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Subsequent Events and Other (Notes)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events and Other
The Special Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Special Committee”) and management have continued to fully cooperate with the SEC in connection with its ongoing investigation of the Company, including with respect to payments made to or on behalf of Miles Nadal and Nadal Management Limited. Mr. Nadal resigned from his position as CEO and as a Director of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective July 20, 2015, and agreed to repay to the Company specified expenses paid by the Company on his behalf and prior cash bonus awards. 
Specifically, as of September 30, 2015, Mr. Nadal repaid to the Company an aggregate amount equal to $9,539 in respect of perquisites and improper payments identified by the Special Committee, and agreed to repay an additional $939 to the Company in two equal installments during the three month period ending December 31, 2015.
Separately, Mr. Nadal agreed to repay to the Company $10,582 in connection with amounts required to be repaid pursuant to cash bonus awards previously paid to Mr. Nadal, with such repayments to be made in five installments, with the last to be paid on December 31, 2017. Mr. Nadal repaid to the Company the first installment of $1,000 in September, 2015. The Company recorded a charge of approximately $5,338 in the third quarter for the balance of prior cash bonus award amounts that will not be recovered. The Company also recorded income in the third quarter relating to the additional $1,877 that Mr. Nadal agreed to repay.
The SEC investigation of these expenses and related matters remains ongoing. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company has incurred $2,722 and $12,366, respectively, of professional expenses relating to the ongoing SEC investigation.
     Following Mr. Nadal’s resignation on July 20, 2015, and as part of the ongoing investigation, the Special Committee and management undertook to review third-party payments and identify assets purchased by the Company that were used exclusively by or may still have been in Mr. Nadal’s possession. In October 2015, Mr. Nadal repaid an additional $808 for, among other things, travel-related expenses that were paid on his behalf and for certain assets that the Company determined had no ongoing business purpose, including computer and IT equipment.

Class Action Litigation
On July 31, 2015, North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District Firefighter Pension Plan filed a putative class action suit in the Southern District of New York, naming as defendants the Company, CFO David Doft, Mr. Nadal, and Mr. Sabatino. The plaintiff alleges violations of § 10(b), Rule 10b-5, and § 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, based on allegedly materially false and misleading statements in the Company’s SEC filings and other public statements regarding executive compensation, goodwill accounting, and the Company’s internal controls. The Company intends to vigorously defend this suit.
On August 7, 2015, Roberto Paniccia issued a Statement of Claim in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the City of Brantford, Ontario seeking to certify a class action suit naming as Defendants the Company, former CEO Miles S. Nadal, former CAO Michael C. Sabatino, CFO David Doft and BDO U.S.A. LLP. The Plaintiff alleges violations of section 138.1 of the Ontario Securities Act (and equivalent legislation in other Canadian provinces and territories) as well as common law misrepresentation based on allegedly materially false and misleading statements in the company’s public statements, as well as omitting to disclose material facts with respect to an SEC investigation. The Company also intends to vigorously defend this suit.