Dr. Singh and the Company previously entered into an employment agreement dated as of October 3, 2016, which will remain in effect following the effective date of his appointment as President and Chief Operating Officer. The agreement is similar to employment agreements the Company has with other executive officers and it provides, among other things, for specified benefits to Dr. Singh upon a termination by the Company of Dr. Singh’s employment without “cause”, or if he voluntarily terminates his employment for “good reason”, with increased benefits if such termination occurs within 36 months following the occurrence of a “change in control”, as those terms are defined in the agreement.
The above summary of Dr. Singh’s employment agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, a copy of which was attached to the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K filed with the Commission on February 28, 2017 as Exhibit 10.2(10) and which is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.
Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation orBy-laws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On December 7, 2018, the Board also amended and restated the Company’sby-laws, effective immediately, to amend the requirement in Article III, Section 3 of theby-laws that the President be a director of the Company to instead require that the Chief Executive Officer be a director of the Company.
The amended and restatedby-laws also reflect certain conforming and related changes to Article III, Sections 7 and 8.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Company’s amended and restatedby-laws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this report and is incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits