---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-297144"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DMRC"
cik: "0001438231"
company_name: "Digimarc CORP"
filed_at: "2022-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T10:10:01.852335+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digimarc extends central bank DLA to Dec 2029

## Summary
- Amendment extends Counterfeit Deterrence System Development and License Agreement with Bank for International Settlements.
- Expiration date moved from Dec 31, 2024 to Dec 31, 2029 (5-year extension).
- Amendment executed two years ahead of original expiration to also incorporate other changes.
- The DLA governs Digimarc's technology used by central banks for anti-counterfeiting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-297144
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DMRC
- cik: 0001438231
- company_name: Digimarc CORP
- filed_at: 2022-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000119312522297144/0001193125-22-297144-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000119312522297144/d428995d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-297144.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Digimarc CORP amended DLA with Bank for International Settlements (effective 2022-12-01).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: license
  - Counterparty: Bank for International Settlements
  - Effective: 2022-12-01
  source text: On December 1, 2022, Digimarc Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Counterfeit Deterrence System Development and License Agreement (as amended, the “DLA”), dated December 6, 2012, and effective January 1, 2013, by and between the Company and the Bank for International Settlements.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000119312522297144/0001193125-22-297144-index.htm

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