Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

Note 20 – Related Party Transactions

From time to time, we enter into transactions with related parties. In December 2009, we entered into a three-year agreement for engineering and software development services with Neusoft Corporation (“Neusoft”), a Shanghai exchange listed technology solutions provider. A member of our Board of Directors is the Chairman and CEO of Neusoft. On April 20, 2010, our subsidiary, innovative Systems GmbH (“IS”) entered into an asset purchase and business transfer agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Neusoft Technology Solutions GmbH (“Neusoft Technology”), which is a subsidiary of Neusoft, for the sale of certain tangible assets located at IS’s facility in Hamburg, Germany. This transaction closed on June 1, 2010. As part of the Asset Purchase Agreement, IS and Neusoft Technology entered into a five-year agreement for engineering and software development services related to IS’s vehicle navigation business (the “Services Agreement”). Under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, IS transferred at closing certain tangible assets and employment relationships to Neusoft Technology and received consideration of €6 million. Our subsidiary, Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH and Neusoft Europe AG, a subsidiary of Neusoft, are guarantors under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Services Agreement. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, we entered into a contract with Neusoft to develop certain software to be integrated into certain infotainment platforms for a customer. In the third quarter of fiscal year 2013, we entered into a separate contract with Neusoft to develop digital map databases. As of March 31, 2013, we have paid Neusoft approximately $4.7 million (€3.7 million), which we have classified as a Current asset in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Upon acceptance of the purchased software, the asset will be reclassified as capitalized software and will be amortized over the future revenue stream of the products to which it relates. During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, we incurred total expenses of $3.8 million and $8.2 million, respectively, for engineering and software development services with Neusoft Technology and Neusoft. During the nine months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, we incurred total expenses of $19.3 million and $24.4 million, respectively, for engineering and software development services with Neusoft Technology and Neusoft.