Section 102(b)(7) of 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 for (i) any breach of the
directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock
repurchases or redemptions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The
Registrants Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation limits, to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for their conduct as a
director. The Registrants
by-laws,
as amended and restated (the
Bylaws
), provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors, and may indemnify its officers, employees and other
agents, to the fullest extent permitted by law against expenses, liabilities and loss, including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and settlements, reasonably incurred or suffered in connection with any
proceeding arising out of their status as our agent. The Registrants Bylaws also allow the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was one of the Registrants directors, officers, employees or
agents against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify the person under the DGCL.
The Registrant has also entered into indemnification agreements with directors, officers and certain employees, under which, among other
things, the Registrant has agreed to indemnify the Registrants directors, officers and certain employees, subject to certain conditions and limitations, for certain amounts, including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, penalties,
settlement amounts, and any other amounts reasonably incurred or suffered by any such person in any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, including any action by or
in the right of the Registrant, to which such person is, was or at any time becomes a party, or is threatened to be made a party, by reason of the fact that such person is, was or at any time becomes a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Registrant or of any other company or enterprise with respect to which the person served in such capacity at the request of the Registrant.
Item 7.
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EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
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Not applicable.
See the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
(a)
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The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1)
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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)
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To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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(ii)
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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; and
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(iii)
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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;
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provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above 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 SEC by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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(2)
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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.
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