8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

March 7, 2013

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

IMMERSION CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-27969   94-3180138

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

30 Rio Robles, San Jose, CA   95134
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(408) 467-1900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 7, 2013, Immersion Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Immersion”), together with Immersion Software Ireland Limited, an Irish company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Immersion, entered into a multi-year license agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a South Korean corporation (“Samsung”). Pursuant to the License Agreement, Samsung is licensing Immersion’s TouchSense and Integrator solutions, as well as certain Immersion patents.

Immersion intends to submit a FOIA Confidential Treatment Request to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requesting that it be permitted to redact certain portions of the License Agreement. The omitted material will be included in the request for confidential treatment.

On March 7, 2013, Immersion issued a press release announcing that it has entered into the License Agreement. A copy of such press release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.01 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

In a press release dated March 7, 2013, attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.01, Immersion provided revised 2013 financial guidance.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Exhibit Title

99.01    Press Release dated March 7, 2013


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

      IMMERSION CORPORATION
Date: March 7, 2013     By:  

/s/ Paul Norris

    Name:   Paul Norris
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer