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Commitments and Contingencies | 12 Months Ended
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Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract] |
Commitments and Contingencies |
10. | Commitments and Contingencies
Indemnities and Guarantees Our bylaws require that we indemnify each of our executive officers and directors for certain events or occurrences arising as a result of the officer or director serving in such capacity. The term of the indemnification period is for the officer’s or director’s lifetime. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited. However, we have a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy that should enable us to recover a portion of future amounts paid. As a result of our insurance policy coverage, we believe the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal and we have no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016. We enter into indemnification provisions under our agreements with other companies in the ordinary course of business, typically with business partners, contractors, customers and landlords. Under these provisions we generally indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party as a result of our activities or, in some cases, as a result of the indemnified party’s activities under the agreement. These indemnification provisions often include indemnifications relating to representations made by us with regard to intellectual property rights. These indemnification provisions generally survive termination of the underlying agreement. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification provisions is unlimited. We have not incurred material costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements. As a result, we believe the estimated fair value of these agreements is minimal. Accordingly, we have no liabilities recorded for these indemnification provisions as of December 31, 2017 and 2016. Non-Recurring Engineering Development Costs On February 4, 2011, we entered into an Analog Device Development Agreement with an effective date of January 24, 2010 (the “NN1001 Agreement”) with Texas Instruments pursuant to which Texas Instruments agreed to integrate Neonode’s intellectual property into an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (“ASIC”). The NN1001 ASIC only can be sold by Texas Instruments exclusively to licensees of Neonode. Under the terms of the NN1001 Agreement, we agreed to reimburse Texas Instruments $500,000 of non-recurring engineering development costs based on shipments of the NN1001. Under the terms of the NN1001 Agreement, we also agreed to reimburse Texas Instruments a non-recurring engineering fee of $0.08 per unit for each of the first one million units sold and $0.05 for the next eight million units sold. During the year ended December 31, 2015 approximately $20,000 of non-recurring engineering expense related to the NN1001 Agreement is included in research and development in the consolidated statements of operations. Through December 31, 2015, all payments under the NN1001 Agreement have been made. On April 25, 2013, we entered into an additional Analog Device Development Agreement with an effective date of December 6, 2012 (the “NN1002 Agreement”) with Texas Instruments pursuant to which Texas Instruments agreed to integrate Neonode’s intellectual property into an ASIC. The NN1002 ASIC only can be sold by Texas Instruments exclusively to licensees of Neonode. Under the terms of the NN1002 Agreement, we agreed to reimburse Texas Instruments up to $500,000 of non-recurring engineering costs based on shipments of the NN1002. Under the terms of the NN1002 Agreement, we also agreed to reimburse Texas Instruments a non-recurring engineering fee of $0.25 per unit for each of the first two million units sold. The NN1002 began shipping to customers in 2015. As of December 31, 2017, we had made no payments under the NN1002 Agreement. On December 4, 2014, we entered into an additional Analog Device Development Agreement (the “NN1003 Agreement”) with ST Microelectronics International N.V. pursuant to which ST Microelectronics agreed to integrate Neonode’s intellectual property into an ASIC. The NN1003 ASIC only can be sold by ST Microelectronics exclusively to licensees of Neonode. Under the terms of the NN1003 Agreement, we agreed to reimburse ST Microelectronics up to $885,000 of non-recurring engineering costs as follows:
| ● | $235,000 at the feasibility review and contract signature (paid on January 20, 2015)
| ● | $300,000 on completion of tape-out (paid on October 31, 2015)
| ● | $300,000 on completion on product validation (paid through January 2, 2017)
Operating Leases We lease office space located at 2880 Zanker Road, San Jose, California. The annual payment for this space equates to approximately $15,000. This lease was effective on August 22, 2016 and can be terminated with one month’s notice. Our subsidiary Neonode Technologies AB leases 7,007 square feet of office space located at Storgatan 23C, Stockholm, Sweden. The annual payment for this space is approximately $425,000 per year including property tax (excluding VAT). This lease is valid through November 30, 2018. The lease can be extended on a yearly basis with three and nine months´ written notice. Neonode Technologies AB’s majority-owned subsidiary Pronode Technologies AB leases 9,040 square feet of workshop located at Faktorvägen 17, Kungsbacka, Sweden. The annual payment for this space equates to approximately $93,000 per year. The lease was valid through December 9, 2017. The lease was extended through December 9, 2020 and can be terminated with nine months’ written notice before the termination date. Our subsidiary Neonode Japan K.K. leases office space located at 405 Elpulimento Shinjuku, 6-7-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. The annual payment for this space equates to approximately $21,000 per year. The lease can be terminated with one month’s notice. Our subsidiary Neonode Korea Ltd. entered into a lease agreement located at B-1807, Daesung D-Polis. 543-1, Seoul, South Korea in January 2015. The annual payment for this space equates to approximately $9,000 per year. The lease is valid until December 2018. Our subsidiary Neonode Taiwan Ltd. entered into a lease agreement located at Rm. 2406, International Trade Building, Keelung Rd., Sec.1, Taipei, Taiwan. The annual payment for this space equates to approximately $14,000 per year. The lease is renewed every three months unless termination is notified. For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, we recorded approximately $681,000, $852,000 and $641,000, respectively, for rent expense. We believe our existing facilities are in good condition and suitable for the conduct of our business. A summary of future minimum payments under non-cancellable operating lease commitments as of December 31, 2017 is as follows (in thousands):
Years ending December 31, |  | Total |
2018 |  | $ | 492 |
2019 |  |  | 94 |
2020 |  |  | 93 |
|  | $ | 679 |
Equipment Subject to Capital Lease In April 2014, we entered into a lease for certain specialized milling equipment. Under the terms of the lease agreement we are obligated to purchase the equipment at the end of the original six-year lease term for 10% of the original purchase price of the equipment. In accordance with relevant accounting guidance the lease is classified as a capital lease. The lease payments and depreciation period began on July 1, 2014 when the equipment went into service. The implicit interest rate of the lease is 4% per annum. Between the second and the fourth quarters of 2016, we entered into six leases for component production equipment. Under the terms of five of the lease agreements we are obligated to purchase the equipment at the end of the original three to five-year lease terms for 5-10% of the original purchase price of the equipment. In accordance with relevant accounting guidance the leases are classified as capital leases. The lease payments and depreciation periods began between June and November 2016 when the equipment went into service. The implicit interest rate of these leases is approximately 3% per annum. One of the leases is a hire-purchase agreement where the equipment is required to be paid off after five years. In accordance with relevant accounting guidance the lease is classified as a capital lease. The lease payments and depreciation period began on July 1, 2016 when the equipment went into service. The implicit interest rate of the lease is approximately 3% per annum. In 2017, we have entered into this lease for component production equipment. Under the terms of the lease agreement the lease will be renewed with one year at the time at the end of the original four-year lease term. In accordance with relevant accounting guidance the lease is classified as a capital lease. The lease payments and depreciation periods began in May 2017 when the equipment went into service. The implicit interest rate of this lease is approximately 1.5% per annum. The following is a schedule of minimum future rentals on the non-cancelable capital leases as of December 31, 2017 (in thousands):
Year ending December 31, |  | Total |
2018 |  | $ | 613 |
2019 |  |  | 610 |
2020 |  |  | 618 |
2021 |  |  | 501 |
Total minimum payments required |  | $ | 2,342 |
Less amount representing interest |  |  | (93 | )
Present value of net minimum lease payments |  | $ | 2,249 |
Less current portion |  |  | (568 | )
|  | $ | 1,681 |
Equipment under capital lease |  | $ | 3,590 |
Less: accumulated depreciation |  |  | (807 | )
Net book value |  | $ | 2,783 |

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