8. Commitments and Contingencies Legal Proceedings On November 4, 2016, a securities class action lawsuit was commenced in the United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, Durham Division, naming the Company and certain of the Companys officers as defendants, and alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in connection with allegedly false and misleading statements made by the defendants between May 1, 2016 and November 1, 2016 (the Class Period). The plaintiff seeks to represent a class comprised of purchasers of the Companys common stock during the Class Period and seeks damages, costs and expenses and such other relief as determined by the Court. Two substantially similar lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina on November 22, 2016 and December 30, 2016, respectively, seeking to assert claims on behalf of all purchasers of the Company's common stock from July 7, 2015 through December 29, 2016, inclusive. Pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, on July 6, 2017, the court consolidated the three lawsuits into a single action and appointed a lead plaintiff and co-lead counsel in the consolidated case. Plaintiffs have until August 16, 2017 to file a consolidated amended complaint. The Company believes it has meritorious defenses and intends to defend the lawsuits vigorously. It is possible that similar lawsuits may yet be filed in the same or other courts that name the same or additional defendants. On December 21, 2016, a shareholder derivative lawsuit was commenced in the North Carolina Durham County Superior Court, naming certain of the Companys former and current officers and directors as defendants and the Company as a nominal defendant, and asserting claims for breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, and corporate waste. A substantially similar lawsuit was filed in the North Carolina Durham County Superior Court on February 16, 2017. The complaints are based