Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
July 06 2020 - 5:20PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 6, 2020
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Match Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
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59-2712887
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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8750 North Central Expressway, Suite
1400
Dallas, Texas 75231
(214) 576-9352
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone
Number, including Area Code of Registrant’s Principal Executive Office)
2017 STOCK AND ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Jared F. Sine, Esq.
Match Group, Inc.
8750 North Central Expressway, Suite
1400
Dallas, Texas 75231
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(214) 576-9352
(Telephone number, including Area Code,
of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Lawrence K. Cagney, Esq.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 909-6000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging
growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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x
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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¨(Do not check if
a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller reporting company
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¨
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Emerging growth company
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¨
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Name of Plan
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Title of each class of
securities
to be registered (1)
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Amount
to be
registered (2)
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Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (3)
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Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (3)
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Amount of
registration fee (4)
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2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan
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Common Stock,
par value $0.001
per share
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23,851,917
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$102.29
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$2,439,812,590
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$298,357.79
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(1)
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This Form S-8 covers up to 23,851,917 shares of Match Group, Inc. common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), issuable in connection with the settlement of equity awards pursuant to the Match Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan, as amended by the First Amendment to the Match Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan, assumed by the Registrant pursuant to the Transaction Agreement (as defined below) on June 30, 2020.
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(2)
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Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Form S-8 also covers additional securities that may be offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar transactions.
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(3)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act. The registration fee in the amount of $316,687.67 is equal to the product of: (x) 23,851,917 shares of Common Stock and (y) $102.29, the average of the high and low sales prices for Common Stock, as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Global Select Market) on July 2, 2020, which were $108.45 and $96.12, respectively.
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(4)
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Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the filing fee currently due has been offset by $18,329.89 in fees associated with 26,852,153 of unsold securities from the Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No: 333-218280) filed by Match Group, Inc. on May 26, 2017. The offering with respect to these unsold securities has been terminated.
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INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration
Statement”) of Match Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), relates to up to 23,851,917 shares
of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) of the Registrant, issuable in connection with the settlement
of equity awards to be granted pursuant to the terms of the Match Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Stock and Annual Incentive
Plan, as amended by the First Amendment to the Match Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (as
amended, the “2017 Match Group Plan”).
On June 30, 2020, pursuant to the Transaction Agreement (the
“Transaction Agreement”), dated as of December 19, 2019, as amended on April 28, 2020 and as further amended as of
June 22, 2020, among the Registrant (formerly known as IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation (“Old IAC”) and
now known as Match Group, Inc. (“New Match”)), IAC Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (now known as IAC/InterActiveCorp
(“New IAC”)), Valentine Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and now known as Match Group Holdings
II, LLC, and Match Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Old Match”), the businesses of Old Match were separated from
the remaining businesses of Old IAC through a series of transactions, whereby, among other things, (i) New Match retained the businesses
of Old Match and certain Old IAC financing subsidiaries and (ii) the pre-transaction stockholders of the Registrant and Old Match
(other than Old IAC) own the outstanding shares of common stock of New Match and the pre-transaction stockholders of the Registrant
own the outstanding shares of common stock of New IAC (the “Separation”). Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, upon
completion of the Separation, the 2017 Match Group Plan was assumed by the Registrant. From and following such date, the Registrant
became the sponsor of the 2017 Match Group Plan and issuer with respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the 2017
Match Group Plan. All awards outstanding immediately prior to the Separation have been assumed by the Registrant and converted
into awards in respect of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transaction Agreement. The shares of Common Stock underlying
outstanding awards that were assumed by the Registrant in connection with the consummation of the Separation have been registered
under the Securities Act on a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 (File No. 333-236420).
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in this Part
I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) (§230.428(b)(1)) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 (§230.424).
These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form
S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. See Rule 428(a)(1)
(§230.428(a)(1)).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with
the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are hereby incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:
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(4)
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The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than information therein that is furnished and not deemed filed
with the Commission) filed on February
11, 2020, February
27, 2020, April
28, 2020, May
21, 2020, June
10, 2020, June
12, 2020, June
22, 2020, June
29, 2020, June
30, 2020, July
1, 2020 and July
2, 2020; and
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All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement that indicate that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregister 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 respective dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or 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 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
“DGCL”) permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall
not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability: (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section
174 of the DGCL (regarding, among other things, the payment of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions),
or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant’s Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, provides for such limitation of liability.
Section 145(a) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify
any director, officer, employee or agent, or former director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party to (or is threatened
to be made a party to) any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of such person’s service as a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or such person’s service, at the corporation’s request, as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding; provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided
that such director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify
any person who was or is a party to (or is threatened to be made a party to) any threatened, pending or completed action or suit
by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’
fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit; provided, that such
director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such director
or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery
or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability
but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses that the court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in the Registrant’s
Amended and Restated By-laws, the Registrant shall be required to indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding (or
part thereof) commenced by such person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by any such person was authorized
by the board of directors.
In addition, the Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation,
provides that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by law. Under the Registrant’s
Amended and Restated By-laws, the Registrant is also expressly required to advance certain expenses to its directors and officers
and the Registrant is permitted to, and currently does, carry directors’ and officers’ insurance providing indemnification
for its directors and officers for some liabilities. The Registrant believes that these indemnification provisions and the directors’
and officers’ insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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(1)
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Previously filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed with the Commission on
July 1, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein.
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(2)
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Previously filed as Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed with the Commission on
July 1, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein.
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(3)
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Previously filed as Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed with the Commission on
July 1, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein.
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(4)
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Previously filed as Exhibit 3.7 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed with the Commission on
July 1, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein.
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(5)
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Previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed with the Commission on
July 1, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein.
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(6)
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Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Old Match’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 21, 2018,
and incorporated by reference herein.
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(7)
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Previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 2,
2020, and incorporated by reference herein.
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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;
(ii) 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 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation
of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) 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; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if 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;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, 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; and
(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, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the 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 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 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Dallas, State of Texas, on this 6th day of July, 2020.
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Match Group, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Jared F. Sine
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Name:
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Jared F. Sine
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Title:
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Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Gary Swidler, Jared Sine and Francisco Villamar, and each of them, with full power to act without the
other, as such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement, and any
and all amendments thereto (including any and all post-effective amendments), as well as any related registration statements (and
any and all amendments thereto (including any and all post-effective amendments)) filed under the Securities Act, and to file
the same, with exhibits, schedules and any other documents thereto, and all other documents and/or instruments necessary or advisable
in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of July 6, 2020:
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Signature
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Title
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/s/ Sharmistha Dubey
Sharmistha Dubey
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Gary Swidler
Gary Swidler
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Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ Philip D. Eigenmann
Philip D. Eigenmann
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Chief Accounting Officer
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/s/ Melissa Brenner
Melissa Brenner
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Director
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/s/ Joseph Levin
Joseph Levin
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Director
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/s/ Ann L. McDaniel
Ann L. McDaniel
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Director
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/s/ Thomas J. McInerney
Thomas J. McInerney
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Director
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/s/ Wendi Murdoch
Wendi Murdoch
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Director
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/s/ Glenn H. Schiffman
Glenn H. Schiffman
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Director
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/s/ Pamela S. Seymon
Pamela S. Seymon
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Director
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/s/ Alan G. Spoon
Alan G. Spoon
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Director
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/s/ Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds
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Director
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Director
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Stephen Bailey
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