Hirsch Electronics Corporation (“Hirsch”) Acquisition – Secure Keyboards and Secure Networks. Prior to the 2009 acquisition of Hirsch Electronics Corporation by the Company, effective November 1994, Hirsch had entered into a settlement agreement (the “1994 Settlement Agreement”) with two limited partnerships, Secure Keyboards, Ltd. (“Secure Keyboards”) and Secure Networks, Ltd. (“Secure Networks”). At the time, Secure Keyboards and Secure Networks were related to Hirsch through certain common shareholders and limited partners, including Hirsch’s then President Lawrence Midland, who resigned as President of the Company effective July 31, 2014. Immediately following the acquisition, Mr. Midland owned 30% of Secure Keyboards and 9% of Secure Networks. Secure Networks was dissolved in 2012 and Mr. Midland owned 24.5% of Secure Keyboards upon his resignation effective July 31, 2014.

On April 8, 2009, Secure Keyboards, Secure Networks and Hirsch amended and restated the 1994 Settlement Agreement to replace the royalty-based payment arrangement under the 1994 Settlement Agreement with a new, definitive installment payment schedule with contractual payments to be made in future periods through 2021 (the “2009 Settlement Agreement”). The Company was not an original party to the 2009 Settlement Agreement as the acquisition of Hirsch occurred subsequent to the 2009 Settlement Agreement being entered into. The Company has, however, provided Secure Keyboards and Secure Networks with a limited guarantee of Hirsch’s payment obligations under the 2009 Settlement Agreement (the “Guarantee”). The 2009 Settlement Agreement and the Guarantee became effective upon the acquisition of Hirsch on April 30, 2009. The Company’s annual payment to Secure Keyboards and Secure Networks in any given year under the 2009 Settlement Agreement is subject to an increase based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the previous calendar year. The final payment to Secure Networks was made on January 30, 2012.

On April 13, 2020, the Company, Secure Keyboards, and Secure Networks, amended the 2009 Settlement Agreement. The amendment reduces the amount of quarterly payments due under the obligation in 2020, and requires three additional quarterly payments in 2021, increasing the total amount due under the obligation by approximately $90,000. The Company’s remaining payment obligation under the 2009 Settlement Agreement, as amended, has been extended through October 31, 2021.

The Company included $32,000, and $44,000 of interest expense during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, in its condensed consolidated statements of operations for interest accreted on the contractual payment obligation.

The ongoing payment obligation in connection with the Hirsch acquisition as of March 31, 2020, as amended, was as follows (in thousands):

2020 (remaining nine months)	$	451
2021		1,083
Present value discount factor		(150	)
Total	$	1,384