---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-048370"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NLST"
cik: "0001282631"
company_name: "NETLIST INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T21:32:58.973228+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Netlist extends shareholder rights plan to April 17, 2027; appoints new rights agent

## Summary
- Fourth Amendment extends Rights Agreement term by three years, from April 17, 2024 to April 17, 2027.
- Equiniti Trust Company, LLC appointed as successor rights agent, replacing Computershare.
- Rights plan originally adopted in 2017 as part of patent infringement litigation strategy against SK hynix.
- Previous amendments extended the plan from 2019 to 2021 to 2024; now further extended.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-048370
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NLST
- cik: 0001282631
- company_name: NETLIST INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282631/000110465924048370/0001104659-24-048370-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282631/000110465924048370/tm2411888d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-048370
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-048370.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-048370.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  NETLIST INC amended Fourth Amendment with Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (effective 2024-04-17).
  - Action: amendment
  - Counterparty: Equiniti Trust Company, LLC
  - Effective: 2024-04-17
  source text: fourth amendment (the “Fourth Amendment”) to the Rights Agreement. The Fourth Amendment appoints Equiniti Trust Company,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282631/000110465924048370/0001104659-24-048370-index.htm

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