Securities Lawyer's Deskbook                          published by The University of Cincinnati College of Law

Item 201 -- Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

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1. Market information.
   
   
   1. Identify the principal market or markets where the small business issuer's common equity is traded. If there is no public trading market, so state.
      
      
      1. If the principal market for the small business issuer 5 common equity is an exchange, give the high and low sales prices for each quarter within the last two fiscal years and any subsequent interim period for which financial statements are required by Item 310(b) .
         
         
      2. If the principal market is not an exchange, give the range of high and low bid information for the small business Issuer's common equity for each quarter within the last two fiscal years and any subsequent interim period for which financial statements are required by Item 310(b) . Show the source of the high and low bid information. If over-the-counter market quotations are provided, also state that the quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not represent actual transactions.
      
      
      
   2. If the information called for by paragraph (a) of this Item is being presented in a registration statement relating to a class of common equity for which at the time of filing there is no established public trading market, indicate the amount(s) of common equity:
      
      
      1. that is subject to outstanding options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, common equity of the registrant;
         
         
      2. that could be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or that the registrant has agreed to register under the Securities Act for sale by security holders; or
         
         
      3. that is being or has been proposed to be, publicly offered by the registrant unless such common equity is being offered pursuant to an employee benefit plan or dividend reinvestment plan) , the offering of which could have a material effect on the market price of the registrant's common equity.
         
         
2. Holders. Give the approximate number of holders of record of each class of common equity.
   
   
3. Dividends.
   
   
   1. Discuss any cash dividends declared on each class of common equity for the last two fiscal years and in any subsequent period for which financial information is required.
      
      
   2. Describe any restrictions that limit the ability to pay dividends on common equity or that are likely to do so in the future.
   
   
   
4. Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans.
   
   
   1. In the following tabular format, provide the information specified in paragraph (d)(2) of this Item as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year with respect to compensation plans (including individual compensation arrangements) under which equity securities of the small business issuer are authorized for issuance, aggregated as follows:
      
      
      1. All compensation plans previously approved by security holders; and
         
         
      2. All compensation plans not previously approved by security holders.
         
         
      
      
      
      

      Equity Compensation Plan Information

      Plan category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)	Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)	Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
      Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
      Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
      Total

      
      
      
      
   2. The table shall include the following information as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year for each category of equity compensation plan described in paragraph (d)(1) of this Item:
      
      
      1. The number of securities to be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (column (a));
         
         
      2. The weighted-average exercise price of the outstanding options, warrants and rights disclosed pursuant to paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this Item (column (b)); and
         
         
      3. Other than securities to be issued upon the exercise of the outstanding options, warrants and rights disclosed in paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this Item, the number of securities remaining available for future issuance under the plan (column (c)).
         
         
   3. For each compensation plan under which equity securities of the small business issuer are authorized for issuance that was adopted without the approval of security holders, describe briefly, in narrative form, the material features of the plan.
      
      

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   Instructions to Paragraph (d).
   
   
   1. Disclosure shall be provided with respect to any compensation plan and individual compensation arrangement of the small business issuer (or parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the small business issuer) under which equity securities of the small business issuer are authorized for issuance to employees or non-employees (such as directors, consultants, advisors, vendors, customers, suppliers or lenders) in exchange for consideration in the form of goods or services as described in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, or any successor standard. No disclosure is required with respect to:
      
      
      1. Any plan, contract or arrangement for the issuance of warrants or rights to all security holders of the small business issuer as such on a pro rata basis (such as a stock rights offering) or
         
         
      2. Any employee benefit plan that is intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 401(a)).
         
         
   2. For purposes of this paragraph, an "individual compensation arrangement" includes, but is not limited to, the following: a written compensation contract within the meaning of "employee benefit plan" under Rule 230.405 of this chapter and a plan (whether or not set forth in any formal document) applicable to one person as provided under Item 402(a)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-B.
      
      
   3. If more than one class of equity security is issued under its equity compensation plans, a small business issuer should aggregate plan information for each class of security.
      
      
   4. A small business issuer may aggregate information regarding individual compensation arrangements with the plan information required under paragraph (d)(1)(i) and (ii) of this item, as applicable.
      
      
   5. A small business issuer may aggregate information regarding a compensation plan assumed in connection with a merger, consolidation or other acquisition transaction pursuant to which the small business issuer may make subsequent grants or awards of its equity securities with the plan information required under paragraph (d)(1)(i) and (ii) of this Item, as applicable. A small business issuer shall disclose on an aggregated basis in a footnote to the table the information required under paragraph (d)(2)(i) and (ii) of this Item with respect to any individual options, warrants or rights assumed in connection with a merger, consolidation or other acquisition transaction.
      
      
   6. To the extent that the number of securities remaining available for future issuance disclosed in column (c) includes securities available for future issuance under any compensation plan or individual compensation arrangement other than upon the exercise of an option, warrant or right, disclose the number of securities and type of plan separately for each such plan in a footnote to the table.
      
      
   7. If the description of an equity compensation plan set forth in a small business issuer's financial statements contains the disclosure required by paragraph (d)(3) of this Item, a cross-reference to such description will satisfy the requirements of paragraph (d)(3) of this Item.
      
      
   8. If an equity compensation plan contains a formula for calculating the number of securities available for issuance under the plan, including, without limitation, a formula that automatically increases the number of securities available for issuance by a percentage of the number of outstanding securities of the small business issuer, a description of this formula shall be disclosed in a footnote to the table.
      
      
   9. Except where it is part of a document that is incorporated by reference into a prospectus, the information required by this paragraph need not be provided in any registration statement filed under the Securities Act.
      
      

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