8. Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

Our certificate of incorporation provides for the issuance of up to 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Our Board of Directors is authorized to issue from time to time such authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix or alter the designations, preferences, rights and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares of each such series, including the dividend, conversion, voting, redemption and liquidation rights. As of March 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no outstanding shares of preferred stock, and we do not currently have plans to issue any shares of preferred stock.

In August 2009, our Board of Directors adopted a stockholder rights plan, which calls for preferred stock purchase rights (each, a “Right”) to be distributed, as a dividend, at the rate of one Right for each share of common stock held as of September 3, 2009. Each Right will entitle holders of common stock to buy one one-thousandth of one share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Iteris. A further description and terms of the Rights are set forth in the Rights Agreement dated August 20, 2009 (as amended in August 2012) by and between Iteris and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”), as rights agent. In connection with the stockholder rights plan, our Board of Directors approved the adoption of a Certificate of Designations, which created the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, and likewise authorized the filing of a Certification of Elimination to eliminate the two series of junior participating preferred stock, which were originally created in April 1998 in connection with our previous stockholder rights plan which expired in 2008. Effective on September 28, 2018, an amendment was entered into by and between Iteris and Computershare to accelerate the expiration of the Rights from August 20, 2019 to September 28, 2019, wherein all of the Rights distributed to the holders of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Rights Agreement expired.

Common Stock Reserved for Future Issuance

The following summarizes common stock reserved for future issuance at March 31, 2020:


		Number of Shares
		(In thousands)
Stock options outstanding		5,934
Restricted stock units outstanding		404
Authorized for future issuance under stock incentive plans		1,691
		8,029