Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Note 7– Commitments and Contingencies

Escrow Receivable

We had indemnification obligations to Mylan Consumer Healthcare Inc. (formerly known as Meda Consumer Healthcare Inc.) (“MCH”) and Mylan Inc. (together with MCH, “Mylan”) under the asset purchase agreement pursuant to which we sold the Cold-EEZE^® business to Mylan in 2017, that may require us to make future payments to Mylan and other related persons for any damages incurred by Mylan or such related persons as a result of any breach by us of our representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in the asset purchase agreement, or arising from the Retained Liabilities (as such term is defined in the asset purchase agreement) or as a result of certain third party claims specified in the asset purchase agreement. Generally, our representations and warranties survive for a period of 24 months from the closing date, which was March 29, 2017, other than certain fundamental representations which survive until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. There is a limited indemnification cap with respect to a majority of the Company’s indemnification obligations under the asset purchase agreement with the exception of claims for actual fraud, the breach of any fundamental representations and certain other items, which have a larger indemnification cap (i.e., the purchase price).

Pursuant to the terms of the asset purchase agreement, we, Mylan, and an escrow agent entered into an Escrow Agreement at closing, pursuant to which Mylan deposited $5 million of the aggregate purchase price for the Cold-EEZE^® business into an escrow account established with the Escrow Agent in order to satisfy, in whole or in part, certain of our indemnity obligations under the asset purchase agreement.

The terms of the Escrow Agreement provide that if, as of September 29, 2018, there were funds remaining in the escrow account, then the escrow account would be reduced by the difference, if a positive number, of (i) $2.5 million minus (ii) the aggregate amount of all escrow claims asserted by Mylan prior to this date that had either been paid out of the escrow account or were pending as of such date, and, within two business days of such date, the Escrow Agent would disburse such difference, if a positive number, to us. In addition, within two business days of March 29, 2019, the Escrow Agent was required to release any funds remaining in the escrow account to us minus any amounts being reserved for escrow claims asserted by Mylan prior to such date. Upon the resolution of any pending escrow claims, the Escrow Agent would then, within two business days of receipt of joint instructions or a final order from a court (as described in the Escrow Agreement) disburse such reserved amount to the parties entitled to such funds. As described below, in August 2018, Mylan asserted an indemnification claim against us. Accordingly, the distributions were not released to us on September 29, 2018 or March 29, 2019.

On May 31, 2018, we received notice of a claim for $800,000 in losses against the escrow amount. We resolved this claim pursuant to a settlement agreement, effective October 16, 2018, pursuant to which $160,000 of the funds held in escrow were released to Mylan. This expense is reflected in discontinued operations in the third quarter of 2018.

On August 2, 2018, we received notice of an indemnification claim from Mylan in relation to certain product advertising claims brought against Mylan related to certain Cold-EEZE^® products. Pursuant to the terms of the asset purchase agreement, we elected to assume the defense of these claims on behalf of Mylan, which we disputed and vigorously contested. Although we believed these claims were without merit, we negotiated a settlement with the plaintiffs.

On May 4, 2020, the final pending claim against the Company’s escrow account with Mylan was resolved and, as a result, the Escrow Agent released all funds from the escrow account to the Company on May 7, 2020, in the amount of $4.8 million.

Manufacturing Agreement

In connection with the asset purchase agreement, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, PMI, entered into a manufacturing agreement (the “Manufacturing Agreement”) with Mylan. Pursuant to the terms of the Manufacturing Agreement, Mylan (or an affiliate or designee) purchased the inventory of the Company’s Cold-EEZE^® brand and product line, and PMI agreed to manufacture certain products for Mylan, as described in the Manufacturing Agreement, at prices that reflect current market conditions for such products and include an agreed upon mark-up on our costs. Unless terminated sooner by the parties, the Manufacturing Agreement will remain in effect until March 29, 2022. Thereafter, the Manufacturing Agreement may be renewed by Mylan for up to five successive one-year periods by providing notice of its intent to renew not less than 90 days prior to the expiration of the then-current term.

Future Obligations:

We have estimated future minimum obligations for an executive’s employment agreement over the next five years, including the remainder of Fiscal 2020, as follows (in thousands):

	Employment
	Contracts
2020	$	63
2021		595
2022		675
2023		675
2024		675
Total	$	2,683

Other Litigation

On November 12, 2019, an action was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against TK Supplements, Inc., one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries (“TK Sub”), asserting two class action claims and alleging that, by sending plaintiff text messages to his cellular telephone number without his prior express consent and notwithstanding its listing on the Do No Call Registry, TK Sub violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(3)(B) and 47 U.S.C. § 227(c)(5). Plaintiff seeks to represent a class of (i) all residents within the United States to whom TK Sub or its agents sent text messages to the person’s cellular telephone number in the past four years and (ii) all residents within the United States to whom TK Sub or its agents placed two or more telemarketing phone calls to the person’s residential telephone number that was listed on the Do Not Call Registry in the past four years. On January 8, 2020, TK Sub filed its Answer and Defenses to the Complaint. We intend to defend this matter vigorously.

In the normal course of our business, we may be named as a defendant in legal proceedings. It is our policy to vigorously defend litigation or to enter into a reasonable settlements where management deems it appropriate.