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    <periodOfReport>2016-12-01</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>DTS, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DTSI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Cohen Eric</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>5220 LAS VIRGENES ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CALABASAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>91302</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-12-01</value>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3450</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Disposed of pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 19, 2016, among the issuer, Tessera Technologies, Inc., Tempe Holdco Corporation, Tempe Merger Sub Corporation and Arizona Merger Sub Corporation in exchange for $42.50 per share upon the closing of the merger.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jon Kirchner, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-12-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
