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Related Party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

14. 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 the Company’s 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 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 signed an additional agreement to license certain intellectual property to Realwear for a $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. See Note 5 for a description of the Company’s investments in RealWear. As of December 30, 2023, the Company owned approximately 3.3% of RealWear.

 

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 its 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 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company had less than $10,000 of receivables outstanding from Solos Technology and had payables 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 $0.3 million as of December 30, 2023.

 

As of December 30, 2023, the Company’s former Chairman and founder of Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc., Dr. John C.C. Fan, has an individual ownership interest of 11.1% (17.7% fully diluted) of Solos Inc. Two of Dr. Fan’s family members and a family trust have also invested in Solos Inc., and collectively hold a 37.5% (57.4% fully diluted) ownership interest in Solos Inc.

 

During fiscal years 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Company had the following transactions with related parties:

  

   2023   2022   2021 
   Revenue   Purchases   Revenue   Purchases   Revenue   Purchases 
RealWear, Inc.  $1,000,466   $—   $1,191,988   $—   $3,762,638   $— 
HMDmd, Inc.   852,175    —    473,294    —    656,805    — 
Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc.   35,013    546,378    —    —    —    — 
   $1,887,654   $546,378   $1,665,282   $—   $4,419,443   $— 

 

At December 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had the following receivables and payables with related parties:

 

   December 30, 2023   December 31, 2022 
   Receivables   Payables   Receivables   Payables 
RealWear, Inc.  $94,902   $—   $171,518   $— 
Solos Technology   —    —    2,248    — 
HMDmd, Inc.   15,000    —    151,340    — 
Lightning Silicon Technology, Inc.   35,013    97,600    —    — 
   $144,915   $97,600   $325,106   $—