SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Cooperation and Support Agreement

In January 2023, the Company entered into a cooperation and support agreement (the “Agreement”) with Alexander C. Kinzler, the Company’s CEO and President in his capacity as a stockholder, MRMP-Managers LLC, the Ned L. Sherwood Revocable Trust, NLS Advisory Group, Inc. and Ned L. Sherwood (collectively, the “MRMP Stockholders”), with respect to the potential proxy contest pertaining to the election of directors to our Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Agreement extends for two years the standstill terms of the previous agreement entered into with the MRMP Stockholders in 2021, ending the potential of a proxy contest at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, among other things, the Company has agreed to promptly appoint Joshua S. Horowitz and Laurance Narbut to serve on the Board, subject to certain customary board procedures (effective February 9, 2023, Mr. Horowitz and Mr. Narbut became members of the Board). In addition, the Company has agreed to nominate a five-person board comprised of Mr. Kinzler, Kenneth Grossman, Douglas Woodrum, and Messrs. Horowitz and Narbut as candidates for election to the Board at the 2023 Annual Meeting and the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”) and Mr. Kinzler and the MRMP Stockholders have agreed to vote their respective shares of common stock of the Company in favor of the election of the Company’s slate at the 2023 Annual Meeting and 2024 Annual Meeting. Additionally, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Company has terminated the previously enacted Tax Benefits Preservation Plan, although the MRMP Stockholders have agreed to limit their beneficial and economic ownership of the Company to 28% of the outstanding common stock of the Company for the next 12 months and 30% for the subsequent 12-month period. In exchange for this arrangement, the Company has agreed to reimburse the MRMP Stockholders and Mr. Kinzler for their reasonable, documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including legal expenses) in connection with the negotiation and execution of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the proposed nomination of directors by the MRMP Stockholders in connection with the 2023 Annual Meeting.

Cash DividendIn February 2023, the Company's Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.015 per share payable on March 13, 2023 to stockholders of record on February 23, 2023.