Item
6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The
Registrant is governed by the Delaware General Corporate Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “DGCL”).
Section 145 of the DGCL (“Section 145”) provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person
who was or is a party 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 such corporation) by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnification may include 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 such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that
his or her conduct was unlawful. Section 145 also provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of such corporation,
under the same conditions, except that such indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by such person, and except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if such person is adjudged to be liable
to such corporation. Where an officer or director of a corporation is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action,
suit or proceeding referred to above, or any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify that person against the expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
Section 145
further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who 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 or enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising
out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person against
such liability under Section 145.
The
Registrant’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) and the Registrant’s
Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) provide that the Registrant shall indemnify, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative
or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our director or executive officer (as defined in our Bylaws) or serves
or served at any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise as a director or executive officer at our request.
The
Charter eliminates the liability of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. Pursuant to Section 102(b)(7)
of the DGCL, a corporation may eliminate the personal liability of directors and officers to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or an officer, as applicable, except for liabilities arising (i) from
any breach of the director’s or officer’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) from acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) from any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit, or (iv) with respect to a director, under Section 174 of the DGCL, and
with respect to an officer, from any action by or in the right of the corporation.
These
provisions may be held not to be enforceable for certain violations of the federal securities laws of the United States.
Furthermore,
on February 15, 2023, the Registrant entered into the Indemnification Agreements with each of its directors and executive officers which
provide that the Registrant shall indemnify such directors and executive officers under the circumstances and to the extent provided
for therein, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses),
judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all threatened, pending or completed claim,
demand, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, and including
appeals, in which he or she may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted
under Delaware law and our by-laws.
In
addition, the Registrant has purchased a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers
and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures the Registrant against
its obligations to indemnify its officers and directors.
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; and |
| (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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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. |
(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 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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.