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Sonos and Legrand sign multi-year licensing deal

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Sonos (Nasdaq: SONO) and Legrand today announced a multi-year licensing deal to cover the entire range of Legrand’s NUVO multi-room wireless audio products. As part of this agreement, Legrand will pay to license Sonos’ patents for all such audio products.

“Sonos innovation created multi-room wireless audio - the technologies we invented enable many of today’s listening experiences and we continue to innovate to enable the experiences of tomorrow,” said Eddie Lazarus, Chief Legal Officer. “We believe in a fair marketplace where companies compete on a level playing field and contribute with their own innovations and experiences. We’re pleased to see more companies such as Legrand recognizing the strength and value of our IP and providing appropriate compensation.”

About Sonos

Sonos (Nasdaq: SONO) is one of the world’s leading sound experience brands. As the inventor of multi-room wireless home audio, Sonos innovation helps the world listen better by giving people access to the content they love and allowing them to control it however and wherever they choose. Known for delivering an unparalleled sound experience, thoughtful design aesthetic, simplicity of use, and an open platform, Sonos makes the breadth of audio content available to anyone. Sonos is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. Learn more at www.sonos.com.

About Legrand

Legrand is a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Its comprehensive offering of solutions for use in commercial, industrial and residential markets makes it a benchmark for customers worldwide. Innovation for a steady flow of new products with high added value is a prime vector for growth, including, in particular, connected devices stemming from Legrand’s global Eliot (Electricity and IoT) program. Legrand reported sales of $5.6 billion in 2016. Legrand has a strong presence in North and Central America, with a portfolio of well-known product lines that include C2G, Cablofil, Electrorack, Luxul, Middle Atlantic, Nuvo, OCL, On-Q, Ortronics, Pass & Seymour, Pinnacle, QMotion, Quiktron, Raritan, Solarfective, Vantage, Wattstopper, and Wiremold. Legrand is listed on Euronext Paris and is a component stock of indexes including the CAC40, FTSE4Good, MSCI World, ASPI, Corporate Oekom Rating and DJSI (ISIN code FR0010307819) www.legrand.us.

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in 2002, we set out with a goal – to reinvent home audio for the digital age. our vision was simple - fill every home with music and make listening a valued experience again. we’re making it easy for everybody to listen to the music they love in every room of their home. to hear the songs they love, to discover new music they never knew existed, and to appreciate it all with the highest sound quality. we’re doing it all over the world – in more than 60 countries, in seven languages through thousands of retailers. we’re constantly looking for ways to improve the experience – with new products, new software and continually investing in ways to provide our customers the best experience possible. we’re doing what we set out to do. changing the way people listen to music – one home at a time.