ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
On
• The Company agreed to declare and pay a special dividend of
stock (the "Special Dividend").
• The Company committed to promptly distribute to shareholders 80% of future
proceeds, if any, and net of related legal costs, licensing costs and taxes,
that it receives from its current litigation with Apple Inc.
• The Company agreed to take all actions necessary to appoint a new independent
director to assist the Company in meeting its goals and objectives with respect to diversity in the composition of the board of directors (the "Board") prior to the Company's 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.
• During the period commencing on the date of the Agreement and ending on the
date that is 15 days prior to the deadline for the submission of stockholder nominations of directors and business proposals for the Company's 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Restricted Period"), theRadoff/JEC Group will vote, subject to certain exceptions as provided in the Agreement, all shares of the Company's common stock beneficially owned by them in favor of the Company's director nominees and generally in accordance with the Board's recommendations on all other proposals. The length of the Restricted Period can be extended under certain circumstances specified in the Agreement.
• During the Restricted Period, the
customary standstill provisions set forth in the Agreement. The standstill
provisions provide, among other things, that the
subject to certain exceptions as provided in the Agreement:
o enter into a voting agreement or any "group" with stockholders of the Company,
other than a group that includes all or some of the members of the Radoff/JEC
Group;
o submit proposals for consideration at stockholder meetings; and
o seek election or appointment to or representation on the Board, or nominate or
encourage another to nominate any candidate to the Board.
• During the Restricted Period, the parties agreed to refrain from making any
public statements that disparage the other party.
•
candidates for election as directors of the Company.
The foregoing summary of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference.
ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.
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ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 10.1 Cooperation Letter Agreement, datedMarch 29, 2023 , among The RadoffFamily Foundation ,Bradley L. Radoff ,JEC II Associates, LLC , Michael Torok andVirnetX Holding Corporation . 99.1 Press Release, datedMarch 30, 2023 , entitled "VirnetX Declares Special Cash Dividend of$1.00 Per Share." 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in inline XBRL.
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