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There are currently no claims or actions pending against us that, in the opinion of our management, are likely to have a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Menlo IPO Litigation
−Removed: On November 8, 2018 and January 28, 2019, two purported class actions were filed in the Superior Court of California, San Mateo County, against the Company and certain of our officers and directors.
−Removed: The actions were entitled Silvestrov v.
−Removed: Menlo Therapeutics Inc., et al., and McKay v.
−Removed: Menlo Therapeutics Inc., et al.
−Removed: The underwriters for our initial public offering were also named as defendants in these lawsuits.
−Removed: The complaints contained identical allegations against the same defendants.
−Removed: Both complaints alleged that the Registration Statement and prospectus for Menlo's initial public offering contained false and
−Removed: misleading statements in violation of Sections 11, 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 due to allegedly false and misleading statements in connection with Menlo's initial public offering.
−Removed: The complaints sought, among other things, an award of damages in an amount to be proven at trial, along with reimbursement of reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expert fees.
−Removed: The McKay action was consolidated with the Silvestrov action and the claim for violations of Section 12(a)(2) was dismissed.
−Removed: The parties mediated the consolidated lawsuit and reached a settlement, providing for payment to the class of plaintiffs in the amount of $9.5 million, the vast majority of which was paid by the Company's insurance carriers, in return for a release of all claims against the defendants, including the Company and its current and former officers and directors.
−Removed: The Court granted final approval of the settlement at a hearing on August 14, 2020.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company considers the matter concluded.
−Removed: Menlo accrued for the remaining settlement amount that is not covered by insurance carriers as of December 31, 2019, which did not have a material impact on its financial statements.
−Removed: Merger Litigation
−Removed: Seven lawsuits (collectively, the “Merger Lawsuits”) were filed in various U.S.
−Removed: federal district courts against Foamix and certain other defendants in connection with the Merger.
−Removed: The lawsuits generally alleged that the registration statement on Form S-4 and the prospectus/joint proxy statement included therein included false or misleading information regarding the Merger in violations of Section 14(a) and Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act and/or Rule 14a-9 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: In addition, one of the lawsuits alleged that the members of Foamix’s board of directors breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the Merger.
−Removed: The plaintiffs sought, among other things, to enjoin consummation of the Merger, or alternatively rescission or rescissory damages;
−Removed: to compel the individual defendants to disseminate a joint proxy statement/prospectus that does not contain any untrue statements of material fact and that states all material facts required in it or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading;
−Removed: a declaration that defendants violated Sections 14(a) and/or 20(a) of the Exchange Act;
−Removed: a declaration that the Merger Agreement was entered into in breach of fiduciary duty and is therefore invalid and unenforceable;
−Removed: an order directing the individual defendants to commence a sale process for Foamix and obtain a transaction;
−Removed: and an award of costs, including attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses, as well as an accounting of damages allegedly suffered by the plaintiffs.
−Removed: The plaintiffs have agreed the Lawsuits were rendered moot by subsequent disclosure, and on April 22, 2020, each of the plaintiffs and defendants named in the Merger Lawsuits entered into a mootness resolution agreement pursuant to which the plaintiffs agreed to dismiss their lawsuits with prejudice as to the named plaintiff and Foamix agreed to pay a de minimis mootness fee to plaintiffs’ counsel.
−Removed: As of May 4, 2020, each of the Merger Lawsuits has been dismissed.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company considers the matter concluded.
+Added: Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 12.
+Added: Commitments and Contingencies."
ITEM 4 - MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
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