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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
During the fiscal period covered by this report, the Companys management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)). Based on such evaluation, the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Companys disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in its reports is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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On July 21, 2009 the Company adopted the 2009 Senior Executive Compensation Program, covering the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and certain other senior executives of the Company. Under this program, these senior executives are eligible for the award of financial performance shares. The target number of shares for each executive is determined by dividing a percentage of base salary by the average closing share price of the December prior to the performance year. Annual corporate performance metrics determine the percentage of the target shares that will be awarded at the end of the performance year, with vesting occurring over the three-year period beginning in the performance year. Senior executives are also eligible for a cash bonus based upon corporate performance metrics and, at the discretion of the Companys Compensation Committee, a cash bonus for achievement of strategic objectives.
The foregoing summary of the Senior Executive Compensation Program is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Senior Executive Compensation Program description, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated by reference herein.
On July 22, 2009, the Company filed a Certificate of Elimination with the Secretary of State of Delaware eliminating the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Companys $3.25 Convertible Preferred Stock (the Convertible Preferred Stock), which had been issued in connection with our merger with Battle Mountain Gold Company in 2001. In 2002, all of the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock were redeemed by the Company and no shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are currently outstanding. A copy of the Certificate of Elimination is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Quarterly Report and incorporated by reference herein.
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