Item 8.01. Other Events. As previously disclosed, SRAM, LLC ("SRAM") filed (i) a lawsuit on December 17, 2015 in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, against RFE Holding (Canada) Corp. ("RFE Canada"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fox Factory Holding Corp. ("Fox Factory"), alleging patent infringement of U.S. Patent number 9,182,027 ("027 Patent") and violation of the Lanham Act, and (ii) a second lawsuit on May 16, 2016 in the same court against RFE Canada alleging patent infringement of U.S. Patent number 9,291,250 ("250 Patent" and, together with 027 Patent, the "Applicable SRAM Chainring Patents"). In addition, as previously disclosed, Fox Factory, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Fox Factory) filed (i) a lawsuit on January 29, 2016 in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California against SRAM alleging SRAM's infringement of two separate Fox Factory, Inc. owned patents, specifically U.S. Patent number 6,135,434, and (ii) a second lawsuit on July 1, 2016 in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California against SRAM alleging infringement of Fox Factory, Inc.'s U.S. Patent numbers 8,226,172 and 8,974,009 (collectively, the "Applicable Fox Axle Patents") (which actions were later moved to U.S. District Court, District of Colorado). On December 22, 2021, Fox Factory entered into a Settlement and License Agreement with SRAM that, among other things, provides (i) all claims amongst the parties in the aforementioned complaints shall be dismissed with prejudice, without any admission of liability or fault by any party, (ii) SRAM grants Fox Factory a non-exclusive license to make and use products and services covered by the Applicable SRAM Chainring Patents under the FOX brand in exchange for specified royalty rates, (iii) Fox Factory grants SRAM a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to make and use products and services covered by the Applicable Fox Axle Patents under the SRAM brand, and (iv) the exchange of mutual releases by the parties.

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