| TABLE OF CONTENTS | | | |||||
| PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT | | | |||||
| | | | | S-ii | | | |
| | | | | S-iii | | | |
| | | | | S-1 | | | |
| | | | | S-4 | | | |
| | | | | S-5 | | | |
| | | | | S-6 | | | |
| | | | | S-7 | | | |
| | | | | S-8 | | | |
| | | | | S-9 | | | |
| | | | | S-17 | | | |
| | | | | S-17 | | | |
| | | | | S-17 | | | |
| | | | | S-17 | | | |
| PROSPECTUS | | | |||||
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| | |
Capacity
(Cbm) |
| |
Shipyard
|
| |
Year Built
|
| |
ECO
Vessel(1) |
| |
Scrubber
Equipped or Dual-Fuel |
| |
Employment
|
| |
Time
Charter-Out Expiration(2) |
| |||
Dorian VLGCs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Captain John NP
|
| | | | 82,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2007
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Comet
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2014
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Corsair(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2014
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Time Charter(6)
|
| |
Q4 2024
|
|
Corvette
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Cougar(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool-TCO(5)
|
| |
Q2 2025
|
|
Concorde
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Cobra
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Continental
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Constitution
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Commodore
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool-TCO(5)
|
| |
Q2 2027
|
|
Cresques(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Daewoo
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool-TCO(5)
|
| |
Q2 2025
|
|
Constellation
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Cheyenne
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Clermont
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Cratis(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Daewoo
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Chaparral(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool-TCO(5)
|
| |
Q2 2025
|
|
Copernicus(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Daewoo
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Commander
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Challenger
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool-TCO(5)
|
| |
Q3 2026
|
|
Caravelle(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2016
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Captain Markos(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Kawasaki
|
| |
2023
|
| |
X
|
| |
DF
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Total
|
| | |
|
1,762,000
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Time chartered-in VLGCs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Future Diamond(7)
|
| | | | 80,876 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2020
|
| |
X
|
| |
S
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
HLS Citrine(8)
|
| | | | 86,090 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2023
|
| |
X
|
| |
DF
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
HLS Diamond(9)
|
| | | | 86,090 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2023
|
| |
X
|
| |
DF
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Cristobal(10)
|
| | | | 86,980 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2023
|
| |
X
|
| |
DF
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
|
Outstanding
| | |
As of March 31, 2024
(in U.S. dollars) |
| |||||||||||||||
| | |
Actual
|
| |
As Adjusted
|
| |
As Further
Adjusted |
| |||||||||
CAPITALIZATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Debt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Outstanding debt obligations (net of unamortized issuance
costs of $5,359,227) |
| | | $ | 605,092,530 | | | | | $ | 599,232,520 | | | | | | | | |
Total debt including current portion(1)
|
| | | $ | 605,092,530 | | | | | $ | 599,232,520 | | | | | $ | | | |
Shareholders’ Equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share: 50,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding actual, as adjusted and as further adjusted
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | | | |
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share: 450,000,000 shares authorized; 40,619,448 shares outstanding actual; 40,619,448 shares outstanding as adjusted; shares outstanding as further adjusted
|
| | | | 519,950 | | | | | | 519,950 | | | | | | | | |
Additional paid-in capital
|
| | | | 772,714,486 | | | | | | 772,714,486 | | | | | | | | |
Treasury stock, at cost; 11,375,579 shares actual;
11,375,579 shares as adjusted; and shares as further adjusted |
| | | | (126,837,239) | | | | | | (126,837,239) | | | | | | | | |
Retained earnings
|
| | | | 377,135,886 | | | | | | 336,516,438 | | | | | | | | |
Total Shareholders’ Equity
|
| | | $ | 1,023,533,083 | | | | | $ | 982,913,635 | | | | | $ | | | |
Total Capitalization
|
| | | $ | 1,628,625,613 | | | | | $ | 1,582,146,155 | | | | | $ | | | |
|
Underwriter
|
| |
Number of
Common Shares |
| |||
Jefferies LLC
|
| | | | | | |
SEB Securities, Inc.
|
| | | | | | |
Total
|
| | | | | | |
|
| | |
Per Share
|
| |
Total
|
| ||||||||||||||||||
| | |
Without Option
to Purchase Additional Shares |
| |
With Option to
Purchase Additional Shares |
| |
Without Option
to Purchase Additional Shares |
| |
With Option to
Purchase Additional Shares |
| ||||||||||||
Public offering price
|
| | | $ | | | | | $ | | | | | $ | | | | | $ | | | ||||
Underwriting discounts and commissions
paid by us |
| | | $ | | | | | $ | | | | | $ | | | | | $ | | | ||||
Proceeds to us, before expenses
|
| | | $ | | | | | $ | | | | | $ | | | | | $ | | | |
c/o Dorian LPG (USA) LLC
27 Signal Road
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
(203) 674-9900 (telephone number)
Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Rights and Units
and
2,867,618 Common Shares offered by the Selling Shareholders
| | | | | 1 | | | |
| | | | | 2 | | | |
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| | | | | 38 | | | |
| | | | | 39 | | | |
| | | | | 39 | | | |
| | | | | 41 | | |
| | |
Capacity
(Cbm) |
| |
Shipyard
|
| |
Year Built
|
| |
ECO
Vessel(1) |
| |
Scrubber
Equipped |
| |
Employment
|
| |
Charter
Expiration(2) |
| | | | |||
Dorian VLGCs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
Captain John NP
|
| | | | 82,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2007
|
| |
—
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Comet
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2014
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Corsair(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2014
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Time Charter(6)
|
| |
Q4 2022
|
| | ||
Corvette
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Cougar(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Concorde(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Time Charter(7)
|
| |
Q1 2023
|
| | ||
Cobra
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Continental
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Constitution
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Commodore
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool-TCO(5)
|
| |
Q1 2023
|
| | ||
Cresques(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Daewoo
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Constellation
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Cheyenne
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool-TCO(5)
|
| |
Q2 2023
|
| | ||
Clermont
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool-TCO(5)
|
| |
Q1 2023
|
| | ||
Cratis(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Daewoo
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Chaparral(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Copernicus(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Daewoo
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Commander
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Challenger
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2015
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool-TCO(5)
|
| |
Q4 2022
|
| | ||
Caravelle(3)
|
| | | | 84,000 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2016
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Total
|
| | |
|
1,678,000
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
Time chartered-in VLGCs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||
Future Diamond(8)
|
| | | | 80,876 | | | |
Hyundai
|
| |
2020
|
| |
X
|
| |
X
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| | ||
Astomos Venus(9)
|
| | | | 77,367 | | | |
Mitsubishi
|
| |
2016
|
| |
X
|
| |
—
|
| |
Pool(4)
|
| |
—
|
| |
| | |
As of June 30, 2022
|
| |||||||||
| | |
Actual
|
| |
Adjusted
|
| ||||||
Capitalization | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Outstanding debt obligations (net of unamortized issuance costs of $6,625,637)
|
| | | $ | 657,036,187 | | | | | $ | 669,764,763 | | |
Total debt including current portion(1)
|
| | | $ | 657,036,187 | | | | | $ | 669,764,763 | | |
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none issued nor outstanding on an actual and adjusted basis
|
| | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | |
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 450,000,000 shares authorized, 51,337,445 shares issued, 40,136,600 shares outstanding (net of treasury stock), on an actual and adjusted basis
|
| | | | 513,375 | | | | | | 513,375 | | |
Additional paid-in-capital
|
| | | | 760,764,708 | | | | | | 760,764,708 | | |
Treasury stock, at cost; 11,200,845 shares on an actual and adjusted basis
|
| | | | (122,198,003) | | | | | | (122,198,003) | | |
Retained earnings
|
| | | | 205,269,255 | | | | | | 165,132,655 | | |
Total shareholders’ equity
|
| | | $ | 844,349,335 | | | | | $ | 804,212,735 | | |
Total capitalization
|
| | | $ | 1,501,385,522 | | | | | $ | 1,473,977,498 | | |
Name of Selling Shareholder
|
| |
Common Shares
Owned Before Offering(1) |
| |
Percentage of
Class Prior to the Offering(2) |
| |
Total
Common Shares Offered Hereby |
| |
Common Shares
Owned Following the Offering |
| |
Percentage of
Class Following the Offering(2) |
| |||||||||||||||
Kensico Capital Management Corp(3)
|
| | | | 2,825,000 | | | | | | 7.0% | | | | | | 2,825,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0% | | |
Thomas Jason Coleman
|
| | | | 42,618 | | | | | | 0.1% | | | | | | 42,618 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0% | | |
Total
|
| | | | 2,867,618 | | | | | | 7.1% | | | | | | 2,867,618 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0% | | |
|
Marshall Islands
|
| |
Delaware
|
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Shareholder Meetings
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Held at a time and place as designated in the bylaws.
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May be held at such time or place as designated in the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws, or if not so designated, as determined by the Board of Directors.
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Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the Board of Directors or by such person or persons as may be authorized by the articles of incorporation or by the bylaws.
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| |
Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the Board of Directors or by such person or persons as may be authorized by the certificate of incorporation or by the bylaws.
|
|
| May be held in or outside of the Marshall Islands. | | | May be held in or outside of Delaware. | |
| Notice: | | | Notice: | |
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•
Whenever shareholders are required to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and, unless it is an annual meeting, indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of the person calling the meeting.
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•
Whenever shareholders are required to take any action at a meeting, a written notice or electronic transmission of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any.
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•
A copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given personally or sent by mail not less than 15 nor more than 60 days before the meeting.
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•
Written notice shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the meeting.
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Marshall Islands
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Delaware
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Shareholders’ Voting Rights
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Any action required to be taken by a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if consent is in writing and is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.
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Any action required to be taken by a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent for such action is in writing and is signed by shareholders having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
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Any person authorized to vote may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy.
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| |
Any person authorized to vote may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy.
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Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, a majority of shares entitled to vote
|
| |
For stock corporations, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws may specify the number of
|
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Marshall Islands
|
| |
Delaware
|
|
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constitutes a quorum. In no event shall a quorum consist of fewer than one third of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting.
|
| |
shares required to constitute a quorum but in no event shall a quorum consist of less than one-third of shares entitled to vote at a meeting. In the absence of such specifications, a majority of shares entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum.
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The articles of incorporation may provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors.
|
| |
The certificate of incorporation may provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors.
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Directors
|
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The Board of Directors must consist of at least one member.
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The Board of Directors must consist of at least one member.
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Number of board members can be changed by an amendment to the bylaws, by the shareholders, or by action of the Board of Directors under the specific provisions of a bylaw.
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Number of board members shall be fixed by, or in a manner provided by, the bylaws, unless the certificate of incorporation fixes the number of directors, in which case a change in the number shall be made only by amendment of the certificate of incorporation.
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If the Board of Directors is authorized to change the number of directors, it can only do so by a majority of the entire Board of Directors and so long as no decrease in the number shortens the term of any incumbent director.
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Dissenter’s Rights of Appraisal
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Shareholders have a right to dissent from any plan of merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all assets not made in the usual course of business, and receive payment of the fair value of their shares.
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Appraisal rights shall be available for the any class or series of common shares of a corporation in a merger or consolidation, subject to limited exceptions, such as a merger or consolidation of corporations listed on a national securities exchange in which listed stock is the offered consideration.
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A holder of any adversely affected shares who does not vote on or consent in writing to an amendment to the articles of incorporation has the right to dissent and to receive payment for such shares if the amendment:
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Alters or abolishes any preferential right of any outstanding shares having preference; or
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Creates, alters or abolishes any provision or right in respect to the redemption of any outstanding shares.
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Alters or abolishes any preemptive right of such holder to acquire shares or other securities; or
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Excludes or limits the right of such holder to vote on any matter, except as such right may be limited by the voting rights given to new shares then being authorized of any existing or new class.
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An action may be brought in the right of a corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by a holder of shares or of voting trust certificates or of a beneficial interest in such shares or certificates. It shall be made to appear that the plaintiff is such a holder at the time of bringing the action and that he was such a holder at the time of the transaction of which he complains, or that his shares or his interest therein devolved upon him by operation of law.
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In any derivative suit instituted by a shareholder or a corporation, it shall be averred in the complaint that the plaintiff was a shareholder of the corporation at the time of the transaction of which he complains or that such shareholder’s stock thereafter devolved upon such shareholder by operation of law.
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A complaint shall set forth with particularity the efforts of the plaintiff to secure the initiation of such action by the Board of Directors or the reasons for not making such effort.
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Such action shall not be discontinued, compromised or settled without the approval of the High Court of the Republic of The Marshall Islands.
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Attorneys’ fees may be awarded if the action is successful.
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A corporation may require a plaintiff bringing a derivative suit to give security for reasonable expenses if the plaintiff owns less than 5% of any class of stock and the shares have a value of less than $50,000.
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Duties of Directors
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Members of a board of directors owe a fiduciary duty to the company to act in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company and to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.
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The business and affairs of a corporation are managed by or under the direction of its board of directors. In exercising their powers, directors are charged with a fiduciary duty of care to protect the interests of the corporation and a fiduciary duty of loyalty to act in the best interests of its shareholders.
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27 Signal Road
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
(203) 674-9900 (telephone number)
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