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Related Party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 25, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

16. Related Party Transactions

 

The Company may from time to time enter into agreements with shareholders, affiliates and other companies engaged in certain aspects of the display, electronics, optical and software industries as part of our business strategy. In addition, the wearable computing product market is relatively new and there may be other technologies the Company needs to purchase from affiliates in order to enhance its product offering.

 

The Company and Goertek have entered into agreements to jointly develop and commercialize a range of technologies and wearable products. These include: a mutually exclusive supply and manufacturing arrangement for a certain display product for twenty four months after mass production begins; an agreement that provides the Company with the right of first refusal to invest in certain manufacturing capacity for certain products with Goertek; an agreement whereby Goertek will provide system level original equipment manufacturing services for the Company’s wearable products; an arrangement whereby the Company will supply display modules for Goertek’s virtual reality and augmented reality products; and other agreements related to promotion around certain products as well as providing designs relating to head mounted displays.

 

The Company and RealWear, Inc. (“RealWear”) have entered into agreements where the Company has agreed to supply display modules to RealWear, and license certain intellectual property to RealWear. In conjunction with these agreements the Company received an equity interest in RealWear, one-time $1.5 million license fees and will receive royalties of future product sales. In May 2019, the Company has signed an additional agreement to license certain intellectual property to Realwear for $3.5 million license fee and additional sales-based royalties. Of the $3.5 million license fee, $2.5 million was paid upon signing of the license agreement and the other $1.0 million was paid in quarterly installments of $0.25 million. Additionally, in the second quarter of 2019, we made an additional equity investment in RealWear of $2.5 million as part of an equity raise by RealWear. As of December 25, 2021, we owned approximately 2.8% of RealWear. In the fourth quarter of 2019 Kopin reviewed the financial condition and other factors of RealWear and as a result, in the fourth quarter of 2019, we recorded an impairment charge of $5.2 million to reduce our investment in RealWear to zero as of December 25, 2021.

 

On September 30, 2019, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Solos Purchase Agreement”) with Solos Technology Limited (“Solos Technology”). Pursuant to the Solos Purchase Agreement, the Company sold and licensed to Solos Technology certain assets of our SolosTM (“Solos”) product line and WhisperTM Audio (“Whisper”) technology. As consideration for the transaction the Company received 1,172,000 common shares representing a 20.0% equity stake in Solos Technology’s parent company, Solos Incorporation (“Solos Inc.”). In addition, the Company has agreed to reimburse Solos Technology for sales support provided. Solos Technology has agreed to reimburse the Company for the employee’s time spent on Solos development. As of December 25, 2021, and December 26, 2020, the Company had less than $10,000 and $283,000 respectively of receivables outstanding from Solos Technology and had a payable of less than $10,000 to Solos Technology.

 

The Company has warrants to purchase shares of Preferred Stock of HMDmd. The fair value of the investment was determined to be $300,000 as of December 25, 2021.

 

As of December 25, 2021, the Company’s CEO and Chairman, Dr. John C.C. Fan, has an individual ownership interest of 15.7% (14.4% fully diluted) of Solos Inc. Two of Dr. Fan’s family members have also invested in Solos Inc., and collectively hold a 37.5% (34.4% fully diluted) ownership interest in Solos Inc.

 

During fiscal years 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company had the following transactions with related parties:

 

   2021   2020   2019 
   Revenue   Purchases   Revenue   Purchases   Revenue   Purchases 
Goertek  $—   $—   $—   $—   $—   $747,154 
RealWear, Inc.   3,762,638    —    2,678,335    —    5,778,672    — 
HMDmd, Inc.   656,805    —    —    —    —    — 
   $4,419,443   $—   $2,678,335   $—   $5,778,672   $747,154 

 

At December 25, 2021 and December 26, 2020, the Company had the following receivables and payables with related parties:

 

   December 25, 2021   December 26, 2020 
   Receivables   Payables   Receivables   Payables 
RealWear, Inc.  $306,307   $—   $817,388   $— 
Solos Technology   8,422    —    —    — 
   $314,729   $—   $817,388   $—