Exhibit 10.1
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement (this
“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of
August 4, 2008 (“Effective Date”), by and between
MILES KIMBALL COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation (“
Buyer ”), and REAL HEALTH LABORATORIES, INC., a
California corporation (“ Seller ”) and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Natural Alternatives International,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”). Buyer
and Seller may be referred to herein individually as a “
Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties
.”
WHEREAS, Buyer desires to purchase
from Seller certain assets used in (and assume certain of the
liabilities of Seller related to) the Seller’s catalog and
internet business conducted under the trademark “As We
Change” (the “ Business ”); and
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell to
Buyer such assets and assign to Buyer such liabilities.
Now, therefore, in consideration of
the foregoing premises and the mutual promises herein made and the
representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as
follows.
Section 1. Definitions . The
definition of certain defined terms, not defined elsewhere in this
Agreement, are:
“ Acquired Assets
” means all of Seller’s right, title, and interest in
and to the following, and only the following, specified
assets:
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(a)
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the Acquired
Intellectual Property;
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(b)
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the Acquired
Inventory; and
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(c)
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the Acquired
Prepaid Catalog Expenses.
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“ Acquired Intellectual
Property ” means the Intellectual Property listed on
Schedule 1 .
“ Acquired Inventory
” means the inventory of the Business that is listed on
Schedule 2 (subject to modification for final month-end
adjustments), which includes all inventory of the Business and
inventories related to open purchase orders as of the Closing
Date.
“ Acquired Prepaid Catalog
Expenses ” means the unamortized expenses that are
related to the production of catalogs for post August 4, 2008
future revenue streams.
“ Adverse Consequences
” means all actions, suits, proceedings, hearings,
investigations, charges, complaints, claims, demands, injunctions,
judgments, orders, decrees, rulings, damages, dues, penalties,
fines, costs, reasonable amounts paid in settlement, liabilities,
obligations, taxes, liens, losses, expenses, and fees, including
court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses.
“ Affiliate ” has
the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the regulations promulgated
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Assumed Liabilities
” means the following, and only the following, liabilities of
the Seller:
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(a)
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all obligations
of Seller for product returns under the Seller’s return and
exchange policies as such policies are disclosed on Schedule 3(i)
of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule;
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(b)
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all obligations
of Seller under the deferred revenue, rewards club, program as such
rewards club program is disclosed on Schedule 3(i) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule;
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(c)
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all obligations
of Seller under the affiliate program, as such program is disclosed
on Schedule 3(i) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, for any
sales that occur on or after the Closing Date; and
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(d)
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all obligations
of Seller related to open purchase orders for Acquired
Inventory.
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provided , however , that the term “
Assumed Liabilities ” shall not include any of the
Excluded Liabilities.
“ Cash ” means
cash and cash equivalents (including marketable securities and
short-term investments).
“ Closing Date Net Asset
Value ” means the Net Asset Value, as of 12:01 a.m., San
Diego time, on the Closing Date.
“ Code ” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Excluded Liabilities
” means any liability or obligation of Seller other than
those set forth in the definition of “Assumed
Liabilities”, including: (a) any liability arising out
of or relating to the operation of the Business by Seller,
including any liability relating to products manufactured or
distributed by or for the Seller prior to the Closing Date;
(b) any liability of Seller or any of Seller’s
Affiliates for Taxes, including any liability of Seller or any of
Seller’s Affiliates for Taxes as a result of Seller’s
operation of the Business or Taxes payable by Seller or any of
Seller’s Affiliates that will arise as a result of the sale
of the Acquired Assets pursuant to this Agreement; (c) any
liability of Seller or any of Seller’s Affiliates relating to
payroll, vacation, sick leave, workers’ compensation,
unemployment benefits, pension benefits, health care plans or
benefits or other employee plans or benefits of any kind for
Seller’s employees or former employees or both, in every case
arising out of and relating to Seller’s employment of such
employees or former employees and including any liability of Seller
under any employment, severance, retention or termination agreement
with any employee of Seller or any of Seller’s Affiliates;
(d) any liability of Seller under this Agreement or other
document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby; and (e) any liability of Seller based upon
Seller’s acts or omissions occurring after the
Closing.
“ GAAP ” means
United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect
from time to time, consistently applied.
“ Intellectual Property
” means: (a) customer names and history, (b) vendor
names, (c) product cost history, (d) product performance,
(e) customer performance, (f) campaign performance,
(g) URLs and any Internet addresses, (h) hardcopy of
historical catalogs, (i) telecom numbers, (j) creative
catalog and internet assets, (k) trademarks, service marks,
trade dress, logos, slogans, trade names, Internet domain names and
telephone numbers, together with translations, adaptations,
derivations, and combinations thereof and including goodwill
associated therewith, and applications, registrations, and renewals
in connection therewith, (l) websites, graphics, designs,
labels, packaging and other copyrightable works, copyrights, and
applications, registrations, and renewals in connection therewith,
(m) product specifications, and confidential business
information (including ideas, research and development, know-how,
technical data, designs, drawings, specifications, and business and
marketing plans and proposals), (n) advertising and
promotional materials, (o) other proprietary rights, and
(p) copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form
or medium).
“ Knowledge ”
means, with respect to any representation, warranty or statement of
any Party in this Agreement that is qualified by such Party’s
“knowledge,” the actual knowledge of such Party or such
knowledge that a reasonably prudent officer, director, manager or
employee should have if such Person duly performed his or her
duties as an officer, director, manager or employee of such Party
with due care; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be
construed to create a duty or obligation on any Person to engage in
or conduct any inquiry or investigation, and provided further that
Seller will be deemed to have Knowledge of a particular fact or
other matter only if Randell Weaver, Ken Wolf or John Dullea has
Knowledge of that fact or other matter, and Buyer will be deemed to
have Knowledge of a particular fact or other matter only if Stan
Krangle, Dana Gilman or Vicki Updike has Knowledge of that fact or
other matter.
“ Net Asset Value
” means the difference between (a) the sum of the
Acquired Inventory (not including any Acquired Inventory that is
one hundred and eighty (180) days old or more) and Acquired
Prepaid Catalog Expenses, and (b) the amount of the Assumed
Liabilities.
“ Person ” means
an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability
company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint
venture, an unincorporated organization, any other business entity
or a governmental entity (or any department, agency, or political
subdivision thereof).
“
Restricted Business ” means the production of a
lifestyle catalog that substantially mirrors the As We
Change ® catalog in terms of products
offered, marketing methods used and customers targeted; provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not be construed in a manner such
that it in any way limits or restricts the ability of Seller, its
Parent or Affiliates from manufacturing, distributing or selling
nutritional supplements or other nutraceutical, nutritional or skin
care products, including by means of the production of a lifestyle
catalog offering such products.
“ Tax ” or
“ Taxes ” means any federal, state, local, or
foreign taxes, charges, fees, imposts or other assessments,
including those related to income, gross receipts, license,
payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium,
windfall profits, environmental (including taxes under Code
§59A), customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits,
withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment,
disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer,
registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum,
estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, whether computed on
a separate or consolidated, unitary or combined basis or in any
other manner, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto,
whether disputed or not.
“ Tax Return ”
means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or
information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any
schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment
thereof.
Section 2. Basic Transaction
.
(a) Purchase and Sale of
Assets . On and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Buyer agrees to purchase from Seller, and Seller agrees
to sell, transfer, convey, and deliver to Buyer, all of the
Acquired Assets at the Closing for the consideration specified
below in this Section 2 .
(b) Assumption of Liabilities
. On and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
Buyer agrees to assume and become responsible for all of the
Assumed Liabilities at the Closing. Buyer will not assume or have
any responsibility, however, with respect to any other obligation
or liability of Seller not included within the definition of
Assumed Liabilities.
(c) Purchase Price . The
Buyer agrees to pay to the Seller $2,000,000 (the “
Purchase Price ”) in United States dollars, by
delivery of cash in such amount, payable by wire transfer or
delivery of other immediately available funds. Following the
Closing, the Purchase Price is subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 2(g) below.
(d) The Closing . The closing
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “
Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of Bell,
Boyd & Lloyd LLP, 3580 Carmel Mt. Road, Suite 200, San
Diego, California commencing at 9:00 a.m. local time on the
Effective Date following the satisfaction or waiver of all
conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby (other than conditions with
respect to actions the respective Parties will take at the Closing
itself) or at such other time or place as the Parties may mutually
determine (the “ Closing Date ”).
(e) Deliveries at the Closing
. At the Closing, (i) Seller will deliver to Buyer the various
certificates, instruments, and documents referred to in
Section 6(a) below; (ii) Buyer will deliver to
Seller the various certificates, instruments, and documents
referred to in Section 6(b) below; (iii) Seller
will execute, acknowledge (if appropriate), and deliver to Buyer
(A) an Assignment and Bill of Sale in the form of Exhibit
A , (B) a counterpart Trademark Assignment in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C , (C) a counterpart
Instrument of Assumption in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B , and (C) such other instruments of sale, transfer,
conveyance, and assignment as Buyer and its counsel may reasonably
request; (iv) Buyer will execute, acknowledge (if
appropriate), and deliver to Seller
(A) a counterpart Instrument of Assumption in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B , (B) a counterpart
Trademark Assignment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C , and (C) such other instruments of assumption as Seller
and its counsel may reasonably request; and (v) Buyer will
deliver to Seller the consideration specified in
Section 2(c) above.
(f) Purchase Price Allocation
. The Purchase Price is being allocated among the Acquired Assets
by the Parties as set forth on Schedule 3 . Such allocation
is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 1060 of
the Code. Buyer shall prepare and deliver Internal Revenue Service
(“ IRS ”) Form 8594 to Seller within forty-five
(45) days after the Closing Date to be filed with the IRS,
subject to Seller’s review and approval which shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Seller and Buyer shall file Form 8594 with
their respective timely-filed Tax Returns consistent with such
allocation. The Parties shall treat and report the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement in all respects consistently for
purposes of any federal, state or local Tax, including the
calculation of gain, loss and basis with reference to the Purchase
Price allocation made pursuant to this Section 2(f) .
The parties shall not take any action or position inconsistent with
the obligations set forth in this Agreement. Seller agrees to
indemnify and hold Buyer and its Affiliates harmless and Buyer
hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Seller harmless, from and
against any and all losses, liabilities and expenses (including
additional income taxes and reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) that may be incurred by the indemnified party as a result
of the failure of the indemnifying party so to report the sale and
purchase of the Acquired Assets as required by applicable
laws.
(g) Net Asset Value
Adjustment .
(i) Within thirty (30) days of
the Closing, the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer an unaudited
statement of the Closing Date Net Asset Value (the “
Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement ”). If the
Closing Date Net Asset Value as shown on the Closing Date Net Asset
Value Statement is less than $304,950, then the Purchase Price
shall be decreased by an amount equal to the difference obtained by
subtracting the amount of the Closing Date Net Asset Value from
$304,950. If the Closing Date Net Asset Value as shown on the
Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement is greater than $304,950,
then the Purchase Price will be increased by an amount equal to the
difference obtained by subtracting $304,950 from the amount of the
Closing Date Net Asset Value.
(ii) If the Buyer disagrees with the
Closing Date Net Asset Value as shown on the Closing Date Net Asset
Value Statement, then as soon as practicable following the Closing
Date (but not later than 30 days after the delivery thereof), the
Buyer shall prepare and deliver to the Seller, its own statement of
the Net Asset Value as of 12:01 a.m., San Diego time, on the
Closing Date (the “ Buyer Closing Date Net Asset Value
Statement ” and the Closing Date Net Asset Value as
reflected on the Buyer Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement being
referred to herein as the “ Buyer Determined Closing Date
Net Asset Value ”). In preparing the Buyer Closing Date
Net Asset Value Statement, the Buyer shall be entitled to have
access to the books and records of the Seller and the work papers
of the Seller prepared in connection with the preparation of the
Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement and shall be entitled to
discuss such books and records and work papers with the Seller and
those persons responsible for the preparation thereof. In the event
that in preparing the Buyer Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement
the Buyer conducts a physical inventory, the Seller shall be
entitled to have one or more
representatives present during the
conduct of such physical inventory. In addition, if the Buyer does
not object to the Closing Date Net Asset Value as shown on the
Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement within the 30-day period
referred to above, the Closing Date Net Asset Value as reflected on
the Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement as so prepared shall be
deemed final and conclusive and binding upon the Seller and the
Buyer.
(iii) In the event the Seller does
not agree with the Buyer Determined Closing Date Net Asset Value as
reflected on the Buyer Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement, the
Seller shall so inform the Buyer in writing within 30 days after
the Seller’s receipt thereof, such writing to set forth the
objections of the Seller in reasonable detail. If the Seller and
the Buyer cannot reach agreement as to any disputed matter relating
to the Closing Date Net Asset Value within 15 days after
notification by the Seller to the Buyer of a dispute, they shall
forthwith refer the dispute to a nationally recognized accounting
firm mutually agreeable to the Seller and the Buyer for resolution,
with the understanding that: (i) the Closing Date Net Asset
Value, as finally determined by such firm, shall not be less than
the amount thereof shown in Buyer’s Closing Date Net Asset
Value Statement nor greater than the amount thereof shown in the
Seller’s objection delivered pursuant to this clause (iii);
and (ii) such firm shall resolve all disputed items within 20
days after such disputed items are referred to it. If the Buyer and
the Seller are unable to agree on the choice of an accounting firm,
then the Buyer and the Seller shall select a nationally recognized
accounting firm by lot (after excluding their respective regular
outside accounting firms). The decision of any such accounting firm
under this clause (iii) with respect to all disputed matters
relating to the Closing Date Net Asset Value shall be deemed final
and conclusive and shall be binding upon the Seller and the Buyer.
In addition, if the Seller does not object to the Buyer Determined
Closing Date Net Asset Value within the 30-day period referred to
above, the Buyer Determined Closing Date Net Asset Value as
reflected on the Buyer Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement as so
prepared shall be deemed final and conclusive and binding upon the
Seller and the Buyer.
(iv) The Seller shall be entitled to
have access to the books and records of the Buyer and the work
papers of the Buyer prepared in connection with the preparation of
the Buyer Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement and shall be
entitled to discuss such books and records and work papers with the
Buyer and those persons responsible for the preparation thereof.
The accounting firm selected pursuant to
Section 2(g)(iii) shall be entitled to have access to
the books and records of the Buyer and the Seller and the work
papers of the Buyer and the Seller prepared in connection with the
preparation of the Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement and the
Buyer Closing Date Net Asset Value Statement and shall be entitled
to discuss such books and records and work papers with the Buyer
and the Seller and those persons responsible for the preparation
thereof.
(v)
(A) If the Closing Date Net Asset
Value as finally determined pursuant to this Section 2(g) (the
“ Final Closing Date Net Asset Value ”) exceeds
$304,950 (such excess, if any, being referred to herein as the
“ Finally Determined Excess ”) then the Buyer
shall pay such amount by wire transfer to an account designated by
the Seller within five (5) business days after the date upon
which the Closing Date Net Asset Value is deemed final and
conclusive pursuant hereto.
(B) If the Final Closing Date Net
Asset Value is less than $304,950 (such shortfall, if any, being
referred to herein as the “ Finally Determined
Shortfall ”) then the Seller shall pay such amount by
wire transfer to an account designated by the Buyer within five
(5) business days after the date upon which the Closing Date
Net Asset Value is deemed final and conclusive pursuant
hereto.
(vi) If the Final Closing Date Net
Asset Value is determined by an accounting firm under
Section 2(g)(iii) , and such determination results in a
payment to the Seller, then the Buyer shall pay the aggregate fees
and expenses of the accounting firm selected to finally determine
the Closing Date Net Asset Value. If the Final Closing Date Net
Asset Value is determined by an accounting firm under
Section 2(g)(iii) , and such determination results in a
payment to the Buyer that is greater than the payment that would
have been required to have been made to Buyer based on the Closing
Date Net Asset Value Statement, or results in no payment to Buyer
or Seller where a payment to Seller would have been required to
have been made to Seller based on the Closing Date Net Asset Value
Statement, then the Seller shall pay the aggregate fees and
expenses of the accounting firm selected to finally determine the
Closing Date Net Asset Value.
Section 3. Seller’s
Representations and Warranties . Seller represents and warrants
to Buyer that the statements contained in this
Section 3 are correct and complete as of the Effective
Date and will be correct and complete as of the Closing Date (as
though made then and as though the Closing Date were substituted
for the Effective Date throughout this Section 3 ),
except as set forth in the disclosure schedule accompanying this
Agreement (the “ Disclosure Schedule ”). The
Disclosure Schedule will be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to
the lettered and numbered paragraphs contained in this
Section 3 and the other sections of this Agreement
pursuant to which disclosure is made or items are referred to in
the Disclosure Schedule.
(a) Organization of Seller .
Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in
good standing under the laws of the State of California, with full
corporate power and authority to conduct the Business as now being
conducted by it, and to own and use the properties it purports to
own and use in the conduct of the Business.
(b) Authorization of
Transaction . Seller has full corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the documents contemplated
hereby (the “ Transaction Documents ”) and to
perform its obligations thereunder. This Agreement constitutes, and
the other Transaction Documents when executed will constitute, the
valid and legally binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms and conditions, except as limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally. The
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by
Seller have been duly authorized by all necessary action of
Seller’s shareholder and board of directors.
(c) Non-contravention .
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the
assignments and assumptions referred to in Section 2
above), will (i) violate any constitution, statute,
regulation, rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling,
charge, or other restriction of any government, governmental
agency, or court to which Seller or the Acquired Assets are subject
or any provision of the charter or bylaws of Seller, or
(ii) except as set forth in Schedule 3(c) of Seller’s
Disclosure Schedule, conflict with, result in a material breach of,
constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create
in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel,
or require any notice under any agreement, contract, lease,
license, instrument, or other arrangement to which Seller is a
party or by which it is bound or to which any of the Acquired
Assets is subject (or result in the imposition of any lien upon any
of the Acquired Assets). Except as set forth in Schedule 3(c) of
Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, the Seller does not need to
give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any
authorization, consent, or approval of any government or
governmental agency in order for the Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the
assignments and assumptions referred to in Section 2
above).
(d) Brokers’ Fees .
Except as set forth in Schedule 3(d) of Seller’s Disclosure
Schedule, Seller has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or
commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Title to Assets . Except
as set forth in Schedule 3(e) of Seller’s Disclosure
Schedule, Seller has good title to the Acquired Assets, free and
clear of any liens or restriction on transfer, and Seller has the
right to transfer the Acquired Assets to Buyer, free and clear of
any liens.
(f) Selected Financial Data .
Attached hereto as Exhibit D are the following financial
data (the “ Selected Financial Data
”):
(i) the value of the Acquired
Inventory as of June 30, 2008;
(ii) the value of the Acquired
Prepaid Catalog Expenses as of June 30, 2008; and
(iii) the obligations of the Seller
in respect of the Assumed Liabilities, as of June 30,
2008.
Except as set forth on Schedule 3(f)
of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, the Selected Financial Data
fairly present the values, obligations and expenses set forth
therein and are based upon the books and records of the Seller,
which have been maintained in accordance with GAAP.
(g) Acquired Intellectual
Property .
(i) Except as set forth on Schedule
3(g)(i) of Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, to Seller’s
Knowledge: (a) no third party has interfered with, infringed
upon, misappropriated, or violated the Acquired Intellectual
Property; (b) no Acquired Intellectual Property interferes
with, infringes upon or violates the intellectual property rights
of any third-party; (c) no copyrighted or copyrightable
material included in the Acquired Intellectual Property infringes
upon or violates the copyrights of any third party; and (d) no
know-how, process, or product included in the Acquired Intellectual
Property violates any trade secret of any third party.
(ii) Schedule 3(g)(ii) of the
Disclosure Schedule identifies: (a) each license, agreement,
or other perm