Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been filed by the Company with the Commission and are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
1.The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019;
2.The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, and September 30, 2020;
3.The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 10, 2020, January 22, 2020, January 30, 2020 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), February 26, 2020, March 30, 2020 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), April 15, 2020, April 17, 2020, April 24, 2020, May 14, 2020, June 11, 2020 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), July 15, 2020, October 21, 2020, and October 28, 2020;
4.The description of the Company’s common stock contained in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on December 31, 2001, and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 17, 2006, November 21, 2008 and August 9, 2012.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and 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 into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such documents as set forth therein. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 6 of Article II of the Company’s Bylaws states that each person serving as a director or an officer of the Company, or, at the Company’s request, as a director or an officer of any other company in which the Company has a financial interest and regardless of whether or not the person is then in office, and the heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives of the person, shall be indemnified by the Company to the full extent of the authority of the Company to so indemnify as authorized by New Mexico law.
Section 53-11-4.1 of the Business Corporation Act of the State of New Mexico provides that a corporation shall have power to indemnify any person made (or threatened to be made) a party to any proceeding (whether threatened, pending or completed) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director (or, while a director, is or was serving in any of certain other capacities) if: (1) the person acted in good faith; (2) the person reasonably believed: (a) in the case of conduct in the person’s official capacity with the corporation, that the person’s conduct was in its best interests; and (b) in all other cases, that the person’s conduct was at least not opposed to its best interests; and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the person had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. Indemnification may be made against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding, but may be limited or unavailable with respect to certain proceedings. A director shall not be indemnified in respect of any proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director, whether or not involving action in the director’s official capacity, in which the director shall have been adjudged to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by the director. In some instances, indemnification of a director may be mandatory or, upon the application of a director, may be ordered by a court. Determination that indemnification is permissible and determination as to reasonable expenses is to be made by majority of a quorum of the board of directors, a designated committee set for this purpose, special legal counsel, or by the shareholders. Reasonable expenses incurred by a director may, under certain circumstances, be paid or reimbursed in advance of a final disposition of a proceeding. Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation may (or, as the case may be, shall) indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation to the same extent as to a director under Section 53-11-4.1. Also, unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation has: (1) the power to indemnify and to advance expenses to an employee or agent of the corporation to the same extent that it may indemnify and advance expenses to directors under the statute; and (2) additional power to indemnify and to advance reasonable expenses to an officer, employee or agent who is not a director to such further extent, consistent with law, as may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors, or contract.
Section 53-11-4.1 was amended in 1987 to provide that the indemnification authorized thereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, an agreement, a resolution of shareholders or directors or otherwise. The Company has entered into agreements with each director and officer which provide for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, including advancement of litigation expenses where appropriate. The agreements provide for the appointment of a reviewing party by the Company’s board of directors to make a determination whether claimed indemnification is permitted under applicable law.
Insurance is maintained on a regular basis (and not specifically in connection with this offering) against liabilities arising on the part of directors and officers out of their performance in such capacities or arising on the part of the Company out of the foregoing indemnification provisions, subject to certain exclusions and to the policy
limits.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Exhibit
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Description
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Page or Method of Filing
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4.1
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Articles of Incorporation of PNM Resources, Inc., as amended to date (Certificate of Amendment dated October 27, 2008 and Restated Articles of Incorporation dated August 3, 2006)
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2008
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4.2
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Bylaws of PNM Resources, Inc. with all amendments to and including October 24, 2017
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 25, 2017
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5.1
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Filed herewith
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23.1
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Filed herewith
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23.2
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Included in Exhibit 5.1
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24.1
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Power of Attorney
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Included on the signature page hereto
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99.1
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014
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99.2
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016
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Certain legal matters in connection with the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Leonard D. Sanchez, Esq., Associate General Counsel of the Company.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this 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 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in this effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if this 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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to 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 foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities 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.