On August 4, 2026, Netlist, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Patent Cross License Agreement (the "License Agreement") with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a company existing under the laws of the Republic of Korea ("Samsung"), effective as of July 31, 2026 (the "Effective Date"). Pursuant to the License Agreement, each party grants the other party a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, royalty-bearing (in the case of Samsung as licensee) or royalty-free (in the case of the Company as licensee) licenses to certain patents. In consideration of the license under the Company’s patents, Samsung will pay the Company an upfront license fee of US$239 million (net of Korean withholding taxes, approximately US$200 million to the Company) plus quarterly license fees of up to US$32.9 million (net of such Korean withholding taxes and deductions, up to approximately US$27.5 million per quarter to the Company) for each of the twenty calendar quarters from the Effective Date through the second calendar quarter of 2031, with the amount of each quarterly license fee payment to be calculated in accordance with a revenue-based formula set forth in the License Agreement. These quarterly amounts may be subject to certain adjustments and refund rights of Samsung. The License Agreement has a term of five years.

 

Settlement Agreement

 

On August 4, 2026, the Company entered into a Settlement and Release Agreement (the "Settlement Agreement") effective as of the Effective Date with Samsung. The Settlement Agreement was entered into in settlement of the pending legal proceedings between the Company and Samsung identified therein.

 

Supply Agreement

 

On August 4, 2026, the Company entered into a Supply Agreement (the "Supply Agreement") with Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., a California corporation ("SSI"), and an affiliate of Samsung, effective as of the Effective Date. The Supply Agreement has a term of five years. Pursuant to the Supply Agreement, the Company has the right to purchase from SSI up to US$300 million of DRAM and NAND products each year for an aggregate of up to US$1.5 billion during the term of the Supply Agreement on the pricing terms set forth therein.

 

ITC Cooperation Agreement

 

On August 4, 2026, in connection with the Settlement Agreement, the Company also entered into an ITC Cooperation Agreement with Samsung with a term of five years during which time Samsung agreed to produce or provide certain information, documents, or declarations to the Company to use in future ITC actions against third parties.  

 

Securities Purchase and Lock-up and Release Agreements

 

On August 4, 2026, in connection with and as a condition to the parties’ entry into the Supply Agreement, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement and a Lock-Up and Release Agreement with SSI. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, SSI purchased 10 million shares (the "Shares") of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), for an aggregate cash purchase price of $1 million. Pursuant to the Lock-up and Release Agreement, twenty percent of the Shares will be released from the disposition and transfer restrictions set forth therein on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the issuance of the Shares, with the remaining Shares released on the fifth anniversary. The issuance of the Shares to SSI will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Company and SSI have agreed that the issuance of the Shares will be accomplished in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement will occur on or before August 11, 2026.