secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NETLIST INC (NLST)
CIK:        0001282631
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-06T12:05:21+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-113897
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.88
Item codes: 1.01, 3.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Netlist settles Micron patent suits; Micron to pay $600M over five years for portfolio license
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- Micron to pay $30M quarterly for 20 consecutive calendar quarters, Q4 2026 through Q3 2031, totaling $600M for a five-year license to Netlist's worldwide patent portfolio.
- Settlement and Release Agreement dated October 5, 2026 resolves and mutually releases all pending legal proceedings between Netlist and Micron.
- Micron also purchased 10 million NLST common shares for $1 million cash (~$0.10/share); 20% of shares release from lock-up on each of the first four anniversaries, remaining 20% on the fifth.
- Licensed patents include those covering server DIMMs and High Bandwidth Memory; CEO C.K. Hong said the agreement 'further validates the value of our AI memory technologies.'

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282631/000110465926113897/0001104659-26-113897-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282631/000110465926113897/tm2626949d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-113897

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