Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
14 November 2017 - 8:40PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November , 2017
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EXP WORLD HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
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98-0681092
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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1321 King Street, Suite 1
Bellingham, WA 98229
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
2013 Stock Option Plan
2015 Equity Incentive Plan
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Full title
of plan
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Alan Goldman
eXp World Holdings, Inc.
1321 King Street, Suite 1
Bellingham, WA 98229
775-432-6394
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Christopher J. Voss
K&L Gates LLP
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 623-7580
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated
filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller reporting company
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x
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities
to be registered
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Amount
to be
registered (1)
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Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
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Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
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Amount of
registration fee
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Common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, issuable under the 2013 Stock Option Plan
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6,164,588(2)
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$0.14(3)
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$863,042.32(3)
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$107.45(3)
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Common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, issuable under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan
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4,803,231(2)
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$2.29(4)
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$11,009,235.40(4)
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$1,370.65(4)
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Common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, issuable under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan
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3,576,334(2)
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$6.06(4)
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$21,654,702.37(4)
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$2,696.01(4)
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Common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, issuable under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan
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8,729,737(2)
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$6.06(4)
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$52,858,557.54(4)
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$6,580.89(4)
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Total
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23,273,890
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$86,385,537.63
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$10,755.00
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(1)
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Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), includes an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Registrant’s 2013 Stock Option Plan (the “2013 Plan”) and the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Incentive Plan”) as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the registrant’s outstanding common stock. The number of shares registered hereunder includes shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of future stock awards and option grants and option grants outstanding on the date hereof, but excludes shares that have been issued pursuant to past stock awards or option grants.
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(2)
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Shares of common stock issuable under the 2013 Plan include 6,164,588 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding stock options and zero shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards. Shares of common stock issuable under the 2015 Plan include 4,803,231 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding stock options, 3,576,334 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the vesting of outstanding restricted stock awards and 8,729,737 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards.
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(3)
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The proposed maximum offering price per share of 6,164,588 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2013 Plan pursuant to outstanding stock options was estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the weighted average exercise price of $0.14 per share.
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(4)
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The proposed maximum offering price per share of 4,803,231 shares common stock reserved for issuance under the 2015 Incentive Plan pursuant to outstanding stock options was estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the weighted average exercise price of $2.29 per share. The proposed maximum offering price per share of 3,576,334 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2015 Incentive Plan pursuant to vesting of outstanding restricted stock awards was estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee based on the average of the bid and ask prices per share of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board on October 31, 2017, which was $6.06 per share. The proposed maximum offering price per share of the remaining 8,729,737 shares was estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee based on the average of the bid and ask prices per share of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board on October 31, 2017, which was $6.06 per share.
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INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8
(this “Registration Statement”) relates to the registration of a total of 23,273,890 shares of common stock, par value
$0.00001 per share (“Common Stock”), of eXp World Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) under the Registrant’s
2013 Stock Option Plan (the “2013 Plan”) and the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Incentive Plan”).
The Registrant does not expect to make future
awards under the 2013 Plan, but is registering shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options and stock awards
outstanding under the 2013 Plan.
The Registrant administers several equity
incentive programs under the 2015 Incentive Plan, including the following:
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the
Agent Ownership Incentive Program
, pursuant to which agents earn shares, subject to vesting requirements, when they
close their first transaction, cap on their yearly commissions, or attract other producing professionals into the organization.
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the
Agent Equity Commission Program
, pursuant to which all agents and brokers in good standing with the Company may
set aside five percent (5%) of certain commission income to be paid in shares of Common Stock.
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the
Icon Agent Program
, which provides each qualified “Icon” with up to $16,000 in shares of common stock
upon the achievement of certain production goals within an agent’s anniversary year.
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All stock awards and option grants under these
and the Registrant’s other equity incentive programs are made under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and
Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the
Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of
Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants of the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified
by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
of CERTAIN Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the SEC
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2017, which contains audited
consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
(b) The Registrant’s
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 19, 2017 and August 14, 2017;
(c) The Registrant’s
Definitive Information Statement on Schedule 14C filed with the SEC on October 6, 2017;
(d) All
other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in paragraph
(a) above (excluding any documents or portions of such documents that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a current report
on Form 8-K and any exhibits included with such Items); and
(e) The description
of the Registrant’s Common Stock included in the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October
2, 2013, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof (excluding any documents or portions of such documents
that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a current report on Form 8-K and any exhibits included with such Items), and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
the securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are filed.
Any statement contained in this Registration
Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement will be deemed
to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes that statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4.
Description
of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, provides in relevant part that a corporation may indemnify any officer or director who was, is or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right
of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another entity, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
such person’s conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the Delaware General Corporation
Law provides in relevant part that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect
of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only
to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
The Registrant’s bylaws provide that
every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or a person of whom he is the legal representative
is or was a director or officer of our company or is or was serving at the request of our company or for its benefit as a director
or officer of another corporation, or as its representative in a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be
indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent legally permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law against all
expense, liability and loss (including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably
incurred or suffered by him in connection therewith. The expenses of officers and directors incurred defending a civil or criminal
action, suit or proceeding must be paid by our company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action,
suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not entitled to be indemnified by our company. In addition, the Registrant’s
bylaws provide that its board of directors may cause the company to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who
is or was a director or officer of the company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director or officer of
another corporation, or as its representative in a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against liability asserted
against such person and incurred in any such capacity or arising out of such status, whether or the our company would have the
power to indemnify such person.
Item 7.
Exemption
from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
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Item 9.
Undertakings.
A. The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required
by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;
and
(iii) To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefits
plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Bellingham, State of Washington, on November 14
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, 2017.
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EXP WORLD HOLDINGS, INC.
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/s/ Glenn Sanford
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By:
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Glenn Sanford
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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Glenn Sanford and Alan Goldman, and each of them, either of whom may act without joinder of the other,
as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
in his or her name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and to file any or all amendments to this registration statement,
including post-effective amendments to this registration statement, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, power
and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in connection therewith.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Glenn Sanford
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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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November 14, 2017
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Glenn Sanford
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(principal executive officer)
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/s/ Alan Goldman
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Chief Financial Officer
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November 14, 2017
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Alan Goldman
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(principal financial and accounting officer)
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/s/ Gene Frederick
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Director
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November 14, 2017
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Gene Frederick
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/s/ Jason Gesing
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Director
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November 14, 2017
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Jason Gesing
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/s/ Randall Miles
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Director
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November 14, 2017
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Randall Miles
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/s/ Richard Miller
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Director
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November 14, 2017
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Richard Miller
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/s/ Suzy Truax
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Director
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November 14, 2017
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Suzy Truax
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/s/ Darren Jacklin
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Director
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November 14, 2017
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Darren Jacklin
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