred. We deliver software and product to our customers physically and also
deliver software electronically. For physical deliveries not related to software, our transfer terms
typically include transfer of title and risk of loss at our shipping location. For electronic deliveries,
delivery occurs when we provide the customer access codes or “keys” that allow the customer to
take immediate possession of the software.
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•
•
The fee is fixed or determinable. Our arrangement fee is based on the use of standard payment
terms which are those that are generally extended to the majority of customers. For transactions
involving extended payment terms, we deem these fees not to be fixed or determinable for
revenue recognition purposes and revenue is deferred until the fees become due and payable.
Collectibility is probable. To recognize revenue, we must judge collectibility of the arrangement
fees, which we do on a customer-by-customer basis pursuant to our credit review policy. We
typically sell to customers with whom we have a history of successful collection. For new
customers, we evaluate the customer’s financial condition and ability to pay. If we determine that
collectibility is not probable based upon our credit review process or the customer’s payment
history, we recognize revenue when payment is received.
Royalty and license revenue — We license our portfolio of patents to customers in a variety of industries such
as mobility, gaming, automotive, and medical devices. A majority of these are variable fee arrangements where the
royalties earned by us are based on unit or sales volumes of the respective licensees. We also enter into fixed license
fee arrangements. The terms of the royalty agreements generally require licensees to give notification of royalties due
to us within 30 — 45 days of the end of the quarter during which their related sales occur. As we are unable to estimate
the licensees’ sales in any given quarter to determine the royalties due to us, we recognize royalty revenues based on
royalties reported by licensees during the quarter and when all revenue recognition criteria are met. We recognize fixed
license fee revenue for licenses to our IP when earned under the terms of the agreements, which is generally
recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected term of the license. Certain royalties are based upon customer
shipments or revenues and could be subject to change and may result in out of period adjustments.
Development contracts and other revenue — Development contracts and other revenue are comprised of
engineering services (engineering services and/or development contracts) and in very limited cases, post contract
customer support (“PCS”). Engineering services revenues are recognized under the proportional performance
accounting method based on physical completion of the work to be performed or completed performance method. A
provision for losses on contracts is made, if necessary, in the period in which the loss becomes probable and can be
reasonably estimated. Revisions in estimates are reflected in the period in which the conditions become known. To
date, such losses have not been significant. Revenue from PCS is typically recognized over the period of the ongoing
obligation, which is generally consistent with the contractual term.
Multiple element arrangements — We enter into multiple element arrangements in which customers purchase
time-based non-exclusive licenses that cannot be resold to others, which include a combination of software and/or IP
licenses, engineering services, and in very limited cases PCS. For arrangements that are software based and include
software and engineering services, the services are generally not essential to the functionality of the software, and
customers may purchase engineering services to facilitate the adoption of our technology, but they may also decide to
use their own resources or appoint other engineering service organizations to perform these services. For these
arrangements, including those with PCS, revenue is recognized either over the period of the ongoing obligation which
is generally consistent with the contractual term, or when deliverables have been completed.
Product sales — We recognize revenue from the sale of products and the license of associated software, if
any, and expense all related costs of products sold, once delivery has occurred and customer acceptance, if required,
has been achieved. We have determined that the license of software for the medical simulation products is incidental to
the product as a whole. We typically grant our customers a warranty which guarantees that our products will
substantially conform to our current specifications for generally three to twelve months from the delivery date pursuant
to the terms of the arrangement. Historically, warranty-related costs have not been significant.
Cost of Revenues — Cost of revenues includes both cost of product sales and cost of development contract
revenues. Cost of product sales consists primarily of contract manufacturing and other overhead costs. Cost of
development contract revenue includes primarily labor related costs relating to these contracts.
Stock-based Compensation — Stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair
value of the award and is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is
the vesting period.
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Valuation and amortization method — We use the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model (“Black-
Scholes model”), single-option approach to determine the fair value of stock options and Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) shares. All share-based payment awards are amortized on a straight-line basis over the
requisite service periods of the awards, which are generally the vesting periods. Stock-based compensation
expense recognized at fair value includes the impact of estimated forfeitures. We estimate future forfeitures at the
date of grant and revise the estimates if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from these
estimates. The determination of the fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant using an
option-pricing model is affected by our stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and
subjective variables. These variables include actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors that
impact the expected term, our expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, risk-free interest rate,
and expected dividends.
If factors change and we employ different assumptions for estimating stock-based compensation expense in
future periods, or if we decide to use a different valuation model, the future periods may differ significantly from
what we have recorded in the current period and could materially affect our operating results.
The Black-Scholes model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no
vesting restrictions and are fully transferable, characteristics not present in our option grants and ESPP shares.
Existing valuation models, including the Black-Scholes model, may not provide reliable measures of the fair
values of our stock-based compensation. Consequently, there is a risk that our estimates of the fair values of our
stock-based compensation awards on the grant dates may bear little resemblance to the actual values realized
upon the exercise, expiration, early termination, or forfeiture of those stock-based payments in the future. Certain
stock-based payments, such as employee stock options, may expire and be worthless or otherwise result in zero
intrinsic value as compared to the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial
statements. Alternatively, value may be realized from these instruments that are significantly higher than the fair
values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial statements. There currently is no
market-based mechanism or other practical application to verify the reliability and accuracy of the estimates
stemming from these valuation models, nor is there a means to compare and adjust the estimates to actual values.
See Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements for further information regarding stock-based
compensation.
Accounting for Income Taxes
We use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, income tax
expense is recognized for the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year. In addition, deferred tax
assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between
the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and for operating losses and tax credit
carryforwards. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount
expected to be realized and are reversed at such time that realization is believed to be more likely than not.
Our judgments, assumptions, and estimates relative to the current provision for income tax take into account
current tax laws, our interpretation of current tax laws, and possible outcomes of current and future audits
conducted by foreign and domestic tax authorities. We have established reserves for income taxes to address
potential exposures involving tax positions that could be challenged by tax authorities. Although we believe our
judgments, assumptions, and estimates are reasonable, changes in tax laws or our interpretation of tax laws and
any future tax audits could significantly impact the amounts provided for income taxes in our consolidated
financial statements.
Our assumptions, judgments, and estimates relative to the value of a deferred tax asset take into account
predictions of the amount and category of future taxable income, such as income from operations or capital gains
income. Actual operating results and the underlying amount and category of income in future years could render
inaccurate our current assumptions, judgments, and estimates of recoverable net deferred tax assets. Any of the
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assumptions, judgments, and estimates mentioned above could cause our actual income tax obligations to differ
from our estimates, thus materially impacting our financial position and results of operations.
Short-term Investments
Our short-term investments consist primarily of U.S. treasury bills and government agency securities
purchased with an original or remaining maturity of greater than 90 days on the date of purchase. We classify all
debt securities with readily determinable market values as “available-for-sale”. Even though the stated maturity
dates of these debt securities may be one year or more beyond the balance sheet date, we have classified all debt
securities as short-term investments as they are available for current operations and reasonably expected to be
realized in cash or sold within one year. These investments are carried at fair market value, and using the specific
identification method, any unrealized gains and losses considered to be temporary in nature are reported as a
separate component of other comprehensive income (loss) within stockholders’ equity.
For debt securities in an unrealized loss position, we are required to assess whether (i) we have the intent to
sell the debt security or (ii) it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the debt security before its
anticipated recovery. If either of these conditions is met, an other-than-temporary impairment on the security
must be recognized in earnings equal to the entire difference between its fair value and amortized cost basis.
For debt securities in an unrealized loss position which are deemed to be other-than-temporary where neither
of the criteria in the paragraph above are present, the difference between the security’s then-current amortized
cost basis and fair value is separated into (i) the amount of the impairment related to the credit loss (i.e., the
credit loss component) and (ii) the amount of the impairment related to all other factors (i.e., the non-credit loss
component). The credit loss component is recognized in earnings. The non-credit loss component is recognized
in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The credit loss component is the excess of the amortized cost of the
security over the best estimate of the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected from the debt
security. The non-credit component is the residual amount of the other-than-temporary impairment.
When calculating the present value of expected cash flows to determine the credit loss component of the
other-than-temporary impairment, we estimate the amount and timing of projected cash flows on a security-by-
security basis. These calculations reflect our expectations of the performance of the underlying collateral and of
the issuer to meet payment obligations as applicable. The expected cash flows are discounted using the effective
interest rate of the security prior to any impairment. The amortized cost basis of a debt security is adjusted for
credit losses recorded to earnings. The difference between the cash flows expected to be collected and the new
cost basis is accreted to investment income over the remaining expected life of the security.
Further information about short-term investments may be found in Note 2 to the consolidated financial
statements.
Patents and Intangible Assets
We have acquired patents and other intangible assets. In addition, we capitalize the external legal, filing, and
continuation or annuity fees associated with patents and trademarks. We assess the recoverability of our
intangible assets, and we must make assumptions regarding estimated future cash flows and other factors to
determine the fair value of the respective assets that affect our consolidated financial statements. If these
estimates or related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record impairment charges for these
assets. We amortize our intangible assets related to patents and trademarks, once they are issued, over their
estimated useful lives, generally 10 years. Future changes in the estimated useful life could affect the amount of
future period amortization expense that we will incur. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we capitalized
costs associated with patents and trademarks of $3.2 million. Our total amortization expense (exclusive of
impairments or abandonments of $491,000) for the same period was $1.1 million.
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The above listing is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our accounting policies. In many cases,
the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP, with no need for
management’s judgment in its application. There are also areas in which management’s judgment in selecting
any available alternative would not produce a materially different result.
Results of Operations
Overview of 2012
We continued to invest in research, development, sales, and marketing in our key lines of business. Key
events in the year were as follows:
• We increased our royalty and license revenue by 8% and our overall revenue increased by 5% for the
year ended December 31, 2012 compared to 2011. The increase in royalty and license revenue was
mainly due to additional revenue from our medical, mobility, automotive, and chip and other licensees.
This increase was partially offset by a 23% decrease in product sales, primarily due to reduced sales of
our Virtual IV simulation product.
Our loss from continuing operations was $5.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared
to a loss from continuing operations of $1.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. The loss was
primarily due to higher operating expenses which include an increase in general and administrative
expenses, mainly resulting from increased litigation expenses of approximately $7.5 million partially
offset by increased gross profit from increased revenue and by reduced compensation-related operating
expenses.
•
In 2013, we expect royalty revenue to be the major component of our revenue as our technology continues to
be included in more of our licensees’ products and as we continue to implement our patent licensing program
relating to Basic Haptics. IP litigation may cause us to expend significant financial resources in the future and
have an adverse effect on the results of our operations. Additionally, our success could be limited by several
factors, including global economic conditions, the timely release of our new products and our licensees’
products, continued market acceptance of our products and technology, and the introduction of new products by
existing or new competitors. For a further discussion of these and other risk factors, see Item 1A —
“Risk Factors.”
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The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of operations data as a percentage of total
revenues:
Revenues:
Years Ended December 31,
2012
2011
2010
Royalty and license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Product sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Development contracts and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
90.1 %
6.2
3.7
87.9 %
8.4
3.7
74.7 %
21.9
3.4
Total revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100.0
100.0
100.0
Costs and expenses:
Cost of product sales (exclusive of amortization and impairment of
intangibles shown separately below) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization and impairment of intangibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total costs and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operating loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest and other income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income
taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loss from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gain on sales of discontinued operations, net of provision for income
3.7
21.0
26.2
60.1
4.8
115.8
(15.8)
0.5
(15.3)
(2.5)
(17.8)
taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0.5
4.1
23.1
27.4
41.0
4.6
100.2
(0.2)
0.7
0.5
(5.9)
(5.4)
0.2
9.3
25.8
28.1
48.3
4.0
115.5
(15.5)
0.9
(14.6)
(4.8)
(19.4)
0.4
Net Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(17.3) %
(5.2) %
(19.0) %
Revenues
Percent
Change Change
2012
2011
Percent
Change Change
2010
Royalty and license . . . . . . . . . .
Product sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Development contracts and
$28,989
1,982
$2,073
(601)
8% $
($ in thousands)
26,916
2,583
$
(23)%
3,666
(4,220)
16% $
(62)%
23,250
6,803
other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,198
62
5%
1,136
65
6%
1,071
Total revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$32,169
$1,534
5% $
30,635
$
(489)
(2)% $
31,124
2012 Compared to 2011
Royalty and license revenue — Royalty and license revenue is comprised of royalties earned on sales by our
licensees and license fees charged for our IP portfolio. The increase in royalty and license revenue was due to
increases from our medical, mobility, automotive, and chip and other licensees, partially offset by decreases from
our gaming licensees.
Royalty and license revenue increased by 7% for mobility customers primarily due to an increased volume
of new handsets and other devices sold primarily by Korean and Japanese licensees. We anticipate that this line
of business will grow in importance as mobile device manufacturers increasingly recognize the value of our IP
and technology and as we expand our presence in China, Korea, and Japan.
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Royalty and license revenue increased by 58% for medical customers primarily due to additional royalty
revenue from additional volume of units sold by our licensees along with additional license fees.
Royalty and license revenue also increased by 9% for automotive customers due to our technology being
incorporated in an increased volume of vehicles. Royalty and license revenue increased by 18% for chip and
other customers primarily due to increased volume of chips sold into China and other Asian markets.
Royalty and license revenue decreased by 4% for gaming customers mainly due to a decrease in units
shipped by certain licensees. This decrease was primarily due to the current softness in the console gaming
market, which can fluctuate based upon consumer gaming preferences and the timing of introductions of new
gaming console systems.
We expect royalty and license revenue to be the major component of our future revenue as our technology
continues to be included in more products and as we continue our efforts to monetize our IP. We typically
experience seasonally higher revenue from our gaming and mobility customers due to the reporting of holiday
sales in the first calendar quarter.
Product sales — Product sales are comprised primarily of medical products, actuators, design kits, and
integrated circuits. The decrease in product sales primarily reflects a reduction in medical product sales
specifically related to weaker demand for our Virtual IV simulator product. In December of 2012 we entered into
a royalty generating licensing agreement with our Virtual IV partner in accordance with which we will no longer
produce the Virtual IV system. As a result of this agreement, we expect product sales will be significantly lower
in the future.
Development contracts and other revenue — Development contracts and other revenue is comprised of
revenue on commercial contracts. Development contracts and other revenue increased mainly due to an increase
in contracted engineering service revenue from our mobility and automotive customers partially offset by a
decrease in engineering service revenue from our medical customers. We continue to focus our engineering
resources on development efforts that
leverage our existing sales and channel distribution capabilities.
Accordingly, we do not expect development contract revenue to be a significant part of total revenues in the
future.
For 2012 revenues generated in North America, Europe, Far East, and Rest of the World represented 41%,
13%, 46%, and 0%, respectively, compared to 42%, 13%, 45%, and 0%, respectively, for 2011. The shift in
revenues among regions was mainly due to an increase in royalty and license revenue in the Far East offset by a
decrease in product sales in North America. The increase in royalty and license revenue from the Far East was
mainly due to increased royalties from mobility, automotive, and chip and other licensees. The decrease in
product sales in North America was primarily due to a reduction in product sales of our Virtual IV medical
simulator products.
2011 Compared to 2010
Royalty and license revenue — The increase in royalty and license revenue was due to increases in royalty
and license revenue generated primarily from increases in the mobility, gaming, and medical lines of business,
partially offset by decreases from our other licensees.
Royalty and license revenue increased by 25% for gaming customers mainly due to increases in royalties
from new and existing customers due to increased units shipped by licensees, partially offset by decreases in
certain true ups and other one-time payments that occurred primarily in the second quarter of 2010.
Royalty and license revenue increased by 21% for mobility customers primarily due to increases in units
technology in the mobility market. We also recorded
shipped and more widespread adoption of our
approximately $820,000 as an increase in revenue as a result of customers self-reporting adjustments to
previously reported amounts.
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Product sales — The decrease in product sales was due primarily to a $3.9 million decrease in medical
product sales mainly due to the divesture of medical simulation product lines. On March 30, 2010 we entered
into an agreement with CAE and sold certain assets and divested the Endoscopy, Endovascular, and Laparoscopy
medical simulation product lines to CAE resulting in reduced medical product sales subsequent to that date.
Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2010 for the divested medical product lines was approximately $4
million.
Development contracts and other revenue — Development contracts and other revenue increased mainly due
to an increase in contracted engineering services mainly from medical customers.
For 2011 revenues generated in North America, Europe, Far East, and Rest of the World represented 42%,
13%, 45%, and 0%, respectively, compared to 37%, 15%, 46%, and 2%, respectively, for 2010. The shift in
revenues among regions was mainly due to a decrease in product sales in Europe, the Far East, and Rest of the
World as a result of the divestiture of the medical simulation product lines. These decreases were partially offset
by an increase in royalty and license revenue in the Far East. The increase in Far Eastern royalty and license
revenue was primarily due to increased royalty and license revenue from licensees of mobile devices partially
offset by a decrease in royalty and license revenue from other licensees. In addition, there was an increase in
royalty and license revenue in North America partially offset by a decrease in product revenue in North America.
The increase in North American royalty and license revenue was primarily due to increased royalty and license
revenue from gaming and medical licensees. The decrease in North American product revenue was primarily as a
result of the divestiture of the medical simulation product lines.
The total revenues of approximately $31 million in 2010 was comprised of approximately $4 million from
medical product lines transferred to CAE and approximately $1 million of gaming royalty true ups, with the
remainder of approximately $26 million representing current ongoing customers or business.
Cost of Revenues
2012
Change % Change
2011
Change % Change
2010
Cost of revenues . . . . . . . $
% of total revenues . . . . .
1,188
4%
$
(67)
(5)% $
($ in thousands)
1,255
$
4%
(1,646)
(57)% $
2,901
9%
2012 compared to 2011 — Our cost of
revenues consists primarily of direct materials, contract
manufacturing, and overhead costs for product sales and labor related costs for development contracts and other.
It excludes amortization and impairment or abandonment of intangibles. Lower product sales were the major
contributor to the overall reduction of cost of revenues for 2012 as compared to 2011. Specifically, the decrease
in cost of revenues for 2012 as compared to 2011 was primarily due to decreased direct material costs, contract
manufacturing costs, and related costs of $201,000; partially offset by an increase in warranty and repair expense
of $59,000, an increase in salary, benefits, and overhead of $57,000; and an increase in obsolescence expense of
$21,000. The decrease in direct material, contract manufacturing, related costs, and freight expense of
approximately 20% was mainly due to a decrease in related product sales. As previously discussed, in the future
we will only be licensing our Virtual IV systems instead of manufacturing them. As a result, we expect cost of
revenue will be significantly reduced in 2013.
2011 compared to 2010 — The divestiture of certain medical simulation product lines in 2010 was a major
contributor to the overall reduction of cost of revenues in 2011 compared to 2010. Specifically, the decrease in
cost of revenues for 2011 compared to 2010 was primarily due to decreased direct material costs, contract
manufacturing, and related costs of $1.5 million and decreased freight costs of $177,000. The decrease in direct
material, contract manufacturing, related costs, and freight expense of approximately 62% in 2011 compared to
2010 was mainly due to a similar decrease in product sales.
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Expenses
2012
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development . . . . .
General and administrative . . . .
Amortization and impairment of
intangibles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
6,775 $
8,421
19,326
(310)
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6,758
Percent
Change Change
Percent
Change Change
2010
2011
($ in thousands)
$
(4)% $ 7,085
8,386
12,568
0%
54%
(948)
(352)
(2,475)
(12)% $
(4)%
(16)%
8,033
8,738
15,043
1,554
160
11%
1,394
157
13%
1,237
Sales and Marketing — Our sales and marketing expenses are comprised of employee compensation and
benefits, sales commissions, advertising, trade shows, collateral marketing materials, market development funds,
travel, and an allocation of facilities costs. The decrease in sales and marketing expense for 2012 as compared to
2011 was primarily due to decreased compensation, benefits, and other related costs of $529,000 mainly due to
decreased sales and marketing headcount and benefits, as well as decreased consulting expense of $72,000;
partially offset by increased marketing, advertising, and public relations costs of $137,000 due to current
marketing initiatives, and increased bad debt expense of $134,000. We expect that sales and marketing expenses
will continue to be significant as we continue to invest in sales and marketing to further our focus on building
greater market acceptance for our touch technologies.
The decrease in sales and marketing expense for 2011 as compared to 2010 was primarily due to the
divestiture of the medical simulation product lines, resulting in reduced ongoing expenses. Specifically, the
decrease in overall sales and marketing expenses was mainly due to decreased compensation, benefits, and other
related costs of $1.1 million primarily due to decreased sales and marketing headcount and decreased travel
expense of $156,000 related to the decrease in sales and marketing headcount, partially offset by increased
marketing, advertising, and public relations costs of $396,000.
Research and Development — Our research and development expenses are comprised primarily of employee
compensation and benefits, consulting fees, tooling and supplies, and an allocation of facilities costs. The
increase in research and development expenses for 2012 as compared to 2011 was primarily due to increased
compensation, benefits, and other related costs of $174,000 mainly due to increased headcount and related
expense; partially offset by decreased consulting expense of $89,000 and decreased lab and prototyping costs of
$36,000. We believe that continued significant investment in research and development is critical to our future
success, and we expect
increased investments in areas of research and technology
development to support future growth.
to make significant
The decrease in research and development expense for 2011 as compared to 2010 was primarily due to the
divestiture of the medical simulation product lines partially offset by increased investment in research and
development efforts. Specifically, the decrease in overall research and development expenses was primarily due
to decreased compensation, benefits, and overhead of $575,000 due to reductions from the divestiture of the
medical simulation product lines, partially offset by increased compensation, benefits, and overhead of $315,000
due to increased headcount. In addition, we had decreased consulting costs of $93,000.
General and Administrative — Our general and administrative expenses are comprised primarily of
employee compensation and benefits, legal and professional fees, office supplies, travel, and an allocation of
facilities costs. The increase in general and administrative expenses 2012 as compared to 2011 was primarily due
to increased legal, professional, and license fee expenses of $7.7 million, partially offset by decreased
compensation, benefits, and other related costs of $899,000. The increased legal and professional expenses were
primarily due to increased litigation expenses of $7.5 million relating to ongoing and completed litigation and
increased patent related legal costs of $341,000, partially offset by reduced other professional services expenses
of $120,000. The decreased compensation, benefits, and other related costs were mainly due to reduced stock
compensation costs, decreased headcount expenses, and reduced severance costs for terminated employees. We
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will continue to incur costs related to litigation, which will cause our general and administrative expenses to be
significant as we continue to assert our IP and contractual rights and defend any lawsuits brought against us, but
we expect legal expenses to be reduced in 2013 due to litigation settlements in 2012 and the anticipated
conclusion of current ITC litigation during 2013.
The decrease in general and administrative expenses for 2011 as compared to 2010 was primarily due to
decreased legal, professional, and license fee expenses of $2.7 million, partially offset by increased
compensation, benefits, and other related costs of $256,000. The decreased legal and professional expenses were
primarily due to decreased accounting, audit, legal and consulting costs mainly resulting from our internal
investigation which was concluded in 2010. A decrease in litigation expenses as certain lawsuits were settled
during 2010 also contributed to the overall reduction in legal and professional expenses. The increased
compensation, benefits, and other related costs was primarily due to increased stock compensation expense
mainly due to the timing of the expense of stock options granted and increased severance costs for terminated
employees.
Amortization,
impairment, and abandonment of
impairment, and
abandonment of intangibles is comprised primarily of patent amortization and other intangible amortization
along with impairment or write off of abandoned and expired patents. Amortization,
impairment, and
abandonment of intangibles increased from 2011 to 2012 and from 2010 to 2011 mainly due to increased
amortization from the increased number of patents.
Intangibles — Our amortization,
Interest and Other Income
Percent
Change Change
Percent
2011 Change Change
2010
2012
Interest and other income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
170
$
(34)
($ in thousands)
$
(17)% 204
(68)
(25)% 272
Interest and Other Income — Interest and other income consist primarily of interest income from cash and
cash equivalents and short-term investments, interest on notes receivable, exchange rate gains and losses and
other income. Interest and other income decreased in 2012 compared to 2011 primarily as a result of decreased
interest income due to reduced cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments and exchange rate losses;
partially offset by increased interest on notes receivable.
Interest and other income decreased in 2011 compared to 2010 primarily as a result of decreased interest
income mainly due to reduced interest rates on cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments.
Provision for Taxes
2012
Percent
Change Change
Percent
Change Change
2010
2011
($ in thousands)
Provision for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . $
Income (loss) from continuing
operations before provision for
income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Effective tax rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(792) $ 1,024
56% $ (1,816) $ (315)
(21)% $ (1,501)
(4,925)
(16.1)%
151
1202.6%
(4,556)
(32.9)%
For 2012 we recorded a provision for income taxes of $792,000 yielding an effective tax rate of (16.1)%.
The current year tax provision is primarily reflective of the recording of foreign withholding tax expense which
has decreased as a result of reduced withholding tax expense from certain Asian countries. For 2011 we recorded
a provision for income taxes of $1.8 million yielding an effective tax rate of 1202.6%. The 2011 tax provision is
primarily reflective of the recording of foreign withholding tax expense which increased due to increased
withholding tax expense from certain Asian countries. For 2010, we recorded a provision for income taxes of
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$1.5 million yielding an effective tax rate of (32.9)%. The 2010 year tax provision is also reflective of the
recording of foreign withholding tax expense. As such, for each of these three years, the effective tax rate differs
from the statutory rates, respectively.
Discontinued Operations
Percent
2012 Change Change
Percent
2011 Change Change
2010
($ in thousands)
Gain on sales of discontinued operations . . . . . $
153 $
92
151% $
61 $
(69)
(53)% $
130
Gain on sales of discontinued operations, net of tax, increased for the year ended December 31, 2012
compared to the year ended December 31, 2011 due to increased payments received from the sale of our 3D
family of products. During 2009, we ceased operations of the 3D product line and sold our CyberGlove family of
products, SoftMouse 3D positioning device family of products, and our Microscribe family of products, and
recorded a gain on sale from discontinued operations. Accordingly, the operations of the 3D product line were
classified as discontinued operations in the consolidated statement of operations.
Gain on sales of discontinued operations, net of tax, decreased for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to
the year ended December 31, 2010 due to a reduction in payments received from the sale of our 3D family of products.
Segment Results
Through March 31, 2010, we managed our business under two operating and reportable segments: Touch
and Medical. As discussed in Notes 11 and 16 of the consolidated financial statements, at March 30, 2010, we
had divested our Endoscopy, Endovascular, and Laparoscopy product lines. The primary focus of our medical
business changed from simulation product sales to a licensing model under which we develop and license a wide
range of haptic-related software and patented technologies that generate license and royalty revenue.
As of April 1, 2010, we reorganized into one segment and as of that time there was no longer separate
management, development, operations, or administrative personnel specifically for medical operations or product lines.
As such, segment information previously reported under our Medical and Touch segments was eliminated
and all discussion of our business is included in discussions of our company as a whole.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments consist primarily of money market funds and U.S.
treasury bills and government agency securities. All of our short-term investments are classified as available-for-
sale. The securities are stated at market value, with unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of
accumulated other comprehensive income, within stockholders’ equity.
As of December 31, 2012, our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments totaled $43.5 million, a
decrease of $12.8 million from $56.3 million on December 31, 2011.
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities — Net cash used in operating activities during 2012 was $4.2
million compared to $2.4 million provided by operations in 2011, a decrease of $6.6 million. Cash used in
operating activities during 2012 was primarily the result of our net loss of $5.6 million, a decrease of $3.2 million
due to a change in deferred revenue and customer advances primarily due to recognition of deferred revenue, a
decrease of $685,000 due to a change in accrued compensation and other current liabilities mainly from
decreased activity from new leasehold construction at the end of 2011, a decrease of $504,000 due to a change in
accounts and other receivables from the timing of payment of receivables, and a decrease of $227,000 due to a
change in prepaid expenses and other current assets. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of
$374,000 primarily due to a change in other long-term liabilities due to an increase in deferred rent, and an
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increase of $282,000 due to a change in inventories mainly due to shipments of our Virtual IV product. Cash
used in operating activities during 2012 was also affected by noncash charges of $5.3 million, including $3.1
million of noncash stock-based compensation, $1.6 million in amortization, impairment, and abandonment of
intangibles and $654,000 in depreciation and amortization.
Net cash provided by operating activities during 2011 was $2.4 million, an improvement of $4.2 million
from the $1.8 million used in operating activities during 2010. Cash provided by operating activities during 2011
was primarily the result of an increase of $3.3 million due to a change in prepaid expenses and other current
assets primarily reflecting a tax refund received. Cash provided by operating activities during 2011 was also
affected by noncash charges and credits of $6.0 million,
including $3.6 million of noncash stock-based
compensation, $1.4 million in amortization and impairment or abandonment of intangibles, and $1.1 million in
depreciation and amortization. These increases were partially offset by our net loss of $1.6 million, a decrease of
$3.6 million due to a change in deferred revenue and customer advances, a decrease of $785,000 due to a change
in accrued compensation and other current liabilities, a decrease of $567,000 due to a change in accounts
receivable, a decrease of $266,000 due to a change in other long-term liabilities, and a decrease of $116,000 due
to a changes in other assets and other items. Deferred revenue and customer advances decreased mainly due to
the recognition of previously deferred revenue. Accrued compensation and other current liabilities changed due
to a reduction in accrued compensation and the timing of payments. Accounts and other receivables increased
primarily due an increase in other receivables primarily from a landlord lessor and others.
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities — Net cash provided by investing activities during 2012 was
$6.1 million, compared to the $3.3 million used in investing activities during 2011, an increase of $9.4 million.
Net cash provided by investing activities during 2012 consisted of maturities of short-term investments of $54.0
million and proceeds from sales of discontinued operations of $250,000. This was partially offset by purchases of
short-term investments of $43.9 million; additions to intangibles of $3.2 million primarily due to capitalization of
external patent filings and application costs; and purchases of property, plant, and equipment of $1.0 million. Net
cash used in investing activities during 2011 was $3.3 million, compared to the $6.2 million used in investing
activities during 2010, a decrease of $2.9 million. Net cash used in investing activities during 2011 consisted
primarily of purchases of short-term investments of $48.9 million and a $3.3 million increase in intangibles
primarily due to capitalization of external patent filing and application costs, partially offset by an increase in
proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale investments of $49.0 million.
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities — Net cash used in financing activities during 2012 was $4.6
million compared to $4.0 million used in 2011, or a $0.6 million increase in cash used compared to the prior year.
Net cash used in financing activities during 2012 consisted primarily of repurchases of common stock of $5.7
million, partially offset by exercises of stock options and the issuance of common stock under the employee stock
purchase plan of $1.2 million. Net cash used in financing activities during 2011 was $4.0 million compared to
$418,000 provided during 2010, or a $4.4 million increase in cash used compared to the prior year. Net cash used in
financing activities for 2011 consisted primarily of repurchases of common stock of $6.5 million, partially offset by
exercises of stock options and the issuance of common stock under the employee stock purchase plan of $2.4 million.
We believe that our cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet our working capital needs for at
least the next twelve months. We will continue to protect and defend our extensive IP portfolio, which is
expected to result in the continued use of cash. Our Board has approved repurchases of our shares of common
stock under the previously authorized Stock Repurchase Program which currently has $19.4 million remaining.
We anticipate that capital expenditures for property and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2013 will be
less than $500,000. We anticipate that capitalization of external patent filing and application costs for the year
ended December 31, 2013 will be approximately $3.5 million. Cash flows from our discontinued operations have
been included in our consolidated statement of cash flows with continuing operations within each cash flow
category. The absence of cash flows from discontinued operations is not expected to affect our future liquidity or
capital resources. Additionally, if we acquire businesses, patents, or products, our cash or capital requirements
could increase substantially. In the event of such an acquisition, or should any unanticipated circumstances arise
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that significantly increase our capital requirements, we may elect to raise additional capital through debt or
equity financing. Any of these events could result in substantial dilution to our stockholders. There is no
assurance that such additional capital will be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all.
Summary Disclosures about Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
The following table reflects a summary of our contractual cash obligations and other commercial
commitments as of December 31, 2012 (in thousands):
Contractual Obligations
Total
Less Than
1 Year
1-3 Years
3-5 Years
More Than
5 Years
Operating Leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchase Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 4,231
116
$ 2,115
116
$ 1,183
0
Total
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 4,347
$ 2,231
$ 1,183
$ 933
0
$ 933
$
$
0
0
0
At December 31, 2012, we had a liability for unrecognized tax benefits totaling $684,000 including interest
of $56,000, of which approximately $225,000 could be payable in cash. The Company expects to release reserves
and record a tax benefit due to the expiration of statute of limitations during the next 12 months.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements for information regarding the effect of new accounting
pronouncements on our financial statements.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange
rates. Changes in these factors may cause fluctuations in our earnings and cash flows. We evaluate and manage
the exposure to these market risks as follows:
Cash Equivalents, Short-term Investments, and Long-Term Investments — We have cash equivalents and
short-term investments of $39.0 million as of December 31, 2012. These securities are subject to interest rate
fluctuations. An increase in interest rates could adversely affect the market value of our fixed income securities.
A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates would result in an approximate $122,000 decrease in the
fair value of our cash equivalents, short-term investments, and long-term investments as of December 31, 2012.
We limit our exposure to interest rate and credit risk by establishing and monitoring clear policies and
guidelines for our cash equivalents and short-term investment portfolios. The primary objective of our policies is
to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing yields, without significantly increasing risk. Our
policy’s guidelines limit exposure to loss by limiting the sums we can invest in any individual security and
restricting investment to securities that meet certain defined credit ratings. We do not use derivative financial
instruments in our investment portfolio to manage interest rate risk.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates — A substantial majority of our revenue, expense, and capital purchasing
activities are transacted in U.S. dollars. However, we do incur certain operating costs for our foreign operations
in other currencies but these operations are limited in scope and thus we are not materially exposed to foreign
currency fluctuations. Additionally we have some reliance on international and export sales that are subject to the
risks of fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Because a substantial majority of our international and export
revenues, as well as expenses, are typically denominated in U.S. dollars, a strengthening of the U.S. dollar could
cause our products to become relatively more expensive to customers in a particular country, leading to a
reduction in sales or profitability in that country. We have no foreign exchange contracts, option contracts, or
other foreign currency hedging arrangements.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
IMMERSION CORPORATION
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the Years Ended December 31, 2012,
2011, and 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 . . . . . . .
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Immersion Corporation
San Jose, California
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Immersion Corporation and subsidiaries
(the “Company”) as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations and
comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2012. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15.
These consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’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. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Immersion Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012, in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such
financial statements, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole,
present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on the
criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 6, 2013 expressed an unqualified
opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
San Jose, California
March 6, 2013
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
December 31,
2012
2011
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Short-term investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts and other receivables (net of allowances for doubtful accounts of: $134 and $21,
$
4,558
38,988
$
respectively) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepaid expenses and other current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intangibles and other assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,878
141
165
706
46,436
1,281
15,725
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
63,442
$
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue and customer advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
Total current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred income tax liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other long-term liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
338
2,502
1,022
3,934
7,796
10,221
165
619
18,801
7,298
48,987
1,487
423
215
479
58,889
1,737
14,053
74,679
365
2,830
2,054
4,120
9,369
13,229
215
245
23,058
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 9 and 15)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock and additional paid-in capital – $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares
authorized; 32,278,330 and 31,786,030 shares issued, respectively; 27,295,586 and
27,857,824 shares outstanding, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated other comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated deficit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Treasury stock at cost: 4,982,744 and 3,928,206 shares, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186,822
109
(111,721)
(30,569)
Total stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44,641
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
63,442
$
182,508
118
(106,157)
(24,848)
51,621
74,679
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenues:
Royalty and license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Product sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Development contracts and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
Total revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
$
28,989
1,982
1,198
32,169
26,916
2,583
1,136
30,635
23,250
6,803
1,071
31,124
Years Ended December 31,
2012
2011
2010
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of amortization, impairment, and
abandonment of intangibles shown separately below) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization, impairment, and abandonment of intangibles . . . . . . . . . .
Total costs and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operating loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest and other income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income
taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loss from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Discontinued operations (Note 11):
Gain on sales of discontinued operations, net of provision for income
1,188
6,775
8,421
19,326
1,554
37,264
(5,095)
170
(4,925)
(792)
(5,717)
1,255
7,085
8,386
12,568
1,394
30,688
(53)
204
151
(1,816)
(1,665)
2,901
8,033
8,738
15,043
1,237
35,952
(4,828)
272
(4,556)
(1,501)
(6,057)
taxes of $97, $39 and $65, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153
61
130
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
(5,564) $
(1,604) $
(5,927)
Basic and diluted net loss per share:
Continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
$
(0.21) $
0.01
(0.06) $
0.00
(0.20) $
(0.06) $
(0.22)
0.01
(0.21)
Shares used in calculating basic and diluted net loss per share . . . . . . . . . .
27,735
28,564
28,113
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities arising during
period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9)
(9)
(2)
(2)
54
54
Total comprehensive loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
(5,573) $
(1,606) $
(5,873)
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands, except share amounts)
Common Stock and
Additional Paid-In Capital
Shares
Amount
Warrants
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Accumulated
Deficit
Treasury Stock
Shares
Amount
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Balances at January 1, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . .
30,786,156
$ 172,679
$
11
$
66
$
(98,626)
2,786,563
$ (18,389)
$
55,741
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale
securities, net of taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repurchase of stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Release of Restricted Stock Units . . . . . . . .
Expiration of warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
130,135
100,521
427
469
2,940
(11)
(5,927)
54
1,646
(9)
(5,927)
54
(9)
427
469
(11)
2,940
Balances at December 31, 2010 . . . . . . . . .
31,016,812
$ 176,515
$
0
$ 120
$ (104,553)
2,788,209
$ (18,398)
$
53,684
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale
securities, net of taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repurchase of stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of stock for ESPP purchase . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Release of restricted stock units and
awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28,702
560,132
180,384
145
2,293
1,323
2,232
(1,604)
(2)
1,139,997
(6,450)
(1,604)
(2)
(6,450)
145
2,293
1,323
2,232
Balances at December 31, 2011 . . . . . . . . .
31,786,030
$ 182,508
$
0
$ 118
$ (106,157)
3,928,206
$ (24,848)
$
51,621
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale
securities, net of taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repurchase of stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of stock for ESPP purchase . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Release of restricted stock units and
awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25,628
231,403
235,269
122
1,046
1,299
1,847
(5,564)
(9)
1,054,538
(5,721)
(5,564)
(9)
(5,721)
122
1,046
1,299
1,847
Balances at December 31, 2012 . . . . . . . . .
32,278,330
$ 186,822
$
0
$ 109
$ (111,721)
4,982,744
$ (30,569)
$ 44,641
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amortization, impairment, or abandonment of intangibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock-based compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Allowance (recovery) for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loss on disposal of equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loss on divestiture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gain on sales of discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts and other receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepaid expenses and other current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accrued compensation and other current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue and customer advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other long-term liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
Purchases of available-for-sale investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net proceeds from divestiture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Additions to intangibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of property and equipment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds from sales of discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan . . . . . . . . . . .
Exercise of stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Purchases of treasury stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
End of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid (received) for taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Supplemental disclosure of noncash operating, investing, and financing
activities:
Amounts accrued for property and equipment, and intangibles . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issuance of shares from Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Release of
Restricted Stock Units and Awards under company stock plan . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Years Ended December 31,
2012
2011
2010
$ (5,564) $
(1,604) $
(5,927)
654
1,554
3,146
113
27
0
(153)
(504)
282
0
(227)
(54)
(18)
(685)
(3,194)
374
(4,249)
(43,944)
54,000
0
(3,244)
0
(1,000)
250
6,062
122
1,046
(5,721)
(4,553)
(2,740)
7,298
4,558
21
442
1,298
$
$
$
$
1,128
1,394
3,555
(22)
(6)
0
(61)
(567)
(17)
0
3,342
(116)
(24)
(785)
(3,574)
(266)
2,377
(48,905)
49,000
0
(3,336)
0
(169)
100
(3,310)
145
2,293
(6,450)
(4,012)
(4,945)
1,095
1,237
3,409
(40)
90
43
(130)
2,213
713
(94)
651
(299)
(902)
348
(4,394)
188
(1,799)
(48,854)
44,000
964
(2,321)
160
(345)
192
(6,204)
0
427
(9)
418
(7,585)
12,243
7,298
$
19,828
12,243
(3,302) $
(34)
1,222
1,323
$
$
618
469
$
$
$
$
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Description of Business
Immersion Corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated in 1993 in California and reincorporated in
Delaware in 1999 and develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of hardware and software
technologies and products that enhance digital devices with touch interaction.
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Immersion Corporation and its wholly-owned
subsidiaries, Immersion Canada Inc.; Immersion International, LLC; Immersion Medical, Inc.; Immersion Japan
K.K.; Immersion Ltd.; Immersion Software Ireland Ltd.; and Haptify, Inc. All
intercompany accounts,
transactions, and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company has prepared the accompanying
consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (“GAAP”).
Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid instruments purchased with an original or remaining maturity of
less than three months at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.
Short-term Investments
The Company’s short-term investments consist primarily of U.S treasury bills and government agency
securities purchased with an original or remaining maturity of greater than 90 days on the date of purchase. The
Company classifies debt securities with readily determinable market values as “available-for-sale.” Even though
the stated maturity dates of these debt securities may be one year or more beyond the balance sheet date, the
Company has classified all debt securities as short-term investments as they are reasonably expected to be
realized in cash or sold within one year. These investments are carried at fair market value with unrealized gains
and losses considered to be temporary in nature reported as a separate component of other comprehensive income
(loss) within stockholders’ equity.
The Company recognizes an impairment charge in the consolidated statement of operations when a decline
in value is judged to be other than temporary based on the specific identification method. Other-than-temporary
impairment charges may exist when the Company has the intent to sell the security, will more likely than not be
required to sell the security, or does not expect to recover the principal.
Property and Equipment
Property is stated at cost and is depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of
the related asset. The estimated useful lives are typically as follows:
Computer equipment and purchased software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Machinery and equipment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Furniture and fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 years
3-5 years
5 years
Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or their estimated useful life.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets with finite useful lives are amortized and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not
amortized but rather are tested at least annually for impairment.
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In addition to purchased intangible assets, the Company capitalizes the external legal and filing fees
associated with its patents and trademarks. These costs are amortized utilizing the straight-line method, which
approximates the pattern of consumption over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, generally ten
years. Amortization commences when a patent is granted.
Long-lived Assets
The Company evaluates its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying amount of that asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized
when the sum of the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its
eventual disposition is less than its carrying amount. Measurement of an impairment loss for long-lived assets
and certain identifiable intangible assets that management expects to hold and use is based on the fair value of
the asset.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with applicable accounting standards,
including
Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 605-10-S99, “Revenue Recognition” (“ASC 605-10-S99”); ASC
605-25, “Multiple Element Arrangements” (“ASC 605-25”); and ASC 985-605, “Software-Revenue
Recognition” (“ASC 985-605”). The Company derives its revenues from three principal sources: royalty and
license fees, product sales, and development contracts. As described below, management
judgments and
estimates must be made and used in connection with the revenue recognized in any accounting period. Material
differences may result in the amount and timing of revenue for any period based on the judgments and estimates
made by management. Specifically, in connection with each transaction, the Company must evaluate whether:
(i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable,
and (iv) collectibility is probable. The Company applies these criteria as discussed below.
•
•
•
•
Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists: For a license arrangement, the Company requires a
written contract, signed by both the customer and the Company. For a stand-alone product sale,
the Company requires a purchase order or other form of written agreement with the customer.
Delivery has occurred. The Company delivers software and product to customers physically and
also delivers software electronically. For physical deliveries not related to software, the transfer
terms typically include transfer of title and risk of loss at the Company’s shipping location. For
electronic deliveries, delivery occurs when the Company provides the customer access codes or
“keys” that allow the customer to take immediate possession of the software.
The fee is fixed or determinable. The Company’s arrangement fee is based on the use of standard
payment terms which are those that are generally extended to the majority of customers. For
transactions involving extended payment terms, the Company deems these fees not to be fixed or
determinable for revenue recognition purposes and revenue is deferred until the fees become due
and payable.
Collectibility is probable. To recognize revenue, the Company must judge collectibility of the
arrangement fees, which is done on a customer-by-customer basis pursuant to the credit review
policy. The Company typically sells to customers with whom there is a history of successful
collection. For new customers, the Company evaluates the customer’s financial condition and
ability to pay. If it is determined that collectibility is not probable based upon the credit review
process or the customer’s payment history, revenue is recognized when payment is received.
Royalty and license revenue — The Company licenses its portfolio of patents to customers in a variety
of industries such as mobility, gaming, automotive, and medical devices. A majority of these are variable fee
arrangements where the royalties earned by the Company are based on unit or sales volumes of the respective
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licensees. The Company also enters into fixed license fee arrangements. The terms of the royalty agreements
generally require licensees to give notification of royalties due to the Company within 30 – 45 days of the end of
the quarter during which their related sales occur. As the Company is unable to estimate the licensees’ sales in
any given quarter to determine the royalties due to it, the Company recognizes royalty revenues based on
royalties reported by licensees during the quarter and when all revenue recognition criteria are met. The
Company recognizes fixed license fee revenue for licenses to intellectual property (“IP”) when earned under the
terms of the agreements, which is generally recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected term of the
license. Certain royalties are based upon customer shipments or revenues and could be subject to change and may
result in out of period adjustments.
Development contracts and other revenue — Development contracts and other revenue are comprised of
engineering services (engineering services and/or development contracts) and in very limited cases, post contract
customer support (“PCS”). Engineering services revenues are recognized under the proportional performance
accounting method based on physical completion of the work to be performed or completed performance
method. A provision for losses on contracts is made, if necessary, in the period in which the loss becomes
probable and can be reasonably estimated. Revisions in estimates are reflected in the period in which the
conditions become known. To date, such losses have not been significant. Revenue from PCS is typically
recognized over the period of the ongoing obligation which is generally consistent with the contractual term.
Multiple element arrangements — The Company enters into multiple element arrangements in which
customers purchase time-based non-exclusive licenses that cannot be resold to others, which include a
combination of software and/or IP licenses, and in limited cases engineering services and in very limited cases
PCS. For arrangements that are software based and include software and engineering services, the services are
generally not essential to the functionality of the software, and customers may purchase engineering services to
facilitate the adoption of the Company’s technology, but they may also decide to use their own resources or
appoint other engineering service organizations to perform these services. For these arrangements, including
those with PCS, revenue is recognized either over the period of the ongoing obligation which is generally
consistent with the contractual term, or when deliverables have been completed.
Product sales — The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of products and the license of
associated software, if any, and expenses all related costs of products sold, once delivery has occurred and
customer acceptance, if required, has been achieved. The Company has determined that the license of software
for its medical simulation products is incidental to the product as a whole. The Company typically grants to
customers a warranty which guarantees that products will substantially conform to the Company’s current
specifications for generally three to twelve months from the delivery date pursuant
to the terms of the
arrangement. Historically, warranty-related costs have not been significant.
Advertising
Advertising costs (including obligations under cooperative marketing programs) are expensed as incurred
and included in sales and marketing expense. Advertising expense was as follows:
2012
Year ended December 31,
2011
(In thousands)
2010
Advertising expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
152
$
192
$
13
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Research and Development
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. The Company has sometimes generated revenues
from development contracts with commercial customers that have enabled it to accelerate its own product
revenues have only partially funded the Company’s product
development efforts. Such development
development activities, and the Company generally retains ownership of the products developed under these
arrangements. As a result, the Company classifies all development costs related to these contracts as research and
development expenses.
Income Taxes
The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, income
tax expense is recognized for the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year. In addition, deferred
tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences
between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and for operating losses and tax credit
carryforwards. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount
expected to be realized and are reversed at such time that realization is believed to be more likely than not.
Software Development Costs
Certain of the Company’s products include software. Costs for the development of new software products
and substantial enhancements to existing software products are expensed as incurred until
technological
feasibility has been established, at which time any additional costs would be capitalized. The Company considers
technological feasibility to be established upon completion of a working model of the software and the related
hardware. Because the Company believes its current process for developing software is essentially completed
concurrently with the establishment of technological feasibility, no costs have been capitalized to date.
Stock-based Compensation
Stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is
recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is the vesting period. See
Note 10 for further information regarding the Company’s stock-based compensation assumptions and expenses.
Comprehensive Loss
Comprehensive loss includes net loss as well as other items of comprehensive income or loss. The
Company’s other comprehensive income (loss) consists of foreign currency translation adjustments and
unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, net of tax. The changes in accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) are as below.
Year Ended December 31, 2012
Unrealized Gains
and Losses on
Available-for Sale
Securities
Foreign
Currency
Items
Total
Beginning balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications . . . . . . .
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive
income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ending Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
17
(9)
0
(9)
8
(In thousands)
$
101 $
0
0
0
118
(9)
0
(9)
$
101
$
109
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Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with GAAP
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the
reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include valuation
of short-term investments, income taxes including uncertain tax provisions, revenue recognition, stock-based
compensation, contingent liabilities from litigation, and accruals for other liabilities. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
Concentration of Credit Risks
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk principally
consist of cash, cash equivalents, short term investments, and accounts receivable. The Company invests
primarily in money market accounts and highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original or remaining
maturity of greater than 90 days on the date of purchase. Deposits held with banks may exceed the amount of
insurance provided on such deposits. Generally, these deposits may be redeemed upon demand. The Company
licenses technology primarily to companies in North America, Europe, and the Far East. To reduce credit risk,
management performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition. The Company maintains
reserves for estimated potential credit losses, but historically has not experienced any significant losses related to
individual customers or groups of customers in any particular industry or geographic area.
Certain Significant Risks and Uncertainties
The Company operates in a dynamic industry and, accordingly, can be affected by a variety of factors. For
example, management of the Company believes that changes in any of the following areas could have a negative
effect on the Company in terms of its future financial position and results of operations: the mix of revenues; the
loss of significant customers; fundamental changes in the technology underlying the Company’s and its
licensees’ products; market acceptance of the Company’s and its licensees’ products under development;
development of sales channels; litigation or other claims in which the Company is involved; the ability to
successfully assert its patent rights against others; the impact of changing economic conditions; the hiring,
training, and retention of key employees; successful and timely completion of product and technology
development efforts; and new product or technology introductions by competitors.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Financial instruments consist primarily of cash equivalents, short-term investments, accounts receivable and
accounts payable. Cash equivalents and short term investments are stated at fair value based on quoted market
prices, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency.
The recorded cost of accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate the fair value of the respective assets
and liabilities.
Foreign Currency Translation
The functional currency of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is U. S. dollars. Accordingly, gains and
losses from the translation of the financial statements of the foreign subsidiaries and foreign currency transaction
gains and losses are included in earnings.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2011, the FASB ratified ASU 2011-05 “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of
Comprehensive Income” (“ASU 2011-05”). ASU 2011-05 requires that all nonowner changes in stockholders’
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equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but
consecutive statements, eliminating the option to present other comprehensive income in the statement of
changes in equity. Under either choice, items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net
income are required to be presented on the face of the financial statements where the components of net income
and the components of other comprehensive income are presented. In December 2011 the FASB ratified ASU
2011-12 “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the
Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting
Standards Update No. 2011-05.” ASU 2011-12 defers those changes in ASU 2011-05 that relate to the
presentation of reclassification adjustments. These amendments are effective for reporting periods beginning
after December 15, 2011, and have been applied retrospectively. These amendments have changed the manner in
which the Company presents comprehensive income by reporting comprehensive income information in the
consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
2. Fair Value Disclosures
Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments
The financial instruments of the Company measured at fair value on a recurring basis are cash equivalents
and short-term investments.
The Company’s fixed income available-for-sale securities consist of high quality,
investment grade
securities. The Company values these securities based on pricing from pricing vendors, who may use quoted
prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1) or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable either
directly or indirectly (Level 2) in determining fair value.
The types of instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets include most money market
securities. Such instruments are generally classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
The types of instruments valued based on quoted prices in markets that are less active, broker or dealer
quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency are generally classified
within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and include most U.S. treasury securities and most investment-grade
corporate commercial paper.
The types of instruments valued based on unobservable inputs which reflect the reporting entity’s own
assumptions or data that market participants would use in valuing an instrument are generally classified within
Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
In May 2011, FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, “Fair Value Measurements (Topic 820)”. This ASU provides
additional guidance on fair value disclosures. This guidance contains certain updates to the measurement
guidance as well as enhanced disclosure requirements. The most significant change in disclosures is an expansion
of the information required for Level 3 measurements including enhanced disclosure for: (1) the valuation
processes used by the reporting entity; and (2) the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in
unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between those unobservable inputs, if any. This guidance is
effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011, with early adoption prohibited.
The Company adopted the updated guidance which was effective for the Company on January 1, 2012 and did
not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2012 and December 31,
2011 are classified based on the valuation technique in the table below:
December 31, 2012
Fair value measurements using
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Total
(In thousands)
Assets:
U.S. Treasury securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Money market funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total assets at fair value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
$
0
52
52
$ 38,988
0
$ 38,988
$
$
0
0
0
$ 38,988
52
$ 39,040
The above table excludes $4.5 million of cash held in banks.
December 31, 2011
Fair value measurements using
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Total
(In thousands)
Assets:
U.S. Treasury securities . . . . . .
Money market funds . . . . . . . . .
Total assets at fair value . . . . . .
$
$
0
3,617
3,617
$ 48,987
0
$ 48,987
$
$
0
0
0
$
$
48,987
3,617
52,604
The above table excludes $3.7 million of cash held in banks.
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Short-term Investments
Amortized
Cost
December 31, 2012
Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Losses
(In thousands)
Fair Value
U.S. Treasury securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 38,980
Total
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 38,980
$
$
8
8
$
$
0
0
$ 38,988
$ 38,988
Amortized
Cost
December 31, 2011
Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Losses
(In thousands)
Fair Value
U.S. Treasury securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 48,970
Total
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 48,970
$
$
17
17
$
$
0
0
$ 48,987
$ 48,987
The contractual maturities of the Company’s available-for-sale securities on December 31, 2012 and
December 31, 2011 were all due within one year.
3. Accounts and Other Receivables
Trade accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Receivables from vendors, lessor, and other
Accounts and other receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Inventories
December 31,
2012
2011
(In thousands)
1,528
350
$
525
962
1,878
$
1,487
$
$
December 31,
2012
2011
Raw materials and subassemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Finished goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
(In thousands)
138
3
$
167
256
Inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
141
$
423
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5. Property and Equipment
Computer equipment and purchased software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Machinery and equipment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Furniture and fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Leasehold improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less accumulated depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
December 31,
2012
2011
(In thousands)
$
3,748
654
546
884
5,832
(4,551)
$
3,696
882
533
837
5,948
(4,211)
Property and equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
1,281
$
1,737
6. Intangibles and Other Assets
December 31,
2012
2011
(In thousands)
Patents and trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 26,206
192
$ 23,617
204
Gross intangibles and other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accumulated amortization of patents and trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26,398
(10,673)
23,821
(9,768)
Intangibles and other assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 15,725
$ 14,053
The Company amortizes its intangible assets related to patents and trademarks, over their estimated useful
lives, generally 10 years from the date of issuance of the patents and trademarks. Amortization of intangibles
excluding impairments or abandonments was as follows:
Amortization of Intangibles — excluding impairments or
abandonments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
1,064
$
979
$
810
Year ended December 31,
2011
2010
2012
(In thousands)
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The table below includes estimated remaining annual amortization expense for issued patents and
trademarks as of December 31, 2012.
Estimated
Amortization
Expense
(In thousands)
$
$
1,032
1,006
902
821
695
1,807
6,263
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Thereafter
Total
Patents in process included in patents and trademarks were as follows:
December 31,
2012
2011
(In thousands)
Patents in process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
9,270
$
8,448
Upon issuance, in process patents will be amortized over their estimated useful lives, generally 10 years.
7. Components of Other Current Liabilities and Deferred Revenue and Customer Advances
Accrued legal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Income taxes payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total other current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customer advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total deferred revenue and customer advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. Long-term Deferred Revenue
Long-term deferred revenue consisted of the following:
December 31,
2012
2011
(In thousands)
$
$
$
$
410
30
582
1,022
3,920
14
3,934
$
$
$
$
727
23
1,304
2,054
4,046
74
4,120
December 31,
2012
2011
(In thousands)
Deferred revenue for Sony Computer Entertainment
. . . . . . . . . . .
Other deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 9,636
585
$ 12,634
595
Long-term deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$10,221
$ 13,229
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9. Commitments
The Company leases several of its facilities under noncancelable operating lease arrangements that expire at
various dates through 2016.
The Company’s current lease for its primary facilities of approximately 33,000 square feet in San Jose,
California expires in December 2016 and can be extended to December 2021.
On September 16, 2011,
the Company entered into a Lease Termination Agreement effective as of
December 31, 2011 with respect to the termination of the prior lease for its facilities of approximately 48,000
square feet in San Jose, California which was scheduled to expire in June 2014. Pursuant to that agreement, the
Company was paid a move incentive of $350,000, for vacating the premises which occurred in December 2011.
The move incentive along with a write off of deferred rent of $294,000 was credited to rent expense in 2011.
Minimum future lease payments and non-cancellable unconditional purchase obligations are as follows:
2013
2014
2015
2016
Total
Rent expense was as follows:
Operating Leases Purchase Obligations
(In thousands)
$
$
$
597
585
511
422
2,115
$
116
0
0
0
116
2012
Year ended December 31,
2011
(In thousands)
2010
Rent expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
550
$
30
$
703
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10. Stock-based Compensation
The Company’s equity incentive program is a long-term retention program that is intended to attract, retain,
and provide incentives for talented employees, consultants, officers, and directors and to align stockholder and
employee interests. The Company may grant options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock
units (“RSUs”), performance shares, performance units, and other stock-based or cash-based awards to
employees, officers, directors, and consultants. Under these programs, stock options may be granted at prices not
less than the fair market value on the date of grant for stock options. These options generally vest over 4 years
and expire from 5 to 10 years from the date of grant. Restricted stock generally vests over one year. RSUs
generally vest over 3 years. On June 3, 2011, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2011 Equity Incentive
Plan (the “2011” Plan) in which 2,300,000 shares were authorized. In addition, 400,000 shares were transferred
from the Company’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”) and 2,279,263 shares were transferred from
the Company’s 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”) for a total of 4,979,263 originally available for
grant under the 2011 Plan. Under the 2011 Plan, any award other than an option or stock appreciation right shall
reduce the common stock shares available for grant by 1.75 shares for every share issued. The 2007 Plan and
2008 Plan have been terminated.
December 31,
2012
Common stock shares available for grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common stock options outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restricted stock awards outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restricted stock units outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,410,747
3,155,631
44,000
708,651
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Company has an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). Under the ESPP, eligible employees may
purchase common stock through payroll deductions at a purchase price of 85% of the lower of the fair market
value of the Company’s stock at the beginning of the offering period or the purchase date. Participants may not
purchase more than 2,000 shares in a six-month offering period or purchase stock having a value greater than
$25,000 in any calendar year as measured at the beginning of the offering period. A total of 1,000,000 shares of
common stock have been reserved for issuance under the ESPP. As of December 31, 2012, 482,519 shares had
been purchased since the inception of the ESPP in 1999. Under ASC 718-10, the ESPP is considered a
compensatory plan and the Company is required to recognize compensation cost related to the fair value of the
award purchased under the ESPP. Shares purchased under the ESPP for the year ended December 31, 2012 are
listed below. Shares purchased under the ESPP for the year ended December 31, 2011 are 28,702. The intrinsic
value listed below is calculated as the difference between the market value on the date of purchase and the
purchase price of the shares.
Shares purchased under ESPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average price of shares purchased under ESPP . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intrinsic value of shares purchased under ESPP . . . . . . . . . . . .
25,628
4.77
21,553
$
$
Year Ended
December 31,
2012
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Summary of Stock Options
The following table sets forth the summary of option activity under the Company’s stock option plans for the
years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010:
Number
of Shares
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Weighted
Average
Fair Value
Of Options
Granted
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
of Options
Exercised
(In thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,041,235
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
662,185
(130,135)
Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cancelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,572,759)
Outstanding at December 31, 2010 . . . . . . . . . 4,000,526
429,963
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(560,132)
Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(602,519)
Cancelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding at December 31, 2011 . . . . . . . . . 3,267,838
425,150
Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(231,403)
Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(305,954)
Cancelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding at December 31, 2012 . . . . . . . . . 3,155,631
$ 7.99
5.37
3.28
11.67
6.26
7.11
4.09
6.99
6.61
6.10
4.52
7.10
6.65
$3.11
4.07
3.35
$ 308
2,485
443
The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying
awards and the quoted price of the Company’s common stock for the options that were in-the-money.
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Information regarding stock options outstanding at December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 is summarized
below:
December 31, 2010
Options outstanding
Options vested and expected to vest using estimated
forfeiture rates
Options exercisable
December 31, 2011
Options outstanding
Options vested and expected to vest using estimated
forfeiture rates
Options exercisable
December 31, 2012
Options outstanding
Options vested and expected to vest using estimated
forfeiture rates
Options exercisable
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(In millions)
Number of
Shares
4,000,526
$
6.26
3,798,092
2,541,701
6.32
6.80
3,267,838
$
6.61
3,151,950
2,377,683
6.62
6.99
3,155,631
$
6.65
3,019,979
2,329,987
6.67
6.91
6.39
6.25
5.03
5.53
5.44
4.61
5.24
5.17
4.69
$
$
$
5.5
5.1
2.9
1.3
1.3
0.8
3.5
3.4
2.5
Additional information regarding options outstanding as of December 31, 2012 is as follows:
Options Outstanding
Options Exercisable
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
$
2.82
3.85
5.01
5.81
6.20
6.77
7.13
8.80
11.50
16.57
Number
Exercisable
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
$
63,091
475,000
255,010
299,309
17,000
266,227
310,190
393,528
150,632
100,000
2.81
3.85
4.88
5.85
6.23
6.82
7.08
8.80
12.30
16.57
6.91
$
6.65
2,329,987
$
Range of
Exercise
Prices
$ 2.70 - $3.81
3.85 - 3.85
4.03 - 5.53
5.58 - 6.11
6.12 - 6.39
6.41 - 6.98
6.99 - 8.18
8.61 - 9.04
9.20 - 15.12
16.57 - 16.57
$2.70 - $16.57
Number
Outstanding
66,130
600,000
374,882
363,434
383,000
342,830
328,527
393,528
203,300
100,000
3,155,631
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
5.45
6.87
5.81
4.99
6.55
4.99
2.27
4.03
5.04
4.74
5.24
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Summary of Restricted Stock Units
RSU activity for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 was as follows:
Outstanding at January 1, 2010
Awarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Released . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding at December 31, 2010
Awarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number
of Shares
198,055
363,928
(69,021)
(75,039)
417,923
243,908
Released . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(159,384)
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(94,682)
Outstanding at December 31, 2011
Awarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
407,765
555,911
Released . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(203,519)
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding at December 31, 2012
(51,506)
708,651
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Fair Value
of Released
RSU’s
(In thousands)
$5.58
6.61
6.64
$ 315
1,163
1,128
Information regarding RSU’s at December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 is summarized below:
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(In millions)
Fair Value
(In millions)
Number of
Shares
December 31, 2010
RSUs outstanding
RSUs vested and expected to vest
using estimated forfeiture rates
December 31, 2011
RSUs outstanding
RSUs vested and expected to vest
using estimated forfeiture rates
December 31, 2012
RSUs outstanding
RSUs vested and expected to vest
using estimated forfeiture rates
417,923
330,038
407,765
336,454
708,651
588,170
1.13
1.00
0.95
0.92
1.09
1.05
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
2.8
2.2
2.1
1.7
4.9
4.0
2.8
2.1
4.9
The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the market value as of the end of the reporting period.
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Summary of Restricted Stock Awards
Restricted stock award activity for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 was as follows:
Total
Fair
Value
of Awards
Released
(In thousands)
$
147
159
171
Number
of Shares
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
$
27,000
22,500
(31,500)
0
18,000
30,000
(21,000)
(9,000)
18,000
57,750
(31,750)
0
44,000
2.70
5.59
3.11
5.59
6.61
5.74
6.61
6.61
5.70
6.72
5.34
Outstanding at January 1, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Awarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Released . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding at December 31, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Awarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Released . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding at December 31, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Awarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Released . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding at December 31, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock-based Compensation
Valuation and amortization method — The Company uses the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing
model (“Black-Scholes model”), single-option approach to determine the fair value of stock options and ESPP
shares. All share-based payment awards are amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods
of the awards, which are generally the vesting periods. Stock-based compensation expense recognized at fair
value includes the impact of estimated forfeitures. The Company estimates future forfeitures at the date of grant
and revises the estimates if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from these estimates. The
determination of the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option pricing model
is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective
variables. These variables include actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors that impact the
expected term, the Company’s expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, risk-free interest rate,
and expected dividends.
Expected term — The Company estimates the expected term of options granted by calculating the
average term from the Company’s historical stock option exercise experience. The expected term of ESPP shares
is the length of the offering period. The Company used the simplified method approved by the SEC to determine
the expected term for options granted prior to December 31, 2007.
Expected volatility — The Company estimates the volatility of its common stock taking into
consideration its historical stock price movement and its expected future stock price trends based on known or
anticipated events.
Risk-free interest rate — The Company bases the risk-free interest rate that it uses in the option pricing
model on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with remaining terms similar to the expected term on the options.
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Expected dividend — The Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable
future and therefore uses an expected dividend yield of zero in the option-pricing model.
Forfeitures — The Company is required to estimate future forfeitures at the time of grant and revise
those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Company uses
historical data to estimate pre-vesting option forfeitures and records stock-based compensation expense only for
those awards that are expected to vest.
The assumptions used to value option grants and shares under the ESPP are as follows:
. . . . . . . .
Expected life (in years)
Interest rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Volatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dividend yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Options
2011
4.5
0.8%
72%
0.0%
2012
4.5
0.7%
70%
0.0%
2010
5.2
1.4%
68%
0.0%
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
2010
2011
2012
0.5
0.1%
62%
0.0%
0.5
0.2%
45%
0.0%
0.5
0.6%
80%
0.0%
Total stock-based compensation recognized in the consolidated statements of operations is as follows:
Income Statement Classifications
2012
Year Ended December 31,
2011
(In thousands)
2010
Cost of product sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sales and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
0
547
756
1,843
3,146
$
$
0
526
825
2,204
3,555
$
$
10
722
803
1,874
3,409
As of December 31, 2012, there was $4.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated
forfeitures, related to non-vested stock options, restricted stock awards and RSU’s granted to the Company’s
employees and directors. This cost will be recognized over an estimated weighted-average period of
approximately 2.59 years for options, 0.42 years for restricted stock awards and 1.88 years for RSU’s. Total
unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures.
Stock Repurchase Program
On November 1, 2007, the Company announced its Board of Directors’ authorized the repurchase of up to
$50 million of the Company’s common stock. The Company may repurchase its stock for cash in the open
market in accordance with applicable securities laws. The timing of and amount of any stock repurchase will
depend on share price, corporate and regulatory requirements, economic and market conditions, and other
factors. The stock repurchase authorization has no expiration date, does not require the Company to repurchase a
specific number of shares, and may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time.
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2008, the Company repurchased 2,786,563 shares for
approximately $18.4 million at an average cost of $6.60 per share net of transaction costs through open market
repurchases. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company repurchased 1,139,997 shares for
$6,450,000 at an average cost of $5.66 net of transaction costs through open market repurchases. During the year
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ended December 31, 2012, the Company repurchased 1,054,538 shares for $5,721,000 at an average cost of
$5.43 net of transaction costs through open market repurchases. These amounts are classified as treasury stock on
the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.
11. Divestiture and Discontinued Operations
Divestiture
On March 30, 2010, the Company entered into and closed an Asset Purchase Agreement, a Transition
Services Agreement, and a License Agreement (collectively the “Transaction”) with CAE Healthcare USA
(“CAE”). Under the Asset Purchase Agreement, CAE acquired certain assets including inventory, fixed assets,
and certain liabilities which included warranty liabilities of the Endoscopy, Endovascular, and Laparoscopy
medical simulation product lines used in the field of medical training for approximately $1.6 million subject to
purchase price adjustments for final inventory levels. Under the license agreement, the Company licensed to
CAE the Immersion TouchSense patent portfolio within a specific field of use. As such, revenues and costs for
the Endoscopy, Endovascular, and Laparoscopy medical simulation product
lines have been included in
operating loss in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations through the date of sale. Although the
Company ceased manufacturing these three specific product lines, these operating results were not reported as
discontinued operations. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company recognized a pre-tax loss of
approximately $43,000 in continuing operations in connection with the asset purchase agreement and the
transition services agreement. There was no cost in 2011 or 2012 related to the CAE transaction. The Company’s
license agreement with CAE includes quarterly revenue under the license arrangement which started in July
2010. Under the terms of the Company’s revenue recognition policy for transactions with extended payment
terms such as this, the Company recognizes revenue as amounts become due and payable and all revenue
recognition criteria are met. In connection with the transaction, the Company agreed to indemnify CAE for
certain liabilities, claims, and other specified items in the asset purchase agreement.
Results of discontinued operations
During 2009, the Company sold all of its 3D product line including inventory, fixed assets, and intangibles
and recorded gains on the sale of discontinued operations of $187,000 at the time of the sales. The consideration
for the sales was $2.7 million in the form of cash of $320,000 and notes receivable of $2.4 million payable
through 2013, for which the proceeds are being recognized when they are received. The Company abandoned all
other 3D operations. Accordingly,
the operations of the 3D product line were classified as discontinued
operations, net of income tax, in the consolidated statement of operations for all periods presented. The assets
sold consisted primarily of intangible assets that had no carrying value on the Company’s books at the time of
sale. In the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 the Company recorded gains on sales of
discontinued operations net of tax of $153,000, $61,000 and $130,000 respectively, from the original sale and
payments on notes from the sale of the 3D product line.
12. Income Taxes
Income tax provisions from continuing operations consisted of the following:
Years Ended December 31,
2011
2012
2010
(In thousands)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for
income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provision for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Effective tax rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
$
(4,925)
(792)
(16.1)%
151
(1,816)
1202.6%
$(4,556)
(1,501)
(33.0)%
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The 2012, 2011, and 2010 provision for income tax resulted primarily from foreign withholding tax expense.
The Company reported pre-tax book income (loss) from continuing operations of:
Domestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
$
2012
Years Ended December 31,
2011
(In thousands)
(208)
$
359
(542)
(4,383)
$
2010
(4,925)
$
151
$
(4,960)
404
(4,556)
The provision for income taxes from continuing operations consisted of the following:
2012
Years Ended December 31,
2011
2010
(In thousands)
Current:
United States federal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State and local
$
$
91
(902)
19
115
(1,923)
(8)
$
73
(1,550)
(24)
Total current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
(792)
$
(1,816)
(1,501)
Deferred:
United States federal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State and local
Total deferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
$
(792)
$
(1,816)
$
(1,501)
In 2012, 2011, and 2010 the Company’s income tax payable was not decreased by the tax benefit related to
stock options. The Company includes only the direct tax effects of employee stock incentive plans in calculating
this benefit, which is recorded to additional paid-in capital.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the temporary differences between the carrying amounts
of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, tax losses,
and credit carryforwards. Significant components of the net deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of:
December 31,
2012
2011
(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Research and development and other credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reserves and accruals recognized in different periods . . . . . . . . . . . .
Basis difference in investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capitalized R&D expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 24,211
(7)
4,978
9,263
4,636
1,032
1,566
159
$
Total deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45,838
20,146
4
6,615
8,167
4,616
1,108
1,407
0
42,063
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4,282)
(41,556)
(4,086)
(37,977)
Net deferred tax assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
0
$
0
As of December 31, 2012, the net operating loss carryforwards for federal and state income tax purposes
were approximately $64.4 million and $53.0 million, respectively. The federal net operating losses expire
between 2020 and 2032 and the state net operating losses begin to expire in 2028. $3.1 million of the Company’s
net operating losses are associated with excess benefits related to stock compensation, when realized the amount
will be an increase to additional paid in capital. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had federal and state tax
credit carryforwards of approximately $8.0 million and $865,000, respectively, available to offset future taxable
income. The federal credit carryforwards will expire between 2015 and 2032 and the California tax credits will
carryforward indefinitely. In addition, as of December 31, 2012, the Company has Canadian research and
development credit carryforwards of $1.6 million, which will expire at various dates through 2032. These
operating losses and credit carryforwards have not been reviewed by the relevant tax authorities and could be
subject to adjustment upon examinations.
The Company recorded a valuation allowance for the net deferred tax asset as a result of uncertainties
regarding the realization of the asset balance due to historical losses, the variability of operating results, and near
term projected results. In the event that the Company determines that the deferred tax assets are realizable, an
adjustment to the valuation allowance may increase income in the period such determination is made. The
valuation allowance does not
the Company’s ability to utilize the underlying net operating loss
carryforwards.
impact
Utilization of a portion of the Company’s federal net operating loss carryforward was limited in accordance
with IRC Section 382, due to an ownership change that occurred during 1999. This limitation has fully lapsed as
of December 31, 2010. During 2008, the Company evaluated ownership changes from 1999 to the middle of
2008 and determined that there were no further limitations on the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For purposes of the reconciliation between the benefit (provision) for income taxes at the statutory rate and
the effective tax rate, a national U.S. 35% rate is applied as follows:
2012
2011
2010
Federal statutory tax rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
State taxes, net of federal benefit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign withholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stock compensation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Meals & entertainment
Foreign rate differential
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prior year true-up items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tax reserves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Benefit of discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Valuation allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35.0%
2.3%
35.0% 35.0%
3.6%
7.3%
(17.3)% 1248.3% (33.7)%
(3.4)% 103.6% (22.9)%
0.0%
(0.2)% 10.0%
0.0%
(3.7)% 58.9%
0.1%
0.0%
41.6%
0.0%
7.2%
(0.2)%
2.0% (25.8)% 0.0%
6.5% (0.1)%
0.4%
(31.1)% (290.0)% (14.9)%
Effective tax rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(16.1)% 1202.6% (33.0)%
Undistributed earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are considered to be indefinitely reinvested
and accordingly, no provision for federal and state income taxes has been provided thereon. Upon distribution of
those earnings in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company would be subject to both U.S. income taxes
(subject to an adjustment for foreign tax credits) and withholding taxes payable to various foreign countries.
The Company maintains liabilities for uncertain tax positions. These liabilities involve considerable
judgment and estimation and are continuously monitored by management based on the best
information
available, including changes in tax regulations, the outcome of relevant court cases, and other information. A
reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
2012
Unrecognized
Tax Benefits
Balance at beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gross increases for tax positions of prior years . . . . . . . . . . .
Gross decreases for tax positions of prior years . . . . . . . . . . .
Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lapse of statute of limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
628
0
0
0
0
2011
Unrecognized
Tax Benefits
(In thousands)
628
$
0
0
0
0
$
Balance at end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
628
$
628
$
2010
Unrecognized
Tax Benefits
628
0
0
0
0
628
The unrecognized tax benefits relate primarily to federal and state research and development credits. The
Company’s policy is to account for interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of
income tax expense. As of December 31, 2012, the Company accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax
positions in the amount of $56,000. The Company expects to release reserves and record a tax benefit due to the
expiration of statute of limitation during the next 12 months. As of December 31, 2012, the total amount of
unrecognized tax benefits that would affect the Company’s effective tax rate, if recognized, is $255,000.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Because the Company has net operating loss and credit carryforwards, there are open statutes of limitations
in which federal, state and foreign taxing authorities may examine the Company’s tax returns for all years from
1998 through the current period.
13. Net Loss Per Share
The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators used in computing basic and diluted
net loss per share:
Years Ended December 31,
2011
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
2012
2010
Numerator:
Loss from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gain (loss) from discontinued operations , net of tax . . . . . . . . . .
Net Loss used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share . . .
Denominator:
Shares used in computation of basic and diluted net loss per share
(weighted average common shares outstanding)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Basic and diluted net loss per share:
Continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
$
$
$
(5,717) $
153
(1,665) $
61
(5,564) $
(1,604) $
(6,057)
130
(5,927)
27,735
28,564
28,113
(0.21) $
0.01
(0.20) $
(0.06) $
0.00
(0.06) $
(0.22)
0.01
(0.21)
As of December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 the Company had securities outstanding that could potentially
dilute basic earnings per share in the future, but were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share
in the periods presented since their effect would have been anti-dilutive. These outstanding securities consisted of
the following:
Year Ended December 31,
2011
2010
2012
Outstanding stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unvested restricted stock awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unvested restricted stock units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,155,631
44,000
708,651
3,267,838
18,000
407,765
4,000,526
18,000
417,923
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IMMERSION CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
14. Employee Benefit Plan
The Company has a 401(k) tax-deferred savings plan under which eligible employees may elect to have a
portion of their salary deferred and contributed to the 401(k) plan. Contributions may be made by the Company
at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Beginning in January 2008, the Company matched 25% of the
employee’s contribution up to $2,000 for the year.
Year ended December 31,
2010
2011
2012
(In thousands)
Company contribution to 401 (k) plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
77
$
85
$
80
15. Contingencies
In re Immersion Corporation Securities Litigation
In September and October 2009, various putative shareholder class action and derivative complaints were
filed in federal and state court against the Company and certain current and former Immersion directors and
officers.
On September 2, 2009, a securities class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for
the Northern District of California against the Company and certain of its current and former directors and
officers. Over the following five weeks, four additional class action complaints were filed. (One of these four
actions was later voluntarily dismissed.) The securities class action complaints name the Company and certain
current and former Immersion directors and officers as defendants and allege violations of federal securities laws
based on the Company’s issuance of allegedly misleading financial statements. The various complaints assert
claims covering the period from May 2007 through July 2009 and seek compensatory damages allegedly
sustained by the purported class members.
On December 21, 2009, these class actions were consolidated by the court as In Re Immersion Corporation
Securities Litigation. On the same day, the court appointed a lead plaintiff and lead plaintiff’s counsel. Following
the Company’s restatement of its financial statements, lead plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint on April 9,
2010. Defendants moved to dismiss the action on June 15, 2010 and that motion was granted with leave to amend
on March 11, 2011. Lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint on April 29, 2011. Defendants moved to dismiss
the amended complaint on July 1, 2011. On December 16, 2011, the motion to dismiss was granted with
prejudice and on December 19, 2011, judgment was entered in favor of defendants. On January 13, 2012, the
plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In May 2012, plaintiff filed his opening
appeals brief. On July 13, 2012, the Company filed its response brief. On September 4, 2012, plaintiff filed his
reply.
In re Immersion Corporation Derivative Litigation
On September 15, 2009, a putative shareholder derivative complaint was filed in the United States District
Court for the Northern District of California, purportedly on behalf of the Company and naming certain of its
current and former directors and officers as individual defendants. Thereafter, two additional putative derivative
complaints were filed in the same court.
The derivative complaints arise from the same or similar alleged facts as the federal securities actions and
seek to bring state law causes of action on behalf of the Company against the individual defendants for breaches
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
of fiduciary duty, gross negligence, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, breach of contract, waste of
corporate assets, unjust enrichment, as well as for violations of federal securities laws. The federal derivative
complaints seek compensatory damages, corporate governance changes, unspecified equitable and injunctive
relief, the imposition of a constructive trust, and restitution. On November 17, 2009, the court consolidated these
actions as In re Immersion Corporation Derivative Litigation and appointed lead counsel. On May 3, 2010, the
court issued an order staying the action, and that stay was lifted following dismissal of the securities class action
in December 2011. On October 31, 2012, plaintiffs filed a statement with the Court indicating that in light of the
settlement of the Kasmer v. Richardson action (referenced below), they intend to voluntarily dismiss their action
with prejudice once the time to appeal the Kasmer settlement approval order has expired. The parties jointly
moved to dismiss the action on January 2, 2013, and the Court dismissed the action with prejudice on January 4,
2013.
Kasmer v. Immersion Corporation
On May 5, 2010, an action was filed in Delaware Chancery Court by a shareholder seeking to enforce a
demand to inspect certain of the Company’s records pursuant
to Section 220 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as a possible prelude to the shareholder bringing a derivative action. The Company filed an
answer on June 14, 2010, questioning whether a proper purpose for the records inspection had been stated and
raising other defenses concerning the scope of the demand, among other deficiencies. Following a one-day trial
on December 2, 2010, the Court significantly narrowed the scope of the demand and the Company responded
accordingly. On October 24, 2011, the shareholder filed a motion seeking to compel further responses to the
demand. The Company believes that its responses complied with the Court’s ruling and the Company opposed
the shareholder’s motion. On May 30, 2012, the same shareholder filed a putative shareholder derivative action
in San Francisco Superior Court, entitled Kasmer v. Richardson et. al. purportedly on behalf of the Company and
naming certain of its former directors and officers as individual defendants. On June 5, 2012, the parties
participated in a mediation session, and on the same day reached an agreement in principle to settle both the
Delaware Chancery and Kasmer v. Richardson actions. The Delaware Chancery action was dismissed with
prejudice by stipulation of the parties on October 22, 2012. The settlement of the Kasmer v. Richardson action
was approved by the San Francisco Superior Court on October 26, 2012 and became final on December 29, 2012.
The Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of the above-mentioned federal and state actions, and it is
unable to estimate any potential liability it may incur.
Other Contingencies
From time to time,
the Company receives claims from third parties asserting that
the Company’s
technologies, or those of its licensees, infringe on the other parties’ IP rights. Management believes that these
claims are without merit. Additionally, periodically, the Company is involved in routine legal matters and
contractual disputes incidental to its normal operations. In management’s opinion, the resolution of such matters
will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations,
or liquidity.
In the normal course of business, the Company provides indemnifications of varying scope to customers
against claims of IP infringement made by third parties arising from the use of the Company’s IP, technology, or
products. Historically, costs related to these guarantees have not been significant, and the Company is unable to
estimate the maximum potential impact of these guarantees on its future results of operations.
As permitted under Delaware law, the Company has agreements whereby it indemnifies its officers and
directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at its request in such
capacity. The term of the indemnification period is for the officer’s or director’s lifetime. The maximum
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IMMERSION CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification
agreements is unlimited; however, the Company currently has director and officer insurance coverage that
reduces its exposure and enables it to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. Management believes the
estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements in excess of applicable insurance coverage is
indeterminable.
16. Segment Reporting, Geographic Information, and Significant Customers
The Company develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of hardware and software
technologies that more fully engage users’ sense of touch when operating digital devices. The Company focuses
on the following target application areas: mobile communications and consumer electronics, automotive, gaming,
commercial and industrial, and medical. Through March 31, 2010, the Company managed these application areas
under two operating and reportable segments: Touch and Medical. As discussed in Note 11 of the consolidated
financial statements, on March 30, 2010 the Company divested its Endoscopy, Endovascular, and Laparoscopy
product lines. The primary focus from this part of the business changed from simulation product sales to
primarily a licensing model under which the Company develops and licenses a wide range of haptic-related
software and patented technologies and will collect license and royalty revenue. As of April 1, 2010, the
Company reorganized into one segment and there is no longer management, development, operations, or
administrative personnel specifically for medical operations or product lines.
The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) is the Chief Executive Officer. The CODM
allocates resources to and assesses the performance of the Company using information about its revenue and
operating loss. Beginning April 1, 2010, there is only one segment that is reported to management.
As the Company has changed its internal structure which caused the Company’s reportable segments to
change, the Company has restated its previously reported separate segment information from Medical and Touch
into only one segment. As such, separate segment information has been eliminated.
Revenue by Region
The following is a summary of revenues by geographic areas. Revenues are broken out geographically by
the ship-to location of the customer. Geographic revenue as a percentage of total revenues by region was as
follows:
Years Ended December 31,
2010
2011
2012
North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Far East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rest of the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41%
13%
46%
0%
42%
13%
45%
0%
37%
15%
46%
2%
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100%
100%
100%
Geographic revenue as a percentage of total revenues by country was as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
2012
2011
2010
United States of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38%
36%
40%
37%
36%
35%
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IMMERSION CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The majority of the Company’s long-lived assets are located in the United States of America. Long-lived
assets include net property and equipment, intangibles, long-term investments, and other assets. Long-lived
assets that were outside the United States of America constituted less than 10% of the total on December 31,
2012, December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2010.
Significant Customers
Customers comprising 10% or greater of the Company’s net revenues are summarized as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
2012
2011
2010
Customer A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customer B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customer C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customer D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customer E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24%
*
*
*
*
24%
20%
12%
*
*
*
32%
14%
10%
*
*
*
24%
* Revenue derived from customer represented less than 10% for the period.
Customers comprising 10% or greater of the Company’s outstanding accounts and other receivable are
summarized as follows:
December 31,
2012
2011
2010
Customer A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customer B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customer C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customer D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customer E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
*
33%
38%
*
10%
*
*
14%
14%
*
37%
*
*
13%
*
* Represents less than 10% of the Company’s outstanding accounts and other receivable.
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IMMERSION CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
17. Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)
The following table presents certain consolidated statement of operations data for the Company’s eight most
recent quarters:
Dec 31,
2012
Sept 30,
2012
June 30,
2012
Mar 31,
2012
Dec 31,
2011
Sept 30,
2011
June 30,
2011
Mar 31,
2011
Revenues (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$8,860
$7,142
(In thousands, except per share data)
$6,495
$6,476
$7,690
$9,691
$6,682
$9,768
Gross profit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8,474
6,869
6,262
Operating income (loss)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(171)
(2,938)
(2,310)
9,376
324
7,348
6,303
6,435
225
(1,042)
(1,113)
9,294
1,877
Income (loss) from continuing operations before
provision for taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(145)
(2,872)
(2,242)
Provision for income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(55)
(118)
(66)
Income (loss) from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . .
(200)
(2,990)
(2,308)
Net income from discontinued operations (net of
334
(553)
(219)
257
(527)
(270)
(984)
(428)
(1,061)
1,939
(267)
(594)
(1,412)
(1,328)
1,345
tax) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0
0
153
0
0
0
18
43
Net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(200)
(2,990)
(2,155)
(219)
(270)
(1,412)
(1,310)
1,388
Basic net income (loss) per share
Continuing operations (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$(0.01)
$(0.11)
$(0.08)
$(0.01)
$(0.01)
$(0.05)
$(0.05)
Discontinued operations (2)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$(0.01)
$(0.11)
$(0.08)
$(0.01)
$(0.01)
$(0.05)
$(0.05)
$0.05
0.00
$0.05
Shares used in calculating basic net income (loss) per
share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27,288
27,658
28,058
27,941
28,471
28,918
28,610
28,249
Diluted net income (loss) per share
Continuing operations (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$(0.01)
$(0.11)
$(0.08)
$(0.01)
$(0.01)
$(0.05)
$(0.05)
Discontinued operations (2)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$(0.01)
$(0.11)
$(0.08)
$(0.01)
$(0.01)
$(0.05)
$(0.05)
$0.05
0.00
$0.05
Shares used in calculating diluted net income (loss) per
share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27,288
27,658
28,058
27,941
28,471
28,918
28,610
28,960
(1) The Company typically experiences seasonally higher revenue from our some customers due to the reporting
of holiday sales in the first calendar quarter.
(2) The quarterly earnings per share information is calculated separately for each period. Therefore, the sum of
such quarterly per share amounts may differ from the total for the year.
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Control and Procedures
Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Based on their evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of December 31, 2012, our management,
with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report for the
purpose of ensuring that the information required to be disclosed by us in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is
made known to them by others on a timely basis, and that the information is accumulated and communicated to
our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, in order to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure, and that such information is recorded, processed, summarized, and
reported by us within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and instructions for Form 10-K.
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that
our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls over financial reporting will prevent all error and
all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not
absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must
reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their
costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute
assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within Immersion have been detected.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Internal control over financial reporting is a
process designed by, or under the supervision of, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer
and affected by our Board of Directors and management to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.
Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2012. Management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting was conducted using the criteria in
Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (“COSO”). In performing the assessment, our management concluded that, as of
December 31, 2012, our internal control over financial reporting is effective based on these criteria.
Deloitte and Touche LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited our financial
statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, has issued an attestation report on our internal control
over financial reporting, which is included herein.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended
December 31, 2012 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control
over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Immersion Corporation
San Jose, California
We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Immersion Corporation and subsidiaries (the
“Company”) as of December 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company’s
management
is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit 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 effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our
audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a
material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based
on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We
believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. A company’s internal control over financial
reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the company’s board of directors,
management, and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain
to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could
have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of
collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be
prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal
control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule as of and for the year
ended December 31, 2012 of the Company and our report dated March 6, 2013 expressed an unqualified opinion
on those financial statements and financial statement schedule.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
San Jose, California
March 6, 2013
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PART III
The SEC allows us to include information required in this report by referring to other documents or reports
we have already or will soon be filing. This is called “Incorporation by Reference.” We intend to file our
definitive proxy statement pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year
covered by this report, and certain information therein is incorporated in this report by reference.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by Item 10 with respect to executive officers is set forth in Part I of this Annual
Report on Form 10-K and the remaining information required by Item 10 is incorporated by reference from the
sections entitled “Election of Directors,” “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” and
“Corporate Governance” in Immersion’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013 annual stockholders’ meeting.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by Item 11 is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Executive
Compensation” in Immersion’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013 annual stockholders’ meeting.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by Item 12 is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Principal
Stockholders and Stock Ownership by Management” in Immersion’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013
annual stockholders’ meeting.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by Item 13 is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Related Person
Transactions” and “Corporate Governance” in Immersion’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2013 annual
stockholders’ meeting.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
The information required by Item 14 is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Ratification of
Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in Immersion’s definitive Proxy Statement for
its 2013 annual stockholders’ meeting.
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PART IV.
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Form:
1.
Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
2.
Financial Statement Schedules
Page
45
46
47
48
49
50
The following financial statement schedule of
the years ended
December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 is filed as part of this Annual Report and should be read in conjunction
with the Consolidated Financial Statements of Immersion Corporation.
Immersion Corporation for
Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 84
Schedules not listed above have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is
not applicable or is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes herein.
3.
Exhibits:
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Incorporated by Reference
Filed
Herewith
Exhibit
Number
3.1
3.2
3.3
10.1
10.2
10.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated
October 31, 2007.
Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation.
Certificate of Designation of the Powers,
Preferences and Rights of Series A
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock.
1997 Stock Option Plan and form of
Incentive Stock Option Agreement and
form of Nonqualified Stock Option
Agreement.
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and
form of subscription agreement thereunder.
Immersion Corporation 2000 HT Non-
Officer Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan.
8-K 000-27969
November 1, 2007
10-Q 000-27969
August 14, 2000
8-K 000-27969
July 29, 2003
S-1/A 333-86361
November 5, 1999
S-1/A 333-86361
October 5, 1999
8-K 000-27969
October 13, 2000
S-3 333-108607
September 8, 2003
10.4# Settlement Agreement dated July 25, 2003
by and between Microsoft Corporation and
Immersion Corporation.
10.5# License Agreement dated July 25, 2003 by
S-3/A 333-108607
February 13, 2004
and between Microsoft Corporation and
Immersion Corporation.
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Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Incorporated by Reference
Filed
Herewith
10.6
Letter Agreement dated March 18, 2004 by
and between Microsoft Corporation and
Immersion Corporation.
10.7
Form of Indemnity Agreement.
10.8# Agreement by and among Sony Computer
Entertainment America Inc., Sony
Computer Entertainment Inc., and
Immersion Corporation dated March 1,
2007.
2007 Equity Incentive Plan with Forms of
Notice of Stock Option and Forms of Stock
Option Agreement (for both U.S. and Non-
U.S. Participants) dated June 6, 2007.
10.9
S-3/A 333-108607
March 24, 2004
S-3/A 333-108607
10-Q 000-27969
March 24, 2004
March 1, 2007
8-K 000-27969
June 12, 2007
10.10 The Immersion Corporation 2008
10-Q 000-27969
August 8, 2008
10.11
10.12
Employment Inducement Award Plan dated
April 30, 2008.
Form of Stock Option Agreement for
Immersion Corporation 2008 Employment
Inducement Award Plan dated April 30,
2008.
Settlement Agreement dated August 25,
2008 by and between Microsoft Corporation
and Immersion Corporation.
Form of RSU Agreement for Immersion
Corporation 2008 Employment Inducement
Award Plan dated April 30, 2008.
10.14* Employment Agreement dated October 21,
2009 by and between Immersion
Corporation and Victor Viegas.
10.15* Form of 2010 Executive Incentive Plan.
10.16* Offer Letter dated July 16, 2009 by and
10.13
10-Q 000-27969
August 8, 2008
10-Q 000-27969
November 7, 2008
8-K 000-27969
March 4, 2009
10-K 000-27969
March 30, 2010
10-Q 000-27969
10-K 000-27969
May 7, 2010
March 11, 2011
between Joseph LaValle and the Company.
10.17* Retention and Ownership Change Event
10-Q 000-27969
May 6, 2011
Agreement dated September 3, 2010 by and
between Immersion Corporation and Joe
LaValle.
10.18 Agreement dated March 9, 2011 by and
10-Q 000-27969
May 6, 2011
between Dialectic Capital Partners, LP and
related parties and Immersion Corporation
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1
of the Form 8-K filed by Immersion
Corporation with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 10, 2011)
10.19* 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.20* Form of Stock Option Award Agreement for
Immersion Corporation 2011 Equity
Incentive Plan.
10-Q 000-27969
10-Q 000-27969
August 5, 2011
August 5, 2011
10.21* Form of Award Agreement (Restricted
10-Q 000-27969
August 5, 2011
Stock Units) to the Immersion Corporation
2011 Equity Incentive Plan.
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Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Incorporated by Reference
Filed
Herewith
10.22* Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for
10-Q 000-27969
August 5, 2011
Immersion Corporation 2011 Equity
Incentive Plan.
10.23
10.24
Lease Termination agreement between Super
Micro Computer, Inc. and Immersion
Corporation dated September 15, 2011.
Office Lease between Carr NP Properties,
L.L.C., and Immersion Corporation dated
September 15, 2011.
10.25* Offer Letter dated April 27, 2012 by and
between Immersion Corporation and Paul
Norris (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.01 of the Form 8-K filed by Immersion
Corporation with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 3, 2012).
10.26* Retention and Ownership Change Event
Agreement dated May 11, 2012 by and
between Immersion Corporation and Paul
Norris.
21.1
23.1
31.1
31.2
32.1
32.2
Subsidiaries of Immersion Corporation.
Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm.
Certification of Victor Viegas, Chief
Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certification of Paul Norris, Chief Financial
Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certification of Victor Viegas, Chief
Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certification of Paul Norris, Chief Financial
Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.1** Interactive data files formatted in XBRL
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T.
10-Q 000-27969
November 7, 2011
10-Q 000-27969
November 7, 2011
10-Q 000-27969
August 7, 2012
10-Q 000-27969
August 7, 2012
10-K 000-27969
March 9, 2009
X
X
X
X
X
X
#
*
Certain information has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has
been granted with respect to the omitted portions.
Constitutes a management contract or compensatory plan required to be filed pursuant to Item 15(b) of
Form 10-K.
** XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed herewith, is not a
part of a registration statement or Prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933,
is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not
subject to liability under these sections.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 6, 2013
IMMERSION CORPORATION
By /s/
PAUL NORRIS
Paul Norris
Chief Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Victor Viegas and Paul Norris, jointly and severally, his or her attorney-in-fact, each
with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Annual
Report on Form 10-K and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-
fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A
has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/S/ VICTOR VIEGAS
Victor Viegas
/S/ PAUL NORRIS
Paul Norris
/S/ CARL SCHLACHTE
Carl Schlachte
/S/ JACK SALTICH
Jack Saltich
/S/ JOHN FICHTHORN
John Fichthorn
/S/ DAVID SUGISHITA
David Sugishita
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
Director
Director
Director
Director
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March 6, 2013
March 6, 2013
March 6, 2013
March 6, 2013
March 6, 2013
SCHEDULE II
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Beginning
of Period
Costs and
Expenses
Deductions/
Write-offs
End of
Period
(In thousands)
Year ended December 31, 2012
Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Year ended December 31, 2011
Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Year ended December 31, 2010
Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
$
$
21
97
207
$
$
$
113
$
(71) $
0
5
(40)
$
70
$
$
$
134
21
97
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STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The graph below depicts a five-year comparison of cumulative total shareholder returns for
Immersion common stock, the NASDAQ Composite Index, and the RDG Technology Composite
Index. The graph assumes an investment of $100 for
the five-year period commencing on
December 31, 2007 and ending on December 31, 2012, in Immersion’s common stock, and in the
NASDAQ Composite and the RDG Technology Composite indices, and reinvestment of dividends, if
any.
The comparison below is based on historical data, and Immersion cautions that the stock price
performance shown in the graph is not indicative of, nor intended to forecast, the potential future
performance of Immersion’s common stock. Information used in the graph was obtained from a source
believed to be reliable, but Immersion is not responsible for any errors or omissions in such
information.
COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
Among Immersion Corporation, the NASDAQ Composite Index,
and the RDG Technology Composite Index
$140
$120
$100
$80
$60
$40
$20
$0
12/07
12/08
12/09
12/10
12/11
12/12
Immersion Corporation
NASDAQ Composite
RDG Technology Composite
*$100 invested on 12/31/07 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends.
Fiscal year ending December 31.
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cORPORATE LEGAL cOUNSEL
Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIc AccOUNTING FIRM
Deloitte & Touche LLP
225 W. Santa Clara St., Suite 600
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USA
TRANSFER AGENT
Computershare Investor Services
Company, N.A.
P.O. Box 43078
Providence, Rhode Island 02940
USA
URL: www.computershare.com
STOckhOLDER INFORMATION
The Company’s financial and other
information, including the Com-
pany’s annual reports on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q,
current reports on Form 8-K, and
amendments to these reports filed
with or furnished to the Securities
and Exchange Commission are avail-
able on the Company’s Web site at:
www.immersion.com.
MARkET INFORMATION –
cOMMON STOck
The Company’s Common Stock has
been traded over-the-counter on the
Nasdaq Global Market under the
symbol “IMMR” since the Company’s
initial public offering on November
12, 1999.
ANNUAL MEETING
The Immersion Corporation Annual
Meeting of Stockholders will be
held Friday, June 7, 2013, at 9:30
a.m. California time at the Techmart
Network Meeting Center, 5201 Great
America Parkway, Santa Clara, Cali-
fornia 95054, USA.A.
BOARD OF DIREcTORS
CARL SCHLACHTE
Chairman, Immersion Corporation
Chairman, President and CEO,
Ventiva, Inc.
Director, Peregrine Semiconductor
JOHN FICHTHORN
Director, Immersion Corporation
Co-founder, Dialectic Capital Man-
agement, LLC
JACK SALTICH
Director, Immersion Corporation
Director, Atmel Corporation
Director, Plasmasi
DAVID SUGISHITA
Director, Immersion Corporation
Chairman and Director, Atmel
Corporation
VICTOR VIEGAS
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Immersion Corporation
cORPORATE MANAGEMENT
VICTOR VIEGAS
Chief Executive Officer and Director
ROB LACROIX
Vice President,
Research and Development
PAUL NORRIS
Chief Financial Officer
JANICE PASSARELLO
Vice President,
Human Resources
AMIE PETERS
General Counsel and
Vice President, Legal
DENNIS SHEEHAN
Sr. Vice President, Sales and
Marketing
CHRIS ULLRICH
Vice President,
User Experience
cORPORATE hEADQUARTERS
30 Rio Robles
San Jose, California 95134
USA
T: +1 408.467.1900
F: +1 408.467.1901
www.immersion.com
IMMERSION cANADA
4200 St-Laurent Blvd., Suite 1105
Montreal, Quebec H2W 2R2
Canada
T: +1 514.987.9800
IMMERSION JAPAN k.k.
Level 20 Marunouchi Trust
Tower - Main
1-8-3 Marunouchi
Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100-0005
Japan
T: +81 090 4092 8767
IMMERSION kOREA
5FL, EWR Building
1330-8 Seocho-dong
Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-858
Korea
T: +82 2 3472 3141
IMMERSION (ShENZhEN)
TRADING cO., LTD
4/F-95 (D49), Podium Building
Jinhui Plaza, West of Nanhai
Avenue, Nanshan District
Shenzhen, PRC
T: +852 69187236
IMMERSION TAIWAN
12F, 866-3 ZhongZheng Road
New Taipei City
Zhonghe District (235)
Taiwan, R.O.C.
T: +1 866 9 32901330
IMMERSION LIMITED
905 Silvercord, Tower 2
30 Canton Road
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
Hong Kong
T: +1 659 815 0765
hAPTIFY, INc.
30 Rio Robles
San Jose, California 95134
USA
T: +1 408.467.1900
F: +1 408.467.1901
www.haptify.com
All statements contained herein, as well as oral statements that may be made by officers, directors, or employees of Immersion (the “Company”) acting on the Company’s behalf, that are not statements of historical
fact, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“the Exchange Act”).
Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” and other similar expressions. However, these words are not the only way the Company identifies
forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements, including, but not limited
to, our statement regarding our 2013 revenue guidance of $44 and $48 million and that we have positioned ourselves solidly for even more growth in future years, our statement that we are investing in innovations that
will fuel future growth and our statement that we are confident that the execution of our strategy in 2012 has put Immersion on the right path for success in the future. Immersion’s actual results might differ materially
from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties associated with Immersion’s business, which include, but are not limited to, delay in or failure to achieve commercial
demand for Immersion’s or its licensees’ products; a delay in or failure to achieve the acceptance of force feedback as a critical user experience; unexpected difficulties in monetizing the patent portfolio; the commercial
success of applications or devices into which Immersion’s technology is licensed; potentially lengthy sales cycles and design processes; unanticipated difficulties and challenges encountered in development efforts; po-
tential restructuring charges; failure to retain key personnel; potential and actual claims and proceedings, including stockholder litigation; competition; the impact of global economic conditions and other factors. Many
of these risks and uncertainties are beyond the control of Immersion.
For a more detailed discussion of these factors, and other factors that could cause actual results to vary materially, interested parties should review the risk factors listed in Immersion’s Form 10-K for 2012, which is on
file with the U.S. Secu rities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements in this document reflect Immersion’s beliefs and predictions as of the date of this document. Immersion disclaims any obligation
to update these forward-looking statements as a result of financial, business, or any other developments occurring after the date of this document.
©2013 Immersion Corporation. All rights reserved. Immersion, the Immersion logo, TouchSense and Haptify are trademarks of Immersion Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
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