Cable Television Laboratories Inc

“The executive committee of the company's board consists of the following five members of the company's board of directors: the chairman of the board, who is the chairman of the executive committee, vice chairman of the board, treasurer, secretary and president/ceo of the company. The business of the executive committee must be conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as is provided in thecompany's amended and restated by-laws for the board of directors, provided that the number of members of the executive committee that constitute a quorum at all meetings of the executive committee is four.”

“Cablelabs has two classes of members: class us/ca comprised of members in the united states and canada, and class g comprised of members in the rest of world.”

“The members have the power to designate and elect certain members of the board of directors as its governing body. Up to ten class us and canada members, paying the largest amount of dues at of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the election of directors, is entitled to designate one director for a total of no more than ten and no less than eight class us/ca directors. Each of the two class g members, paying the largest amount of dues at the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the election of directors, is entitled to designate one director for a total of two class g directors. Two at-large directors are elected by class us/ ca and class g members voting together as a single class. All other rights, duties and powers are vested in the board of directors. The chairman of the board, vice chairman, president, treasurer, and secretary are elected by the board of directors voting on the basis of one vote for each dollar of dues paid by each voting director's member company to the corporation as of the end of the fiscal quarter of the corporation immediately prior to the electionof such officers.”

“The company engages a paid preparer experienced in the preparation of the form 990 to prepare the form. Accounting department staff, the chief financial officer and the chief legal officer work closely with the paid preparer in the preparation of the return, and the chief financial officer and chief legal officer review the return as prepared by the preparer.”

“An annual acknowledgement of the code of ethics for directors containing conflict of interest provisions is adopted by the board of directors. Each board member is required to comply with the terms and conditions of the code and disclose to the chairman of the board or chairman of the audit committee any interests that could give rise to a conflict of interest, including without limitation any family relationship or business relationship with any other officer, director or key employee. The board will determine appropriate actions to be taken in the event that the code is violated. Appropriate actions will be reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote accountability for adherence to the code. Such actions may include but are not limited to removal of a board member from the board for violation of the code. Cablelabs' employee handbook states that employees must not have any personal interests which conflict with those of the company or which might influence or appear to influence one's judgment or actions while employed at cablelabs. If an employee violates this policy, cablelabs, in its discretion, may take whatever steps and/or disciplinary actions it believes appropriate to remedy the violation, up to and including dismissal. Any conflict of interest is then reported in the board minutes.”

“Cablelabs is a 501(c)(6) trade association whose primary objectives are to gather, assess, and disseminate technical information of strategic importance to the cable television industry, to identify, plan, engage in and fund the development of new technologies for the benefit of the industry, directly or in partnership with others, and to transfer such technologies to the industry through reports, seminars, workshops, licenses, loans of personnel and other appropriate means. The highly technical and specialized nature of these activities requires cablelabs to hire highly educated and trained professionals experienced in the industry from a very competitive employment pool offering candidates similar opportunities at market salaries. The human resources team of cablelabs looks at the compensation of the chief executive officer of another industry trade association along with certain senior technical positions (e.g. Chief technology officer) published by third party compensation experts. When the company's ceo was hired, the compensation committee also reviewed an industry executive compensation survey for comparable positions and created contemporaneous substantial documentation of compensation in an executed employment agreement which was also reviewed by the chairman of the audit committee. Annual salary increases and bonuses, if applicable, are determined by the human resources and executive teams, and the immediate supervisor of each employee. The chief executive officer's annual salary adjustments and incentive bonus are also reviewed annually by the audit committee which includes the chairman, vice chairman, treasurer, and secretary. Salary increases are based on market conditions and generally range between 2 and 3 percent.the chief executive officer determines the compensation of the company's executive team. Compensation for the other officers and key employees is set by the chief executive officer, and the chief people officer. Comprehensive salary surveys are completed every few years. In the intervening years, salary adjustments are based on general market trends and surveys published by third party compensation experts. This process was completed last in fiscal 2024 and will be performed again in fiscal 2027.”

“Cablelabs does not make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, or financial statements available to the general public.”

“The company's key objectives are: to provide a central source of timely information about technical developments of interest to the industry. Plan, perform, and fund innovation and research and development projects that align with the overall interests of the cable industry, facilitate the transfer of relevant technology, and advance best practices for deploying new technology to member companies and providers to the industry. Provide services that promote interoperability of relevant technologies so that they are successfully deployed by member companies and their suppliers. The company's activities include the following major initiatives: (a) strategy the strategy team is focused on performing techno-economic analysis, user behavior research, and network demand analysis. This group monitors industry trends, along with the economic and market viability of the technologies both in terms of unit costs and competitive alternatives. They work closely with the technology teams to identify and develop innovations that can deliver market and technological breakthroughs. The focus of the innovation work in the group is to identify opportunities with potential to transform the capabilities of the industry. (b) wired technologies wired technologies activities relate primarily to wireline communications, defined as communication technologies which are dependent upon a wire, cable or fiber to facilitate the transfer of information from one location to another. Wireline communications is a broad category that, for purposes of wired technologies, encompasses fixed network infrastructure in both the access network and inhome network. Access network wireline communications includes the development of specifications and solutions for docsis 3.1, docsis 4.0, distributed access architectures, proactive network maintenance, point-to-point coherent optics, and passive optical networking (pon). (c) wireless technologies wireless technologies focuses on driving the technology development of wireless technologies for the cable ecosystem in particular and the wireless ecosystem as a whole. Wireless technologies currently of focus include wifi, 3g/4g/lte, and 5g technologies. Wifi efforts are focused on improving the wifi experience for both endusers and cable operators through support of industry initiatives, including carrier grade wifi, mobile wifi, and seamless connectivity. In addition, there is focus on understanding the characteristics and usage of the unlicensed spectrum with incumbent technologies such as wifi. 5g wireless research based on low band, midband and millimeter wave technologies targeting low latency multi gbps wireless performance is also a significant focus area, including the feasibility of using fixed 5g technologies to deliver highspeed data services to endusers. Additionally, network convergence between wired and wireless technologies is a growing focus area, with the goal of driving enhancements and capabilities into wired infrastructure and leveraging the wired infrastructure to enhance the capabilities and performance of mobile networks. (d) security technologies security technologies leads a number of technical projects aimed at enhancing the security of services delivered by cable operators. These projects include maintaining and improving the companys public key infrastructure (pki), which allows cable operators to authenticate devices connected to their networks and enables the secure delivery of cable services to subscribers. It also includes improvements to the security controls in docsis. Security technologies investigates emerging security technologies, including blockchain applications, software-defined networks, network function virtualization (sdn/nfv), ai/ml safety, enhancements to pki protocols, and cryptographic research. A strategic goal of security technologies is to continually improve the security of broadband through innovative and standards-based security solutions. Cablelabs manages pki digital certif”

“(h) network fx, inc. Network fx, inc., (dba kyrio), a wholly owned for-profit subsidiary of the company, provides technology and online based services to network communications providers, device manufacturers, and industry trade associations. Kyrio services are comprised of: lab services, software solutions, and go2broadband online lead management services. The lab services team's primary activities are certification/qualification testing, interoperability events, member device testing, and development lab services. The team also supports the company's research and development initiatives providing expertise for development of new technologies and developing laboratory and field processes for testing these new technologies. The team tests and evaluates equipment for compliance with the applicable company specifications using procedures that have been developed in cooperation with the manufacturers of the equipment in both laboratory and test house environments, all developed pursuant to such specifications and cable operators' requirements. Kyrios licenses cretain of its software solutions, including adaptive route control, whichincreases the reliability of broadband service for homes and businesses, as well as software that automates traffic steering between wi-fi and cellular networks to optimize the user experience for mobile device customers. Kyrio provides the go2broadband online lead management service connecting broadband, video, and voice service providers with channel resale partners. Through an online portal and predefined apis, the go2broadband cloudbased service facilitates end customers' inquiry about the serviceability of their location, review, and selection of desired services, and schedule installation of services. (j) upramp, inc. Upramp, inc. (upramp) a wholly owned subsidiary of kyrio, offered startups related to the cable industry a program called fiterator, which was an accelerator that was a graduate program for later stagestartups that already had a product, and were looking for product or market fit in the global cable or broadband industry. In return for the services that upramp provided under the fiterator program, upramp received warrants to purchase stock in the participant startups, ranging from 2% to 3% of the startups' equity on a fullydiluted basis in 2019, 2018, and 2017. The exercise prices for the warrants is equal to the fair value per share of the underlying equity securities, and the warrants have exercise terms ranging from 4 to 5 years. Upramp accounts for the receipt of the warrants as a nonmonetary transaction and values the warrants using the blackscholes model. Upramp evaluates the warrants for impairment at each reporting date and records an impairment, if necessary, equal to the difference between the fair value of the warrant and its carrying value. Upon expiration of the warrants, any remaining carrying value associated with the unexercised warrants will be written off. Based on its evaluation, upramp recorded impairment expense of zero and zero from the fiterator program during the years ending june 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively, with a corresponding decrease in investments. (k) the society of cable telecommunications engineers, inc. ("scte") founded in 1969, scte is a 501(c)(6), nonprofit professional association, dedicated to advancing technology, standards and workforce education for the benefit of the cable television industry. Effective january 1, 2021, cablelabs became the sole member and sole voting member of scte. As a result, scte effectively became a subsidairy of cablelabs. Upon the closing of the transaction, scte's board of directors expanded to 14 voting members.”

“The process for oversight and selection of an independent accountant has not changed from the prior year.”