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        SUBSEQUENT EVENTSOn April 5, 2014, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement ("Share Purchase Agreement A") with Metaphor AS ("Metaphor") and the stockholders of Metaphor, pursuant to which the Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Metaphor and its wholly owned subsidiaries WeatherOne AS and WeatherOne Limited (collectively referred to as "WeatherOne"). WeatherOne is a leading provider of weather forecast solutions for broadcast and digital media based in Oslo, Norway. The acquisition of Metaphor and WeatherOne is referred to as the WeatherOne Transaction.Share Purchase Agreement A provides for a purchase price of $3.8 million plus warrants to purchase ChyronHego common stock ("common stock") equal to 30% of the purchase price. The $3.8 million in purchase price shall be paid at closing in cash and shares of common stock equal to 17.5% and 82.5%, respectively, of the purchase price.Consummation of the WeatherOne Transaction is subject to a number of customary conditions and is expected to close on or about July 1, 2014, subject to satisfaction or waiver of all conditions.Also on April 5, 2014, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement ("Share Purchase Agreement B") with Zxy Sport Tracking AS ("Zxy"), and the stockholders of Zxy, pursuant to which the Company will acquire 67% of the issued and outstanding shares of Zxy. Zxy is a Norwegian-based provider of transponder-based sports tracking technology. The acquisition of Zxy is referred to as the Zxy Transaction.Share Purchase Agreement B provides for a purchase price of $3.78 million plus warrants to purchase common stock. The $3.78 million in purchase price shall be paid at closing in 1,374,545 shares of common stock and 549,818 warrants. Each warrant shall give the holder the right to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $2.75 for a three year period from the date of closing.In addition, stockholders of Zxy will be entitled to a 15% earn-out, payable in cash, based on net revenues from all sales of Zxy products and services from the closing date through December 31, 2018 up to $3.0 million. If and when $3.0 million in earn-out has been achieved, the rate shall be reduced to 7.5% for the remainder of the earn-out period. The stockholders are entitled to a guaranteed minimum amount of earn-out of $110,000 in each of 2014, 2015 and 2016.The closing of the Zxy Transaction took place on April 30, 2014.
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