UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
March 7, 2013
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
IMMERSION CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-27969 | 94-3180138 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission file number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 30 Rio Robles, San Jose, CA | 95134 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(408) 467-1900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On March 7, 2013, Immersion Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Immersion”), together with Immersion Software Ireland Limited, an Irish company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Immersion, entered into a multi-year license agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a South Korean corporation (“Samsung”). Pursuant to the License Agreement, Samsung is licensing Immersion’s TouchSense and Integrator solutions, as well as certain Immersion patents.
Immersion intends to submit a FOIA Confidential Treatment Request to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requesting that it be permitted to redact certain portions of the License Agreement. The omitted material will be included in the request for confidential treatment.
On March 7, 2013, Immersion issued a press release announcing that it has entered into the License Agreement. A copy of such press release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.01 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
In a press release dated March 7, 2013, attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.01, Immersion provided revised 2013 financial guidance.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit |
Exhibit Title | |
| 99.01 | Press Release dated March 7, 2013 | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| IMMERSION CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: March 7, 2013 | By: | /s/ Paul Norris | ||||
| Name: | Paul Norris | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||