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Whistleblower Complaint and Investigation | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Whistleblower Complaint and Investigation |
Whistleblower Complaint and Investigation | Note 20. Whistleblower Complaint and Investigation On February 23, 2015, the Board of Directors announced that, pursuant to an anonymous whistleblower complaint, our Audit Committee conducted an investigation of certain potential related party transactions involving Davis Zhang, our former President, China Operations. The investigation did not conclude that there was any intentional misconduct by Mr. Zhang, or that he received any improper benefit from these transactions. Further, the investigation did not reveal any inaccuracies in our consolidated financial statements resulting from these transactions. However, the investigation identified certain historical related party transactions that were not previously disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). We filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on February 23, 2015 to disclose such historical related party transactions. On February 20, 2015, the Board of Directors waived any potential inconsistencies with our Code of Conduct and Ethics arising from the transactions identified in the investigation. Also, the Audit Committee approved the related party nature of such transactions to the extent it had not previously approved such transactions. The Board of Directors and Audit Committee specified that such waiver and approval would have retroactive effect to the date of commencement of the transactions covered by such waiver and approval. We have incurred approximately $1.8 million of professional service fees during the course of this investigation.

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