Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or
Standard; Transfer of Listing.
(a) On June 12, 2009, Endologix, Inc. (the "Company") received a NASDAQ Staff
Deficiency Letter (the "Letter") from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ")
indicating that, due to Edward B. Diethrich, M.D. no longer serving on the Board
of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), the Company no longer complies with
NASDAQ's independent director requirement for continued listing set forth in
NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(b)(1). In accordance with Rule 5605(b)(1)(A) of the
NASDAQ Listing Rules, the Company has until the earlier of the Company's next
annual meeting of stockholders or June 11, 2010 to regain compliance with the
independent director requirement of the NASDAQ Listing Rules. The Company is in
the process of evaluating candidates who are qualified to serve on the Board and
intends to fill the vacancy on the Board as expeditiously as possible.
In accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5810(b), the Company issued a press
release on June 12, 2009 to announce that the Company had received the Letter. A
copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) On December 11, 2008, the Board adopted, subject to stockholder approval, an
amendment to the Company's 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), which
amendment was approved by the Company's stockholders at the Company's Annual
Meeting held on June 11, 2009. The amendment to the Plan increased the
authorized number of shares of the Company's common stock purchasable under the
Plan by 1,500,000 shares, or from 558,734 shares to 2,058,734 shares.
The foregoing description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the full text of the Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Information.
On June 12, 2009, the Board approved certain changes to the compensation package
to be received by non-employee directors of the Board, which changes were
effective as of the same date.
The Board approved the following changes to the annual compensation to be paid
to the Company's non-employee directors, other than the chairperson of the
Board: (i) increase the annual retainer to be paid to non-employee directors
from $6,000 to $20,000, and (ii) decrease the number of options to purchase
shares of the Company's common stock to be granted annually to non-employee
directors from 40,000 to 25,000. The Board also approved an increase of the
annual retainer paid to the chairperson of the Board from $25,000 to $30,000.
The chairperson will continue to receive an additional annual option grant of
10,000 shares.
No changes were made to the number of options to purchase shares of the
Company's common stock to be granted to non-employee directors upon their
initial election or appointment to the Board. Previously, each non-employee
director received options to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company's common
stock upon his or her initial election or appointment to the Board.
The Board also approved the following changes to the compensation to be paid to
members of the various committees of the Board: (i) increase the additional
annual retainer to be paid to the chairperson of the Audit Committee from $6,000
to $10,000; (ii) increase the additional annual retainer to be paid to the
chairperson of the Compensation Committee from $4,000 to $5,000; (iii) introduce
an additional annual retainer of $5,000 to be paid to the chairperson of the
Nominating and Governance Committee; and (iv) eliminate the additional meeting
fee of $500 paid to the chairperson of the Audit Committee.
The Board also approved the following changes to the per meeting fees to be paid
to non-employee
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directors: (i) change the per meeting fee to $1,500 regardless of whether a
non-employee director attends such meeting in-person or telephonically; and
(ii) to increase the amount of fees to be paid to non-employee directors
attendance (in-person or telephonically) of meetings of the committees of the
Board from $500 to $1,000.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Description
10.1 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended through June 11, 2009.
99.1 Press release dated June 12, 2009 regarding receipt of the NASDAQ Staff
Deficiency Letter.
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