UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 26, 2015

DTS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(818) 436-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 4.02(a) Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.

On February 26, 2015, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of DTS, Inc. (the “Company”) concluded, in consultation with management, that the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2014, six months ended June 30, 2014 and nine months ended September 30, 2014 as contained in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q should no longer be relied upon due to an understatement of income tax benefits reported during the first quarter of 2014 arising from the Company’s special one-time transfer of certain Japan and Taiwan intellectual property (IP) licensing rights to the US on January 1, 2014. This transaction was initiated to improve US profitability and cash flow, and reduce the future consolidated effective tax rate, in part by optimizing the use of certain foreign withholding taxes as credits. Due to the complexity of this transaction, the Company engaged teams of accounting, tax and legal professionals with relevant expertise in global IP, legal and tax structures. In particular, a leading global accounting firm was selected for its expertise in specific areas of international taxation to assist in the planning and execution of the transaction, as well as the review of the quarterly and annual income tax provisions for 2014. During the audit of the Company’s income tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2014, it was discovered that certain foreign tax credits available to the Company as a result of the special one-time transfer had been inadvertently excluded from the first quarter income tax provision. The correction of this error will result in an $8.7 million net income tax benefit, in addition to a $3.5 million benefit originally recorded for this transaction in the first quarter of 2014.

The Company intends to file amended Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q/A restating the previously filed unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the above described periods ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014, in advance of the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which the Company expects to file on a timely basis.

Management has considered the effect of the restatements on the Company’s prior conclusions as to the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. Management determined that a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to the accounting for income taxes existed during each of the affected periods, and that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting for such periods were therefore not effective.

The following tables reflect the line items in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and balance sheets impacted by the misstatement, which will be included in the restated Quarterly Reports. For the avoidance of doubt, the following tables include income before income taxes and those line items impacted by the restatement. All amounts are in thousands, except per share data.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

The correction of the misstatement described above did not impact the Company’s total cash flows from operating activities, investing activities or financing activities in its unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The correction of the misstatement resulted in changes within cash flows from operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2014, six months ended June 30, 2014 and nine months ended September 30, 2014, due to the corresponding changes in net income and balance sheet amounts described above.

The Audit Committee has discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K with Deloitte & Touche LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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