THROUGHOUT THIS
AGREEMENT, WHERE INFORMATION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN ASTERISK (*),
THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. THE OMITTED INFORMATION HAS BEEN
FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION.
KATHY HILTON LICENSE
AGREEMENT
This LICENSE
AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and effective as of the 13
th day of October, 2006 (“Effective Date”),
by and between KRH Licensing Company, LLC. , a
newly formed California corporation with an office and place of
business at 250 North Canon Drive, 2 nd Floor, Beverly
Hills, California 90210 (collectively, "Licensor"), and
OmniReliant Corp. , a Florida corporation with an
office and principal place of business at 4902 Eisenhower Blvd.,
Suite 185 Tampa, Florida 33634 ("Licensee") (together the
"Parties").
WITNESSETH
:
WHEREAS , Richard Hilton is the worldwide owner of the
KATHY HILTON trademark and all variations and combinations thereof,
including various U.S. Trademark Registrations therefore, including
Reg. No. 2,884,868 in International Class 24 for bed linens, et.
seq.; Reg. No. 2,882,681 in International Class 20 for furniture;
and, Reg. No. 3,018,255 in International Class 14 for jewelry
(collectively, the “Licensed Mark” or “Licensed
Marks”); and,
WHEREAS , pursuant to a master license agreement,
Richard Hilton has granted all worldwide rights to the Licensed
Marks to the Licensor herein; and,
WHEREAS , Licensee is a newly incorporated Florida
corporation specifically formed to develop the Licensed Marks with
the intent of manufacturing, promoting and selling Licensed
Products (as hereinafter defined), and Licensor further desires to
obtain the personal services of Ms. Kathy Hilton pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement in connection with the formulation and
manufacture as well as the promotion and sale of the Licensed
Products; and
WHEREAS, Licensor is willing to grant the license
contained in this Agreement and (the
“License”) Licensee desires to obtain from
Licensor, the exclusive right and license to use the Licensed Marks
in the Territory (as hereinafter defined) in connection with the
manufacture, promotion, distribution and sale of Licensed
Products.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and mutual
agreements contained herein, the parties hereto covenant and agree
as follows:
ARTICLE
1
Definitions: The following definitions shall
apply:
A.
Territory
. All countries of the world and all
duty-free-shops, ships, airplanes, military bases and diplomatic
missions of every country of the world, including, but not limited
to, retail, wholesale, the world-wide web, radio, multi-level
marketing, newspapers, magazines, direct response,
infomercials, television shopping networks and any other
channel of distribution and sale approved in writing by Licensor,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed.
B.
Licensed
Products . All
products comprising goods within the scope of the description of
International Class 3 as defined in the records of the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, namely: Men's and Women's
skincare products, fragrances, cosmetics and related personal care
products such as body lotion, body cream, body mist, hand cream,
bath and shower gel, massage oil, dusting powder, after shave,
after shave balm or gel, deodorant stick and bath soap, and
home/environmental products such as candles, potpourri and incense
bearing the Licensed Marks. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event that Licensee does not develop and begin the marketing of a
fragrance under the Licensed Marks with 18 months of the Effective
Date, Licensee shall forfeit the rights for fragrance (deleting
such category from this definition of Licensed Products) and
Licensor shall be free to develop itself or license a third-party
to use the Licensed Marks for a fragrance.
C.
Licensed
Mark or
Licensed Marks . The trademark KATHY HILTON and
such other trademarks as are, from time to time, agreed to by
Licensor. At Licensor’s cost, Licensor has or will file
to register the Licensed Mark in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office in International Class 3 for: Men's and
Women's skincare products, fragrances, cosmetics and related
personal care products such as body lotion, body cream, body mist,
hand cream, bath and shower gel, massage oil, dusting powder, after
shave, after shave balm or gel, deodorant stick and bath soap, and
home/environmental products such as candles, potpourri and
incense.
D.
Net Sales
. The arms-length sales price at
which Licensee or any Subsidiary or Affiliate (as hereinafter
defined) bills its Non-Subsidiary or Affiliate customers for
Licensed Products (or ultimate consumers in the case of infomercial
sales) less: (i) all returns of damaged, defective or other
merchandise, actual trade and cash discounts and allowances
provided to customers, and taxes directly applicable to the sale of
Licensed Products to such customers (such as sales, use, excise,
value added or similar taxes); (ii) as actually incurred and
reserved for; (ii) actual charges and reserves for all freight and
shipping and handling charges, credit card fees, refunds, credits,
insurance costs, duties and other governmental charges paid by the
Licensee in connection with such sales to customers to the extent
such expenses are stated separately on any invoice; (iii) all
receipts from the sale of Licensed Products sold to bone
fide customers at a cost below Licensee’s landed duty
paid cost (or the equivalent of such pricing) for such Licensed
Products (“Below Cost Sales”) but
only to the extent that the aggregate gross
sales of Below Cost Sales in any Annual Period (as hereinafter
defined) do not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of total gross sales
for such Annual Period; and, (iv) all of Licensee’s actual
out-of-pocket expenses for samples, displays, brochures,
gift-with-purchase goods and promotional materials and packaging
supplies actually supplied to Licensee’s customers (but not
including Licensee’s expenditures for any advertising of
Licensed Products). Notwithstanding the terms of sub-section (iii)
above, Licensee shall not be excused from paying royalties on sales
of Licensed Products above the 15% level and on sales that are not
Below Cost Sales.
The reserve for
shipping and handling charges, credit card fees, refunds, credits
or other actual trade and cash discounts and uncollectibles shall
initially be 10% of Net Sales and shall be adjusted (and
liquidated, if applicable) periodically based on actual
experience.
E.
Subsidiary
. Any corporation or other entity
which is 100% directly or indirectly owned by Licensee.
F.
Affiliate
. Any corporation or other entity
which is at least 50% owned by Licensee.
G.
Annual
Period. A 12 month
period of time from January 1 st of a given year through
December 31 st of the same year, except the first Annual
Period herein shall run from the Effective Date through December
31, 2007.
ARTICLE
2
Upon the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, Licensor hereby grants to
Licensee, during the term of this Agreement, the sole and exclusive
right and license to use the Licensed Mark in the Territory as a
trademark in connection with the development, manufacture,
promotion, advertising, distribution and sale of Licensed Products
and on all brand identification materials, such as product packing,
containers, promotional and sale materials, publicity materials,
and in all advertising media, such as newspapers, magazines, radio,
television, infomercials, live television shopping, the world-wide
web, cinema and similar media both presently existing or developed
in the future. Sales of Licensed Products shall only be through any
or all the channels of trade described in Article 1, paragraph A,
but shall not include mass marketing stores such as Target,
Walmart, K-Mart, Sam’s Club, Costco and Dollar General.
Except as specified in Section 1(B) above, during the term of this
Agreement and any extensions thereof, Licensor shall not grant any
rights to any third party in connection with the Licensed Products
for the Licensed Marks or any derivative thereof without
Licensee’s approval.
ARTICLE
3
Licensee shall
have exclusive rights to all of the licensed products described in
Article 1, paragraph B, above. All rights not specifically granted
to Licensee herein shall be reserved for Licensor, such that
Licensor may use or grant others the right to use the Licensed
Marks on or in connection with goods of all other types and
descriptions in the Territory other than Licensed Products.
Licensor further acknowledges and consents to Licensee obtaining
other additional licenses for the manufacture and/or distribution
of products similar to the Licensed Products during the term of
this Agreement. Licensee, will not, during the term of this
Agreement and thereafter, attack either Licensor's title in and to
the Licensed Marks or the validity of this License.
ARTICLE
4
Subject to the
rights of termination set forth in this Agreement, the initial term
of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and
terminate on December 31, 2011 (the "Initial Term"). Licensee shall
have the option to renew this Agreement for an additional five-year
period (through December 31, 2016) as long as the Minimum Royalties
(as hereinafter defined) for the Initial Term have been fully paid.
Licensee shall notify Licensor of its intent to either renew or not
renew no later than December 31, 2010. Following the expiration of
the first renewal term on December 31, 2016, the Agreement shall
renew pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 below. The Initial
Term and all permitted extensions thereof shall be collectively
defined as the “Term”.
ARTICLE
5
The Parties
acknowledge that all information relating to the business and
operations of Licensor and Licensee which they learn or have
learned during or prior to the Term of this Agreement is
confidential. The Parties acknowledge the need to preserve the
confidentiality and secrecy of such information and agree that,
both during the Term of this Agreement and after the expiration or
termination hereof, they shall not use or disclose same, and shall
take all necessary steps to preserve in all respects such
confidentiality and secrecy. The provisions of this Section shall
not apply with respect to any information which has entered the
public domain through no fault of the Parties. The provisions of
this Section shall survive the expiration or termination of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
6
A.
Commercially Reasonable
Efforts . During the Term
of this Agreement, Licensee will use its commercially reasonable
efforts to exploit the rights granted herein throughout the
Territory and to sell the maximum quantity of Licensed Products
therein consistent with the standards and prestige
represented by the Licensed Mark.
B.
Design and Sample
making . Licensor shall
not be responsible for the production, design or sample making of
the Licensed Products and Licensee shall bear all costs related
thereto.
ARTICLE
7
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A.
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Manufacture
of Licensed Products; Quality Control .
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(i)
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The contents
and workmanship of Licensed Products shall be at all times of the
quality consistent with the reputation, image and prestige of the
Licensed Marks and Licensed Products shall be distributed and sold
with packaging and sales promotional materials appropriate for such
quality products. The parties agree that the Licensed Products
shall be of the quality, prestige and price similar to those of La
prairie & Estee Lauder for skincare, Clarins &
L’Oreal for cosmetics, and Calvin Klein & Ralph Lauren
for fragrances as those products are positioned in the marketplace
as of the Effective Date.
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(ii)
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Licensor, at
its sole discretion, may from time-to-time determine the
re-positioning of the Licensed Mark.
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(iii)
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All Licensed
Products shall be manufactured, labeled, sold, distributed and
advertised in accordance with all applicable national, state and
local laws and regulations.
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(iv)
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Licensee shall
submit to Licensor for prior written approval two preproduction
samples of proposed Licensed Products, along with their proposed
packaging and any other accompanying sales materials (the "Approval
Package") for Licensor's review, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld. In the event that Licensor does not respond
to Licensee within 15 days of the receipt of any and all items
within the scope of the Approval Package, any such item shall be
deemed approved.
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(v)
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During the Term
of this Agreement, upon Licensor's request, Licensee shall submit,
free of charge to Licensor, the then current production samples of
each Licensed Product marketed. Production samples submitted by
Licensee for this purpose may be retained by Licensor. Further,
Licensee shall provide Licensor with 100 samples of the various
Licensed Products being distributed each year for Licensor to use
for public relations and promotional purposes. All Licensed
Products to be sold hereunder shall be at least equal in quality to
the samples presented to the Licensor in the Approval Package.
Licensor and its duly authorized representatives shall have the
right, upon reasonable advance notice and during normal business
hours, at Licensor's expense, to examine Licensed Products in the
process of being manufactured and to inspect all facilities
utilized by Licensee in connection therewith.
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B.
Required Markings.
Licensee shall cause to appear on
all packaging of Licensed Products, (i) "the trademark, KATHY
HILTON is licensed to OmniReliant Corp."; and such additional
legends, markings and notices complying with the requirements of
any law or regulation in the Territory and; (ii) such other
legends, markings and notices as Licensor, from time-to-time, may
reasonably request.
C.
Distribution
. In order to maintain the
reputation, image and prestige of the Licensed Marks, Licensee's
normal distribution patterns shall consist of those means of
distribution described in Article 2 of this Agreement.
D.
Sales Force
. During the term of this Agreement,
Licensee shall maintain a non-exclusive sales force suitable to
carry out the purpose of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
8
Guaranteed Minimum Royalties & Right of
Licensor to Terminate for Failure to Obtain Minimum Annual Sales
Following the Second Extended Term
A.
Guaranteed Minimum
Royalties. In
consideration of both the license granted herein and the services
to be performed by Ms. Kathy Hilton hereunder including, but not
limited to, appearances on television shopping networks, in
infomercials, and other personal appearances, Licensee shall pay to
Licensor an annual guaranteed minimum royalty (the
“Guaranteed Minimum Royalty” or “Guaranteed
Minimum Royalties”) as follows:
ANNUAL PERIOD
GUARANTEED MINIMUM ROYALTIES
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Annual
Period
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Dates
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Minimum
Royalty
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1
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Effective Date to
12/31/07
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*
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2
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1/1/07 to 12/31/08
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*
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3
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1/1/08 to 12/31/09
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*
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4
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1/1/09 to 12/31/10
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*
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5
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1/1/10 to 12/31/11
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*
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In the event that the Initial Term of this
Agreement is extended for an additional five-year term (January 1
st , 2012 - December 31 st , 2016 (the
“First Extended Term”), the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty
for each Annual Period of the First Extended Term shall be *.
Subject to Licensor’s right to terminate in Sub Section (B)
below for Licensee’s failure to reach the specified minimum
annual sales, Licensee shall have the right to extend the Term of
this Agreement for continuing subsequent five-year extensions by
paying an increased Guaranteed Minimum Royalty of $* per Annual
Period for each subsequent five-year period. In other words, the
Guaranteed Minimum Royalty for each Annual Period from 1/1/17
through 12/31/21 (the “Second Extended Term”) will be
$* and the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty for each Annual Period from
1/1/22 through 12/31/26 (the “Third Extended Term”)
will be $* and so forth.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Licensee fails
to pay the Guaranteed Minimum Payment for any Annual Period, that
failure to make the Guaranteed Minimum Payment will not be deemed
to constitute a breach of this Agreement, or to generate a claim
for monetary relief, but shall merely give Licenser the right to
terminate this Agreement upon 60 days’ written notice to
Licensee. Upon such event, the parties agree that Licensee shall
pay Licensor a termination fee of * within 60 days of the
termination date, at which point Licensor shall be free to exploit
itself or license a third-party to exploit the Licensed Products
bearing the Licensed Marks.
The Guaranteed Minimum Royalty payable for each
Annual Period shall be paid to Licensor semi-annually in advance on
the first day of the month of each half year starting with the
payment of the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty for the 2 nd
Annual Period, such that each half of the Guaranteed Minimum
Royalty Payments shall be paid on January 1 st and July
1 st of each Annual Period. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty for the first Annual
Period shall be paid thirty (30) days following the Effective
Date. In the event that such payment is not timely made, Licensor
shall have the right to cancel this Agreement, making it void
ab initio, upon 5-days written notice to cure.
B.
Right to Terminate for Failure to
Reach Minimum Annual Sales after the First Extension
Term. Notwithstanding
Licensee’s willingness to continue paying the specified
Guaranteed Minimum Royalties specified above, Licensor shall have
the right to terminate this Agreement and all rights granted
hereunder in the event that Licensee does not reach the Minimum
Annual Sales of Licensed Products in the Annual Periods specified
below:
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Minimum Sales of Licensed
Products
To Obtain Right to Extend
Term for an
Additional Period of Five
Years
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Dates of Term Extension if
Required Minimum Sales are Achieved
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$* in the
Annual Period 1/1/2015 through 12/31/2015
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1/1/2017 through
12/21/2021
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$* in the
Annual Period 1/1/2020 through 12/31/2020
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1/1/2022 through
12/21/2026
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$* in the
Annual Period 1/1/2025 through 12/31/2025
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1/1/2027 through
12/21/2031
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$* in the
Annual Period 1/1/2030 through 12/31/2030
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1/1/2032 through
12/21/2036
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ARTICLE
9
Sales Royalty; Stock in OmniReliant; Withholding
Taxes
A.
Licensee shall pay to Licensor a
sales royalty (the “Sales Royalty” or “Sales
Royalties”) of *%) on each Annual Period's Net Sales on sales
made in all venues other than infomercials. The Sales Royalty
payable hereunder shall be accounted for and paid on a quarterly
basis within forty-five (45) days after the close of the prior
quarter's sales. In other words, the actual Sales Royalty will be
paid 45-days in arrears computed on the basis of Net Sales during
the quarter ending 45 days before the period upon which royalties
are being paid, with a credit for any Guaranteed Minimum Royalties
and Sales Royalty payments previously made to Licensor.
B.
Licensee shall pay Licensor a Sales
Royalty payment of a minimum of *%) of Net Sales, on all revenues
generated from the sale of the Licensed Products through
infomercials sold in connection the Licensed Products. The Sales
Royalties shall be paid quarterly, along with sufficient reports
justifying the calculation of the Sales Royalty payments within
forty-five (45) days after the close of the prior quarter’s
sales. Should the infomercial’s performance exceed a *) media
ratio, meaning the revenues generated by the infomercial exceeds
three times the expenditures on the media, the Sales Royalty shall
be increased to *%) of the Adjusted Gross Collected Revenues. The
Sales Royalty on sales made through direct response infomercials
will not exceed *%) of the Net Sales in infomercials. The Sales
Royalty on all up-sells of Licensed Products shall be *%) greater
than the applicable royalty rate based on the sliding scale stated
in this Sub Section (B) attributable to the sale otherwise
occurring during such up-sell. “Expenditures on the
media” as that phrase is used herein shall be defined as the
actual out-of-pocket expenses attributable to purchasing television
air time and shall not include any and all costs associated with
the production of the show content for such infomercial.
C.
If applicable, on behalf of
Licensor, Licensee shall compute any payment of required taxes
(other than United States Federal, state or local income taxes)
which any governmental authority in the Territory may impose on
trademark royalties being paid from such country. The amount of
such taxes and the reasonable costs incurred by Licensee in
determining those taxes, including, but not limited to, the cost of
professional advisors, shall be deducted from the payments of
royalties, provided that Licensor is entitled under applicable law
to credit the amount of such taxes against its United States
Federal Income Tax obligations. Licensee shall furnish Licensor
with an official receipt (together with a translation thereof if
not in English) promptly after each such payment of taxes. In the
event such taxes are not paid when due, all resulting penalties and
interest shall be borne by Licensee.
D.
The payment of Sales Royalties for
any Annual Period in excess of the payments of the Guaranteed
Minimum Royalty for the same Annual Period shall be credited
against the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty due to Licensor for any
other Annual Period.
E.
In addition to the Sales Royalties
and Guaranteed Minimum Royalties being paid to Licensor herein,
Licensor shall be further compensated by the receipt of *%) of the
total outstanding shares of stock of OmniReliant Corp. as of the
Effective Date. The parties acknowledge and agree that as of the
Effective Date, the total outstanding shares of stock is * and thus
Licensor shall receive * shares of stock of OmniReliant Corp. upon
execution hereof. Licensee anticipates that it will bring in future
equity investors into OmniReliant Corp. that will be issued shares
of stock which will dilute Licensor’s ownership percentage
and thereafter OmniReliant Corp. will become a wholly-owned
subsidiary of a public company, at which point Licensor’s
stock will be exchanged for stock in the public company, which is
currently anticipated to be approximately equivalent to *% initial
ownership in the public company on a fully diluted basis (a
calculation which includes all outstanding warrants and options
being exercised).
F.
The addresses for all Royalty
Payments, including the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty shall be as
follows:
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(1)
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*% of the
initial Guaranteed Minimum Royalty payable upon execution hereof
together with a stock certificate representing *% of the total
outstanding shares of OmniReliant and *% of all other royalties
payable hereunder to:
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KHR Licensing
Company, Inc.