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The present is a summary of the royalties agreed for DVB-H compliant products for the essential patents to
be licensed by Sisvel in a joint licensing program. The following rates are not intended to be considered as
an offer to license and cannot be relied upon for any purpose other than informative.
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Royalties will be charged on a per-unit basis (for each DVB-H compliant product)
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The following royalty rates will apply based on yearly units sold/produced by the licensee.
Non - Hierarchical Hierarchical
Units Royalty Rate Units Royalty Rate
< 1 Mill 0.60€ < 1 Mill 0.70€
1 – 2 Mill 0.50€ 1 – 2 Mill 0.58€
2 – 4 Mill 0.40€ 2 – 4 Mill 0.47€
4 – 8 Mill 0.35€ 4 – 8 Mill 0.41€
8 - 12 Mill 0.30€ 8 - 12 Mill 0.35€
> 12 Mill 0.20€ > 12 Mill 0.25€
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To encourage early adoption of the DVB-H system, for the first 4 years an Early Birds incentive
will be offered to reduce the royalties due as follows:
Year Percentage of Royalty Rate
2008 40%
2009 55%
2010 70%
2011 85%
2012 100%
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A Yearly Cap on royalties will apply as follows:
Year Cap
2009 1 M€
2010 3 M€
2011 6 M€
2012 9 M€
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