Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
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The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2016, as amended on April 29, 2016;
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The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2016, and the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, filed with the Commission on August 9, 2016;
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The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 27, 2016, February 9, 2016, March 8, 2016, March 15, 2016, March 21, 2016, May 20, 2016, June 6, 2016, July 26, 2016, August 15, 2016, August 23, 2016, August 24, 2016, September 8, 2016, September 15, 2016 and September 16, 2016 (except for the information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 and the exhibits furnished thereto); and
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The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-52024) filed under the Exchange Act, filed with the Commission on May 26, 2006, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and restated bylaws provide that it shall indemnify, to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, each person who is involved in any litigation or other proceeding because such person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving as an officer or director of another entity at the Registrant’s request, against all expense, loss or liability reasonably incurred or suffered in connection therewith. The Registrant’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and restated bylaws provide that the right to indemnification includes the right to be paid expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that such advance payment will only be made upon delivery to the Registrant of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that such director or officer is not entitled to indemnification. If the Registrant does not pay a proper claim for indemnification in full within 60 days after it receives a written claim for such indemnification, the Registrant’s restated bylaws authorize the claimant to bring an action against the Registrant to recover the unpaid amount of the claim.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in right of the corporation) brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, (i.e., one brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be provided only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or settlement of such an action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be provided if such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Chancery Court or the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
Pursuant to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article Tenth of the Registrant’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, eliminates the liability of a director to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for such a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liabilities arising:
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from any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders;
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from acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
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under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; and
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from any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
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The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its non-employee directors, in addition to the indemnification provided for in the Registrant’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and restated by-laws.
As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant carries insurance policies insuring its directors and officers against certain liabilities that they may incur in their capacity as directors and officers.
The foregoing discussion of the Registrant’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, restated bylaws, indemnification agreements and Delaware law is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, restated bylaws, indemnification agreements or law.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
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(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement.
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
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Provided, however
, that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.