Our Board of Directors is proposing that our stockholders approve a proposal to authorize our Board of Directors to effect a reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of our Common Stock, at any ratio up to 1-for-100; however, please note that the timing and ratio of any reverse stock split approved by our Board of Directors will require the prior approval of the holders of 66 2/3% of the combined principal amount of the then outstanding 2010 Notes. If this proposal is approved, our Board of Directors would have the authority to effect a reverse stock split at any time before our 2011 annual meeting , subject to the approval of the holders of the 2010 Notes described above . Our Board of Directors believes that approval of a proposal providing the Board of Directors with this generalized grant of authority with respect to setting the split ratio, rather than mere approval of a pre-defined reverse stock split, will give the Board of Directors the flexibility to set the ratio in accordance with current market conditions and therefore allow the Board of Directors to act in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders.
If our stockholders grant the Board of Directors the authority to effect a reverse stock split, we would file a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, with the Delaware Secretary of State to effect the proposed reverse stock split, in substantially the form attached to this proxy statement as Annex A , the text of which may be altered for any changes required by the Delaware Secretary of State and changes deemed necessary or advisable by the Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors has approved and declared advisable the proposed Certificate of Amendment. If the proposed reverse stock split is implemented, then the number of issued and outstanding shares of our Common Stock would be reduced.
Purpose of Proposed Reverse Stock Split
According to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 5, 2010 (the “March 2010 Purchase Agreement”) under which we issued and sold the 2010 Notes, if we do not effect a reverse stock split on or prior to September 17, 2010, we will be obligated to pay each investor who is a signatory to the March 2010 Purchase Agreement a cash payment equal to 0.75% of the principal amount of all B Notes and C Notes purchased by such investor for each day from September 18, 2010 until the reverse stock split is effected; provided, however, that we are not obligated to make any such payments in excess of 100% of the principal amount of the B Notes and C Notes purchased by the investors in the March 2010 Financing (as defined below)
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