Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions

15. Related Party Transactions

        In August 2016, Bill Bock, a member of the Company's board of directors, joined the board of directors of Spredfast. Spredfast has been a tenant in one of the buildings at the Company's headquarters in Austin, Texas since May 2013. During fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company received payments from Spredfast of $3.2 million, $2.5 million and $1.6 million, respectively, in connection with the leased facilities.

        On July 1, 2013, Geir Førre joined the Company as senior vice president. Mr. Førre was chief executive officer of Energy Micro, until it was acquired by the Company. Mr. Førre was the beneficial owner of approximately 30% of the Energy Micro equity and accordingly received approximately $35 million at closing. In the first quarter of 2015, Mr. Førre received approximately $6.1 million of the $20.0 million paid for the holdback related to potential indemnification claims and approximately $1.9 million of the $6.3 million paid for the fiscal 2014 earn-out. On March 11, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement which settled the amount of the earn-out to be paid for fiscal 2015 through 2018. Under this agreement, Mr. Førre received approximately $4.8 million of the $16.0 million that was paid.

        Alf-Egil Bogen served on the Company's board of directors from October 17, 2013 to April 21, 2016. Mr. Bogen was chief marketing officer of Energy Micro, until it was acquired by the Company. Mr. Bogen was the beneficial owner of approximately 2% of the Energy Micro equity and accordingly received approximately $0.9 million at closing. In the first quarter of 2015, Mr. Bogen received approximately $0.4 million of the $20.0 million paid for the holdback related to potential indemnification claims and approximately $0.1 million of the $6.3 million paid for the fiscal 2014 earn-out. Under the settlement agreement, Mr. Bogen received approximately $0.3 million of the $16.0 million that was paid for fiscal 2015 through 2018 earn-out. Mr. Bogen had invested approximately $0.8 million in Energy Micro prior to the acquisition.