UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-K

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x     ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013

 

OR

 

o      TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ______to______.

 

Commission File Number: 000-54346

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MEDYTOX SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Nevada     54-2156042

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

    (IRS Employer Identification No.)
       

400 S. Australian Avenue, Suite 800

West Palm Beach, FL

    33401
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

 

 Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (561) 855-1626

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Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

 

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, $.0001 Par Value

(Title of class)

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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. o  Yes  x  No

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x  Yes  o  No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). x  Yes  o  No

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company filer. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one)

 

Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o
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State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

 

There is currently no market for any of our securities.

 

As of as of March 26, 2014, the registrant had 30,206,386 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

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MEDYTOX SOLUTIONS , INC.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

      Page
       
PART 1   3
  Item 1. Business 4
  Item 1A. Risk Factors 13
  Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 25
  Item 2. Properties 25
  Item. 3. Legal Proceedings 25
  Item. 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 26
PART II   26
  Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 26
  Item 6. Selected Financial Data 31
  Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 31
  Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 35
  Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 36
  Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 69
  Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 69
  Item 9B. Other Information 70
PART III   70
  Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 70
  Item 11. Executive Compensation 73
  Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 77
  Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 78
  Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services 79
PART IV   80
  Item 15.  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 80
SIGNATURES    

 

 

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PART 1

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are "forward-looking statements" (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) regarding the plans and objectives of management for future operations. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Registrant to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included herein are based on current expectations that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. The Registrant's plans and objectives are based, in part, on assumptions involving the continued expansion of business. Assumptions relating to the foregoing involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond the control of the Registrant. Although the Registrant believes its assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove to be inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance the forward-looking statements included in this Report will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by the Registrant or any other person that the objectives and plans of the Registrant will be achieved.

 

The forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-K and referred to elsewhere are related to future events or our strategies or future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "should," "believe," "anticipate," "future," "potential," "estimate," "encourage," "opportunity," "growth," "leader," "expect," "intend," "plan," "expand," "focus," "through," "strategy," "provide," "offer," "allow," commitment," "implement," "result," "increase," "establish," "perform," "make," "continue," "can," "ongoing," "include" or the negative of such terms or comparable terminology. All forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-K are based on information available to us as of the filing date of this report, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements include those described in Item 1A, "Risk Factors."

 

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Item 1. Business

 

Our Services

 

Medytox Solutions, Inc. ("Medytox" or the "Company") is a holding company that owns and operates businesses in the medical services sector. Its principal line of business is clinical laboratory blood and urine testing services, with a particular emphasis in the provision of urine drug toxicology and comprehensive pain medication monitoring programs to physicians, clinics and rehabilitation facilities in the United States. Testing services to rehabilitation facilities represented over 90% of our revenue in each of 2012 and 2013.

 

Medytox offers a complete, turn-key urine drug testing (UDT) program allowing physicians to proactively monitor and treat patients. The Medytox UDT program is utilized by physicians to identify and evaluate prescribed and/or non-prescribed drugs that when combined may cause adverse drug interactions dangerous to a patient's health. With our UDT program, physicians can be more assured their patients are adhering to their therapeutic drug regimens and are in compliance with their prescribed guidelines. Our UDT program helps the health care provider achieve better outcomes for patients and in evaluating to what extent the prescribed medications and their dosages are working for the patient to achieve a better outcome towards recovery.

 

In addition to our clinical testing operations, we provide a web-based portal to provide laboratory ordering and results to our physician customers.

 

As a provider of clinical laboratory services, we continue to pursue our strategy of acquiring or entering into binding relationships with high-complexity laboratories that can facilitate our customers' needs. We have successfully completed several such acquisitions or strategic partnerships with laboratories located in different regions of the United States, allowing us to correspondingly increase our client base. These laboratories, and those we shall continue to seek out, offer or can be developed to offer the most advanced analytical technology for the processing of urine specimens including Immunoassay Analyzers (IA) for screens and GCMS/LCMS for confirmations. All Medytox laboratories are fully-staffed professional COLA-accredited high-complexity laboratories with additional certifications such as the COLA Laboratory of Excellence Award (COLA's Highest Commendation), CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) and the State of Florida's AHCA Clinical Laboratory License for Non-Waived High Complexity testing and we anticipate that any facilities acquired in the future will meet these stringent requirements. Our in-house billing company services all of our acquired or allied facilities, utilizing electronic processing of claims to the major insurance payers and eliminating the need to rely on and pay for the services of clearing houses, allowing us to maximize profit retention.

 

Company History

 

Medytox was organized July 20, 2005 under the laws of the State of Nevada. In the first half of 2011, Company management decided to reorganize as a holding company to acquire and manage a number of companies in the medical services sector.

 

On June 22, 2011, the Company organized Medytox Medical Management Solutions Corp. ("MMMS"), a Florida corporation, as a wholly-owned subsidiary. On October 26, 2013, MMMS changed its name to Medytox Information Technology, Inc. ("MIT"). MIT provides information technology and management solutions to our subsidiaries and outside medical service providers. MIT operates from the corporate offices in West Palm Beach, Florida.

 

On July 26, 2011, the Company organized Medytox Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Inc. ("MILM"), a Florida corporation, as a wholly-owned subsidiary. MILM was organized to acquire and manage medical testing laboratories. MILM operates from the corporate offices in West Palm Beach, Florida.

 

On August 22, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of Medical Billing Choices, Inc. ("MBC"), a privately-held North Carolina corporation. The company operates a medical billing service for a variety of medical providers throughout the southeastern United States from offices in Charlotte, North Carolina. MBC is the main billing company for the Medytox-owned laboratories and allows Medytox to offer medical billing services to its customers.

 

On February 16, 2012, Medytox Diagnostics, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("MDI"), entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement for the purchase of 50.5% of the outstanding membership interests in Collectaway, LLC ("Collectaway"), a clinical laboratory located in Palm Beach County, Florida. The name of Collectaway, LLC was changed to PB Laboratories, LLC.

 

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On March 9, 2012, the Company formed Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc. ("MMM&S"), a Florida corporation, as a wholly-owned subsidiary that provides marketing for clinical laboratories that are owned by the Company. MMM&S operates from the corporate offices in West Palm Beach, Florida.

 

On September 10, 2012, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase all of the assets and intellectual property rights to the software known as "Medytox Advantage" that it did not already own from Dash Software, LLC for $150,000.

 

On October 12, 2012, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary MDI, completed an agreement to acquire the remaining 49.5% ownership in PB Laboratories, LLC that it did not already own. The Company now owns 100% of this laboratory.

 

On December 7, 2012, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary MDI, entered into an agreement to acquire 50.5% ownership in Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc., a Miami-based clinical laboratory. The Company immediately initiated an investment program to increase the clinical lab testing capacity of blood and urine specimens at Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc.

 

On January 1, 2013, MDI purchased 100% of the stock of Alethea Laboratories, Inc. ("Alethea") from unrelated parties. Althea operates a licensed clinical lab in Las Cruces, New Mexico and is an enrolled Medicare provider.

 

On January 29, 2013, the Company formed Advantage Reference Labs, Inc. ("Advantage"), a Florida corporation, as a wholly-owned subsidiary to provide reference, confirmation and clinical testing services. On October 14, 2013, Advantage changed its name to EPIC Reference Labs, Inc. ("EPIC").

 

On April 4, 2013, MDI purchased 100% of the membership interests of International Technologies, LLC ("International") from unrelated parties. International operates a licensed clinical laboratory in Waldwick, New Jersey and is a licensed Medicare provider.

 

On July 2, 2013, the Company announced that a jury awarded MILM $2,906,844 on its breach of contract claim against Trident Laboratories, Inc. and its shareholders and awarded Seamus Lagan $750,000 individually against Christopher Hawley for defamatory postings on the InvestorsHub website. The jury rejected every claim made against the MILM parties.

 

Recent Developments

 

On March 18, 2014, MDI, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, purchased all of the outstanding stock of Clinlab, Inc. ("Clinlab") from James A. Wilson and Daniel Stewart, previously the sole owners of Clinlab. Clinlab develops and markets laboratory information management systems.

 

The purchase price was an aggregate of $1,000,000 in cash and 200,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company. The stock purchase agreement contained customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties. In connection with the Company's loan from TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP, Clinlab will guarantee the loan and pledge substantially all of its assets as security for the loan.

 

There were no material relationships between the Company, MDI or any of their affiliates or either of Mr. Wilson or Mr. Stewart, other than with respect to the stock purchase agreement. A copy of the stock purchase agreement is filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report.

 

On March 28, 2014, the Board of Directors adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws for the Company. A new Article X was added relating to indemnification of directors, officers and legal representatives of the Company. Article X provides that they shall be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. In addition the Company may, in its discretion, advance the expenses of the indemnified persons (including attorneys' fees) incurred in defending any proceeding. The rights to indemnification in the Bylaws are not exclusive of any other rights a person may have. Any repeal or modification of Article X shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any person existing at the time of such repeal or modification. A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws is filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report.

 

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Governmental Regulation

 

General

 

The clinical laboratory industry is subject to significant governmental regulation at the federal, state and local levels. As described below, these regulations concern licensure and operation of clinical laboratories, claim submission and payment for laboratory services, health care fraud and abuse, security and confidentiality of health information, quality, and environmental and occupational safety.

 

Regulation of Clinical Laboratories

 

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments ("CLIA") extends federal oversight to virtually all clinical laboratories by requiring that they be certified by the federal government or by a federally-approved accreditation agency. CLIA requires that all clinical laboratories meet quality assurance, quality control and personnel standards. Laboratories also must undergo proficiency testing and are subject to inspections.

 

Standards for testing under CLIA are based on the complexity of the tests performed by the laboratory, with tests classified as "high complexity," "moderate complexity," or "waived." Laboratories performing high complexity testing are required to meet more stringent requirements than moderate complexity laboratories. Laboratories performing only waived tests, which are tests determined by the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to have a low potential for error and requiring little oversight, may apply for a certificate of waiver exempting them from most of the requirements of CLIA. All Company facilities hold CLIA certificates to perform high complexity testing. The sanctions for failure to comply with CLIA requirements include suspension, revocation or limitation of a laboratory's CLIA certificate, which is necessary to conduct business, cancellation or suspension of the laboratory's approval to receive Medicare and/or Medicaid reimbursement, as well as significant fines and/or criminal penalties. The loss or suspension of a CLIA certification, imposition of a fine or other penalties, or future changes in the CLIA law or regulations (or interpretation of the law or regulations) could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

 

The Company is also subject to state and local laboratory regulation. CLIA provides that a state may adopt laboratory regulations different from or more stringent than those under federal law, and a number of states have implemented their own laboratory regulatory requirements. State laws may require that laboratory personnel meet certain qualifications, specify certain quality controls, or require maintenance of certain records.

 

The Company believes that it is in compliance with all applicable laboratory requirements. The Company's laboratories have continuing programs to ensure that their operations meet all such regulatory requirements, but no assurances can be given that the Company's laboratories will pass all future licensure or certification inspections.

 

There are many regulatory and legislative proposals that would increase general FDA oversight of clinical laboratories and laboratory-developed tests. The outcome and ultimate impact of such proposals on the business is difficult to predict at this time. Our point of collection testing devices are regulated by the FDA. The FDA has authority to take various administrative and legal actions for non-compliance, such as fines, product suspension, warning letters, injunctions and other civil and criminal sanctions.

 

Payment for Clinical Laboratory Services

 

In 2013, the Company derived approximately 1.2% of its net sales directly from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In addition, the Company's other business depends significantly on continued participation in these programs and in other government healthcare programs, in part because clients often want a single laboratory to perform all of their testing services. In recent years, both governmental and private sector payers have made efforts to contain or reduce health care costs, including reducing reimbursement for clinical laboratory services.

 

Reimbursement under the Medicare program for clinical diagnostic laboratory services is subject to a clinical laboratory fee schedule that sets the maximum amount payable in each Medicare carrier's jurisdiction. This clinical laboratory fee schedule is updated annually. Laboratories bill the program directly for covered tests performed on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. State Medicaid programs are prohibited from paying more than the Medicare fee schedule limit for clinical laboratory services furnished to Medicaid recipients.

 

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Payment under the Medicare fee schedule has been limited from year to year by Congressional action, including imposition of national limitation amounts and freezes on the otherwise applicable annual Consumer Price Index ("CPI") updates. For most diagnostic lab tests, the national limitation is now 74.0% of the national median of all local fee schedules established for each test. Under a provision of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 ("BIPA"), for tests performed after January 1, 2001 that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines are new tests for which no limitation amount has previously been established, the cap is set at 100% of the median.

 

Medicare, Medicaid and other government program payment reductions will not have a direct adverse effect on the Company's net earnings and cash flows, due to insignificant revenue earned.

 

Congressional action in 1997 required the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") to adopt uniform coverage, administration and payment policies for many of the most commonly performed lab tests using a negotiated rulemaking process. The negotiated rulemaking committee established uniform policies limiting Medicare coverage for certain tests to patients with specified medical conditions or diagnoses, replacing local Medicare coverage policies which varied around the country. The final rules generally became effective in 2002, and the use of uniform policies improves the Company's ability to obtain necessary billing information in some cases, but Medicare, Medicaid and private payer diagnosis code requirements continue to negatively impact the Company's ability to be paid for some of the tests it performs. Due to the range of payers and policies, the extent of this impact continues to be difficult to quantify.

 

Future changes in federal, state and local laws and regulations (or in the interpretation of current regulations) affecting government payment for clinical laboratory testing could have a material adverse effect on the Company. In March 2010, comprehensive healthcare legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA"), was enacted. Many of the most significant changes from the implementation of the ACA will not take place until 2014 and beyond, and its details will be shaped by regulatory efforts that have not been proposed, or have not been finalized. Based on currently available information, the Company is unable to predict what type of changes in legislation or regulations, if any, will occur.

 

Standard Electronic Transactions, Security and Confidentiality of Health Information

 

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") was designed to address issues related to the security and confidentiality of health insurance information. In an effort to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system by facilitating the electronic exchange of information in certain financial and administrative transactions, HIPAA regulations were promulgated. These regulations apply to health plans, health care providers that conduct standard transactions electronically and health care clearinghouses ("covered entities"). Five such regulations have been finalized: (i) the Transactions and Code Sets Rule; (ii) the Privacy Rule; (iii) the Security Rule; (iv) the Standard Unique Employer Identifier Rule, which requires the use of a unique employer identifier in connection with certain electronic transactions; and (v) the National Provider Identifier Rule, which requires the use of a unique health care provider identifier in connection with certain electronic transactions.

 

The Privacy Rule regulates the use and disclosure of protected health information ("PHI") by covered entities. It also sets forth certain rights that an individual has with respect to his or her PHI maintained by a covered entity, such as the right to access or amend certain records containing PHI or to request restrictions on the use or disclosure of PHI. The Privacy Rule requires covered entities to contractually bind third parties, known as business associates, in the event that they perform an activity or service for or on behalf of the covered entity that involves access to PHI. The Security Rule establishes requirements for safeguarding patient information that is electronically transmitted or electronically stored. The Company believes that it is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

 

The Federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ("HITECH"), which was enacted in February 2009, strengthens and expands the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and their restrictions on use and disclosure of PHI. HITECH includes, but is not limited to, prohibitions on exchanging patient identifiable health information for remuneration, and additional restrictions on the use of PHI for marketing. HITECH also fundamentally changes a business associate's obligations by imposing a number of Privacy Rule requirements and a majority of Security Rule provisions directly on business associates that were previously only directly applicable to covered entities. Moreover, HITECH requires covered entities to provide notice to individuals, HHS, and, as applicable, the media when unsecured protected health information is breached, as that term is defined by HITECH. Business associates are similarly required to notify covered entities of a breach.

 

The omnibus HIPAA regulation implementing most of the HITECH provisions was issued in January 2013 and makes significant changes to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules. Compliance with most of the changes became required on September 23, 2013. HHS had already issued interim final regulations governing breach notification, which were effective in September 2009 and which were modified by the January 2013 final rule. The Company's policies and procedures are fully compliant with the HITECH Act requirements.

 

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On February 6, 2014, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") published final regulations that amend the HIPAA Privacy Rule to provide individuals (or their personal representatives) with the right to receive copies of their test reports from laboratories subject to HIPAA, or to request that copies of their test reports be transmitted to designated third parties. Previously, laboratories that were CLIA-certified or CLIA-exempt were not subject to the provision in the Privacy Rule that provides individuals with the right of access to PHI. The HIPAA Privacy Rule amendment will result in the preemption of a number of state laws that prohibit a laboratory from releasing a test report directly to the individual. The Company will revise its policies and procedures as necessary to comply with these new access requirements and will make changes to its privacy notice to reflect individuals' new access rights under this final rule. The compliance date for the new requirement is October 4, 2014.

 

The standard unique employer identifier regulations require that employers have standard national numbers that identify them on standard transactions. The Employer Identification Number, also known as a Federal Tax Identification Number, issued by the Internal Revenue Service, was selected as the identifier for employers and was adopted effective July 30, 2002. The Company believes it is in compliance with these requirements.

 

The administrative simplification provisions of HIPAA mandate the adoption of standard unique identifiers for health care providers. The intent of these provisions is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the electronic transmission of health information. The National Provider Identification rule requires that all HIPAA-covered health care providers, whether they are individuals or organizations, must obtain a National Provider Identifier ("NPI") to identify themselves in standard HIPAA transactions. NPI replaces the unique provider identification number - as well as other provider numbers previously assigned by payers and other entities - for the purpose of identifying providers in standard electronic transactions. The Company believes that it is in compliance with the HIPAA National Provider Identification Rule in all material respects.

 

The total cost associated with the requirements of HIPAA and HITECH is not expected to be material to the Company's operations or cash flows. There are, however, many unresolved issues in these areas and future regulations and interpretations of HIPAA and HITECH could impose significant costs on the Company.

 

In addition to the federal HIPAA regulations described above, there are a number of state laws regarding the confidentiality of medical information, some of which apply to clinical laboratories. These laws vary widely and new laws in this area are pending, but they most commonly restrict the use and disclosure of medical and financial information. In some cases, state laws are more restrictive than and therefore not preempted by HIPAA. Penalties for violation of these laws may include sanctions against a laboratory's licensure, as well as civil and/or criminal penalties. Violations of the HIPAA provisions could result in civil and/or criminal penalties, including significant fines and up to 10 years in prison. HITECH also significantly strengthened HIPAA enforcement. It increased the civil penalty amounts that may be imposed, required HHS to conduct periodic audits to confirm compliance and also authorized state attorneys general to bring civil actions seeking either injunctions or damages in response to violations of the HIPAA privacy and security regulations that affect the privacy of state residents. Additionally, numerous other countries have or are developing similar laws governing the collection, use, disclosure and transmission of personal or patient information.

 

The Company believes that it is in compliance in all material respects with the current Transactions and Code Sets Rule. The Company implemented Version 5010 of the HIPAA Transaction Standards and is within the testing and implementation phase of the rule to adopt the ICD-10-CM code set. The compliance date for ICD-10-CM is October 1, 2014. The costs associated with ICD-10-CM Code Set were substantial, and failure of the Company, third party payers or physicians to transition within the required timeframe could have an adverse impact on reimbursement, days sales outstanding and cash collections. As a result of inconsistent application of transaction standards by payers or the Company's inability to obtain certain billing information not usually provided to the Company by physicians, the Company could face increased costs and complexity, a temporary disruption in receipts and ongoing reductions in reimbursements and net revenues.

 

The Company believes it is in compliance in all material respects with the Operating Rules for electronic funds transfers and remittance advice transactions, for which the compliance date was January 1, 2014. The Company will continue its assessment and remediation of computer systems, applications and processes for compliance with these requirements.

 

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Fraud and Abuse Laws and Regulations

 

Existing federal laws governing federal health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, as well as similar state laws, impose a variety of broadly described fraud and abuse prohibitions on health care providers, including clinical laboratories. These laws are interpreted liberally and enforced aggressively by multiple government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, HHS' Office of Inspector General ("OIG"), and various state agencies. Historically, the clinical laboratory industry has been the focus of major governmental enforcement initiatives. The federal government's enforcement efforts have been increasing over the past decade, in part as a result of the enactment of HIPAA, which included several provisions related to fraud and abuse enforcement, including the establishment of a program to coordinate and fund federal, state and local law enforcement efforts. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 also included new requirements directed at Medicaid fraud, including increased spending on enforcement and financial incentives for states to adopt false claims act provisions similar to the federal False Claims Act. Recent amendments to the False Claims Act, as well as other enhancements to the federal fraud and abuse laws enacted as part of the ACA, are widely expected to further increase fraud and abuse enforcement efforts. For example, the ACA established an obligation to report and refund overpayments from Medicare within 60 days of identification; failure to comply with this new requirement can give rise to additional liability under the False Claims Act and Civil Monetary Penalties statute. On February 16, 2012, CMS issued a proposed rule to establish regulations addressing the reporting and returning of overpayments. The rule has not been finalized.

 

The federal health care program's anti-kickback law (the "Anti-Kickback Law") prohibits knowingly providing anything of value in return for, or to induce, the referral of Medicare, Medicaid or other federal health care program business. Violations can result in imprisonment, fines, penalties, and/or exclusion from participation in federal health care programs. The OIG has published "safe harbor" regulations which specify certain arrangements that are protected from prosecution under the Anti-Kickback Law if all conditions of the relevant safe harbor are met. Failure to fit within a safe harbor does not necessarily constitute a violation of the Anti-Kickback Law; rather, the arrangement would be subject to scrutiny by regulators and prosecutors and would be evaluated on a case by case basis. Many states have their own Medicaid anti-kickback laws and several states also have anti-kickback laws that apply to all payers (i.e., not just government health care programs).

 

From time to time, the OIG issues alerts and other guidance on certain practices in the health care industry that implicate the Anti-Kickback Law or other federal fraud and abuse laws. Examples of such guidance documents particularly relevant to the Company and its operations follow.

 

In October 1994, the OIG issued a Special Fraud Alert on arrangements for the provision of clinical laboratory services. The Fraud Alert set forth a number of practices allegedly engaged in by some clinical laboratories and health care providers that raise issues under the federal fraud and abuse laws, including the Anti-Kickback Law. These practices include: (i) providing employees to furnish valuable services for physicians (other than collecting patient specimens for testing) that are typically the responsibility of the physicians' staff; (ii) offering certain laboratory services at prices below fair market value in return for referrals of other tests which are billed to Medicare at higher rates; (iii) providing free testing to physicians' managed care patients in situations where the referring physicians benefit from such reduced laboratory utilization; (iv) providing free pick-up and disposal of bio-hazardous waste for physicians for items unrelated to a laboratory's testing services; (v) providing general-use facsimile machines or computers to physicians that are not exclusively used in connection with the laboratory services; and (vi) providing free testing for health care providers, their families and their employees (i.e., so-called "professional courtesy" testing). The OIG emphasized in the Special Fraud Alert that when one purpose of such arrangements is to induce referrals of program-reimbursed laboratory testing, both the clinical laboratory and the health care provider (e.g., physician) may be liable under the Anti-Kickback Law, and may be subject to criminal prosecution and exclusion from participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

 

Another issue the OIG has expressed concern about involves the provision of discounts on laboratory services billed to customers in return for the referral of federal health care program business. In a 1999 Advisory Opinion, the OIG concluded that a proposed arrangement whereby a laboratory would offer physicians significant discounts on non-federal health care program laboratory tests might violate the Anti-Kickback Law. The OIG reasoned that the laboratory could be viewed as providing such discounts to the physician in exchange for referrals by the physician of business to be billed by the laboratory to Medicare at non-discounted rates. The OIG indicated that the arrangement would not qualify for protection under the discount safe harbor to the Anti-Kickback Law because Medicare and Medicaid would not get the benefit of the discount. Similarly, in a 1999 correspondence, the OIG stated that if any direct or indirect link exists between a discount that a laboratory offers to a skilled nursing facility ("SNF") for tests covered under Medicare's payments to the SNF and the referral of tests billable by the laboratory under Medicare Part B, then the Anti-Kickback Law would be implicated.

 

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The OIG also has issued guidance regarding joint venture arrangements that may be viewed as suspect under the Anti-Kickback Law. These documents have relevance to clinical laboratories that are part of (or are considering establishing) joint ventures with potential sources of federal health care program business. The first guidance document, which focused on investor referrals to such ventures, was issued in 1989 and another concerning contractual joint ventures was issued in April 2003. Some of the elements of joint ventures that the OIG identified as "suspect" include: arrangements in which the capital invested by the physicians is disproportionately small and the return on investment is disproportionately large when compared to a typical investment; specific selection of investors who are in a position to make referrals to the venture; and arrangements in which one of the parties to the joint venture expands into a line of business that is dependent on referrals from the other party (sometimes called "shell" joint ventures). In a 2004 advisory opinion, the OIG expressed concern about a proposed joint venture in which a laboratory company would assist physician groups in establishing off-site pathology laboratories. The OIG indicated that the physicians' financial and business risk in the venture was minimal and that the physicians would contract out substantially all laboratory operations, committing very little in the way of financial, capital, or human resources. The OIG was unable to exclude the possibility that the arrangement was designed to permit the laboratory to pay the physician groups for their referrals, and therefore was unwilling to find that the arrangement fell within a safe harbor or had sufficient safeguards to protect against fraud or abuse.

 

Violations of other fraud and abuse laws also can result in exclusion from participation in federal health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. One basis for such exclusion is an individual's or entity's submission of claims to Medicare or Medicaid that are substantially in excess of that individual's or entity's usual charges for like items or services. In 2003, the OIG issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would have defined the terms "usual charges" and "substantially in excess" in ways that might have required providers, including the Company, to either lower their charges to Medicare and Medicaid or increase charges to certain other payers to avoid the risk of exclusion. On June 18, 2007, however, the OIG withdrew the proposed rule, saying it preferred to continue evaluating billing patterns on a case-by-case basis. In its withdrawal notice, the OIG also said it "remains concerned about disparities in the amounts charged to Medicare and Medicaid when compared to private payers," that it continues to believe its exclusion authority for excess charges "provides useful backstop protection for the public," and that it will continue to use "all tools available … to address instances where Medicare or Medicaid are charged substantially more than other payers." The enforcement by Medicaid officials of similar state law restrictions also could have a material adverse effect on the Company.

 

Under another federal statute, known as the "Stark Law" or "self-referral" prohibition, physicians who have a financial or compensation relationship with a clinical laboratory may not, unless an exception applies, refer Medicare patients for testing to the laboratory, regardless of the intent of the parties. Similarly, laboratories may not bill Medicare or any other party for services furnished pursuant to a prohibited self-referral. There are several Stark law exceptions that are relevant to arrangements involving clinical laboratories, including: 1) fair market value compensation for the provision of items or services; 2) payments by physicians to a laboratory for clinical laboratory services; 3) an exception for certain ancillary services (including laboratory services) provided within the referring physician's own office, if certain criteria are satisfied; 4) physician investment in a company whose stock is traded on a public exchange and has stockholder equity exceeding $75.0 million; and 5) certain space and equipment rental arrangements that are set at a fair market value rate and satisfy other requirements. All of the requirements of a Stark Law exception must be met to take advantage of the exception. Many states have their own self-referral laws as well, which in some cases apply to all patient referrals, not just Medicare.

 

There are a variety of other types of federal and state fraud and abuse laws, including laws prohibiting submission of false or fraudulent claims. The Company seeks to conduct its business in compliance with all federal and state fraud and abuse laws. The Company is unable to predict how these laws will be applied in the future, and no assurances can be given that its arrangements will not be subject to scrutiny under such laws. Sanctions for violations of these laws may include exclusion from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs, significant criminal and civil fines and penalties, and loss of licensure. Any exclusion from participation in a federal health care program, or any loss of licensure, arising from any action by any federal or state regulatory or enforcement authority, would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company's business. In addition, any significant criminal or civil penalty resulting from such proceedings could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business.

 

Environmental, Health and Safety

 

The Company is subject to licensing and regulation under federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment and human health and safety and laws and regulations relating to the handling, transportation and disposal of medical specimens, infectious and hazardous waste and radioactive materials. All Company laboratories are subject to applicable federal and state laws and regulations relating to biohazard disposal of all laboratory specimens and the Company generally utilizes outside vendors for disposal of such specimens. In addition, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") has established extensive requirements relating to workplace safety for health care employers, including clinical laboratories, whose workers may be exposed to blood-borne pathogens such as HIV and the hepatitis B virus. These regulations, among other things, require work practice controls, protective clothing and equipment, training, medical follow-up, vaccinations and other measures designed to minimize exposure to, and transmission of, blood-borne pathogens.

 

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On November 6, 2000, Congress passed the Needle Stick Safety and Prevention Act, which required, among other things, that companies include in their safety programs the evaluation and use of engineering controls such as safety needles if found to be effective at reducing the risk of needle stick injuries in the workplace. The Company has implemented the use of safety needles at all of its service locations, where applicable.

 

Although the Company is not aware of any current material non-compliance with such federal, state and local laws and regulations, failure to comply could subject the Company to denial of the right to conduct business, fines, criminal penalties and/or other enforcement actions.

 

Drug Testing

 

Drug testing for public sector employees is regulated by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ("SAMHSA") (formerly the National Institute on Drug Abuse), which has established detailed performance and quality standards that laboratories must meet to be approved to perform drug testing on employees of federal government contractors and certain other entities. To the extent that the Company's laboratories perform such testing, each must be certified as meeting SAMHSA standards.

 

Controlled Substances

 

The use of controlled substances in testing for drugs of abuse is regulated by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

 

Compliance Program

 

The Company continuously evaluates and monitors its compliance with all Medicare, Medicaid and other rules and regulations. The objective of the Company's compliance program is to develop, implement, and update compliance safeguards as necessary. Emphasis is placed on developing compliance policies and guidelines, personnel training programs and various monitoring and audit procedures to attempt to achieve implementation of all applicable rules and regulations.

 

The Company seeks to conduct its business in compliance with all statutes, regulations, and other requirements applicable to its clinical laboratory operations. The clinical laboratory testing industry is, however, subject to extensive regulation, and many of these statutes and regulations have not been interpreted by the courts. There can be no assurance that applicable statutes and regulations will not be interpreted or applied by a prosecutorial, regulatory or judicial authority in a manner that would adversely affect the Company. Potential sanctions for violation of these statutes and regulations include significant fines and the loss of various licenses, certificates, and authorizations, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business.

 

Business Strategy

 

The Company seeks to become a leading provider of laboratory and related services and solutions to medical providers. To date, we have specialized in providing urine and blood drug toxicology and comprehensive pain medication monitoring programs to physicians, clinics and rehabilitation facilities in the United States. We intend to grow through the acquisition and/or formation of additional laboratory testing facilities and related businesses in the United States. The Company is organized into business units comprised of 1) clinical laboratory operations and 2) ancillary support services.

 

Clinical Laboratories

 

The Company has five clinical laboratories, which are wholly or majority owned by our subsidiary, Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. ("MDI"), as follows:

 

Laboratory Location
PB Laboratories, LLC Lake Worth, FL
Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc. Miami, FL
Alethea Laboratories, Inc. Las Cruces, NM
International Technologies, LLC Waldwick, NJ
EPIC Reference Labs, Inc. Riviera Beach, FL

 

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PB Laboratories, LLC ("PB Labs"): PB Labs is a clinical laboratory in which MDI acquired 100% ownership on October 12, 2012. The Company acquired and provided equipment to allow PB Labs to test additional samples. The lab is fully-accredited and licensed. Operations began in the first quarter of 2012 after the Company acquired majority control.

 

Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc. ("Biohealth"): MDI acquired 50.5% ownership of this clinical laboratory specializing in testing blood specimens for alcohol and drugs on December 7, 2012. The Company has acquired and provided additional equipment in order to allow Biohealth to test urine for drugs and medication monitoring. The lab is fully-accredited and licensed. Operations began in the fourth quarter of 2012.

 

Alethea Laboratories, Inc. ("Alethea"): MDI acquired 100% ownership of Alethea on January 1, 2013. Althea operates a licensed clinical lab in Las Cruces, New Mexico and is an enrolled Medicare provider. The Company is acquiring and providing additional equipment in order to allow Alethea to test urine for drugs and medication monitoring. Operations at Alethea began in the first quarter of 2014.

 

International Technologies, LLC ("Intl Tech"): MDI acquired 100% ownership of Intl Tech on April 4, 2013. Intl Tech operates a licensed clinical lab in Waldwick, New Jersey and is an enrolled Medicare provider. The Company is acquiring and providing additional equipment in order to allow Intl Tech to test urine for drugs and medication monitoring. Operations at Intl Tech began in the first quarter of 2014.

 

EPIC Reference Labs, Inc. ("EPIC"): MDI formed EPIC as a wholly-owned subsidiary on January 29, 2013 to provide reference, confirmation and clinical testing services. The Company acquired necessary equipment and licenses in order to allow EPIC to test urine for drugs and medication monitoring. Operations at EPIC began in January 2014.

 

Support Services

 

The Company has three subsidiaries that primarily provide support services to its clinical laboratories and corporate operations. An additional subsidiary, Clinlab, Inc., was just acquired by the Company on March 18, 2014. Clinlab develops and markets laboratory information management systems.

 

Medical Billing Choices, Inc. ("MBC") : MBC was acquired by the Company on August 22, 2011. MBC is our in-house billing company which compiles and sends invoices to our customers (primarily insurance companies, Medicaid, Medicare, and PPOs) for reimbursement. MBC also provides such billing services for select outside third-party companies. For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, 94% and 67% of MBC's revenues were to our clinical laboratory subsidiaries, respectively.

 

Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc. ("MMM&S") : MMM&S was formed on March 9, 2013 as a wholly-owned subsidiary to provide marketing, sales, and customer service exclusively for our clinical laboratories.

 

Medytox Information Technologies, Inc. ("MIT") : MIT is a wholly-owned subsidiary that provides information technology and management services and solutions to our subsidiaries and outside medical service providers.

 

Marketing Strategy

 

Medytox is a holding company that owns and operates businesses in the medical services sector. Medytox has invested in a strong sales team, a client services team and proprietary technologies to better serve the needs of a modern-day medical provider.

 

The Company intends to grow from the acquisitions and formation of businesses into the expansion of these businesses to provide an extensive range of services to medical providers for improved patient care.

 

We intend to acquire or enter into agreements with laboratories that offer or can be developed to offer the most advanced analytical technology for the processing of urine specimens including Immunoassay Analyzers (IA) for screens and GCMS/LCMS for confirmations. We currently anticipate that the laboratories will be fully-staffed professional COLA-accredited high-complexity laboratories with additional certifications such as the COLA Laboratory of Excellence Award (COLA's Highest Commendation), CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) and the State of Florida High-Complexity ACHA License.

 

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Competition

 

The Company competes in an industry that is fragmented between independently-owned and physician-owned laboratories. There are approximately 15,000 treatment facilities in the United States according to the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. There are several larger players in the industry that operate as full-service clinical laboratories (processing blood, urine and other tissue). The competition ranges from smaller privately-owned laboratories (3-6 employees) to publicly-traded laboratories with an $8 billion market capitalization, such as Quest Diagnostics, Inc. traded on The New York Stock Exchange (DGX).

 

Employees

 

We currently employ 115 full-time employees, including 12 salespersons, 15 customer service representatives, 3 accounting staff, 16 billing and collections staff, 50 laboratory staff, 12 information technology personnel and 7 members of senior management.

 

Patents and Trademarks

 

None.

 

Available Information

 

We are required to file Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q with the SEC on a regular basis and are required to disclose certain material events in a Current Report on Form 8-K. All reports of the Company filed with the SEC are available free of charge through the SEC's Web site at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, the public may read and copy materials filed by the Company at the SEC's Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may also obtain additional information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

An investment in our securities is highly speculative and subject to numerous and substantial risks. These risks include those set forth herein. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below and the other information in this Annual Report. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and operating results could be materially adversely affected.

 

Our limited operating history will make it difficult to evaluate an investment in our common stock.

 

The Company, under its current business model, commenced operations in July 2011 and has changed significantly in the past two and one-half years which may make it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects based on prior performance. We have increased revenues, and our business model requires us to secure working capital for marketing expenses. If our model fails, then we will fail as a company. Unless we raise sufficient funds, we will not be able to succeed in our business model.

 

The voting control by our directors and executive officers will make it unlikely for other stockholders to effect change even if they are dissatisfied with management's performance.

 

The executive officers and directors of the Company, comprising a total of nine people, own approximately 71.6% of the Company's currently issued and outstanding shares of common stock. Such persons, as a practical matter, would be able to prevent other stockholders from participating in decisions, such as the election of directors, which affect our management and business direction.

 

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Our corporate structure has certain anti-takeover aspects.

 

Under our Certificate of Incorporation, our Board of Directors has the authority to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the rights and preferences of the shares of any such series without stockholder approval. Any series of preferred stock is likely to be senior to the Common Stock with respect to dividends, liquidation rights and, possibly, voting rights. In addition, since effective control of the Company is held by senior management voting together, they can limit or prohibit others from attempting to take over control of the Company and could have the effect of discouraging unsolicited acquisition proposals and other attempts to buy our Company. Further, it could be more difficult for a third party to acquire control of us, even if that change of control might be beneficial to our stockholders.

 

There is currently no market for our stock, one may never develop and be maintained, and there may only be limited ways to transfer your shares.

 

There is no established public trading market for our Common Stock. An active trading market may never develop or, if developed, be sustained. In the absence of an active trading market for our Common Stock investors may not be able to sell their shares when they would like to sell and may need to bear the economic risk of the investment for an indefinite period of time.

 

We plan to use our stock to pay, to a large extent, for future acquisitions and this would be dilutive to investors.

 

We plan to use additional stock to pay, to a large extent, for future acquisitions, and believe that doing so will enable us to retain a greater percentage of our operating capital to pay for operations and marketing. Price and volume fluctuations in our stock might negatively impact our ability to effectively use our stock to pay for acquisitions, or could cause us to offer stock as consideration for acquisitions on terms that are not favorable to us and our stockholders. If we did resort to issuing stock in lieu of cash for acquisitions under unfavorable circumstances, it would result in increased dilution to investors.

 

We are required to implement additional finance and accounting systems, procedures and controls in order to satisfy requirements under the securities laws, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which increase our costs and divert management's time and attention.

 

We have established processes, controls and procedures that will allow our management to report on, and our independent registered public accounting firm to attest to, our internal control over financial reporting when required to do so under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Additionally, we periodically review the effectiveness of our internal controls and procedures with a continuous improvement philosophy. Compliance with public reporting and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has increased our legal and financial compliance costs, making some activities more difficult, time consuming and costly and may also place strain on our personnel, systems and resources.

 

As a company with limited capital and human resources, we anticipate that more of management's time and attention will be diverted from our business to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements than would be the case with a company that has well established controls and procedures. This diversion of management's time and attention may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In the event we identify significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that we cannot remediate in a timely manner, or if we are unable to receive a positive attestation from our independent registered public accounting firm with respect to our internal control over financial reporting when we are required to do so, investors and others may lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements. If this occurs, the trading price of our common stock, if any, and ability to obtain any necessary equity or debt financing could suffer. In addition, in the event that our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to rely on our internal control over financial reporting in connection with its audit of our financial statements, and in the further event that it is unable to devise alternative procedures in order to satisfy itself as to the material accuracy of our financial statements and related disclosures, we may be unable to file our periodic reports with the SEC. This would likely have an adverse effect on the trading price of our common stock, if any, and our ability to secure any necessary additional financing, and could result in the delisting of our common stock. In such event, the liquidity of our common stock would be severely limited and the market price of our common stock would likely decline significantly.

 

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Our business could be harmed from the loss or suspension of a license or imposition of a fine or penalties under, or future changes or changing interpretations of, CLIA or state laboratory licensing laws to which we are subject.

 

The clinical laboratory testing industry is subject to extensive federal and state regulation, and many of these statutes and regulations have not been interpreted by the courts. The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, or CLIA, are federal regulatory standards that apply to virtually all clinical laboratories (regardless of the location, size or type of laboratory), including those operated by physicians in their offices, by requiring that they be certified by the federal government or by a federally approved accreditation agency. CLIA does not preempt state law, which in some cases may be more stringent than federal law and require additional personnel qualifications, quality control, record maintenance and proficiency testing. The sanction for failure to comply with CLIA and state requirements may be suspension, revocation or limitation of a laboratory's CLIA certificate, which is necessary to conduct business, as well as significant fines and/or criminal penalties. Several states have similar laws and we may be subject to similar penalties.

 

We cannot assure you that applicable statutes and regulations will not be interpreted or applied by a prosecutorial, regulatory or judicial authority in a manner that would adversely affect our business. Potential sanctions for violation of these statutes and regulations include significant fines and the suspension or loss of various licenses, certificates and authorizations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, compliance with future legislation could impose additional requirements on us, which may be costly.

 

Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") of Laboratory Developed Tests ("LDTs") and clinical laboratories may result in significant change, and our business could be adversely impacted if we fail to adapt.

 

High complexity, CLIA-certified laboratories, such as ours, frequently develop testing procedures to provide diagnostic results to customers.  These tests have been traditionally offered by nearly all complex laboratories for the last few decades and LDTs are subject to CMS oversight through its enforcement of CLIA.  The FDA, which regulates the development and use of medical devices, has claimed that it has regulatory authority over LDTs, but has not exercised enforcement with respect to most LDTs offered by high complexity laboratories, and not sought to require these laboratories to comply with FDA regulations regarding medical devices.  During 2010, the FDA publicly announced that it has decided to exercise regulatory authority over these LDTs, and that it plans to issue guidance to the industry regarding its regulatory approach. At that time, the FDA indicated that it would use a risk-based approach to regulation and would direct more resources to tests with wider distribution and with the highest risk of injury, but that it will be sensitive to the need to not adversely impact patient care or innovation. To date, the FDA has not announced a framework or timetable for implementing a new regulatory approach, and in its 2013 Work Plan, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") announced that it would examine the oversight of the clinical effectiveness of LDTs given the current approaches by CMS and FDA with respect to LDTs. If adopted, such a regulatory approach by the FDA may lead to an increased regulatory burden, including additional costs and delays in introducing new tests. While the ultimate impact of the FDA's approach is unknown, it may be extensive and may result in significant change. Our failure to adapt to these changes could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Some of our activities may subject us to risks under federal and state laws prohibiting "kickbacks" and other laws designed to prohibit payments for referrals.

 

Federal and state anti-kickback and similar laws prohibit payment, or offers of payment, in exchange for referrals of products and services for which reimbursement may be made by Medicare or other federal and state healthcare programs.  Some state laws contain similar prohibitions that apply without regard to the payor of reimbursement for the services. Under a federal statute, known as the "Stark Law" or "self-referral" prohibition, physicians, subject to certain exceptions, are prohibited from referring their Medicare or Medicaid program patients to clinical laboratories with which the physicians or their immediate family members have a financial relationship, and the laboratories are prohibited from billing for services rendered in violation of Stark Law referral prohibitions.  Violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Law and Stark Law may be punished by civil and criminal penalties, and/or exclusion from participation in federal health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.  States may impose similar penalties.  The Health Care Reform Law significantly strengthened provisions of the Federal False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Law provisions, and other health care fraud provisions, leading to the possibility of greatly increased qui tam suits by relators for perceived violations of these laws.  There can be no assurance that our activities will not come under the scrutiny of regulators and other government authorities or that our practices will not be found to violate applicable laws, rules and regulations or prompt lawsuits by private citizen "relators" under federal or state false claims laws.

 

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Federal officials responsible for administering and enforcing the healthcare laws and regulations have made a priority of eliminating healthcare fraud, and through a number of legislative measures, including the recent Health Care Reform Law, federal funding available for combating health care fraud and abuse has increased. While we seek to conduct our business in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, many of the laws and regulations applicable to our business, particularly those relating to billing and reimbursement of tests and those relating to relationships with physicians, hospitals and patients, contain language that has not been interpreted by courts. We must rely on our interpretation of these laws and regulations based on the advice of our counsel and regulatory or law enforcement authorities may not agree with our interpretation of these laws and regulations and may seek to enforce legal remedies or penalties against us for violations. From time to time we may need to change our operations, particularly pricing or billing practices, in response to changing interpretations of these laws and regulations or regulatory or judicial determinations with respect to these laws and regulations. These occurrences, regardless of their outcome, could damage our reputation and harm important business relationships that we have with healthcare providers, payors and others. Furthermore, if a regulatory or judicial authority finds that we have not complied with applicable laws and regulations, we would be required to refund amounts that were billed and collected in violation of such laws and regulations. In addition, we may voluntarily refund amounts that were alleged to have been billed and collected in violation of applicable laws and regulations. In either case, we could suffer civil and criminal damages, fines and penalties, exclusion from participation in governmental healthcare programs and the loss of licenses, certificates and authorizations necessary to operate our business, as well as incur liabilities from third-party claims, all of which could harm our operating results and financial condition. Moreover, regardless of the outcome, if we or physicians or other third parties with whom we do business are investigated by a regulatory or law enforcement authority we could incur substantial costs, including legal fees, and our management may be required to divert a substantial amount of time to an investigation.

 

To enhance compliance with applicable health care laws, and mitigate potential liability in the event of noncompliance, regulatory authorities, such as the OIG, have recommended the adoption and implementation of a comprehensive health care compliance program that generally contains the elements of an effective compliance and ethics program described in Section 8B2.1 of the United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines Manual, and for many years the OIG has made available a model compliance program targeted to the clinical laboratory industry.  In addition, certain states require that health care providers, such as clinical laboratories, that engage in substantial business under the state Medicaid program have a compliance program that generally adheres to the standards set forth in the Model Compliance Program.  Also, under the Health Care Reform Law, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, will require suppliers, such as the Company, to adopt, as a condition of Medicare participation, compliance programs that meet a core set of requirements.  This mandate has not yet been implemented with respect to clinical laboratories, and HHS has not yet provided a time frame for implementation. While we have adopted, or are in the process of adopting, healthcare compliance and ethics programs that generally incorporate the OIG's recommendations, and train our applicable employees in such compliance, having such a program can be no assurance that we will avoid any compliance issues.

 

We conduct our clinical laboratory testing business in a heavily regulated industry and changes in regulations or violations of regulations could, directly or indirectly, harm our operating results and financial condition.

 

The clinical laboratory testing industry is highly regulated and there can be no assurance that the regulatory environment in which we operate will not change significantly and adversely in the future. Areas of the regulatory environment that may affect our ability to conduct business include, without limitation:

 

· federal and state laws applicable to billing and claims payment;
· federal and state laboratory anti-mark-up laws;
· federal and state anti-kickback laws;
· federal and state false claims laws;
· federal and state self-referral and financial inducement laws, including the federal physician anti-self-referral law, or the Stark Law;
· coverage and reimbursement levels by Medicare and other governmental payors and private insurers;
· federal and state laws governing laboratory licensing and testing, including CLIA;
· federal and state laws governing the development, use and distribution of diagnostic medical tests known as laboratory developed tests or "LDTs";
· HIPAA, along with the revisions to HIPAA as a result of the HITECH Act, and analogous state laws;
· federal, state and foreign regulation of privacy, security, electronic transactions and identity theft;

 

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· federal, state and local laws governing the handling, transportation and disposal of medical and hazardous waste;
· Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules and regulations;
· changes to laws, regulations and rules as a result of the Health Care Reform Law; and
· changes to other federal, state and local laws, regulations and rules, including tax laws.

 

These laws and regulations are extremely complex and in many instances, there are no significant regulatory or judicial interpretations of these laws and regulations. Any determination that we have violated these laws or regulations, or the public announcement that we are being investigated for possible violations of these laws or regulations, could harm our operating results and financial condition. In addition, a significant change in any of these laws or regulations may require us to change our business model in order to maintain compliance with these laws or regulations, which could harm our operating results and financial condition.

 

Failure to comply with complex federal and state laws and regulations related to submission of claims for clinical laboratory services can result in significant monetary damages and penalties and exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

 

We are subject to extensive federal and state laws and regulations relating to the submission of claims for payment for clinical laboratory services, including those that relate to coverage of our services under Medicare, Medicaid and other governmental health care programs, the amounts that may be billed for our services and to whom claims for services may be submitted.

 

Our failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations could result in our inability to receive payment for our services or result in attempts by third-party payors, such as Medicare and Medicaid, to recover payments from us that have already been made. Submission of claims in violation of certain statutory or regulatory requirements can result in penalties, including substantial civil money penalties for each item or service billed to Medicare in violation of the legal requirement, and exclusion from participation in Medicare and Medicaid. Government authorities may also assert that violations of laws and regulations related to submission or causing the submission of claims violate the federal False Claims Act ("FCA") or other laws related to fraud and abuse, including submission of claims for services that were not medically necessary. Violations of the FCA could result in enormous economic liability. The FCA provides that all damages are trebled, and each false claim submitted is subject to a penalty of up to $11,000. For example, we could be subject to FCA liability if it was determined that the services we provided were not medically necessary and not reimbursable, particularly if it were asserted that we contributed to the physician's referrals of unnecessary services to us. It is also possible that the government could attempt to hold us liable under fraud and abuse laws for improper claims submitted by an entity for services that we performed if we were found to have knowingly participated in the arrangement that resulted in submission of the improper claims.

 

Changes in regulation and policies, including increasing downward pressure on health care reimbursement, may adversely affect reimbursement for diagnostic services and could have a material adverse impact on our business.

 

Reimbursement levels for health care services are subject to continuous and often unexpected changes in policies, and we face a variety of efforts by government payors to reduce utilization and reimbursement for diagnostic testing services. Changes in governmental reimbursement may result from statutory and regulatory changes, retroactive rate adjustments, administrative rulings, competitive bidding initiatives, and other policy changes.

 

The Health Care Reform Law includes two separate reductions in the reimbursement rates for our clinical laboratory services under the clinical laboratory fee schedule.  First, it includes a "productivity adjustment". Second, it includes an additional 1.75 percent reduction, the first of a series of such annual reductions effective from 2011 to 2015, which would reduce the annual Consumer Price Index-based update that would otherwise determine our reimbursement for clinical laboratory services.  These reimbursement cuts could adversely affect our business.

 

The U.S. Congress has considered, at least yearly in conjunction with budgetary legislation, changes to the Medicare fee schedules under which we receive reimbursement. For example, currently there is no copayment or coinsurance required for clinical laboratory services. However, Congress has periodically considered imposing a 20 percent coinsurance on laboratory services. If enacted, this would require us to attempt to collect this amount from patients, although in many cases the costs of collection would exceed the amount actually received.

 

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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") pays laboratories on the basis of a fee schedule that is reviewed and re-calculated on an annual basis.  CMS may change the fee schedule upward or downward on billing codes that we submit for reimbursement on a regular basis; our revenue and business may be adversely affected if the reimbursement rates associated with such codes are reduced. Even when reimbursement rates are not reduced, policy changes add to our costs by increasing the complexity and volume of administrative requirements. Medicaid reimbursement, which varies by state, is also subject to administrative and billing requirements and budget pressures. Recently, state budget pressures have caused states to consider several policy changes that may impact our financial condition and results of operations, such as delaying payments, reducing reimbursement, restricting coverage eligibility and service coverage, and imposing taxes on our services.

 

Healthcare plans have taken steps to control the utilization and reimbursement of healthcare services, including clinical test services.

 

We also face efforts by non-governmental third-party payors, including healthcare plans, to reduce utilization and reimbursement for clinical testing services.

 

The healthcare industry has experienced a trend of consolidation among healthcare insurance plans, resulting in fewer but larger insurance plans with significant bargaining power to negotiate fee arrangements with healthcare providers, including clinical testing providers. These healthcare plans, and independent physician associations, may demand that clinical testing providers accept discounted fee structures or assume all or a portion of the financial risk associated with providing testing services to their members through capped payment arrangements. In addition, some healthcare plans have been willing to limit the PPO or POS laboratory network to only a single national laboratory to obtain improved fee-for-service pricing. There are also an increasing number of patients enrolling in consumer driven products and high deductible plans that involve greater patient cost-sharing.

 

The increased consolidation among healthcare plans also has increased the potential adverse impact of ceasing to be a contracted provider with any such insurer. The Health Care Reform Law includes provisions, including ones regarding the creation of healthcare exchanges, which may encourage healthcare insurance plans to increase exclusive contracting.

 

We expect continuing efforts to reduce reimbursements, to impose more stringent cost controls and to reduce utilization of clinical test services. These efforts, including future changes in third-party payor rules, practices and policies, or ceasing to be a contracted provider to a healthcare plan, may have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Failure to timely or accurately bill for our services could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Billing for clinical testing services is extremely complicated and is subject to extensive and non-uniform rules and administrative requirements. Depending on the billing arrangement and applicable law, we bill various payors, such as patients, insurance companies, Medicare, Medicaid, physicians, hospitals and employer groups. Changes in laws and regulations could increase the complexity and cost of our billing process. Additionally, auditing for compliance with applicable laws and regulations as well as internal compliance policies and procedures adds further cost and complexity to the billing process. Further, our billing systems require significant technology investment and, as a result of marketplace demands, we need to continually invest in our billing systems.

 

Missing or incorrect information on requisitions adds complexity to and slows the billing process, creates backlogs of unbilled requisitions, and generally increases the aging of accounts receivable and bad debt expense. Failure to timely or correctly bill may lead to our not being reimbursed for our services or an increase in the aging of our accounts receivable, which could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows. Failure to comply with applicable laws relating to billing government healthcare programs could lead to various penalties, including: (1) exclusion from participation in CMS and other government programs; (2) asset forfeitures; (3) civil and criminal fines and penalties; and (4) the loss of various licenses, certificates and authorizations necessary to operate our business, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or cash flows.

 

There have been times when our accounts receivable have increased at a greater rate than revenue growth and, therefore, have adversely affected our cash flows from operations. We have taken steps to implement systems and processing changes intended to improve billing procedures and related collection results. We believe that we have made progress by reorganizing our accounts receivable and billing functions and that our allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate. However, we cannot assure that our ongoing assessment of accounts receivable will not result in the need for additional provisions. Such additional provisions, if implemented, could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

 

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Our operations may be adversely impacted by the effects of extreme weather conditions, natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes, health pandemics, hostilities or acts of terrorism and other criminal activities.

 

Our operations are always subject to adverse impacts resulting from extreme weather conditions, natural disasters, health pandemics, hostilities or acts of terrorism or other criminal activities. Such events may result in a temporary decline in the number of patients who seek clinical testing services or in our employees' ability to perform their job duties. In addition, such events may temporarily interrupt our ability to transport specimens, to receive materials from our suppliers or otherwise to provide our services. The occurrence of any such event and/or a disruption of our operations as a result may adversely affect our results of operations.

 

Increased competition, including price competition, could have a material adverse impact on our net revenues and profitability.

 

We operate in a business that is characterized by intense competition. Our major competitors include large national laboratories that possess greater name recognition, larger customer bases, and significantly greater financial resources and employ substantially more personnel than we do. Many of our competitors have long established relationships. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete successfully with such entities in the future.

 

The clinical laboratory business is intensely competitive both in terms of price and service. Pricing of laboratory testing services is often one of the most significant factors used by health care providers and third-party payors in selecting a laboratory. As a result of the clinical laboratory industry undergoing significant consolidation, larger clinical laboratory providers are able to increase cost efficiencies afforded by large-scale automated testing. This consolidation results in greater price competition. We may be unable to increase cost efficiencies sufficiently, if at all, and as a result, our net earnings and cash flows could be negatively impacted by such price competition. We may also face increased competition from companies that do not comply with existing laws or regulations or otherwise disregard compliance standards in the industry. Additionally, we may also face changes in fee schedules, competitive bidding for laboratory services or other actions or pressures reducing payment schedules as a result of increased or additional competition.

 

Additional competition, including price competition, could have a material adverse impact on our net revenues and profitability.

 

Failure to comply with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act and the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, could result in fines and penalties and loss of licensure, and have a material adverse effect upon the Company's business.

 

The Company is subject to licensing and regulation under federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment and human health and safety, including laws and regulations relating to the handling, transportation and disposal of medical specimens, and infectious and hazardous waste materials, as well as regulations relating to the safety and health of laboratory employees. All of the Company's laboratories are subject to applicable federal and state laws and regulations relating to biohazard disposal of all laboratory specimens, and they utilize outside vendors for disposal of such specimens. In addition, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has established extensive requirements relating to workplace safety for health care employers, including clinical laboratories, whose workers may be exposed to blood-borne pathogens such as HIV and the hepatitis B virus. These requirements, among other things, require work practice controls, protective clothing and equipment, training, medical follow-up, vaccinations and other measures designed to minimize exposure to, and transmission of, blood-borne pathogens. In addition, the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act requires, among other things, that the Company include in its safety programs the evaluation and use of emergency controls such as safety needles if found to be effective at reducing the risk of needlestick injuries in the workplace.

 

Failure to comply with federal, state and local laws and regulations could subject the Company to denial of the right to conduct business, fines, criminal penalties and/or other enforcement actions which would have a material adverse effect on its business. In addition, compliance with future legislation could impose additional requirements on the Company which may be costly.

 

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Regulations requiring the use of "standard transactions" for health care services issued under HIPAA may negatively impact the Company's profitability and cash flows.

 

Pursuant to HIPAA, the Secretary of Health and Human Services has issued regulations designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system by facilitating the electronic exchange of information in certain financial and administrative transactions while protecting the privacy and security of the information exchanged.

 

The HIPAA transaction standards are complex, and subject to differences in interpretation by payers. For instance, some payers may interpret the standards to require the Company to provide certain types of information, including demographic information not usually provided to the Company by physicians. As a result of inconsistent application of transaction standards by payers or the Company's inability to obtain certain billing information not usually provided to the Company by physicians, the Company could face increased costs and complexity, a temporary disruption in receipts and ongoing reductions in reimbursements and net revenues. In addition, new requirements for additional standard transactions, such as claims attachments and the ICD-10-CM Code Set, could prove technically difficult, time-consuming or expensive to implement.

 

Failure to maintain the security of customer-related information or compliance with security requirements could damage the Company's reputation with customers, and cause it to incur substantial additional costs and to become subject to litigation.

 

The Company receives certain personal and financial information about its customers. In addition, the Company depends upon the secure transmission of confidential information over public networks, including information permitting cashless payments. A compromise in the Company's security systems that results in customer personal information being obtained by unauthorized persons or the Company's failure to comply with security requirements for financial transactions could adversely affect the Company's reputation with its customers and others, as well as the Company's results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. It could also result in litigation against the Company or the imposition of penalties.

 

Failure of the Company, third party payers or physicians to comply with the ICD-10-CM Code Set by the compliance date of October 1, 2014, could negatively impact the Company's reimbursement, profitability and cash flow.

 

The Company believes that it is in compliance in all material respects with the current Transactions and Code Sets Rule. The Company implemented Version 5010 of the HIPAA Transaction Standards, and is within the testing and implementation phase of the rule to adopt the ICD-10-CM code set. The compliance date for ICD-10-CM is October 1, 2014. The Company will continue its assessment and remediation of computer systems, applications and processes for compliance with these requirements. Clinical laboratories are typically required to submit health care claims with diagnosis codes to third party payers. The diagnosis codes must be obtained from the ordering physician. The failure of the Company, third party payers or physicians to transition within the required timeframe could have an adverse impact on reimbursement, day's sales outstanding and cash collections.

 

The Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA have required the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") to establish national standards for electronic health care transactions and NPI. CMS requires the NPI on Part B professional claims after March 1, 2008. The failure of the Company or third parties to meet the NPI requirements for Medicare claims or other covered health plans could have a material adverse impact on the Company's reimbursement and profitability.

 

Compliance with the HIPAA security regulations and privacy regulations may increase the Company's costs.

 

The HIPAA privacy and security regulations, including the expanded requirements under HITECH, establish comprehensive federal standards with respect to the use and disclosure of protected health information by health plans, healthcare providers and healthcare clearinghouses, in addition to setting standards to protect the confidentiality, integrity and security of protected health information. The regulations establish a complex regulatory framework on a variety of subjects, including:

 

· the circumstances under which the use and disclosure of protected health information are permitted or required without a specific authorization by the patient, including but not limited to treatment purposes, activities to obtain payments for the Company's services, and its healthcare operations activities;

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· a patient's rights to access, amend and receive an accounting of certain disclosures of protected health information;
· the content of notices of privacy practices for protected health information as well as a new right of access to laboratory test reports under the HIPAA Privacy Rule which preempts a number of state laws that prohibit a laboratory from releasing a test report directly to the individual, for which compliance will be required by October 4, 2014;
· administrative, technical and physical safeguards required of entities that use or receive protected health information; and
· the protection of computing systems maintaining Electronic Personal Health Information ("ePHI").

 

The Company has implemented policies and procedures related to compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security regulations, as required by law. The privacy and security regulations establish a "floor" and do not supersede state laws that are more stringent. Therefore, the Company is required to comply with both federal privacy and security regulations and varying state privacy and security laws. In addition, for healthcare data transfers from other countries relating to citizens of those countries, the Company must comply with the laws of those other countries. The federal privacy regulations restrict the Company's ability to use or disclose patient identifiable laboratory data, without patient authorization, for purposes other than payment, treatment or healthcare operations (as defined by HIPAA), except for disclosures for various public policy purposes and other permitted purposes outlined in the privacy regulations. HIPAA, as amended by HITECH, provides for significant fines and other penalties for wrongful use or disclosure of protected health information in violation of the privacy and security regulations, including potential civil and criminal fines and penalties. Due to the enactment of HITECH and an increase in the amount of monetary financed penalties, government enforcement has also increased. It is not possible to predict what the extent of the impact on business will be, other than heightened scrutiny and emphasis on compliance. If the Company does not comply with existing or new laws and regulations related to protecting the privacy and security of health information it could be subject to significant monetary fines, civil penalties or criminal sanctions. In addition, other federal and state laws that protect the privacy and security of patient information may be subject to enforcement and interpretations by various governmental authorities and courts resulting in complex compliance issues. For example, the Company could incur damages under state laws pursuant to an action brought by a private party for the wrongful use or disclosure of confidential health information or other private personal information.

 

The clinical laboratory industry is subject to changing technology and new product introductions.

 

Advances in technology may lead to the development of more cost-effective technologies such as point-of-care testing equipment that can be operated by physicians or other healthcare providers in their offices or by patients themselves without requiring the services of freestanding clinical laboratories. Development of such technology and its use by the Company's customers could reduce the demand for its laboratory testing services and negatively impact its revenues.

 

Currently, most clinical laboratory testing is categorized as "high" or "moderate" complexity, and thereby is subject to extensive and costly regulation under CLIA. The cost of compliance with CLIA makes it impractical for most physicians to operate clinical laboratories in their offices, and other laws limit the ability of physicians to have ownership in a laboratory and to refer tests to such a laboratory. Manufacturers of laboratory equipment and test kits could seek to increase their sales by marketing point-of-care laboratory equipment to physicians and by selling test kits approved for home or physician office use to both physicians and patients. Diagnostic tests approved for home use are automatically deemed to be "waived" tests under CLIA and may be performed in physician office laboratories as well as by patients in their homes with minimal regulatory oversight. Other tests meeting certain FDA criteria also may be classified as "waived" for CLIA purposes. The FDA has regulatory responsibility over instruments, test kits, reagents and other devices used by clinical laboratories and has taken responsibility from the Centers for Disease Control for classifying the complexity of tests for CLIA purposes. Increased approval of "waived" test kits could lead to increased testing by physicians in their offices or by patients at home, which could affect the Company's market for laboratory testing services and negatively impact its revenues.

 

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Health care reform and related products (e.g. Health Insurance Exchanges), changes in government payment and reimbursement systems, or changes in payer mix, including an increase in capitated reimbursement mechanisms and evolving delivery models, could have a material adverse impact on the Company's net revenues, profitability and cash flow.

 

Testing services are billed to private patients, Medicare, Medicaid, commercial clients, managed care organizations ("MCOs") and third-party insurance companies. Tests ordered by a physician may be billed to different payers depending on the medical insurance benefits of a particular patient. Most testing services are billed to a party other than the physician or other authorized person that ordered the test. Increases in the percentage of services billed to government and managed care payers could have an adverse impact on the Company's net revenues.

 

The various MCOs have different contracting philosophies, which are influenced by the design of the products they offer to their members. Some MCOs contract with a limited number of clinical laboratories and engage in direct negotiation of the rates reimbursed to participating laboratories. Other MCOs adopt broader networks with a largely uniform fee structure offered to all participating clinical laboratories. In addition, some MCOs have used capitation in an effort to fix the cost of laboratory testing services for their enrollees. Under a capitated reimbursement mechanism, the clinical laboratory and the managed care organization agree to a per member, per month payment to pay for all authorized laboratory tests ordered during the month by the physician for the members, regardless of the number or cost of the tests actually performed. Capitation shifts the risk of increased test utilization (and the underlying mix of testing services) to the clinical laboratory provider.

 

A portion of the third-party insurance fee-for-service revenues are collectible from patients in the form of deductibles, copayments and coinsurance. As patient cost-sharing increases, collectability may be impacted.

 

In addition, Medicare and Medicaid and private insurers have increased their efforts to control the cost, utilization and delivery of health care services, including clinical laboratory services. Measures to regulate health care delivery in general, and clinical laboratories in particular, have resulted in reduced prices, added costs and decreased test utilization for the clinical laboratory industry by increasing complexity and adding new regulatory and administrative requirements. Pursuant to legislation passed in late 2003, the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare managed care plans has increased. The percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans has also increased, and is expected to continue to increase. Implementation of the Health Care Reform Law, the health care reform legislation passed in 2010, also may affect coverage, reimbursement, and utilization of laboratory services, as well as administrative requirements.

 

The Company expects efforts to impose reduced reimbursement, more stringent payment policies and cost controls by government and other payers to continue. If the Company cannot offset additional reductions in the payments it receives for its services by reducing costs, increasing test volume and/or introducing new procedures, it could have a material adverse impact on the Company's net revenues, profitability and cash flows.

 

As an employer, health care reform legislation also contains numerous regulations that will require the Company to implement significant process and record keeping changes to be in compliance. These changes increase the cost of providing healthcare coverage to employees and their families. Given the limited release of regulations to guide compliance, the exact impact to employers including the Company is uncertain.

 

A failure to obtain and retain new customers, a loss of existing customers or material contracts, a reduction in tests ordered or specimens submitted by existing customers, or the inability to retain existing and create new relationships with health systems could impact the Company's ability to successfully grow its business.

 

To offset efforts by payers to reduce the cost and utilization of clinical laboratory services, the Company needs to obtain and retain new customers and business partners. In addition, a reduction in tests ordered or specimens submitted by existing customers, without offsetting growth in its customer base, could impact the Company's ability to successfully grow its business and could have a material adverse impact on the Company's net revenues and profitability. The Company competes primarily on the basis of the quality of testing, timeliness of test reporting, reporting and information systems, reputation in the medical community, the pricing of services and ability to employ qualified personnel. The Company's failure to successfully compete on any of these factors could result in the loss of customers and a reduction in the Company's ability to expand its customer base.

 

In addition, as the broader healthcare industry trend of consolidation continues, including the acquisition of physician practices by health systems, relationships with hospital-based health systems and integrated delivery networks are becoming more important. The Company's inability to create relationships with those provider systems and networks could impact its ability to successfully grow its business.

 

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A failure to identify and successfully close and integrate strategic acquisition targets could have a material adverse impact on the Company's business objectives and its net revenues and profitability.

 

Part of the Company's strategy involves deploying capital in investments that enhance the Company's business, which includes pursuing strategic acquisitions to strengthen the Company's capabilities and increase its presence in key geographic areas. In the past two years, the Company has acquired an interest in clinical laboratories in Florida, New Jersey and New Mexico. However, the Company cannot assure that it will be able to identify acquisition targets that are attractive to the Company or that are of a large enough size to have a meaningful impact on the Company's operating results. Furthermore, the successful closing and integration of a strategic acquisition entails numerous risks, including, among others:

 

· failure to obtain regulatory clearance;
· loss of key customers or employees;
· difficulty in consolidating redundant facilities and infrastructure and in standardizing information and other systems;
· unidentified regulatory problems;
· failure to maintain the quality of services that such companies have historically provided;
· coordination of geographically-separated facilities and workforces; and
· diversion of management's attention from the day-to-day business of the Company.

 

The Company cannot assure that current or future acquisitions, if any, or any related integration efforts will be successful, or that the Company's business will not be adversely affected by any future acquisitions, including with respect to net revenues and profitability. Even if the Company is able to successfully integrate the operations of businesses that it may acquire in the future, the Company may not be able to realize the benefits that it expects from such acquisitions.

 

Adverse results in material litigation matters could have a material adverse effect upon the Company's business.

 

The Company may become subject in the ordinary course of business to material legal action related to, among other things, intellectual property disputes, professional liability and employee-related matters, as well as inquiries from governmental agencies and bodies and Medicare or Medicaid carriers requesting comment and/or information on allegations of billing irregularities or billing and pricing arrangements that are brought to their attention through billing audits or third parties. Legal actions could result in substantial monetary damages as well as damage to the Company's reputation with customers, which could have a material adverse effect upon its business.

 

An inability to attract and retain experienced and qualified personnel could adversely affect the Company's business.

 

The loss of key management personnel or the inability to attract and retain experienced and qualified employees at the Company's clinical laboratories could adversely affect the business. The success of the Company is dependent in part on the efforts of key members of its management team.

 

In addition, the success of the Company's clinical laboratories also depends on employing and retaining qualified and experienced laboratory professionals, including specialists, who perform clinical laboratory testing services. In the future, if competition for the services of these professionals increases, the Company may not be able to continue to attract and retain individuals in its markets. The Company's revenues and earnings could be adversely affected if a significant number of professionals terminate their relationship with the Company or become unable or unwilling to continue their employment.

 

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Failure in the Company's information technology systems could significantly increase testing turn-around time or billing processes and otherwise disrupt the Company's operations or customer relationships.

 

The Company's laboratory operations and customer relationships depend, in part, on the continued performance of its information technology systems. Despite network security measures and other precautions the Company has taken, its information technology systems are potentially vulnerable to physical or electronic break-ins, computer viruses and similar disruptions. In addition, the Company is in the process of integrating the information technology systems of its recently acquired subsidiaries, and the Company may experience system failures or interruptions as a result of this process. Sustained system failures or interruption of the Company's systems in one or more of its laboratory operations could disrupt the Company's ability to process laboratory requisitions, perform testing, provide test results in a timely manner and/or bill the appropriate party. Failure of the Company's information technology systems could adversely affect the Company's business, profitability and financial condition.

 

A significant deterioration in the economy could negatively impact testing volumes, cash collections and the availability of credit.

 

The Company's operations are dependent upon ongoing demand for diagnostic testing services by patients, physicians, hospitals, MCOs, and others. A significant downturn in the economy could negatively impact the demand for diagnostic testing as well as the ability of patients and other payers to pay for services ordered. In addition, uncertainty in the credit markets could reduce the availability of credit and impact the Company's ability to meet its financing needs in the future.

 

Increasing health insurance premiums and co-payments or high deductible health plans may cause individuals to forgo health insurance and avoid medical attention, either of which may reduce demand for our products and services.

 

Health insurance premiums, co-payments and deductibles have generally increased in recent years. These increases may cause individuals to forgo health insurance, as well as medical attention. This behavior may reduce demand for testing by our laboratories.

 

If goodwill or other intangible assets that we have recorded in connection with our acquisitions of other businesses become impaired, we could have to take significant charges against earnings.

 

As a result of our acquisitions, we have recorded, and may continue to record, a significant amount of goodwill and other intangible assets. Under current accounting guidelines, we must assess, at least annually and potentially more frequently, whether the value of goodwill and other intangible assets has been impaired. Any reduction or impairment of the value of goodwill or other intangible assets will result in additional charges against earnings, which could materially reduce our reported results of operations in future periods.

 

Our business has substantial indebtedness.

 

We currently have, and will likely continue to have, a substantial amount of indebtedness. Our indebtedness could, among other things, make it more difficult for us to satisfy our debt obligations, require us to use a large portion of our cash flow from operations to repay and service our debt or otherwise create liquidity problems, limit our flexibility to adjust to market conditions, place us at a competitive disadvantage and expose us to interest rate fluctuations. As of December 31, 2013, we had total debt outstanding of approximately $3.7 million, almost all of which is short term.

 

We expect to obtain the money to pay our expenses and pay the principal and interest on our indebtedness from cash flow from our operations and potentially from other debt or equity offerings. Accordingly, our ability to meet our obligations depends on our future performance and capital raising activities, which will be affected by financial, business, economic and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. If our cash flow and capital resources prove inadequate to allow us to pay the principal and interest on our debt and meet our other obligations, we could face substantial liquidity problems and might be required to dispose of material assets or operations, restructure or refinance our debt, which we may be unable to do on acceptable terms, and forego attractive business opportunities. In addition, the terms of our existing or future debt agreements may restrict us from pursuing any of these alternatives.

 

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Certain issuances of our common stock and options may not have fully complied with applicable securities laws.

 

We are currently reviewing issuances of our common stock and issuances of our options to determine if the transactions fully complied with applicable federal and state securities laws and/or regulations. In the event such transactions did not fully comply, we may be required to offer rescission of such issuances to the recipients of such securities. Although we cannot with any certainty estimate any contingent liability we may have with respect to such issuances, we currently believe that such rescission rights will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

 

We do not have an Audit Committee.

 

As a consequence of not being listed on an exchange, we do not have an audit committee. Our Board of Directors interfaces with our independent auditor.

 

We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future.

 

We have never declared cash dividends on our Common Stock and we currently do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in its foreseeable future. Accordingly, our stockholders will not realize a return on their investment unless the trading price of our Common Stock appreciates, which is uncertain and unpredictable.

 

Our Common Stock is subject to substantial dilution.

 

The Company has outstanding options and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 23,416,400 shares of Common Stock, of which 23,316,400 are currently exercisable. Exercise of the options and warrants could result in substantial dilution of our Common Stock and a decline in its market price.

 

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

 

None.

 

Item 2. Properties

 

The Company does not own any real property. The table below summarizes certain information as to our principal facilities as of March 1, 2014:

 

Location Purpose

Type of Occupancy

 

West Palm Beach, Florida Corporate Headquarters Leased through February 28, 2016
Charlotte, North Carolina Billing Company Leased through March 31, 2016
Lake Worth, Florida Laboratory Leased through December 31, 2014
Miami, Florida Laboratory Leased through January 31, 2017
Riviera Beach, Florida Laboratory Leased through April 30, 2018
Las Cruces, New Mexico Laboratory Leased through April 30, 2019
Waldwick, New Jersey Laboratory Leased through November 30, 2015

 

We believe that each of our facilities as presently equipped has the production capacity for its currently foreseeable level of operations.

 

Item. 3. Legal Proceedings

 

During the course of business, litigation commonly occurs.  From time to time the Company may be a party to litigation matters involving claims against the Company. The Company operates in a highly regulated industry and employs personnel which may inherently lend itself to legal matters.  Management is aware that litigation has associated costs and that results of adverse litigation verdicts could have a material effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations. Management, in consultation with legal counsel, has addressed known assertions and predicted unasserted claims below.

 

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The Company announced, on July 2, 2013, a jury awarded Medytox Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary ("MILM"), $2,906,844 on its breach of contract claim against Trident Laboratories, Inc. and its shareholders and awarded Seamus Lagan $750,000 individually against Christopher Hawley for defamatory postings on the InvestorsHub website. The jury rejected every claim made against the MILM parties. Trident's appeal has been dismissed and the appeals of the shareholders are pending.

 

The Company has filed an action against Reginald Samuels and Ralph Perricelli seeking, among other things, a declaration that the convertible debentures in the aggregate amount of $500,000 that the Company issued to Mr. Samuels and Mr. Perricelli as part of the consideration for the purchase of their interests in International Technologies, LLC are null and void. Mr. Samuels and Mr. Perricelli have been served and the litigation is ongoing.

 

On October 21, 2013, Mr. Samuels filed a complaint in the Superior Court of New Jersey (Bergen County) against the Company and Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. alleging breach of contract under his employment agreement and the agreement under which International Technologies, LLC was acquired; unjust enrichment, fraud; intentional and negligent misrepresentation; and breach of an implied duty of good faith and fair dealing and seeking an accounting. Mr. Perricelli filed a similar action. The Company believes all these claims are without merit.

 

The Company removed both cases from the Superior Court of New Jersey to the federal court in the District of New Jersey. The Company also filed to transfer both cases to the Southern District of Florida pursuant to the forum selection clause in the purchase agreement. The action filed by Mr. Perricelli has since been transferred to the Southern District of Florida. The motion to transfer the action filed by Mr. Samuels remains pending.

 

Item. 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

 

PART II

 

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

 

General

 

The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 500 million shares of Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share, of which 29,996,386 shares were issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013, and 100 million shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share, of which 5,000 shares of Series B Non-Convertible Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2013. There is no established public trading market for our Common Stock or Preferred Stock. The Company issued 200,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share, on March 18, 2014.

 

The following description of the rights and preferences of the Company's capital stock is merely a summary. Each prospective investor should refer to the Company's Articles of Incorporation for a complete description of the Company's capital stock as well as to our Bylaws and the applicable statutes of the State of Nevada for a more complete description concerning the rights and liabilities of stockholders.

 

Common Stock

 

Holders of the Common Stock do not have preemptive rights to purchase additional shares of Common Stock or other subscription rights. The Common Stock carries no conversion rights and is not subject to redemption or to any sinking fund provisions. Upon liquidation or dissolution of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of shares of Common Stock are to share equally in the assets of the Company available for distribution to common stockholders. The Board of Directors is authorized to issue additional shares of Common Stock, not to exceed the amount authorized by the Company's Articles of Incorporation, on such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the Board may deem appropriate without further stockholder action.

 

Each holder of Common Stock is entitled to one vote per share on all matters on which such stockholders are entitled to vote. Since the shares of Common Stock do not have cumulative voting rights, the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect all the directors if they choose to do so and, in such event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any person to the Board of Directors.

 

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The Company's transfer agent is Holladay Stock Transfer in Scottsdale, Arizona.

 

Preferred Stock

 

The Preferred Stock has been authorized as "blank check" preferred stock with such designations, rights, and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Accordingly, the Board of Directors is empowered, without stockholder approval (but subject to applicable government regulatory restrictions), to issue preferred stock with dividend, liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights which could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of the Company's Common Stock.

 

The Board of Directors is expressly authorized at any time and from time to time to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, with such voting powers, full or limited, but not to exceed one vote per share, or without voting powers, and with such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions, as shall be fixed and determined in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof adopted by the Board of Directors, and as are not stated and expressed in the Company's Articles of Incorporation or any amendment thereto, including (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing) the following:

 

(i) The distinctive designation of such series and the number of shares which shall constitute such series, which number may be increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in creating such series) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by resolution by the Board of Directors;

 

(ii) The rate of dividends payable on shares of such series, the times of payment, whether dividends shall be cumulative, the conditions upon which and the date from which such dividends shall be cumulative;

 

(iii) Whether shares of such series can be redeemed, the time or times when, and the price or prices at which shares of such series shall be redeemable, the redemption price, terms and conditions of redemption, and the sinking fund provisions, if any, for the purchase or redemption of such shares;

 

(iv) The amount payable on shares of such series and the rights of holders of such shares in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company;

 

(v) The rights, if any, of the holders of shares of such series to convert such shares into, or exchange such shares for, shares of Common Stock or shares of any other class or series of Preferred Stock and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; and

 

(vi) The rights, if any, of the holders of shares of such series to vote.

 

Except in respect of the relative rights and preferences that may be provided by the Board of Directors as hereinbefore provided, all shares of Preferred Stock shall be of equal rank and shall be identical, and each share of a series shall be identical in all respects with the other shares of the same series.

 

The Company has two series of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding:

 

Series B Preferred Stock . The Company has authorized up to 5,000 shares of Series B Non-Convertible Preferred Stock with a par value of $.0001 per share ("Series B Preferred Stock"). The Series B Preferred Stock is senior to the Company's common stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon the occurrence of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether on a voluntary or involuntary basis (each, a "Liquidation Event").

 

The Series B Preferred Stock pays a monthly dividend of (i) 10% of the amount of gross sales in excess of $1 million collected by the Company or any subsidiary (on a consolidated basis) in the ordinary course of business during the month immediately preceding the month on which such dividend becomes payable, which amount shall not exceed $150,000 and (ii) 15% of the amount of gross sales in excess of $2.5 million collected by the Company or any subsidiary (on a consolidated basis) in the ordinary course of business during the month immediately preceding the month on which such dividend becomes payable. Each holder of Series B Preferred Stock receives a pro-rata portion of such dividend based on the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder and the total number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding at the time the dividend is declared.

 

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Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, each holder of outstanding Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, before any payment or distribution shall be made to the holders of the Common Stock or any other class of capital stock of the Company that is junior to the Series B Preferred Stock, an amount equal to (i) 25% of the distributable assets of the Company multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock then-issued and outstanding.

 

The Series B Preferred Stock has no voting rights associated with it.

 

In the event the Company is the subject of an Acquisition or Asset Transfer, each holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall receive an amount of the proceeds of such Acquisition or Asset Transfer as if such Acquisition or Asset Transfer was a Liquidation Event. As used herein, "Acquisition" shall mean (i) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or other entity or person, or any other reorganization other than any such consolidation, merger or reorganization in which the equity holders of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or reorganization continue to hold at least a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity in substantially the same proportion immediately after such consolidation, merger or reorganization, or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party in which a majority of the Company's voting power is transferred (other than to the Company), provided, that an Acquisition shall not include any transaction or series of related transactions principally for bona fide equity financing purpose in which cash is received by the Company or any successor or any indebtedness of the Company is cancelled or converted into a combination thereof. As used herein, "Asset Transfer" shall mean a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

 

So long as any shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company shall not, without first obtaining the written consent of stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding Series B Preferred Stock (i) authorize or issue additional shares of the Series B Preferred Stock or create, authorize the creation of, or issue any additional class or series of capital stock that ranks senior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to distributions in connection with Liquidation Events or (ii) amend, alter or repeal any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company or its Bylaws in any manner that adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

If a holder of outstanding Series B Preferred Stock desires to, directly or indirectly, transfer, sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose (collectively, "Transfer"), all or any portion of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock, such holder must first inform the other holders of Series B Preferred Stock in writing (the "Offer Notice"). Such other holders shall then have 10 days to elect whether to purchase such offered shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which shall be allocated among such other holders electing to purchase the offered shares of Series B Preferred Stock on a pro-rata basis based on the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock held. If none of the other holders elect to purchase any of the offered shares, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase all (but not less than all) of such offered shares. The Company shall have 10 days following the end of the other holders' purchase election period to communicate its election of whether to purchase such offered shares. If the other holders of Series B Preferred Stock or the Company elect to purchase such offered shares, the closing of such transaction shall occur within 30 days of the end of the applicable purchase election period. The purchasers (either the other holders or the Company, as applicable) shall have the option to pay (i) in a lump sum payment at closing or (ii) in 12 equal monthly installments (with interest payable at a rate of 8% per annum). The purchase price of such offered shares shall be equal to (a) the total amount of dividends received by the holder with respect to all shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder for the 12 month period immediately preceding the date upon which the Offer Notice was received by the other holders. "Transfer" shall not include any transfer to an affiliate of the holder, any children or spouse of the holder or any entity solely owned or controlled by the children or spouse of the holder.

 

A holder's shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be cancelled any time if, during the 36 month period following the date on which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock is issued, such holder (i) breaches any restrictive covenant provision in any employment agreement or consulting agreement to which such holder (or its affiliate) and the Company (or its affiliate) is a party or (ii) directly or indirectly enters into the employment of, renders any services to, engages, manages, operates, joins, owns, lends money or otherwise offers other assistance to or participates in or is connected with, as an officer, director, employee, principal, agent, creditor, proprietor, representative, stockholder, partner, associate, consultant, sole proprietor or otherwise, any business that, directly or indirectly, is engaged in providing, selling, consulting with regard to or marketing any products or services that compete with the products and/or services of the Company or any of its affiliates in the United States or anywhere in the world that the Company or any affiliate thereof has customers, facilities, distributors or employees or otherwise does business.

 

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If a holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock is an employee or consultant of the Company and such holder terminates his or her employment or consulting relationship at any time within the 24 month period following the date that such shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued to such holder, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cause such holder to sell to the Company all or any portion of such holder's shares of Series B Preferred Stock by delivering written notice to such holder within 10 days following the end date of such holder's employment or consulting relationship with the Company (the "Call Notice"). If the Company elects to purchase such all or any portion of such holder's shares, the closing of such transaction shall occur within 30 days of the date the Call Notice is received by the holder. The Company shall have the option to pay (i) in a lump sum payment at closing or (ii) in 12 equal monthly installments (with interest payable at a rate of 8% per annum). The purchase price of such shares shall be equal to (a) the total amount of dividends received by the holder with respect to all shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder for the 12 month period immediately preceding the date upon which the Call Notice was received by such holder, plus all unpaid dividends (if any) multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be purchased by the Company and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder.

 

Series D Preferred Stock . The Company has authorized up to 200,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series D Preferred Stock"). With respect to dividends and liquidation rights, the Series D Preferred Stock ranks (i) on a parity with the Common Stock; (ii) senior to any class or series of preferred stock of the Company created in the future not specifically ranking by its terms senior to or on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock; (iii) junior to any other class or series of preferred stock created in the future specifically ranking by its terms senior to the Series D Preferred Stock; and (iv) on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock and any other class or series of preferred stock created in the future specifically ranking by its terms on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock.

 

Each holder of Series D Preferred Stock is entitled to receive dividends at the same time any dividends are declared and set apart on any shares of Common Stock, in an amount equal to the amount such holder would have received if the Series D Preferred Stock were converted to Common Stock. Each share of the Series D Preferred Stock votes with the Common Stock on all matters submitted to the holders of Common Stock and has one vote per share.

 

Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, each holder of Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to the stockholders (participating with the holders of Common Stock), the amount which such holder would have received if such holder's shares of Series D Preferred Stock had been converted to shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the time of such distribution.

 

Each holder of shares of Series D Preferred Stock may convert some (in minimum amounts of at least 50,000 shares) or all of its shares of Series D Preferred Stock into the number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the quotient of (I) 5 divided by (II) the product of .80 multiplied by the market price of the Common Stock, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock being converted. After the earlier of the date the trading volume of the Common Stock exceeds an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares in any 30 day period or the date the Company sells shares of Common Stock in a firm commitment underwritten public offering with aggregate gross proceeds of at least $30,000,000, each share of Series D Preferred Stock shall be convertible into the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (I) 5 divided by (ii) the market price of the Common Stock. All shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding on the second anniversary of the original issuance date shall be automatically converted into shares of Common Stock.

 

The shares of Series D Preferred Stock are not transferable without the prior written consent of the Company.

 

Dividend Distributions

 

Holders of the Company's Common Stock are entitled to dividends when, as, and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor. The Company does not anticipate the declaration or payment of any dividends in the foreseeable future to common stockholders. The Company does pay a monthly dividend to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock. The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock received an aggregate of $2,601,298 in dividends during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

The Company intends to retain earnings, if any, to finance the development and expansion of its business. Future dividend policy will be subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors and will be contingent upon future earnings, if any, the Company's financial condition, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors. Therefore, there can be no assurance that any dividends of any kind will ever be paid on the Company's Common Stock.

 

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Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

 

On September 25, 2013, the Company's board of directors approved and adopted the Medytox Solutions, Inc. 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan was approved by the holders of a majority of the Company's voting stock on November 22, 2013. The Plan provides for the grant of shares of common stock, options, performance shares, performance units, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and other awards. As of December 31, 2013, no awards had been granted under the Plan. As of the date of this report, options to purchase 1,035,000 shares of common stock and 210,000 restricted shares of common stock have been granted to the Company's employees and consultants under the Plan.

 

The following table provides information regarding the status of our existing equity compensation plans at December 31, 2013:

 

Plan Category   (a)
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights
    (b)
Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
    (c)
Number of shares remaining available for future issuances under equity compensation plans (excluding shares reflected in column (a))
 
                   
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders     0       na       5,000,000 (1)  
                         
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders     23,170,000     $5.33       na  
                         
Total     23,170,000     $5.33       5,000,000 (1)  

 

na - not applicable.

(1) Reflects shares reserved for issuance pursuant to awards which may be granted pursuant to the 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

Holders

 

As of March 26, 2014, there were 74 record holders of the Company's Common Stock, five record holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and two record holders of the Series D Preferred Stock.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

In October 2013, the Company issued 68,000 shares of its common stock to two investors for $170,000 cash ($2.50 per share). The shares were issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

On December 31, 2013, pursuant to the terms of the certificate of designation, the Company issued 203,233 shares of its common stock in the mandatory conversion of the 1,000,000 shares of its Series C Preferred Stock. The shares were issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

On March 18, 2014, the Company issued 200,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock to the two former, stockholders of Clinlab, Inc. The shares were issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, 40,000 shares of the Company's restricted common stock were repurchased from a lender for a total of $100,000. The shares were retired and cancelled upon purchase.

 

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

 

As the Company is a "smaller reporting company," this item is inapplicable.

 

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

The following discussion and analysis provides information which management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.  This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of numerous factors including, but not limited to, those described above under "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Item 1A. Risk Factors".  The discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.  

 

Unless stated otherwise, the words "we," "us," "our," "the Company," "Medytox Solutions" or "Medytox Solutions, Inc." means Medytox Solutions, Inc.

 

Results of Operations

 

Year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012

 

Revenues

 

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013 were $52,523,660 compared to $21,076,357 for the year ended December 31, 2012 resulting in an increase of $31,447,303 or 149%. Revenues for both years were entirely derived from laboratory and billing services. The increase in revenues is a direct result of increased marketing efforts for the Company's two operating labs, PB Laboratories, LLC and Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc., and a full year of results for Biohealth Medical Laboratory in 2013.

 

Operating and Other Expenses

 

Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2013 were $38,023,670 compared to $17,545,404 for the year ended December 31, 2012. The increase in expenses during 2013 was attributable to the start-up and operational costs at Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc., Alethea Laboratories, Inc., International Technologies, LLC, and EPIC Reference Labs, Inc., including marketing services, billing services, the direct costs of the testing laboratory and personnel wages. In 2012, our only operational lab was PB Labs. The operating expenses incurred during the year ended December 31, 2013 consisted of: (i) direct costs of the testing laboratories of $9,570,950 (2012: $2,913,169); (ii) general and administrative of $14,456,668 (2012: $6,437,778); (iii) sales and marketing expenses of $2,953,292 (2012: $1,106,864); (iv) bad debt expense of $10,634,789 (2012: $7,021,945); and (v) depreciation and amortization of $407,971 (2012: $65,648). Operating expenses increased due to an increase of $6,657,781 in direct costs of the testing laboratories, $8,018,890 in general and administrative, $1,846,428 in sales and marketing expenses, $3,612,844 in bad debt expense, and $342,323 in depreciation and amortization. General and administrative expenses generally include corporate overhead, financial and administrative contracted services, and consulting costs. The remaining increases are directly attributable to the increase in revenues and the acquisitions of PB Labs and Biohealth during 2012 and Alethea and International Tech during 2013 and the start-up expenses of EPIC Reference Labs incurred in 2013.

 

Our income from operations for the year ended December 31, 2013 was $14,499,990 as compared to $3,530,953 for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

Other expenses incurred during the year ended December 31, 2013 included: interest expense of $474,649 (2012: $653,588); loss on legal settlement of $169,800 (2012: $-0-); loss on settlement of assets of $27,413 (2012: gain of $2,546); offset by a gain on settlement of debt of $-0- (2012: $348,315); and other income of $389 (2012: $129).

 

Net income attributable to Medytox Solutions' common stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2013 was $5,658,619 compared to $2,299,037 for the year ended December 31, 2012 .

 

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Disputed Segment

 

The dispute with Trident Laboratories, Inc. occurred in 2012. The assets and liabilities of Trident are excluded from the individual consolidated balance sheet line items and are presented separately as assets and liabilities from disputed activity and operating activity for 2012 and 2013 is excluded from the consolidated statement of operations. In addition, the Company has reserved $397,918 of net income from the disputed activity for the period from August 22, 2011 (date of acquisition).  The net assets and liabilities attributable to the disputed activity are as follows at December 31, 2013:

 

Assets attributable to disputed activity   $ 1,367,796  
         
Liabilities attributable to disputed activity   $ 1,104,063  

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Overview

 

The Company historically has utilized various credit facilities to fund working capital needs, acquisitions and capital expenditures. Future cash needs for working capital, acquisitions and capital expenditures may require management to seek additional equity or obtain additional credit facilities. The sale of additional equity could result in additional dilution to the Company's stockholders. A portion of the Company's cash may be used to acquire or invest in complementary businesses or products or to obtain the right to use complementary technologies. From time to time, in the ordinary course of business, the Company evaluates potential acquisitions of such businesses, products or technologies.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2013, we funded our operations primarily through cash provided by operations and borrowings from third parties, while for the year ended December 31, 2012 we funded our operations through borrowings from both third and related parties. Our principal use of funds during the year ended December 31, 2013 has been for payments on borrowings, acquisitions and general corporate expenses.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources during the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012

 

As of December 31, 2013, we had cash of $4,141,416 and working capital of $2,389,098.  The Company generated cash flow from operations of $8,462,481 for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to cash provided by operations of $2,004,047 for the year ended December 31, 2012. The cash flow from operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2013 was primarily attributable to the Company's net income from operations of $8,259,917, increased by depreciation and amortization of $407,971, stock issued for services of $62,500, stock-based compensation of $537,500, increase in allowance for bad debts of $2,324,045, accretion of loan costs as interest of $181,141, accretion of beneficial conversion feature as interest of $52,280, and the loss on disposal of assets of $27,413, offset by the net changes in operating assets and liabilities of $3,390,286.  Cash provided by operations for the year ended December 31, 2012 was primarily attributable to the Company's net income from operations of $2,349,037, increased by depreciation and amortization of $65,648, stock issued for services of $225, stock-based compensation of $235,001, increase in allowance for bad debts of $7,021,945, accretion of loan costs as interest of $244,758, disputed net income of $397,918 and net liabilities attributable to disputed subsidiary of $645,367, offset by gain on conversion of debt of $348,315 and net changes in operating assets and liabilities of $8,604,991.

 

Cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2013 included $1,097,766 for the purchase of property and equipment and cash paid for acquisitions of $735,052, offset by cash received for the sale of property and equipment of $750 and cash received in acquisitions of $3,735. Cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 was attributable to the purchase of property and equipment of $491,545 and cash paid for acquisitions of $101,000, offset by cash received for the sale of property and equipment of $25,373 and cash received in acquisitions of $21,203.

 

Cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2013 included $12,500 for deferred issuance costs, $103,949 for deferred loan costs, dividends on Series B Preferred Stock of $2,601,298, payments on notes payable of $2,700,193, payments on capital lease obligations of $139,577, payments on related party loans of $195,000 and common stock repurchased from a lender of $100,000, offset by proceeds received from the sale of common stock of $286,000 and proceeds received from the issuance of notes payable of $1,300,000. Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 included proceeds from the issuance of notes payable of $1,755,200 and borrowings from related parties of $413,093, offset by deferred loan costs of $121,950, dividends on Series B Preferred Stock of $50,000, payments made on repurchase agreements of $385,200, payments made on notes payable of $971,536, payments on related party loans of $321,003, and common stock repurchased from a lender of $100,000.

 

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On May 14, 2012, the Company borrowed $550,000 from TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP (the "Lender") pursuant to the terms of the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012 (the "Credit Agreement"), among Medytox, MMM&S, MDI, PB Labs and the Lender.  The funds were used for general corporate purposes.  Under the Credit Agreement, Medytox may borrow up to an amount equal to the lesser of 80% of its Eligible Accounts (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the revolving loan commitment, which initially was $550,000.  

 

Medytox could request that the revolving loan commitment be raised by various specified amounts at specified times, up to a maximum of $4,000,000.  In each case, whether to agree to any such increase in the revolving loan commitment is in the Lender's sole discretion.  

 

On August 9, 2012, the Company borrowed an additional $525,000 in a second round of funding.  These additional funds were also used for general corporate purposes.  In this second round of funding, certain changes were made to the terms of the Credit Agreement:

 

  · the revolving loan commitment was increased from $550,000 to $1,100,000 and was subject to further increase, up to a maximum of $4,000,000, in the Lender's sole discretion;
  · the maturity date of the loan was extended to February 8, 2013 from the original maturity date of November 30, 2012 (subject to the Lender's continuing ability to call the loan upon 60 days written notice); and
  · a prepayment penalty was added of 5% if substantially all of the loan is prepaid between 91 and 180 days prior to the maturity date, or 2.50% if substantially all of the loan is prepaid within 90 days of the maturity date.

 

On December 4, 2012, the Company borrowed an additional $650,000 in a third round of funding.  These additional funds were used for general corporate purposes.  In this third round of funding, certain additional changes were made to the terms of the Credit Agreement:

 

  · the revolving loan commitment was increased from $1,100,000 to $1,725,000 and was subject to further increase, up to a maximum of $15,000,000, in the Lender's sole discretion;
  · the maturity date of the loan was extended to September 3, 2013 from the previous maturity date of February 8, 2013 (subject to the Lender's continuing ability to call the loan upon 60 days written notice); and
  · a covenant was added to require that any subsidiary that is formed, acquired or otherwise becomes a subsidiary must guarantee the loan and pledge substantially all of its assets as security for the loan.

 

On March 4, 2013, Medytox borrowed an additional $800,000 from the Lender pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 3 to Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2013 ("Amendment No. 3"). These additional funds were used in accordance with management's discretion. In connection with Amendment No. 3, Advantage Reference Labs, Inc., a newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Medytox, now known as EPIC Reference Labs, Inc., entered into a Guaranty Agreement to guaranty the TCA loan and a Security Agreement to pledge substantially all its assets to secure its guaranty.

 

On July 15, 2013, the Company borrowed an additional $500,000 from the Lender pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 4 to Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2013 ("Amendment No. 4"). In connection with Amendment No. 4, Alethea Laboratories, Inc. and International Technologies, LLC, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, each entered into a Guaranty Agreement to guaranty the TCA loan and a Security Agreement to pledge substantially all its assets to secure its guaranty. The maturity date of the loan was extended to January 15, 2014 from the previous maturity date of September 3, 2013 (subject to the Lender's continuing ability to call the loan upon 60 days written notice). On August 12, 2013, the Company made a payment of $550,000 on the note. The maturity date of the loan has been further extended to September 15, 2014.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our principal accounting policies are described in Note 2 of the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report. The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the Unites States ("U.S. GAAP") requires management to make significant judgments and estimates. Some accounting policies have a significant impact on amounts reported in these financial statements. Our financial position and results of operations may be materially different when reported under different conditions or when using different assumptions in the application of such policies. In the event estimates or assumptions prove to be different from actual amounts, adjustments are made in subsequent periods to reflect more current information. Significant accounting policies, including areas of critical management judgments and estimates, include the following:

 

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Revenue Recognition

 

Service revenues are principally generated from laboratory testing services including chemical diagnostic tests such as blood analysis and urine analysis. Net service revenues are recognized at the time the testing services are performed and are reported at their estimated net realizable amounts.

 

Net service revenues are determined utilizing gross service revenues net of contractual allowances. Even though it is the responsibility of the patient to pay for laboratory service bills, most individuals in the United States have an agreement with a third party payor such as Medicare, Medicaid or a commercial insurance provider to pay all or a portion of their healthcare expenses; the majority of services provided by Medytox are to patients covered under a third party payor contract. In certain cases, the individual has no insurance or does not provide insurance information. We estimate that 0% of self-pay billings will be collectible. The Company currently does not have any capitated agreements. In the remainder of the cases, Medytox is provided the third party billing information and seeks payment from the third party under the terms and conditions of the third party payor for health service providers like Medytox. Each of these third party payors may differ not only with regard to rates, but also with regard to terms and conditions of payment and providing coverage (reimbursement) for specific tests. Estimated revenues are established based on a series of procedures and judgments that require industry specific healthcare experience and an understanding of payor methods and trends.

 

We review our calculations on a monthly basis in order to make certain that we are properly allowing for the uncollectable portion of our gross billings and that our estimates remain sensitive to variances and changes within our payor groups. The contractual allowance calculation is made on the basis of historical allowance rates for the various specific payor groups on a monthly basis with a greater weight being given to the most recent trends; this process is adjusted based on recent changes in underlying contract provisions and shifts in the testing being performed. Bad debt expense represents our estimate of net revenues that will ultimately be uncollectable and is based upon our analysis of historical payment rates by specific payor groups on a monthly basis with primary weight being given to the most recent trends; this approach allows bad debt to more accurately adjust to short-term changes in the business environment. These two calculations are routinely analyzed by Medytox on the basis of actual allowances issued by payors and the actual payments made to determine what adjustments, if any, are needed.

 

Contractual Allowances and Doubtful Accounts

 

Accounts receivable are reported at realizable value, net of allowances for contractual credits and doubtful accounts, which are estimated and recorded in the period the related revenue is recorded. The Company has a standardized approach to estimate and review the collectability of its receivables based on a number of factors, including the period they have been outstanding. Historical collection and payer reimbursement experience is an integral part of the estimation process related to allowances for contractual credits and doubtful accounts. In addition, the Company regularly assesses the state of its billing operations in order to identify issues which may impact the collectability of these receivables or reserve estimates. Revisions to the allowances for doubtful accounts estimates are recorded as an adjustment to bad debt expense within selling, general and administrative expenses. Receivables deemed to be uncollectible are charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts at the time such receivables are written-off. Recoveries of receivables previously written-off are recorded as credits to the allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company accounts for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 360 "Property, Plant and Equipment". ASC 360 clarifies the accounting for the impairment of long-lived assets and for long-lived assets to be disposed of, including the disposal of business segments and major lines of business. Long-lived assets are reviewed when facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. When necessary, impaired assets are written down to estimated fair value based on the best information available. Estimated fair value is generally based on either appraised value or measured by discounting estimated future cash flows. Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate discounted future cash flows. Accordingly, actual results could vary significantly from such estimates.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company's balance sheet includes certain financial instruments. The carrying amounts of current assets and current liabilities approximate their fair value because of the relatively short period of time between the origination of these instruments and their expected realization.

 

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ASC 820 "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures" defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) a reporting entity's own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;
     
Level 2 -   Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates); and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means; and
     
Level 3 -   Inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

Stock Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for Stock-Based Compensation under ASC 718 "Compensation – Stock Compensation", which addresses the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services, with a primary focus on transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in share-based payment transactions. ASC 718 is a revision to SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," and supersedes Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," and its related implementation guidance. ASC 718 requires measurement of the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award (with limited exceptions). Incremental compensation costs arising from subsequent modifications of awards after the grant date must be recognized.

 

On September 25, 2013, the Company's board of directors approved and adopted the Medytox Solutions, Inc. 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan was approved by the holders of a majority of the voting stock of the Company on November 22, 2013. The Plan provides for the grant of shares of common stock, options, performance shares, performance units, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and other awards. As of December 31, 2013, no awards had been granted under the Plan. As of the date of this report, options to purchase 1,035,000 shares of common stock and 210,000 restricted shares of Common Stock have been granted to the Company's employees and consultants under the Plan.

 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation awards to non-employees in accordance with ASC 505-50, Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. Under ASC 505-50, the Company determines the fair value of the options, warrants or stock-based compensation awards granted as either the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. Any stock options or warrants issued to non-employees are recorded in expense and additional paid-in capital in stockholders' equity/(deficit) over the applicable service periods using variable accounting through the vesting dates based on the fair value of the options or warrants at the end of each period.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We currently have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

Not applicable.

 

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

Index Page
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – DKM Certified Public Accountants 37
Consolidated Financial Statements  
  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 38
  Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 39
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 40
  Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) for the Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 42
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 44

 

 

 

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2451 N. McMullen Booth Road

Suite.308

Clearwater, FL 33759

 

Toll fee: 855.334.0934

 

Fax: 800.581.1908

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Medytox Solutions, Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Medytox Solutions, Inc. as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related statements of operations, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity (deficit) for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Medytox Solutions, Inc. as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

/s/ DKM Certified Public Accountants

 

DKM Certified Public Accountants

Clearwater, Florida

March 26, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCAOB Registered
AICPA Member

 

 

 

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MEDYTOX SOLUTIONS, INC.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

    December 31,  
    2013     2012  
ASSETS            
             
Current assets:                
Cash   $ 4,141,416     $ 1,773,785  
Accounts receivable, net     10,986,368       3,269,180  
Deferred loan costs           77,192  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     194,137       109,697  
Deferred tax assets     1,748,600       1,980,600  
Assets attributable to disputed activity     1,367,796       1,367,796  
Total current assets     18,438,317       8,578,250  
                 
Property and equipment, net     2,156,381       598,741  
Other assets:                
Intangible assets     3,190,613       550,000  
Goodwill     1,425,999       1,050,912  
Deposits     96,747       70,368  
Total assets   $ 25,308,057     $ 10,848,271  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                
                 
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable   $ 1,755,965     $ 1,168,443  
Accrued expenses     2,855,884       1,026,922  
Loans and notes payable, related parties           242,100  
Income tax liabilities     6,052,740       1,883,900  
Disputed net income - Trident     397,918       397,918  
Current portion of notes payable     3,689,554       3,154,389  
Current portion of capital lease obligations     193,095        
Liabilities attributable to disputed activity     1,104,063       1,104,063  
Total current liabilities     16,049,219       8,977,735  
Other liabilities:                
Notes payable, net of current portion     42,107        
Capital lease obligations, net of current portion     405,718        
Deferred tax liabilities     41,800       36,100  
Total liabilities     16,538,844       9,013,835  
Commitments and contingencies                
Stockholders' equity:                
Preferred stock, 100,000,000 shares authorized:                
Series B preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 5,000 shares authorized, 5,000 and 5,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively     1       1  
Series C preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, nil and 1,000,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively           100  
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 29,996,386 and 29,533,753 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively     3,000       2,953  
Additional paid-in-capital     1,905,223       616,512  
Deferred issuance costs     (12,500 )      
Retained earnings     6,752,485       1,093,866  
Total Medytox Solutions stockholders' equity     8,648,209       1,713,432  
Noncontrolling interest     121,004       121,004  
Total stockholders' equity     8,769,213       1,834,436  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 25,308,057     $ 10,848,271  

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

    For the Year ended December 31,  
    2013     2012  
Revenues   $ 52,523,660     $ 21,076,357  
                 
Operating expenses:                
Direct costs of revenue     9,570,950       2,913,169  
General and administrative     13,479,879       6,112,016  
Legal fees related to disputed subsidiary     976,789       325,762  
Sales and marketing expenses     2,953,292       1,106,864  
Bad debt expense     10,634,789       7,021,945  
Depreciation and amortization     407,971       65,648  
Total operating expenses     38,023,670       17,545,404  
                 
Income from operations     14,499,990       3,530,953  
                 
Other income (expense):                
Other income     389       129  
Gain on settlement of debt           348,315  
Gain (loss) on settlement of assets     (27,413 )     2,546  
Loss on legal settlement     (169,800 )      
Interest expense     (474,649 )     (653,588 )
Total other income (expense)     (671,473 )     (302,598 )
Income before income taxes     13,828,517       3,228,355  
Provision for income taxes     5,568,600       481,400  
Net income from continuing operations     8,259,917       2,746,955  
Net income (loss) from disputed activity           (397,918 )
Net income attributable to Medytox Solutions     8,259,917       2,349,037  
Preferred stock dividends     2,601,298       50,000  
Net income attributable to Medytox Solutions common shareholders   $ 5,658,619     $ 2,299,037  
                 
Net income per common share - Basic and diluted   $ 0.19     $ 0.07  
                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period - Basic and diluted     29,654,703       30,795,073  

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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MEDYTOX SOLUTIONS, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

    For the Year ended December 31,  
    2013     2012  
Cash flows from operating activities:                
Net income   $ 8,259,917     $ 2,349,037  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operations:                
Depreciation and amortization     407,971       65,648  
Stock issued for services     62,500       225  
Stock-based compensation     452,500       235,001  
Stock-based consulting fees     85,000        
Increase in allowance for bad debts     2,324,045       7,021,945  
Accretion of loan costs as interest     181,141       244,758  
Accretion of beneficial conversion feature as interest     52,280        
(Gain) loss on disposal of equipment     27,413       (2,546 )
Gain on settlement of debt           (348,315 )
Disputed net income           397,918  
Assets attributable to disputed activity           753,830  
Liabilities attributable to disputed activity           (108,463 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable     (10,041,233 )     (10,107,742 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (84,440 )     (108,697 )
Deferred tax assets     232,000       (1,256,700 )
Security deposits     (26,379 )     (67,225 )
Accounts payable     527,571       726,831  
Accrued expenses     1,827,655       840,242  
Income tax liabilities     4,168,840       1,332,200  
Deferred tax liabilities     5,700       36,100  
Net cash provided by operating activities     8,462,481       2,004,047  
Cash flows used in investing activities:                
Purchase of property and equipment     (1,097,766 )     (491,545 )
Cash received in sale of property and equipment     750       25,373  
Cash paid for acquistions     (735,052 )     (101,000 )
Cash received in acquisitions     3,735       21,203  
Net cash used in investing activities     (1,828,333 )     (545,969 )
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:                
Proceeds from the sale of common stock     286,000        
Deferred issuance costs     (12,500 )      
Deferred loan costs     (103,949 )     (121,950 )
Dividends on Series B preferred stock     (2,601,298 )     (50,000 )
Payments made on repurchase agreements           (385,200 )
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable     1,300,000       1,755,200  
Payments on notes payable     (2,700,193 )     (971,536 )
Payments on capital lease obligations     (139,577 )      
Proceeds from issuance of related party loans           413,093  
Payments on related party loans     (195,000 )     (321,003 )
Common stock repurchased from lender     (100,000 )     (100,000 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     (4,266,517 )     218,604  
Net increase in cash     2,367,631       1,676,682  
Cash at beginning of year     1,773,785       97,103  
Cash at end of year   $ 4,141,416     $ 1,773,785  

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Continued

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

 

  For the Year ended December 31,  
    2013     2012  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:            
Cash paid for interest   $ 342,672     $ 336,039  
Cash paid for taxes   $ 1,162,060     $  
                 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:                
Net liabilities (assets) acquired in acquisitions, net of cash   $ 1,565,613     $ (437,329 )
Intangible assets   $ (2,640,613 )   $ (248,800 )
Notes payable issued   $ 1,075,000     $ 565,125  
Noncontrolling interest   $     $ 121,004  
                 
Property and equipment acquired with issuance of notes payable   $ (56,603 )   $ (101,032 )
Notes payable issued   $ 56,603     $ 101,032  
                 
Capital lease assets acquired   $ (322,441 )   $  
Capital lease obligations   $ 322,441     $  
                 
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to common stock:                
Common stock   $ 21     $  
Series C preferred stock   $ (100 )   $  
Additional paid in capital   $ 79     $  
                 
Conversion of note payable to common stock:                
Notes payable   $     $ (50,317 )
Common stock   $     $ 2  
Additional paid in capital   $     $ 50,315  
                 
Related party loans forgiven:                
Loans and notes payable, related parties   $ (47,100 )   $  
Additional paid in capital   $ 47,100     $  
                 
Beneficial conversion feature of convertible notes payable:                
Notes payable   $ (55,558 )   $  
Additional paid in capital   $ 55,558     $  
                 
Adjustment to purchase price for Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc.:                
Goodwill   $ 24,913     $  
Notes payable issued   $ (24,677 )   $  
Accrued expenses   $ (236 )   $  
                 
Adjustment to purchase price for Medical Billing Choices, Inc.:                
Goodwill   $ (400,000 )   $  
Common stock   $ 16     $  
Additional paid in capital   $ 399,984     $  
               
Exchange of repurchase agreements and common stock to Series C preferred stock:                
Common stock cancelled   $     $ (1,658 )
Series C preferred stock   $     $ 100  
Additional paid in capital   $     $ 1,558  
Repurchase agreements payable   $     $ (926,675 )
Treasury stock   $     $ 926,675  
                 
Treasury stock retired and cancelled                
Common stock cancelled   $     $ (823 )
Additional paid in capital   $     $ (406,877 )
Treasury stock   $     $ 407,700  
                 
Common stock issued as inducement for loan:                
Deferred loan costs   $     $ (200,000 )
Common stock   $     $ 8  
Additional paid in capital   $     $ 199,992  

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012

 

                              Total  
                          Accu-   stock-  
  Preferred stock   Common stock   Additional       Deferred   Non-   mulated   holders'  
  Non-designated   Series B   Series C           paid-in   Treasury   issuance   controlling   deficit /   equity  
  Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   capital   stock   costs   interests   earnings   (deficit)  
Balance, December 31, 2011                           30,764,800     3,076     515,761     (1,334,375 )       703,202     (1,082,285 )   (1,194,621 )
Common stock issued as inducement for loan                           80,000     8     199,992                     200,000  
Common stock repurchased from lender and cancelled                           (40,000 )   (4 )   (99,996 )                   (100,000 )
Common stock repurchased under repurchase agreements cancelled                           (8,233,100 )   (823 )   (406,877 )   407,700                  
Repurchase agreements exchanged for Series C preferred stock and common stock cancelled                   1,000,000     100     (16,580,575 )   (1,658 )   1,558     926,675                 926,675  
Common stock issued in exchange for notes payable                           20,128     2     50,315                     50,317  
Common stock issued for services                           22,500     2     223                     225  
Common stock issued to executives as compensation                           23,500,000     2,350     232,650                     235,000  
Series B preferred stock issued to executives as compensation           5,000     1                                         1  
Acquisition of subsidiaries                                               121,004         121,004  
Disputed activity                                   122,886             (703,202 )   (122,886 )   (703,202 )
Dividends on Series B preferred stock                                                   (50,000 )   (50,000 )
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2012                                                   2,349,037     2,349,037  
Balance, December 31, 2012     $     5,000   $ 1     1,000,000   $ 100     29,533,753   $ 2,953   $ 616,512   $   $   $ 121,004   $ 1,093,866   $ 1,834,436  

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

Continued

 

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Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (Continued)

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012

 

                              Total  
                          Accu-   stock-  
  Preferred stock   Common stock   Additional       Deferred   Non-   mulated   holders'  
  Non-designated   Series B   Series C           paid-in   Treasury   issuance   controlling   deficit /   equity  
  Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   capital   stock   costs   interests   earnings   (deficit)  
Balance, December 31, 2012     $     5,000   $ 1     1,000,000   $ 100     29,533,753   $ 2,953   $ 616,512   $   $   $ 121,004   $ 1,093,866   $ 1,834,436  
Common stock issued for cash                           114,400     11     285,989                     286,000  
Common stock issued for services                           25,000     3     62,497                     62,500  
Common stock issued in acquisition of Medical Billing Choices, Inc.                           160,000     16     399,984                     400,000  
Warrants issued for settlement of subsidiary obligations                                   85,000                     85,000  
Stock options issued                                   452,500                     452,500  
Common stock repurchased from lender and cancelled                           (40,000 )   (4 )   (99,996 )                   (100,000 )
Conversion of Series C preferred stock to common stock                   (1,000,000 )   (100 )   203,233     21     79                      
Beneficial conversion feature                                   55,558                     55,558  
Capital contribution                                   47,100                     47,100  
Deferred issuance costs                                           (12,500 )           (12,500 )
Dividends on Series B preferred stock                                                   (2,601,298 )   (2,601,298 )

Net income for the year ended

December 31, 2013

                                                  8,259,917     8,259,917  
Balance, December 31, 2013     $     5,000   $ 1       $     29,996,386   $ 3,000   $ 1,905,223   $   $ (12,500 ) $ 121,004   $ 6,752,485   $ 8,769,213  

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 1 – Organization, Nature of Business and Presentation

 

Organization

 

Medytox Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”), was incorporated in Nevada on July 20, 2005 as Casino Players, Inc. In the first half of 2011, Company management decided to reorganize the operations of the Company as a holding company to acquire and manage a number of companies in the medical services sector.

 

On June 22, 2011, the Company organized Medytox Medical Management Solutions Corp. ("MMMSC"), a Florida corporation, as a wholly-owned subsidiary.  MMMSC was a marketing company selling laboratory testing services to medical clinics, hospitals and physicians’ offices.   On October 15, 2013, MMMSC changed its name to Medytox Information Technology, Inc. (“MIT”). MIT provides information technology services and solutions to all subsidiaries and customers of the Company and operates from the corporate offices in West Palm Beach, Florida.

 

On July 26, 2011, the Company organized Medytox Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Inc. ("MILM"), a Florida corporation, as a wholly-owned subsidiary.  MILM was organized to acquire and manage medical testing laboratories.  MILM operates from the corporate offices in West Palm Beach, Florida.

 

On August 22, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of Medical Billing Choices, Inc. ("MBC"), a privately-owned North Carolina corporation, through a stock purchase agreement for cash and an installment note.  MBC operates a medical billing service for a variety of medical providers throughout the southeastern United States from offices in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Since the acquisition, MBC is the main billing company for the Company's laboratories.  

 

On February 6, 2012, the Company formed Medytox Diagnostics Inc. (“MDI”), a Florida corporation, as a wholly-owned subsidiary to acquire and build clinical laboratories. MDI operates from the corporate offices in West Palm Beach, Florida.

 

On February 16, 2012, MDI acquired majority interest in Collectaway LLC, now known as PB Laboratories, LLC ("PB Labs"), a Florida limited liability company.   On October 31, 2012, MDI acquired the remaining noncontrolling interest in PB Labs.  As of October 31, 2012, PB Labs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MDI.  

 

On March 9, 2012, the Company formed Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc. (“MMMS”), a Florida corporation, as a wholly-owned subsidiary that provides marketing for clinical laboratories that are owned by the Company.

 

On December 7, 2012, MDI acquired a majority interest in Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc. (“Biohealth”), a Florida corporation.   

 

On January 1, 2013, MDI purchased 100% of the stock of Alethea Laboratories, Inc. ("Alethea").  Althea operates a licensed clinical lab in Las Cruces, New Mexico and is an enrolled Medicare provider.  

 

On January 29, 2013, MDI formed Advantage Reference Labs, Inc. (“Advantage”), a Florida corporation, as a wholly-owned subsidiary that will provide reference, confirmation and clinical testing services. On October 14, 2013, Advantage changed its name to EPIC Reference Labs, Inc. (“EPIC”).

 

On April 4, 2013, MDI purchased 100% of the interests in International Technologies, LLC ("Tech").  In October 2013, Tech began doing business as NJ Reference Labs (“NJ Ref”). NJ Ref operates a licensed clinical lab in Waldwick, New Jersey and is an enrolled Medicare provider.  

 

Nature of Operations

 

The Company operates in the medical services segment.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 1 – Organization, Nature of Business and Presentation (Continued)

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain items on the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012 have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant areas of estimate include the impairment of assets and rates for amortization, accrued liabilities, future income tax obligations and the inputs used in calculating stock-based compensation and transactions. Actual results could differ from those estimates and would impact future results of operations and cash flows.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Medytox Solutions, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Medytox Information Technology, Inc., Medytox Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Inc., Medical Billing Choices, Inc., Medytox Diagnostics, Inc., PB Laboratories, LLC, Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc., Alethea Laboratories, Inc., EPIC Reference Labs, Inc., and International Technologies, LLC, and its majority-owned subsidiary, Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc.  Due to the dispute with Trident and its selling shareholders (see Note – 4), the accounts of Trident Laboratories, Inc. have been excluded from consolidation.  In addition, a disputed net income reserve of $397,918 has been established as of December 31, 2012 representing all of Trident’s net income recognized by the Company since August 22, 2011, the date of acquisition.  All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid temporary cash investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, the Company had no cash equivalents.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Service revenues are principally generated from laboratory testing services including chemical diagnostic tests such as blood analysis and urine analysis. Net service revenues are recognized at the time the testing services are performed and are reported at their estimated net realizable amounts.

 

Net service revenues are determined utilizing gross service revenues net of contractual allowances. Even though it is the responsibility of the patient to pay for laboratory service bills, most individuals in the United States have an agreement with a third party payor such as Medicare, Medicaid or a commercial insurance provider to pay all or a portion of their healthcare expenses; the majority of services provided by Medytox are to patients covered under a third party payor contract. In certain cases, the individual has no insurance or does not provide insurance information. We estimate that 0% of self-pay billings will be collectible. The Company currently does not have any capitated agreements. In the remainder of the cases, Medytox is provided the third party billing information and seeks payment from the third party under the terms and conditions of the third party payor for health service providers like Medytox. Each of these third party payors may differ not only with regard to rates, but also with regard to terms and conditions of payment and providing coverage (reimbursement) for specific tests. Estimated revenues are established based on a series of procedures and judgments that require industry specific healthcare experience and an understanding of payor methods and trends.

 

We review our calculations on a monthly basis in order to make certain that we are properly allowing for the uncollectable portion of our gross billings and that our estimates remain sensitive to variances and changes within our payor groups. The contractual allowance calculation is made on the basis of historical allowance rates for the various specific payor groups on a monthly basis with a greater weight being given to the most recent trends; this process is adjusted based on recent changes in underlying contract provisions and shifts in the testing being performed. Bad debt expense represents our estimate of net revenues that will ultimately be uncollectable and is based upon our analysis of historical payment rates by specific payor groups on a monthly basis with primary weight being given to the most recent trends; this approach allows bad debt to more accurately adjust to short-term changes in the business environment. These two calculations are routinely analyzed by Medytox on the basis of actual allowances issued by payors and the actual payments made to determine what adjustments, if any, are needed.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Contractual Allowances and Doubtful Accounts Policy

 

Accounts receivable are reported at realizable value, net of allowances for contractual credits and doubtful accounts, which are estimated and recorded in the period the related revenue is recorded. The Company has a standardized approach to estimate and review the collectibility of its receivables based on a number of factors, including the period they have been outstanding. Historical collection and payer reimbursement experience is an integral part of the estimation process related to allowances for contractual credits and doubtful accounts. In addition, the Company regularly assesses the state of its billing operations in order to identify issues which may impact the collectibility of these receivables or reserve estimates. Revisions to the allowances for doubtful accounts estimates are recorded as an adjustment to bad debt expense within selling, general and administrative expenses. Receivables deemed to be uncollectible are charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts at the time such receivables are written-off. Recoveries of receivables previously written-off are recorded as credits to the allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, management recorded allowances for uncollectible accounts in the amount of $3,621,814 and $1,297,769, respectively.  Bad debt expense was $10,634,789 and $7,021,945 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company accounts for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360 “Property, Plant and Equipment”. ASC 360 clarifies the accounting for the impairment of long-lived assets and for long-lived assets to be disposed of, including the disposal of business segments and major lines of business. Long-lived assets are reviewed when facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. When necessary, impaired assets are written down to estimated fair value based on the best information available. Estimated fair value is generally based on either appraised value or measured by discounting estimated future cash flows. Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate discounted future cash flows. Accordingly, actual results could vary significantly from such estimates.  The Company did not recognize any impairment losses for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company’s balance sheet includes certain financial instruments. The carrying amounts of current assets and current liabilities approximate their fair value because of the relatively short period of time between the origination of these instruments and their expected realization.

 

ASC 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) a reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates); and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means; and

 

Level 3 - fair value measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

 

Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of December 31, 2013 and 2012. The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

 

The Company applied ASC 820 for all non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. The adoption of ASC 820 for non-financial assets and liabilities did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012 the fair values of the Company’s financial instruments approximate their historical carrying amount.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Advertising

 

The costs of advertising are expensed as incurred.  Advertising expense was $21,550 and $111,691 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  Advertising expenses are included in the Company’s operating expenses.

 

Stock Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for Stock-Based Compensation under ASC 718 “Compensation – Stock Compensation”, which addresses the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services, with a primary focus on transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in share-based payment transactions. ASC 718-10 requires measurement of the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. Incremental compensation costs arising from subsequent modifications of awards after the grant date must be recognized.  

 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation awards to non-employees in accordance with ASC 505-50, Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. Under ASC 505-50, the Company determines the fair value of the warrants or stock-based compensation awards granted as either the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. Any stock options or warrants issued to non-employees are recorded in expense and additional paid-in capital in stockholders' equity over the applicable service periods using variable accounting through the vesting dates based on the fair value of the options or warrants at the end of each period.

 

The Company issues stock to consultants for various services. The costs for these transactions are measured at the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. The value of the common stock is measured at the earlier of (i) the date at which a firm commitment for performance by the counterparty to earn the equity instruments is reached or (ii) the date at which the counterparty's performance is complete. The Company recognized consulting expense and a corresponding increase to additional paid-in-capital related to stock issued for services.

 

Income Taxes

 

Income taxes are accounted for under the liability method of accounting for income taxes.  Under the liability method, future tax liabilities and assets are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the amounts reported in the financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.  Future tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted or substantially enacted income tax rates expected to apply when the asset is realized or the liability settled.  The effect of a change in income tax rates on future income tax liabilities and assets is recognized in income in the period that the change occurs.  Future income tax assets are recognized to the extent that they are considered more likely than not to be realized.

 

The FASB has issued ASC 740 “Income Taxes”.  ASC 740 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements.  This standard requires a company to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination based upon the technical merits of the position. If the more-likely-than-not threshold is met, a company must measure the tax position to determine the amount to recognize in the financial statements.

 

As a result of the implementation of this standard, the Company performed a review of its material tax positions in accordance with recognition and measurement standards established by ASC 740 and concluded that the tax position of the Company has not met the more-likely-than-not threshold as of December 31, 2013.

 

Basic and Diluted Income Per Share

 

The Company computes income per share in accordance with ASC 260, "Earnings per Share", which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) on the face of the statement of operations.  Basic EPS is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.  Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential shares of common stock outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and convertible preferred stock using the if-converted method.  In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants.  Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive.  As of December 31, 2013, there were a total of 23,170,000 stock options outstanding to purchase shares of common stock, 346,400 warrants outstanding to purchase shares of common stock, a $100,000 convertible debenture convertible into 40,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, and $500,000 of convertible notes payable convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a 10% discount to the average market price for the thirty days prior to conversion.  However, these potentially dilutive shares are considered to be anti-dilutive and are therefore not included in the calculation of income per share.  

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Segment Information

 

In accordance with the provisions of ASC 280-10, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”, the Company is required to report financial and descriptive information about its reportable operating segments. The Company does not consider itself to have any operating segments as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.

 

Note 3 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-04,”Liabilities (Topic 405)” , which provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements. The guidance requires an entity to measure those obligations as the sum of the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The guidance also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. ASU 2013-04 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2013. We do not believe the adoption of ASU 2013-04 will have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

 

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-02, “Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.” ASU 2013-02 requires disclosure of the amounts reclassified out of each component of accumulated other comprehensive income and into net earnings during the reporting period and is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. We do not believe the adoption of ASU 2013−02 will have a material impact on the measurement of net earnings or other comprehensive income.

 

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-11, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” and in January 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-01, “Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities”. ASU 2011-11, as clarified, enhances disclosures surrounding offsetting (netting) assets and liabilities. The clarified standard applies to derivatives, repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions and requires companies to disclose gross and net information about financial instruments and derivatives eligible for offset and to disclose financial instruments and derivatives subject to master netting arrangements in financial statements. The clarified standard did not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.

 

In October 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-04, “Technical Corrections and Improvements” in Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-04. The amendments in this update cover a wide range of Topics in the Accounting Standards Codification. These amendments include technical corrections and improvements to the Accounting Standards Codification and conforming amendments related to fair value measurements. The amendments in this update is effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The adoption of ASU 2012-04 did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

 

Management does not believe any recently issued but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s present or future financial statements.

 

Note 4 – Disputed Subsidiary

 

On July 2, 2013, a jury awarded our wholly-owned subsidiary, Medytox Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Inc. ("MILM"), $2,906,844 on its breach of contract claim against Trident Laboratories, Inc. ("Trident"), and its shareholders and awarded Seamus Lagan $750,000 individually against Christopher Hawley for Mr. Hawley's defamatory postings on the internet.  The jury rejected every claim made against the MILM parties. Trident’s appeal has been dismissed and the appeals of the shareholders are pending.

 

The case arose from the August 22, 2011 agreement among MILM and Trident and its shareholders pursuant to which MILM was to acquire 81% of Trident.  On January 17, 2012, Trident notified MILM that it was rescinding the agreement. As a result, MILM filed suit against Trident and its shareholders in Florida Circuit Court in Broward County.  The jury found that Trident and its shareholders breached the agreement and failed to perform their obligations thereunder.  

 

Legal fees related to the lawsuit were $976,789 and $325,762 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 4 – Disputed Subsidiary (Continued)

 

The Company has not received any financial statements of Trident since August 31, 2012.  These consolidated financial statements were prepared without the missing activity.  Management believes that the missing activity is immaterial to the consolidated financial statements as a whole.  The Company established a disputed net income reserve of $397,918 as of December 31, 2012, representing all of Trident's net income recognized by the Company since August 22, 2011, the date of acquisition.  The assets and liabilities of Trident have been condensed and presented as assets, or liabilities, attributable to disputed activity in the December 31, 2013 and 2012 consolidated balance sheets.  A separate $389,135 of commissions payable on Trident sales is included in liabilities attributable to disputed activity as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.  

 

Assets and liabilities of the disputed subsidiary as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

 

Total assets   $ 1,367,796  
         
Total liabilities   $ 1,104,063  

 

Note 5 – Long Lived Assets

 

Property and equipment at December 31, 2013 and 2012 consisted of the following:

 

    December 31,  
    2013     2012  
             
Medical equipment   $ 655,125     $ 269,931  
                 
Equipment     111,265       37,140  
                 
Equipment under capital leases     980,948        
                 
Furniture     206,587       66,606  
                 
Leasehold improvements     243,983       47,197  
                 
Vehicles     177,534       70,828  
                 
Computer equipment     235,507       85,478  
                 
Software     285,175       196,711  
                 
      2,896,124       773,891  
                 
Less accumulated depreciation     (739,743 )     (175,150 )
                 
Property and equipment, net   $ 2,156,381     $ 598,741  

 

Depreciation of property and equipment was $407,971 and $65,648 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

The Company’s management has performed a valuation of the identifiable intangible assets, including medical licenses, of Alethea Laboratories, Inc. and International Technologies, LLC (see Note – 13 Business Combinations). As a result, the Company has recorded medical licenses acquired from all acquisitions in the amount of $3,190,613 and $550,000 as intangible property as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The medical licenses include licenses for Medicare and Medicaid, COLA Laboratory Accreditation, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and State of Florida (AHCA) Clinical Laboratory Licenses, and have indefinite lives. As such, there was no amortization of intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

 

Management periodically reviews the valuation of long-lived assets for potential impairments.  Management has not recognized an impairment of these assets to date, and does not anticipate any negative impact from known current business developments.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 6 – Accrued Expenses

 

Accrued expenses at December 31, 2013 and 2012 consisted of the following:

 

    December 31,  
    2013     2012  
             
Commissions payable   $ 277,731     $  
                 
Dividends payable     360,726        
                 
Accrued payroll and related liabilities     114,471       283,490  
                 
Accrued bonuses     1,900,000       500,000  
                 
Accrued interest     46,842       146,943  
                 
Other accrued expenses     156,114       96,489  
                 
Accrued expenses   $ 2,855,884     $ 1,026,922  

 

The accrual of bonuses was approved by the Company’s board of directors on February 6, 2014.

 

Note 7 – Notes Payable

 

The Company and its subsidiaries are party to a number of loans with affiliates and unrelated parties.  At December 31, 2013 and 2012, notes payable consisted of the following:

 

    December 31,  
    2013     2012  
Convertible debenture for working capital, dated September 15, 2011, in the amount of $500,000 and bearing interest at 20%. Interest only payments are payable monthly.  The note is convertible at $2.50 per share. The due date of the note was extended from October 31, 2013 to February 5, 2014 by the lender.  This note is subordinated to the loan from TCA Global Credit Master Fund, L.P. ("TCA") and is secured by the assets of the Company, Medytox Information Technology Inc. ("MIT") and Trident.   $ 100,000     $ 500,000  
                 
Loan for working capital, dated September 15, 2011, in the amount of $500,000 and bearing interest at 20%. Interest and principal were payable in 10 equal payments ending August 31, 2013. This note was subordinated to the loan from TCA and was secured by the assets of the Company, MIT and Trident.           150,000  
                 
Acquisition note to former shareholders of Medical Billing Choices, Inc. ("MBC") in the amount of $750,000, with interest at 6%, payable by August 22, 2013.           449,512  
                 
Loan from TCA. Principal of $2,475,000 and $1,725,000, respectively, payable by January 15, 2014. The note was extended from January 15, 2014 to September 15, 2014, and is secured by all assets of the Company and its subsidiaries (other than Trident and MBC). See "TCA Global" below.     2,475,000       1,725,000  
                 
Acquisition note to former member of PB Laboratories, LLC for 50.5% ownership, in the amount of $200,000 at 6% interest, with payments of $50,000 quarterly starting May 17, 2012.           50,000  

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 7 – Notes Payable (Continued)

 

    December 31,  
    2013     2012  
             
Acquisition note to former member of PB Laboratories, LLC for 49.5% ownership, in the amount of $200,000 at 0% interest, with payments of $50,000 quarterly starting January 31, 2013.           150,000  
                 
Acquisition note to former shareholder of Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc. for 50.5% ownership, in the amount of $165,125 at 0% interest, with payments of $75,000 due quarterly starting February 7, 2013 and a final payment of $15,125 due on August 7, 2013. In May 2013, a final settlement was reached with the former shareholder and the remaining balance of $24,677 as of May 31, 2013 was discharged.           99,677  
                 
Short-term note from affiliate, non-interest bearing and is due on demand.           30,200  
                 
Acquisition note No.1 to former shareholder of Alethea Laboratories, Inc. in the amount of $287,500 at 0% interest, with payments of $50,000 due quarterly starting April 1, 2013.     150,000        
                 
Acquisition note No. 2 to former shareholder of Alethea Laboratories, Inc. in the amount of $287,500 at 0% interest, with payments of $50,000 due quarterly starting April 1, 2013.     150,000        
                 
Loan from former shareholders of Alethea Laboratories, Inc. in the amount of $344,650 at 4% interest, with principal payments of $24,618 due monthly starting March 15, 2013.     98,471        
                 
Commercial loan with a finance company, dated December 20, 2012, in the original amount of $18,249 and bearing interest at 12.59%. Principal and interest payments in the amount of $364 are payable for 72 months ending on January 3, 2019. This note is secured by a lien on a vehicle with a carrying value of $16,623 at December 31, 2013.     15,845        
                 
Commercial loan with a finance company, dated November 15, 2012, in the original amount of $18,008 and bearing interest at 15.07%.  Principal and interest payments in the amount of $384 are payable for 72 months ending on November 30, 2018. This note is secured by a lien on a vehicle with a carrying value of $16,430 at December 31, 2013.     16,279        
                 
Commercial loan with a finance company, dated November 28, 2012, in the original amount of $20,345 and bearing interest at 8.99%. Principal and interest payments in the amount of $368 are payable for 72 months ending on January 12, 2019. This note is secured by a lien on a vehicle with a carrying value of $18,300 at December 31, 2013.     17,676        

 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 7 – Notes Payable (Continued)

 

    December 31,  
    2013     2012  
             
Acquisition convertible note No. 1 to former member of International Technologies, LLC in the amount of $250,000 at 5% interest, due January 17, 2014.  The note is convertible into the Company's common stock at a ten percent (10%) discount to the average market price for the thirty days prior to conversion. The note is discounted for its unamortized beneficial conversion feature of $1,639 at December 31, 2013.     248,361        
                 
Acquisition convertible note No. 2 to former member of International Technologies, LLC in the amount of $250,000 at 5% interest, due January 17, 2014.  The note is convertible into the Company's common stock at a ten percent (10%) discount to the average market price for the thirty days prior to conversion. The note is discounted for its unamortized beneficial conversion feature of $1,639 at December 31, 2013.     248,361        
                 
Loan from former member of International Technologies, LLC in the remaining amount of $416,667 at the date of acquisition, at 1% interest, with principal payments of $83,333 due quarterly starting June 7, 2013.     166,668        
                 
Loan from former member of International Technologies, LLC in the remaining amount of $112,500 at the date of acquisition, at 1% interest, with principal payments of $22,500 due quarterly starting June 7, 2013.     45,000        
                 
                 
      3,731,661       3,154,389  
                 
Less current portion     (3,689,554 )     (3,154,389 )
                 
Notes payable, net of current portion   $ 42,107     $  
                 

 

TCA Global

 

On May 14, 2012, the Company borrowed $550,000 from TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP (the "Lender") pursuant to the terms of the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012 (the "Credit Agreement"), among Medytox, MMMS, MDI, PB Labs and the Lender.  The funds were used for general corporate purposes. Under the Credit Agreement, Medytox may borrow up to an amount equal to the lesser of 80% of its Eligible Accounts (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the revolving loan commitment, which initially was $550,000.  

 

Medytox could request that the revolving loan commitment be raised by various specified amounts at specified times, up to an initial maximum of $4,000,000.  In each case, whether to agree to any such increase in the revolving loan commitment was in the Lender's sole discretion.  

 

On August 9, 2012, the Company borrowed an additional $525,000 in a second round of funding.  These additional funds were also used for general corporate purposes.  In this second round of funding, certain changes were made to the terms of the Credit Agreement:

 

  · the revolving loan commitment was increased from $550,000 to $1,100,000 and was subject to further increase, up to a maximum of $4,000,000, in the Lender's sole discretion;
  · the maturity date of the loan was extended to February 8, 2013 from the original maturity date of November 30, 2012 (subject to the Lender's continuing ability to call the loan upon 60 days written notice); and
  · a prepayment penalty was added of 5% if substantially all of the loan is prepaid between 91 and 180 days prior to the maturity date, or 2.50% if substantially all of the loan is prepaid within 90 days of the maturity date.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 7 – Notes Payable (Continued)

 

TCA Global (Continued)

 

On December 4, 2012, the Company borrowed an additional $650,000 in a third round of funding.  These additional funds were used for general corporate purposes.  In this third round of funding, certain additional changes were made to the terms of the Credit Agreement:

 

  · the revolving loan commitment was increased from $1,100,000 to $1,725,000 and was subject to further increase, up to a maximum of $15,000,000, in the Lender's sole discretion;
  · the maturity date of the loan was extended to September 3, 2013 from the previous maturity date of February 8, 2013 (subject to the Lender's continuing ability to call the loan upon 60 days written notice); and
  · a covenant was added to require that any subsidiary that is formed, acquired or otherwise becomes a subsidiary must guarantee the loan and pledge substantially all of its assets as security for the loan.

 

On March 4, 2013, Medytox borrowed an additional $800,000 from the Lender pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 3 to Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2013 ("Amendment No. 3"). These additional funds were used in accordance with management's discretion. In connection with Amendment No. 3, Advantage Reference Labs, Inc., a newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Medytox, now known as EPIC Reference Labs, Inc. ("EPIC"), entered into a Guaranty Agreement to guaranty the TCA loan and a Security Agreement to pledge substantially all its assets to secure its guaranty.

 

In connection with Amendment No. 3, Medytox executed an Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note, due September 4, 2013, in the amount of $2,525,000.

 

On July 15, 2013, Medytox borrowed an additional $500,000 from the Lender pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 4 to Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2013 ("Amendment No. 4"). These additional funds were used in accordance with management's discretion. In connection with Amendment No. 4, each of International Technologies, LLC ("International") and Alethea Laboratories, Inc. ("Alethea"), wholly-owned subsidiaries of Medytox, entered into a Guaranty Agreement to guaranty the TCA loan and a Security Agreement to pledge substantially all of its assets to secure its guaranty. The maturity date of the loan was extended to January 15, 2014 from the previous maturity date of September 3, 2013 (subject to the Lender’s continuing ability to call the loan upon 60 days written notice).

 

In connection with Amendment No. 4, Medytox executed an Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note, due January 15, 2014, in the amount of $3,025,000. Except as amended through Amendment No. 4, the terms of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect. On August 12, 2013, the Company made a payment of $550,000 on the note. The note has been extended by the lender from January 15, 2014 to September 15, 2014.

 

Deferred Loan Costs

 

The Company has incurred certain loan costs as inducement for loans and has recorded them as deferred loan costs.  The loan costs are amortized as interest expense on a straight-line basis over the life of the loan. Deferred loan costs at December 30, 2013 and 2012 consisted of the following:

 

    December 31,  
    2013     2012  
             
Deferred loan costs   $ 425,899     $ 321,950  
Less accumulated accretion as interest     (425,899 )     (244,758 )
                 
Deferred loan costs, net   $ -0-     $ 77,192  

 

Note 8 – Related Party Transactions

 

William Forhan, the Chief Executive Officer, and a director and shareholder of the Company, had advanced loans to the Company for the payment of certain operating expenses.  The loans were non-interest bearing and were due on demand. The amount outstanding to Mr. Forhan was $57,100 at December 31, 2012. During the year ended December 31, 2013, $10,000 was paid and the remaining $47,100 was released by Mr. Forhan. The $47,100 is recorded as a capital contribution as additional paid in capital.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 8 – Related Party Transactions (Continued)

 

Alcimede LLC, of which a shareholder of the Company is the managing member, had advanced loans to the Company for the payment of certain operating expenses. The loans were non-interest bearing and were due on demand. The amount outstanding to Alcimede was $85,000 at December 31, 2012. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the $85,000 was paid along with a one-time interest charge of $18,417. Alcimede was paid $240,000 and $240,000 for consulting fees pursuant to a consulting agreement for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company reimbursed Alcimede $520,334 and $71,422 for certain operating expenses and asset purchases paid by Alcimede on the Company’s behalf in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

A selling shareholder of MBC had advanced loans to the Company for the payment of certain operating expenses.  The loans were non-interest bearing and were due on demand. The amount outstanding to the selling shareholder was $100,000 at December 31, 2012 and was paid during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

On September 10, 2012, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with DASH Software, LLC (“DASH”) for the purchase of certain software utilized by the Company in its operations for $150,000. Sharon Hollis, a Vice President and shareholder of the Company, is the managing member of DASH. During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company paid $33,070 and $116,930 to DASH, respectively, pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement. As of December 31, 2013, the purchase is fully paid.

 

In connection with the Company's acquisition of MBC, Dr. Thomas Mendolia, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Laboratories and a shareholder, entered into an agreement with the selling shareholders of MBC to receive 20% of the purchase price of MBC as it was paid by the Company and 0.88% of the gross collections that MBC collected for the Company.  Pursuant to this agreement, Dr. Mendolia received $29,625 for the year ended December 31, 2011, $90,152 during the year ended December 31, 2012 and $103,583 during the six months ended June 30, 2013 for a total of $223,360. Pursuant to the completion of the acquisition of MBC on July 22, 2013, the Company and Dr. Mendolia agreed that the $223,360 would be paid back to MBC and payment was received in July 2013. The Company reimbursed Dr. Mendolia $252,841 and $48,786 for certain operating expenses and asset purchases paid by Dr. Mendolia on the Company’s behalf in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

At December 31, 2011, senior management had deferred compensation of $291,766.   During the year ended December 31, 2012, $15,000 was paid and the remaining $276,766 was released by senior management.  The $276,766 is included in gain on settlement of debt (see Note 11).

 

Note 9 – Capital Lease Obligations

 

The Company leases various assets under capital leases expiring in 2020 as follows:

 

    December 31,  
    2013     2012  
             
Medical equipment   $ 980,948     $  
Less accumulated depreciation     (364,726 )      
                 
Net   $ 616,222     $  

 

Depreciation expense on assets under capital leases was $137,306 for the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 9 – Capital Lease Obligations (Continued)

 

Aggregate future minimum rentals under capital leases are as follows:

 

December 31,          
2014     $ 203,865  
2015       208,612  
2016       82,058  
2017       35,575  
2018       35,575  
Thereafter       68,186  
             
Total     633,871  
             
Less interest:       35,058  
             
Present value of minimum lease payments       598,813  
             
Less current portion of capital lease obligations       193,095  
             
Capital lease obligations, net of current portion     $ 405,718  

 

Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity

 

Authorized Capital

 

The Company has 500,000,000 authorized shares of Common Stock at $0.0001 par value and 100,000,000 authorized shares of Preferred Stock at a par value of $0.0001.

 

On October 1, 2012, the Company filed a certificate of designation with the Secretary of State of Nevada to designate 5,000 shares of Series B Non-convertible Preferred Stock, at $0.0001 par value per share.  The Series B shares do not include any voting rights and allow for monthly dividends in an amount equal to the sum of 1) 10% of the amount of gross sales in excess of $1 million collected in the ordinary course of business, not to exceed $150,000, and 2) 15% of the amount of gross sales in excess of $2.5 million collected in the ordinary course of business.

 

On October 7, 2012, the Company filed a certificate of designation with the Secretary of State of Nevada to designate 1,000,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, at $0.0001 par value per share.  The Series C shares were convertible into shares of Common Stock by the quotient of 1 divided by the product of 0.80 multiplied by the market price of the Company’s Common Stock at the date of conversion.  The Series C shares also included voting rights of 25 votes for every share of Series C Preferred Stock and were entitled to dividends at the same time any dividend was paid or declared on any shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

Preferred Stock

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 5,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock to executives as compensation.  The shares were valued at par totaling $1 and charged to operations.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Series B Preferred shareholders agreed to limit their dividend for 2012 to a total of $50,000.  The dividend was paid on December 6, 2012.  If the dividend had not been limited, the Series B shareholders would have received $281,430. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Series B preferred shareholders earned dividends totaling $2,601,298, of which $360,726 was due and payable at December 31, 2013.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock in exchange for $926,675 of repurchase agreements and cancelled 16,580,575 shares of treasury stock. Under the terms of the certificate of designation, the 1,000,000 shares of Series C preferred shares were mandatorily converted into 203,233 shares of the Company’s common stock on December 31, 2013.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)

 

Common Stock

 

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company offered promissory notes in the total amount of $1,484,475 to a number of shareholders in exchange for retiring a total of 27,114,175 shares of common stock.  Some of these shares had been returned and were listed as treasury stock at December 31, 2011.  The promissory notes were recorded as other liabilities on the balance sheet. As the notes were paid off, the associated treasury stock was cancelled.  

 

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company paid a total of $172,600 on the promissory notes and cancelled 2,300,500 shares of the treasury stock at a value of $150,100.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company paid a total of $385,200 on the promissory notes and cancelled 8,233,100 shares of treasury stock at a value of $407,700.  Also during the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company exchanged the remaining $926,675 of the promissory notes for 1,000,000 shares of Series C preferred stock and cancelled 16,580,575 shares of the treasury stock at a value of $926,675.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 80,000 shares of its restricted Common Stock for corporate advisory and investment banking services in connection with an additional funding at a value of the services received of $200,000.  Also during the same period, the Company repurchased and cancelled 40,000 shares of the restricted Common Stock from the lender for a total of $100,000.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 20,128 shares of its restricted Common Stock in conversion of a note payable of $50,317.  

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 22,500 shares of its restricted Common Stock for consulting services at a value of $225.  

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 23,500,000 shares of its restricted Common Stock for compensation to executives at a value of $235,000.  

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued Units consisting of a total of 46,400 shares of its restricted Common Stock and warrants to purchase an additional 46,400 shares of restricted Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.50 to nine investors for $116,000 cash ($2.50 per unit) in private placements.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued 68,000 shares of its restricted Common Stock to two investors for $170,000 cash ($2.50 per share) in private placements.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company repurchased the remaining 40,000 shares of its Common Stock from the Lender for $100,000 and cancelled the shares.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued 25,000 shares of its restricted common stock to an employee in lieu of cash compensation. The shares were valued at $2.50 per share, based on the price of shares sold to investors, for a total of $62,500.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued an aggregate of 160,000 shares of its restricted Common Stock to the former shareholders of its subsidiary, Medical Billing Choices, Inc. (“MBC”) in accordance with an amendment to the Agreement dated August 22, 2011, pursuant to which the Company had acquired MBC. See Note 13 – Business Combinations. The shares were valued at $2.50 per share, based on the price of shares sold to investors, for a total of $400,000.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, pursuant to the terms of the certificate of designation, the Company issued 203,233 shares of its restricted Common Stock in the mandatory conversion of the 1,000,000 shares of its Series C preferred stock.

 

2013 Equity Plan

 

On September 25, 2013, the Company’s board of directors approved and adopted the Medytox Solutions, Inc. 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2013 Plan”). The 2013 Plan was approved by a majority of stockholders of the Company on November 22, 2013. The 2013 Plan provides for the grant of shares of common stock, options, performance shares, performance units, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and other awards. No awards of any kind under the 2013 Plan have been granted as of December 31, 2013.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

  

Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)

 

Stock Options

 

The following summarizes option activity for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:

 

                      Weighted  
    Common Stock Options Outstanding     average  
    Employees and                 exercise  
    Directors     Non-employees     Total     price  
                         
Outstanding at December 31, 2011           400,000       400,000       4.50  
                                 
Options granted     19,300,000       3,020,000       22,320,000     $ 5.66  
                                 
Options exercised                        
                                 
Options cancelled or expired     (1,000,000 )     (400,000 )     (1,400,000 )     3.43  
                                 
Outstanding at December 31, 2012     18,300,000       3,020,000       21,320,000       5.79  
                                 
Options granted     1,850,000             1,850,000       3.24  
                                 
Options exercised                        
                                 
Options cancelled or expired                        
                                 
Balance at December 31, 2013     20,150,000       3,020,000       23,170,000     $ 5.33  

 

The following table summarizes information with respect to stock options outstanding and exercisable by employees and directors at December 31, 2013:

 

        Options outstanding     Options vested and exercisable  
                Weighted                                          
                average     Weighted                     Weighted          
                remaining     average     Aggregate             average     Aggregate  
        Number     contractual     exercise     intrinsic       Number     exercise     intrinsic  
Exercise price     outstanding     life (years)     price     value       vested     price     value  
                                                             
$ 2.50       7,550,000       3.66     $ 2.50     $       7,450,000     $ 2.50     $  
$ 5.00       6,600,000       3.97     $ 5.00             6,500,000     $ 5.00        
$ 10.00       6,000,000       9.01     $ 10.00             6,000,000     $ 10.00        
          20,150,000             $ 5.55     $       19,950,000     $ 5.57     $  

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 19,300,000 options to employees with a grant date fair value of $0.00 as there was no market value for the stock.  1,000,000 options were cancelled during the year ended December 31, 2012.  All of the options granted were fully vested upon their grant.  Stock option expense for employees was $0 for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

The Company estimated the fair value of employee stock options using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model. The fair value of employee stock options is expensed upon vesting of the awards. The fair value of employee stock options was estimated using the following assumptions:

 

Stock price $0.00
Expected term 1 to 5 years
Expected volatility 29 to 30%
Risk-free interest rate 0.25 to 0.72%
Dividend yield 0

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

  

Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)

 

Stock Options (Continued)

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued options to purchase a total of 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to two directors. These options have contractual lives of four years and were valued at an average grant date fair value of $0.20 per option, or $120,000, using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model with the following assumptions:

 

Stock price $2.50
Contractual term 4 years
Expected volatility 26.48%
Risk free interest rate 0.54%
Dividend yield 0

 

The stock price was based on the price of shares sold to investors and volatility was based on comparable volatility of other companies since the Company had no significant historical volatility. Vested amount of the options of $80,000 was expensed as stock-based compensation for the year ended December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, there was unrecognized compensation costs of $40,000 related to these stock options. The Company expects to recognize those costs over a weighted average period of .55 years as of December 31, 2013. Future option grants will increase the amount of compensation expense to be recorded in these periods.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued options to purchase a total of 1,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to an employee. These options have contractual lives of three to five years and were valued at an average grant date fair value of $0.30 per option, or $372,500, using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model with the following assumptions:

 

Stock price $2.50
Contractual term 3 to 5 years
Expected volatility 29.50%
Risk free interest rate 0.32% to 0.47%
Dividend yield 0

 

The stock price was based on the price of shares sold to investors and volatility was based on comparable volatility of other companies since the Company had no significant historical volatility. All of the options were fully vested upon their grant and the fair value of the options of $372,500 was expensed as stock-based compensation for the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

The following table summarizes information with respect to stock options outstanding and exercisable by non-employees at December 31, 2013:

 

        Options outstanding     Options vested and exercisable  
                Weighted                                          
                average     Weighted                     Weighted          
                remaining     average     Aggregate             average     Aggregate  
        Number     contractual     exercise     intrinsic       Number     exercise     intrinsic  
Exercise price     outstanding     life (years)     price     value       vested     price     value  
$ 2.50       1,020,000       3.94     $ 2.50     $       1,020,000     $ 2.50     $  
$ 5.00       1,000,000       4.00     $ 5.00             1,000,000     $ 5.00        
$ 10.00       1,000,000       9.01     $ 10.00             1,000,000     $ 10.00        
          3,020,000             $ 5.81     $       3,020,000     $ 5.81     $  

  

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 3,020,000 options to non-employees with a grant date fair value of $0.00 as there was no market value for the stock.  400,000 options were cancelled during the year ended December 31, 2012.  All of the options granted were fully vested upon their grant.  Stock option expense for non-employees was $0 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)

 

Stock Options (Continued)

 

The Company estimated the fair value of non-employee stock options using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model. The fair value of non-employee stock options is expensed upon vesting of the awards. The fair value of non-employee stock options was estimated using the following assumptions:

 

Stock price $0.00
Expected term 2 to 10 years
Expected volatility 29 - 30%
Risk-free interest rate 0.25 – 1.78%%
Dividend yield 0

 

Warrants

 

The following table summarizes warrant transactions for the year ended December 31, 2013:

 

                Weighted        
          Weighted     average        
          average     remaining     Aggregate  
    Number     exercise     contractual     intrinsic  
    of warrants     price     term (years)     value  
                         
Outstanding at December 31, 2012         $             $  
                                 
Granted in 2013     346,400     $ 3.22                  
                                 
Outstanding at December 31, 2013     346,400     $ 3.22       0.94     $  
                                 
Exercisable at December 31, 2013     346,400     $ 3.22       0.94     $  
                                 
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value           $ 0.25              

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued warrants to purchase a total of 46,400 shares of the Company’s common stock in conjunction with sales of Units. These warrants have contractual lives of one year and were valued at a grant date fair value of $-0- per warrant using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model with the following assumptions:

 

Stock price $0.01
Contractual term 1 year
Expected volatility 29.13%
Risk free interest rate 0.15%
Dividend yield 0

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued warrants to purchase a total of 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to two individuals in connection with obligations entered into by the Company’s subsidiaries. These warrants have contractual lives of two years and were valued at an average grant date fair value of $0.283 per warrant, or $85,000, using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model with the following assumptions:

 

Stock price $2.50
Contractual term 2 years
Expected volatility 29.13%
Risk free interest rate 0.27%
Dividend yield 0

 

The stock price was based on the price of shares sold to investors and volatility was based on comparable volatility of other companies since the Company had no significant historical volatility. The $85,000 was expensed as stock-based consulting fees for the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 11 – Settlement of Debt

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, two parties, our Chief Executive Officer and a former officer and director of the Company, released the Company of remaining contractual deferred compensation amounts due to them totaling $276,766 which were recorded in accrued liabilities at December 31, 2011.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, three parties, former vendors of Casino Players, Inc., released the Company of remaining contractual amounts due to them totaling $59,000 which were recorded in accounts payable at December 31, 2011.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, three parties, former employees of MMMS, released the Company of remaining contractual amounts due to them totaling $12,549 which were recorded in accounts payable at December 31, 2011.

 

Note 12 – Income Taxes

 

Significant components of the income tax provision are summarized as follows:

 

    Year Ended December 31,  
    2013     2012  
Current provision:                
Federal   $ 5,834,600     $ 1,702,200  
State     1,027,500       181,700  
                 
Deferred provision:                
Federal     (1,168,700 )     (1,267,200 )
State     (124,800 )     (135,300 )
                 
    $ 5,568,600     $ 481,400  

 

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate on income before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

 

    Year Ended December 31,  
    2013     2012  
             
Expected federal income tax at 34% statutory rate     34.0%     34.0%
State income taxes     4.3%     3.6%
Permanent differences     2.0%     3.5%
Change in valuation allowance     0.0%     -26.0%
                 
      40.3%     15.1%

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 12 – Income Taxes (Continued)

 

The Company provides for income taxes using the liability method in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 740 “Income Taxes”. Deferred income taxes arise from the differences in the recognition of income and expenses for tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised of the following at December 31, 2013 and 2012:

 

    December 31,  
    2013     2012  
Deferred income tax assets:                
Allowance for bad debts   $ 1,362,900     $ 1,980,600  
Accrued compensation     385,700        
Stock options     170,300        
Total deferred income tax assets   $ 1,918,900     $ 1,980,600  
                 
Deferred income tax liabilities:                
Property and equipment   $ (76,100 )   $  
Intangible amortization     (136,000 )     (36,100 )
Total deferred income tax liabilities   $ (212,100 )   $ (36,100 )
                 
Net deferred income taxes:                
Current     1,748,600       1,980,600  
Non-current     (41,800 )     (36,100 )
    $ 1,706,800     $ 1,944,500  

 

Management has reviewed the provisions regarding assessment of their valuation allowance on deferred tax assets and based on that criteria determined that it will have sufficient taxable income to realize those assets. Therefore, management has assessed the realization of the deferred tax assets and has determined that it is more likely than not that they will be realized.

 

The Company recognizes the consolidated financial statement impact of a tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more likely than not sustain the position following an audit. For tax positions meeting the more-likely-than–not threshold, the amount recognized in the consolidated financial statements is the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the relevant tax authority.

 

The Company is subject to income taxes in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and the states of Florida, North Carolina, New Mexico and New Jersey. The tax regulations within each jurisdiction are subject to interpretation of related tax laws and regulations and require significant judgment to apply.  As of December 31, 2013, tax years 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 remain open for IRS audit. The Company has received no notice of audit from the IRS for any of the open tax years.

 

Note 13 – Business Combinations

 

The Company completed two acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2013 and two during the year ended December 31, 2012.  The Company accounted for the assets, liabilities and ownership interests in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC 805 “Business Combinations“.  As such, the recorded assets and liabilities acquired have been recorded at fair value and any difference in the net asset values and the consideration given has been recorded as a gain on acquisition or as goodwill.

 

Goodwill was attributable to the following subsidiaries as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

 

    December 31,  
    2013     2012  
             
Medical Billing Choices, Inc.   $ 1,202,112     $ 802,112  
                 
PB Laboratories, LLC     107,124       107,124  
                 
Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc.     116,763       141,676  
                 
    $ 1,425,999     $ 1,050,912  

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 13 – Business Combinations (Continued)

 

International Technologies, LLC

 

On April 4, 2013, the Company, through its subsidiary, Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. (“MDI”), agreed to purchase 100% of the membership interests of International Technologies, LLC ("Intl Tech") from two unrelated parties for cash of $127,000 and two convertible debentures in a total amount of $500,000.  The debentures bear interest at 5%, are due on January 17, 2014 and are convertible at any time after 90 days from the date of issuance at a conversion price of a 10% discount to the average market price of the Company’s common stock for the 30 days prior to the conversion.

 

The following table summarizes the consideration given for Intl Tech and the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed recognized at the acquisition date.

 

Consideration Given:        
         
Cash   $ 127,000  
Amount due from International Technologies, LLC     483,052  
Acquisition notes     500,000  
         
Total Consideration   $ 1,110,052  
         
Fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:        
         
Cash   $ 1,703  
Property and equipment, net     31,649  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (59,462 )
Notes payable     (529,167 )
Identified intangible assets     1,665,329  
Total identifiable net assets     1,110,052  
         
Goodwill and unidentified intangible assets      
         
    $ 1,110,052  

 

Intangible assets consisting of certain medical licenses were valued by management based on the fair value of obtaining such licenses.  As the licenses have indefinite lives, the intangible assets are non-amortizable (See Note 5 – Long-Lived Assets).

 

Alethea Laboratories, Inc.

 

On January 1, 2013, the Company, through its subsidiary, MDI, agreed to purchase 100% of Alethea Laboratories, Inc. ("Alethea") from two unrelated parties for cash of $125,000 and two non-interest bearing installment notes in a total amount of $575,000.  The notes are being paid in $50,000 quarterly installments beginning on April 1, 2013.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 13 – Business Combinations (Continued)

 

Alethea Laboratories, Inc. (Continued)

 

The following table summarizes the consideration given for Alethea and the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed recognized at the acquisition date.

 

Consideration Given:        
         
Cash   $ 125,000  
Acquisition notes     575,000  
         
Total Consideration   $ 700,000  
         
Fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:        
         
Cash   $ 2,032  
Property and equipment, net     92,498  
Capital lease assets, net     392,817  
Accounts payable     (2,032 )
Note payable     (344,650 )
Capital lease obligation     (415,949 )
Identified intangible assets     975,284  
Total identifiable net assets     700,000  
         
Goodwill and unidentified intangible assets      
         
    $ 700,000  

 

Intangible assets consisting of certain medical licenses were valued by management based on the fair value of obtaining such licenses.  As the licenses have indefinite lives, the intangible assets are non-amortizable (See Note 5 – Long-Lived Assets).

 

Medical Billing Choices, Inc.

 

On July 12, 2013, the Company and the two selling shareholders amended the Agreement, dated August 22, 2011, pursuant to which the Company had acquired Medical Billing Choices, Inc. (“MBC”). The Company paid the balance due of $378,057 under its promissory note and issued an aggregate of 160,000 shares of its restricted common stock to the two selling shareholders. In addition, the loan made by one selling shareholder in the amount of $100,000 was discharged. The amendment to the Agreement resulted in an increase of $400,000 to the purchase price of MBC, as well as the resulting goodwill in connection with the acquisition.

 

Biohelath Medical Laboratory, Inc.

 

On December 7, 2012, the Company, through its subsidiary, MDI, agreed to purchase 50.5% of Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc. ("Biohealth") from two unrelated parties for cash of $100,000 and an installment note in a total amount of $165,125.  The note was paid in $75,000 payments due on February 7 and May 7, 2013 and was reduced by a contingent consideration adjustment of $24,913, net of the final installment of $15,125 due on August 7, 2013.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 13 – Business Combinations (Continued)

 

Biohelath Medical Laboratory, Inc. (Continued)

 

The following table summarizes the consideration given for Biohealth and the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed recognized at the acquisition date, as well as the fair value at the acquisition date of the noncontrolling interest in Biohealth.

 

Consideration Given:        
         
Cash   $ 100,000  
Acquisition Note     165,125  
Contingent consideration adjustment     (24,913 )
         
Total Consideration   $ 240,212  
         
Fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:        
         
Cash   $ 19,327  
Accounts receivable     64,206  
Property and equipment, net     9,477  
Deposits     3,143  
Accounts payable     (120,590 )
Accrued expenses     (6,110 )
Identifiable intangible assets     275,000  
Total identifiable net assets     244,453  
         
Noncontrolling interest in Biohealth     (121,004 )
Goodwill     116,763  
         
    $ 240,212  

 

Intangible assets consisting of certain medical licenses were valued by management based on the fair value of obtaining such licenses.  As the licenses have indefinite lives, the intangible assets are non-amortizable (See Note 5 – Long-Lived Assets).

 

PB Laboratories, LLC

 

On February 16, 2012, the Company, through its subsidiary, MDI, agreed to purchase 50.5% of PB Laboratories, LLC ("PB Labs") from an unrelated party for cash of $1,000 and an installment note in a total amount of $200,000.  The note was paid in $50,000 quarterly payments over 12 months.

 

On October 31, 2012, MDI agreed to purchase the remaining 49.5% of PB Labs from the noncontrolling member for an installment note in a total amount of $200,000.  The note was paid in $50,000 quarterly payments over 12 months.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 13 – Business Combinations (Continued)

 

PB Laboratories, LLC (Continued)

 

The following table summarizes the consideration given for PB Labs and the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed recognized at the acquisition dates of PB Labs.

 

Consideration Given:        
         
Cash   $ 1,000  
Acquisition Notes     400,000  
         
Total Consideration   $ 401,000  
         
Fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:        
         
Cash   $ 1,876  
Property and equipment, net     17,000  
Identifiable intangible assets     275,000  
Total identifiable net assets     293,876  
         
Goodwill     107,124  
         
    $ 401,000  

 

Intangible assets consisting of certain medical licenses were valued by management based on the fair value of obtaining such licenses.  As the licenses have indefinite lives, the intangible assets are non-amortizable (See Note 5 – Long-Lived Assets).

 

Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

Operating Lease Commitments

 

The Company leases office space and business equipment for its corporate office and subsidiaries under multiple year non-cancelable operating leases that expire through 2016.  The office lease agreements have certain escalation clauses and renewal options.  Additionally, the Company has lease agreements for computer equipment, office copiers and fax machines.

 

The office space lease agreements include escalating rents over the lease term. The Company expenses rent on a straight-line basis over the lease term which commences on the date the Company has the right to control the property. The cumulative expense recognized on a straight-line basis in excess of the cumulative payments is included in Accrued Expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

At December 31, 2013, future minimum lease payments under these leases are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,        
  2014     $ 333,656  
  2015       303,922  
  2016       178,461  
  2017       160,684  
  2018       116,350  
  2019 and thereafter       30,951  
             
  Total minimum future lease payments     $ 1,124,024  

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

 

Operating Lease Commitments (Continued)

 

Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 was $350,169 and $134,733, respectively.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company entered into master equipment lease agreements with a leasing company for a total commitment of up to approximately $1,400,000. As of December 31, 2013, no equipment has been delivered under the leases.

 

Purchase Commitments

 

The Company has entered into a purchase agreement for reagent supplies through December, 2020. Minimum purchase commitments as of December 31, 2013 are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,        
  2014     $ 54,871  
  2015       54,871  
  2016       54,871  
  2017       54,871  
  2018       54,871  
  2019 and thereafter       109,742  
             
  Total purchase commitments     $ 384,097  

  

Significant Risks and Uncertainties

 

[a ] Concentrations of Credit Risk - Cash - At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had approximately $2,631,000 and $1,070,000, respectively, in cash balances at financial institutions which were in excess of the federally insured limits.

 

[b] Concentration of Credit Risk - Accounts Receivable - Credit risk with respect to accounts receivable is generally diversified due to the large number of patients comprising the client base. The Company does have significant receivable balances with government payors and various insurance carriers. Generally, the Company does not require collateral or other security to support customer receivables. However, the Company continually monitors and evaluates its client acceptance and collection procedures to minimize potential credit risks associated with its accounts receivable and establishes an allowance for uncollectible accounts and as a consequence, believes that its accounts receivable credit risk exposure beyond such allowance is not material to the financial statements.

 

A number of proposals for legislation continue to be under discussion which could substantially reduce Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) reimbursements to clinical laboratories. Depending upon the nature of regulatory action, and the content of legislation, the Company could experience a significant decrease in revenues from Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), which could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company is unable to predict, however, the extent to which such actions will be taken.

 

Legal Matters

 

During the course of business, litigation commonly occurs.  From time to time the Company may be a party to litigation matters involving claims against the Company. The Company operates in a highly regulated industry and employs personnel which may inherently lend itself to legal matters.  Management is aware that litigation has associated costs and that results of adverse litigation verdicts could have a material effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations. Management, in consultation with legal counsel, has addressed known assertions and predicted unasserted claims below.

 

On July 2, 2013, a jury awarded Medytox Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary ("MILM"), $2,906,844 on its breach of contract claim against Trident Laboratories, Inc. and its shareholders and awarded Seamus Lagan $750,000 individually against Christopher Hawley for defamatory postings on the internet. The jury rejected every claim made against the MILM parties. Trident's appeal has been dismissed and the appeals of the shareholders are pending.

 

The case arose from the August 22, 2011 agreement among MILM and Trident and its shareholders pursuant to which MILM was to acquire 81% of Trident. On January 17, 2012, Trident notified MILM that it was rescinding the agreement. As a result, MILM filed suit against Trident and its shareholders in Florida Circuit Court in Broward County. The jury found that Trident and its shareholders breached the agreement and failed to perform their obligations thereunder.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

 

Legal Matters (Continued)

 

The Company has filed an action against Reginald Samuels and Ralph Perricelli seeking, among other things, a declaration that the convertible debentures in the aggregate amount of $500,000 that the Company issued to Mr. Samuels and Mr. Perricelli as part of the consideration for the purchase of their interests in International Technologies, LLC are null and void. Mr. Samuels and Mr. Perricelli have been served and the litigation is ongoing.

 

On October 21, 2013, Mr. Samuels filed a complaint in the Superior Court of New Jersey (Bergen County) against the Company and Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. alleging breach of contract under his employment agreement and the agreement under which International Technologies, LLC was acquired; unjust enrichment, fraud; intentional and negligent misrepresentation; and breach of an implied duty of good faith and fair dealing and seeking an accounting. Mr. Perricelli filed a similar action. The Company believes all these claims are without merit.

 

The Company removed both cases from the Superior Court of New Jersey to the federal court in the District of New Jersey. The Company also filed to transfer both cases to the Southern District of Florida pursuant to the forum selection clause in the purchase agreement. The action filed by Mr. Perricelli has since been transferred to the Southern District of Florida. The motion to transfer the action filed by Mr. Samuels remains pending.

 

Note 15 – Pro Forma Financial Information

 

The following unaudited pro forma data summarizes the results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2013 as if the acquisitions of International Technologies, LLC had been completed January 1, 2013. The pro forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the acquisitions had taken place on January 1, 2013.

 

    Medytox     International Technologies,                    
    Solutions, Inc.     LLC     Pro Forma              
    Historical     Historical (1)     Adjustments     Ref     Combined  
                                         
Revenues   $ 52,523,660     $ 2,943     $             $ 52,526,603  
                                         
Operating expenses     38,023,670       305,183                     38,328,853  
                                         
Income (loss) from operations     14,499,990       (302,240 )                   14,197,750  
                                         
Other income (expense)     (671,473 )     (1,343 )                   (672,816 )
                                         
Income (loss) before income taxes     13,828,517       (303,583 )                   13,524,934  
                                         
Provision (benefit) for income taxes     5,568,600             (114,200 )   (2)     5,454,400  
                                         
Net income (loss)     8,259,917       (303,583 )     114,200               8,070,534  
                                         
Preferred stock dividends     2,601,298                           2,601,298  
                                         
Net income (loss) available for common shareholders   $ 5,658,619     $ (303,583 )   $ 114,200             $ 5,469,236  
                                         
Net income per share;                                        
   Basic and diluted   $ 0.19                             $ 0.18  
                                         
Weighted average number of shares, basic and diluted:                                        
   Basic and diluted     29,654,703                               29,654,703  

 

(1) Represents unaudited results of operations of International Technologies, LLC from January 1, 2013 to April 3, 2013. International Technologies' results of operations from April 4, 2013 to December 31, 2013 are consolidated with Medytox Solutions, Inc.
     
(2) Additional income tax benefit on the loss related to International Technologies for the period January 1 to April 3, 2013.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2013

 

Note 16 – Subsequent Events

 

On February 4, 2014, $235,011 of equipment was delivered under a master lease entered into during the year ended December 31, 2013. Lease terms are for 42 months with a monthly lease payment of $6,580. The lease is accounted for as a capital lease.

 

On February 19, 2014, a committee of the Company’s board of directors approved the grant of 1,035,000 stock options under the Medytox Solutions, Inc. 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan to various employees. The options were granted on March 3, 2014 and were issued at an exercise price of $2.50, a term of 10 years, and 50% of the options vest each on the 6 month anniversary and 12 month anniversary of the grant date.

 

On March 12, 2014, an aggregate of 210,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock were issued to six management executives and one consultant as partial payment of bonuses which were accrued at December 31, 2013. The shares were valued at $2.50, based on the price of shares sold to investors, for a total of $525,000.

 

On March 14, 2014, an aggregate of $350,000 was paid to six management executives and one consultant as partial payment of bonuses which were accrued at December 31, 2013.

 

On March 17, 2014, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation with the State of Nevada authorizing up to 200,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series D Preferred Stock"). With respect to dividends and liquidation rights, the Series D Preferred Stock ranks (i) on a parity with the Common Stock; (ii) senior to any class or series of preferred stock of the Company created in the future not specifically ranking by its terms senior to or on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock; (iii) junior to any other class or series of preferred stock created in the future specifically ranking by its terms senior to the Series D Preferred Stock; and (iv) on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock and any other class or series of preferred stock created in the future specifically ranking by its terms on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock.

 

On March 18, 2014, MDI, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, purchased all of the outstanding stock of Clinlab, Inc. ("Clinlab") from James A. Wilson and Daniel Stewart, previously the sole owners of Clinlab. Clinlab develops and markets laboratory information management systems. The purchase price was an aggregate of $2,250,000, $1,000,000 in cash and 200,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, convertible into $1,250,000 of common stock of the Company at the date of conversion.

 

On March 27, 2014, TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP extended the maturity date of its loan to the Company until September 15, 2014.

 

On March 28, 2014, Sebastien Sainsbury was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Each of the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, Epizon, Ltd., of which Seamus Lagan is the sole shareholder, Aella, Ltd., of which Sharon L. Hollis is the sole shareholder, Francisco Roca, III, Dr. Thomas F. Mendolia and Steven Sramowicz, entered into a purchase option agreement with the Company as of March 27, 2014. Each agreement grants the Company an option to purchase any or all shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by the holder at any time through March 27, 2016. Each holder owns 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. If all of a holder's shares are purchased by the Company pursuant to the option, the purchase price would be $5,000,000. If fewer shares are purchased from a holder, the purchase price would be adjusted proportionately. Each holder agreed not to transfer or dispose of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock during the term of the option, other than to the Company upon an exercise of the option. Any exercise of an option is completely at the Company's discretion.

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued and filed with SEC. The Company has determined that there are no other events that warrant disclosure or recognition in the financial statements.

 

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

 

None

 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

In connection with the preparation of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, an evaluation was carried out by the Company's management, with the participation of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act")) as of December 31, 2013. Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

 

Based on that evaluation, the Company's management concluded, as of the end of the period covered by this report, that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective in recording, processing, summarizing, and reporting information required to be disclosed, within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms, and that such information was accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

 

Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

The management of the Company is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and related financial information appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The financial statements and notes have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The management of the Company is also responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. A company's internal control over financial reporting is defined as a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

 

· Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;

· Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the issuer are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and

· Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that the Company's disclosure controls and internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. Because of its inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Further, over time, control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

With the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, our management evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013 based upon the framework in Internal Control –Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on that evaluation, our management has identified several control deficiencies, none of which rise to the level of a material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.  Although management noted that with the addition of subsidiaries and the increase in operation, our system of internal control over financial reporting is a work in process and may not cover all contingencies, management considers its internal control over financial reporting to be effective .

 

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This annual report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. We were not required to have, nor have we, engaged our independent registered public accounting firm to perform an audit of internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the rules of the Commission that permit us to provide only management's report in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 9B. Other Information.

 

None

PART III

 

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

 

The following table sets forth information with respect to persons who are serving as directors and officers of the Company.

 

Name   Age   Positions
         
William G. Forhan   69   Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
         
Jace Simmons   57   Chief Financial Officer
         
Sharon L. Hollis   37   Vice President of Operations
         
Francisco Roca, III   48   Vice President of Marketing and Sales
         
Steven Sramowicz   48   Vice President of Business Development
         
Dr. Thomas F. Mendolia   55   Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Laboratories
         
Christopher E. Diamantis   45   Director
         
Benjamin Frank   80   Director
         
Sebastien Sainsbury   51   Director
         

 

All directors of the Company serve one year terms and hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

Executive Officers' and Directors' Biographies

 

William G. Forhan has been serving as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman since its inception on July 20, 2005. He also was Chief Financial Officer from inception to February 2012. Mr. Forhan was a director and the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of National Asset Recovery, Inc., a repossession company, from August 2010 to December 2010 and thereafter was the Chief Operating Officer until January 2011. From July 2008 to July 2009, Mr. Forhan provided consulting services to Next Interactive, Inc., an OTCBB company (OTCBB: NXOI) specializing in travel services. From July 2002 until June 2008, Mr. Forhan served as the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of Invicta Group, Inc. (OTCBB: IVIT), an internet media company that sells advertising online to travel suppliers (hotels, tourist boards, tour operators and cruise lines).  Mr. Forhan since January 2009 has also served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Ballroom Dance Fitness, Inc. On November 26, 2004, the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a settlement permanently barring Mr. Forhan, a former executive of bankrupt Integrated Marketing Professionals, Inc., of Boca Raton, Florida, from serving in a fiduciary capacity or making decisions relating to employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The department sued Mr. Forhan for using $18,996 of the company's 401(k) plan for his personal benefit.

 

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Jace Simmons has been the Chief Financial Officer of the Company since March 1, 2012.  Prior to joining the Company, from June 2007, Mr. Simmons was the Chief Financial Officer of Renaissance PG, LLC, a real estate developer and manager in Knoxville, Tennessee. Prior to that, from 2005, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Housing Trust Group, a real estate developer and manager in Miami, Florida.  Mr. Simmons also served as Chief Financial Officer of Paving Stone Corp., an OTC Bulletin Board company from 2000 to 2004.

 

Sharon Hollis has been the Vice President of Operations of the Company since August 2011. Since June 2011, she also has been the co-owner of Dash Software, LLC, a software development company. From 2006 to 2009, Ms. Hollis was a real estate agent in New York and Florida.

 

Francisco Roca, III has been the Vice President of Marketing and Sales of the Company since September 2011.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Roca was the owner and Chief Marketing Officer of Sportscare Orthopedics, Inc., a supplier of orthopedic bracings to doctors, clinics and therapists.

 

Steven Sramowicz has served as the Vice President of Business Development of the Company since April 2012.  Mr. Sramowicz also has been, since 2003, the President of Mrs X Two Inc., a medical consulting firm, and since 2007, a director of Micro Surgery, Inc., a neuro-surgery practice.

 

Dr. Thomas F. Mendolia has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Laboratories since April 2012. Dr. Mendolia is Board certified in gastroenterology and practiced medicine for 23 years, before selling his practice in 2009.

 

Christopher E. Diamantis has served as a director of the Company since April 24, 2013.  Mr. Diamantis has served, since 1999, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Financial Settlements, Inc., a structured settlement consulting firm in Tallahassee, Florida. He has also been, since April 2000, a director and managing partner of the Gabor Agency, Inc., a 64-year old Florida-based company specializing in investment and insurance planning for public employees and universities. Since 2007, Mr. Diamantis has been Chairman of Pro Bank Financial Holding Company, the parent of Pro Bank, a community bank in Tallahassee, Florida.  He also has served, since 2011, as a director of Esquire Bank, a full-service, federally chartered savings bank in New York City.  In addition, since 2007, Mr. Diamantis has been a director and partner in Counsel Financial Services, Inc., a specialty financial firm catering to the needs of the legal community and the largest non-bank lender to law firms in the United States. He is a past member of the Board of Governors of the Florida State University College of Business and past president of the National Structured Settlements Trade Association.

 

Benjamin Frank has served as a director of the Company since April 24, 2013. Mr. Frank is a retired lawyer and businessman, with particular experience in healthcare, foreign trade, retail, business development and government. After practicing as an attorney, from 1962 to 1966, he was a Senior Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of Allied Stores Corporation, which owned department stores and specialty stores, including Jordan Marsh, Brooks Brothers, Ann Taylor and others. He also served, from 1971 to 1987, as a Vice President and Trustee of North Shore University Hospital, currently North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Hospital System. Mr. Frank was appointed in February 2009 by former Florida Governor Charlie Crist to the Board of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County and he served as Chair of the Board from October 2011 to February 2013.

 

Sebastien Sainsbury was elected as a director on March 28, 2014. Mr. Sainsbury, since 2002, has been an independent consultant focusing on corporate finance and investor relations. He previously held senior positions with UBS AG Private Bank and AIG International Ltd.

 

Consulting Agreements

 

The Company and Seamus Lagan entered into a non-exclusive Consulting Agreement on May 25, 2011. Under the agreement, Mr. Lagan rendered management consulting and business advisory services and advised on marketing strategies. The Company paid Mr. Lagan $15,000 per month.  In connection with the consulting agreement, Mr. Lagan received approximately $65,000 in cash and was issued 1,300,000 shares of Common Stock with a value of $13,000. This agreement was in effect through October 3, 2011, when it was replaced by a consulting agreement between the Company and Alcimede LLC, which is controlled by Mr. Lagan. Under this new agreement, Alcimede agreed to assist the Company by providing management as may be required by the Company, assisting with the Company's capital structure and funding, completing acquisitions and funding, and structuring and securing financing.  The term of the Alcimede agreement was from October 3, 2011 to December 31, 2013, with automatic renewals for an additional year unless one party delivered notice of nonrenewal. The Company agreed to pay Alcimede a retainer of $20,000 a month and issued Alcimede options to purchase 200,000 shares of Common Stock, exercisable at $3.00 per share through January 1, 2014, and an additional 200,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $6.00 per share through January 1, 2015. The Company also reimbursed Alcimede's expenses.

 

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The Company and Alcimede entered into a revised Consulting Agreement as of October 1, 2012. This agreement replaces and supersedes the prior Alcimede consulting agreement.  This new agreement is for three years, subject to annual renewals thereafter, unless either party gives notice of non-renewal.  The retainer remains at $20,000 a month and the Company continues to reimburse Alcimede for its expenses.  The parties agreed to cancel the options issued pursuant to the prior agreement. Under the new agreement the Company issued Alcimede 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. In addition, Alcimede received options to purchase (i) 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $2.50 per share through December 31, 2017, (ii) 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $5.00 per share through December 31, 2017 and (iii) 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $10.00 a share through December 31, 2022.

 

The Company and SS International Consulting, Ltd. ("International"), of which Sebastien Sainsbury is the sole shareholder, entered into a non-exclusive Consulting Agreement on March 15, 2014. International will provide such management consulting services, business advisory services, marketing and investors relations advice and management as may be agreed to by the parties from time to time. The Company will pay International $6,667 per month and reimburse expenses incurred by International on behalf of the Company. The Consulting Agreement may be terminated by either party at the end of any month. A copy of the Consulting Agreement is filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report.

 

Family Relationships amongst Directors and Officers

 

There are no family relationships between the officers and directors.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

Our Board does not have governance, nominating, executive or any other committees.

 

Auditors

 

Our principal independent accountant is DKM Certified Public Accountants.

 

Code of Ethics

 

The Company has adopted a written code of ethics ("Code"), which Code is applicable to the Board of Directors and officers of the Company, including, but not limited to the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Controller and all persons performing similar functions to the foregoing officers of the Company. A copy of the Code will be provided to any person free of charge upon request by writing to Medytox Solutions, Inc., Attention: Secretary, 400 South Australian Avenue, Suite 800, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401.

 

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Registrant's directors and officers, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of the Registrant's equity securities, to file reports of beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership of the Registrant's securities with the SEC on Forms 3, 4 and 5. Officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Registrant with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

 

To date, each of our officers, directors and principal stockholders has been late in filing the required forms under Section 16(a).

 

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Item 11. Executive Compensation.

 

The following table sets forth all of the compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to (i) each individual serving as our principal executive officer and principal financial officer during our last completed fiscal year; and (ii) each other individual that served as an executive officer at the conclusion of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (collectively, the Named Executives).

 

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

 

Name and
Principal
Position
    Fiscal
Year
      Salary       Bonus       Stock
Awards (1)
    Option
Awards (1)
    Nonequity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
      Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
      All Other Compensation     Total  
                                                                   

William Forhan (2)

    2012     $ 200,000                   (2)               $ 12,750 (2)   $ 212,750  
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman     2013     $ 218,917     $ 101,243                                 $ 9,000 (2)   $ 329,160  
                                                                         

Jace Simmons (3) (8)

    2012     $ 155,264           $ 10,000 (3)     (3)                   $ 22,125 (3)   $ 187,389  
Chief Financial Officer     2013     $ 200,944     $ 110,694                                 $ 12,000 (3)   $ 323,638  
                                                                         

Francisco Roca, III (4)

    2012     $ 230,130           $ 45,000 (4)     (4)                   $ 4,504 (5)   $ 279,634  
Vice President of Sales and Marketing     2013     $ 243,000     $ 109,975                                 $ 24,000 (5)   $ 376,975  
                                                                         

Sharon L. Hollis (4)

    2012     $ 221,316           $ 45,000 (4)     (4)                   $ 3,798 (6)   $ 270,124  
Vice President of Operations     2013     $ 242,270     $ 109,975                                 $ 24,000 (6)   $ 376,245  
                                                                         

Dr. Thomas F. Mendolia (4)(9)

    2012     $ 290,965           $ 45,000 (4)     (4)                         $ 335,965  
Chief Executive Officer of Company Laboratories     2013     $ 317,060     $ 56,451                                 $ 12,000 (7)   $ 385,511  

 

(1) Stock awards and options are valued based on the aggregate fair value of the award on the date of grant and are computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.

 

(2) In 2012, Mr. Forhan received 3,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock as follows: (a) 1,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per option, exercisable on or prior to December 31, 2017; (b) 1,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per option, exercisable on or prior to December 31, 2017; and (c) 1,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.00 per option, exercisable on or prior to December 31, 2022. The options were valued at a grant date fair value of $0 in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Other compensation consists of an auto allowance of $12,750 and $9,000 in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

 

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(3) In 2012, Mr. Simmons received 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 3,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock as follows: (a) 1,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per option, exercisable on or prior to December 31, 2017; (b) 1,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per option, exercisable on or prior to December 31, 2017; and (c) 1,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.00 per option, exercisable on or prior to December 31, 2022. The options were valued at a grant date fair value of $0 in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Other compensation consists of $9,895 of health insurance premiums paid by the Company and $12,230 of temporary living expenses in 2012 and $12,000 of health insurance premiums paid by the Company in 2013.

 

(4) In 2012, received 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock, 1,000 shares of Series B Non-Convertible Preferred Stock and 3,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock as follows: (a) 1,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per option, exercisable on or prior to December 31, 2017; (b) 1,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per option, exercisable on or prior to December 31, 2017; and (c) 1,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $10.00 per option, exercisable on or prior to December 31, 2022. The options were valued at a grant date fair value of $0 in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.

 

(5) Other compensation consists of an auto allowance of $3,000 and $12,000 and $1,504 and $12,000 of health insurance premiums paid by the Company in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

 

(6) Other compensation consists of an auto allowance of $3,000 and $12,000 and $798 and $12,000 of health insurance premiums paid by the Company in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

 

(7) Other compensation consists of $12,000 of health insurance premiums paid by the Company in 2013.

 

(8) Commenced employment March 2012.

 

(9) Commenced employment April 2012.

 

The following table provides information regarding outstanding equity awards held by the named executive officers at December 31, 2013:

 

    Option Awards   Stock Awards  
Name   Number of shares underlying unexercised options exercisable     Number of shares underlying unexercised options unexercisable     Equity Incentive Plan Awards: number of shares underlying unexercised unearned options     Option exercise price     Option expiration date   Number of shares or units of stock that have not vested     Market value of shares or units of stock that have not vested     Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested     Equity Incentive Plan Awards: market or payout value of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested  
                              $                   $             $  
William G. Forhan     1,000,000                   2.50     12/31/2017                        
      1,000,000                   5.00     12/31/2017                        
      1,000,000                   10.00     12/31/2022                        
                                                                     
Jace Simmons     1,000,000                   2.50     12/31/2017                        
      1,000,000                   5.00     12/31/2017                        
      1,000,000                   10.00     12/31/2022                        
                                                                     
Sharon L. Hollis     1,000,000                   2.50     12/31/2017                        
      1,000,000                   5.00     12/31/2017                        
      1,000,000                   10.00     12/31/2022                        
                                                                     
Francisco Roca, III     1,000,000                   2.50     12/31/2017                        
      1,000,000                   5.00     12/31/2017                        
      1,000,000                   10.00     12/31/2022                        
                                                                     
Dr. Thomas F. Mendolia     1,000,000                   2.50     12/31/2017                        
      1,000,000                   5.00     12/31/2017                        
      1,000,000                   10.00     12/31/2022                        

 

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Employment Agreements

 

William G. Forhan, CEO

 

On October 1, 2012, Mr. Forhan and the Company entered into an employment agreement for Mr. Forhan to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  The term of the agreement is three years, renewable for additional one-year periods if neither party otherwise gives at least 90 days' notice.  Mr. Forhan was to receive an annual salary of $200,000, subject to review each year.  Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Forhan was granted options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $2.50 a share through December 31, 2017, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $5.00 a share through December 31, 2017, and 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $10.00 a share through December 31, 2022.

 

On September 1, 2013, Mr. Forhan's employment agreement was amended increasing his base annual salary to $240,000.

 

Jace Simmons, CFO

 

On October 1, 2012, Mr. Simmons and the Company entered into an employment agreement for Mr. Simmons to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  This agreement replaced Mr. Simmons' prior employment agreement with the Company, dated March 1, 2012.  The term of the new agreement is two years, renewable for additional one-year periods if neither party otherwise gives at least 90 days' notice.  Mr. Simmons was to receive an annual salary of $185,000, subject to review each year.  He will participate in senior management bonus programs to be approved by the Board of Directors.  The options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock that Mr. Simmons had received under his prior agreement were cancelled.  Pursuant to his new agreement, Mr. Simmons was issued 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock upon the signing of the agreement.   Mr. Simmons was also granted options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $2.50 per share through December 31, 2017, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $5.00 per share through December 31, 2017, and 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $10.00 a share through December 31, 2022.  In the event the Company is merged into or acquired by another entity and Mr. Simmons' position changes, he will be offered an amount equal to his compensation and benefits to the end of the then current term.

 

On September 1, 2013, Mr. Simmons' employment agreement was amended increasing his base annual salary to $225,000.

 

Sharon Hollis, Vice President of Operations

 

On October 1, 2012, Ms. Hollis and the Company entered into an employment agreement for Ms. Hollis to serve as Vice President of Operations of the Company. The term of the agreement is three years, renewable for additional one-year periods if neither party otherwise gives at least 90 days' notice. Ms. Hollis will receive an annual salary of $240,000, subject to review each year. Pursuant to the agreement, Ms. Hollis was issued 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock upon the signing of the agreement.  She also was granted options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $2.50 a share through December 31, 2017, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $5.00 a share through December 31, 2017, and 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $10.00 a share through December 31, 2022.

 

Francisco Roca, III, Vice President of Marketing and Sales

 

On October 1, 2012, Mr. Roca and the Company entered into an employment agreement for Mr. Roca to serve as Vice President of Marketing and Sales of the Company. The term of the agreement is three years, renewable for additional one-year periods if neither party otherwise gives at least 90 days' notice. Mr. Roca will receive an annual salary of $240,000, subject to review each year.  Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Roca was issued 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock upon the signing of the agreement. He was also granted options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $2.50 a share through December 31, 2017, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $5.00 a share through December 31, 2017, and 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $10.00 a share through December 31, 2022.

 

Steven Sramowicz, Vice President of Business Development

 

On October 1, 2012, Mr. Sramowicz and the Company entered into an employment agreement for Mr. Sramowicz to serve as Vice President of Business Development of the Company. The term of the agreement is three years, renewable for additional one-year periods if neither party otherwise gives at least 90 days' notice. Mr. Sramowicz will receive an annual salary of $240,000, subject to review each year. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Sramowicz was issued 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock upon the signing of the agreement. He was also granted options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $2.50 a share through December 31, 2017, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $5.00 a share through December 31, 2017, and 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $10.00 a share through December 31, 2017.

 

Dr. Thomas F. Mendolia, Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Laboratories

 

On October 1, 2012, Dr. Mendolia and the Company entered into an employment agreement for Dr. Mendolia to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Laboratories. The term of the agreement is three years, renewable for additional one-year periods if neither party otherwise gives at least 90 days' notice. Dr. Mendolia will receive an annual salary of $240,000, subject to review each year. Pursuant to the agreement, Dr. Mendolia was issued 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock upon the signing of the agreement. He also was granted options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $2.50 a share through December 31, 2017, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $5.00 a share through December 31, 2017, and 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock exercisable at $10.00 a share through December 31, 2022.

 

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Compensation of Directors

 

The general policy of the Board is that compensation for independent Directors should be a nominal cash fee plus equity-based compensation. We do not pay employee Directors for Board service in addition to their regular employee compensation. The Board of Directors has the primary responsibility for considering and determining the amount of Director compensation.

 

The following table shows amounts earned by each non-employee Director in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013:

 

Director (1)   Fees earned or paid in cash     Stock Awards     Option Awards (2)     Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation     All Other Compensation     Total  
                                     
Christopher Diamantis   $ 23,339     $     $ 60,000     $     $     $ 83,339  
                                                 
Benjamin Frank   $ 23,339     $     $ 60,000     $     $     $ 83,339  

 

(1) Sebastien Sainsbury was elected as a director of the Company on March 28, 2014.

 

(2) Fair value of option awards on date of grant computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.  

 

The following table provides information regarding outstanding equity awards held by the named directors at December 31, 2013:

 

      Option Awards       Stock Awards  
Name (1)     Number of shares underlying unexercised options exercisable       Number of shares underlying unexercised options unexercisable       Equity Incentive Plan Awards: number of shares underlying unexercised unearned options       Option exercise price       Option expiration date       Number of shares or units of stock that have not vested       Market value of shares or units of stock that have not vested       Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested       Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or payout value of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested  
                              $                       $               $  
Christopher Diamantis     100,000       50,000             2.50       4/19/2017                          
      100,000       50,000             5.00       4/19/2017                          
Benjamin Frank     100,000       50,000             2.50       4/19/2017                          
      100,000       50,000             5.00       4/19/2017                          

 

(1) Sebastien Sainsbury was elected as a director of the Company on March 28, 2014.

 

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

 

The following table summarizes certain information regarding the beneficial ownership (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of outstanding Common Stock as of March 26, 2013 by (i) each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock, (ii) each of our directors, (iii) each of our executive officers (as defined in Item 403(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act), and (iv) all executive officers and directors as a group. None of the foregoing persons owns any shares of the Series D Preferred Stock. Except as indicated in the footnotes below, the stockholders listed below possess sole voting and investment power with respect to their shares.

Name of Beneficial Owner   Address   No. of Shares of Common Stock Owned    

Percentage of Ownership (1)

    Number of Shares of Series B Preferred Stock Owned    

Percentage of Ownership

(2)

 
                             
William G. Forhan   c/o Medytox Solutions, Inc.
400 S. Australian Ave.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    5,483,101
(3)
      16.5 %     _     0 %
                                     
Jace Simmons   c/o Medytox Solutions, Inc.
400 S. Australian Ave.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    4,030,000
(4)
      12.1 %     _     0 %
                                     
Seamus Lagan   c/o Medytox Solutions, Inc.
400 S. Australian Ave.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    8,830,000
(5)
      26.6 %     1,000       20.0 %
                                     
Dr. Thomas F. Mendolia   c/o Medytox Solutions, Inc.
400 S. Australian Ave.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    7,530,000
(6)
      22.7 %     1,000       20.0 %
                                     
Sharon L. Hollis   c/o Medytox Solutions, Inc.
400 S. Australian Ave.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    7,530,000
(7)
      22.7 %     1,000       20.0 %
                                     
Francisco Roca, III   c/o Medytox Solutions, Inc.
400 S. Australian Ave.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    7,530,000
(8)
      22.7 %     1,000       20.0 %
                                     
Steven Sramowicz   c/o Medytox Solutions, Inc.
400 S. Australian Ave.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    7,530,000
(9)
      22.7 %     1,000       20.0 %
                                     
Christopher E. Diamantis   c/o Medytox Solutions, Inc.
400 S. Australian Ave.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    200,000
(10)
      0.7 %     _     0 %
                                     
Benjamin Frank   c/o Medytox Solutions, Inc.
400 S. Australian Ave.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    200,000
(11)
      0.7 %     _     0 %
                                     
Sebastien Sainsbury   c/o Medytox Solutions, Inc.
400 S. Australian Ave.
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    _     0 %     _     0 %
                                     
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (9 persons)        

40,033,101

(12)

      82.4 %     4,000       80.0 %

 

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(1) Based on 30,206,386 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of March 26, 2014.

 

(2) Based on 5,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of March 26, 2014. Each holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock has granted an option to the Company to purchase any or all of such shares at any time through March 27, 2016.

 

(3) Mr. Forhan owns 2,483,101 shares of Common Stock and has currently exercisable options to purchase 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(4) Mr. Simmons owns 1,030,000 shares of Common Stock and has currently exercisable options to purchase 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(5) Mr. Lagan owns directly 1,300,000 shares of Common Stock. Alcimede LLC, of which Mr. Lagan is the sole member, owns an additional 30,000 shares of Common Stock and has currently exercisable options to purchase 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Epizon Ltd., of which Mr. Lagan is the sole shareholder, owns an additional 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

(6) Dr. Mendolia owns 4,530,000 shares of Common Stock and has currently exercisable options to purchase 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(7) Ms. Hollis owns 30,000 shares of Common Stock and has currently exercisable options to purchase 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Aella Ltd., of which Ms. Hollis is the sole shareholder, owns 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and an additional 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(8) Mr. Roca owns 4,530,000 shares of Common Stock and has currently exercisable options to purchase 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(9) Mr. Sramowicz owns 4,530,000 shares of Common Stock and has currently exercisable options to purchase 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(10) Mr. Diamantis has currently exercisable options to purchase 200,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(11) Mr. Frank has currently exercisable options to purchase 200,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(12) Includes 18,400,000 shares of Common Stock underlying stock options held by the directors and executive officers that are presently exercisable.

 

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

 

William Forhan, the Chief Executive Officer, and a director and shareholder of the Company, had advanced loans to the Company for the payment of certain operating expenses.  The loans were non-interest bearing and were due on demand. The amount outstanding to Mr. Forhan was $57,100 at December 31, 2012. During the year ended December 31, 2013, $10,000 was paid and the remaining $47,100 was released by Mr. Forhan. The $47,100 is recorded as a capital contribution as additional paid in capital.

 

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Alcimede LLC, of which a shareholder of the Company is the managing member, had advanced loans to the Company for the payment of certain operating expenses.  The loans were non-interest bearing and were due on demand. The amount outstanding to Alcimede was $85,000 at December 31, 2012. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the $85,000 was paid along with a one-time interest charge of $18,417. The Company reimbursed Alcimede $520,334 and $71,422 for certain operating expenses and asset purchases paid by Alcimede on the Company's behalf in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

A selling shareholder of MBC had advanced loans to the Company for the payment of certain operating expenses.  The loans were non-interest bearing and were due on demand. The amount outstanding to the selling shareholder was $100,000 at December 31, 2012 and was paid during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

On September 10, 2012, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with DASH Software, LLC ("DASH") for the purchase of certain software utilized by the Company in its operations for $150,000. Sharon Hollis, a Vice President and shareholder of the Company, is the managing member of DASH. During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company paid $33,070 and $116,930 to DASH, respectively, pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement.

 

In connection with the Company's acquisition of MBC, Dr. Thomas Mendolia, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Laboratories and a shareholder, entered into an agreement with the selling shareholders of MBC to receive 20% of the purchase price of MBC as it was paid by the Company and 0.88% of the gross collections that MBC collected for the Company.  Pursuant to this agreement, Dr. Mendolia received $29,625 for the year ended December 31, 2011; $90,152 during the year ended December 31, 2012 and $103,583 during the six months ended June 30, 2013 for a total of $223,360. Pursuant to the completion of the acquisition of MBC on July 22, 2013, the Company and Dr. Mendolia agreed that the $223,360 would be paid back to MBC and payment was received in July 2013. The Company reimbursed Dr. Mendolia $252,841 and $48,786 for certain operating expenses and asset purchases paid by Dr. Mendolia on the Company's behalf in the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

Each of the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, Epizon, Ltd., of which Seamus Lagan is the sole shareholder, Aella, Ltd., of which Sharon Hollis is the sole shareholder, Francisco Roca, III, Dr. Thomas F. Mendolia and Steven Sramowicz, entered into a purchase option agreement with the Company as of March 27, 2014. Each agreement grants the Company an option to purchase any or all shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by the holder at any time through March 27, 2016. Each holder owns 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. If all of a holder's shares are purchased by the Company pursuant to the option, the purchase price would be $5,000,000. If fewer shares are purchased from a holder, the purchase price would be adjusted proportionately. Each holder agreed not to transfer or dispose of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock during the term of the option, other than to the Company upon an exercise of the option. Any exercise of an option is completely at the Company's discretion. A form of the purchase option agreement is filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report.

 

All related party transactions are approved by the Board of Directors.

 

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

 

Audit Fees

 

The aggregate fees billed by DKM Certified Public Accountants for the audit of the Company's annual financial statements were $35,750 and $22,500 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The aggregate fees billed by DKM Certified Public Accountants for review of the Company's financial statements included in its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q were $10,500 and $4,500 during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, our principal accountants did not render any audit-related services.

 

Tax Fees

 

The aggregate fees billed by DKM Certified Public Accountants for the preparation of the Company's tax returns were $6,100 and $4,125 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

All Other Fees

 

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, our principal accountants did not render any other services.

 

Prior to engaging its accountants to perform a particular service, our board of directors obtains an estimate for the service to be performed. All of the services described above were approved by the board of directors in accordance with its procedures.

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PART IV

 

Item 15.  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

Financial Statements

 

See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

  Exhibit Description
     
  3.1 Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Medytox Solutions, Inc. 1
     
  3.2. Certificate of Designation for the Series B Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share, of Medytox Solutions, Inc. 2
     
  3.3 Certificate of Designation for the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share, of Medytox Solutions, Inc. 3
     
  3.4 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Medytox Solutions, Inc. *
     
  3.5 Certificate of Designation for the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share, of Medytox Solutions, Inc. *
     
  4.1 Medytox Solutions, Inc. 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan 4
     
  10.1 Agreement, dated August 22, 2011, among Trident Laboratories, Inc., its shareholders and Medytox Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Inc. 5
     
  10.2 Agreement, dated August 22, 2011, among Medical Billing Choices, Inc., its shareholders and Medytox Solutions, Inc. 5
     
  10.3 Promissory Note, dated as of December 6, 2011, issued by Medytox Solutions, Inc. to Valley View Drive Associates, LLC 6
     
  10.4 Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of December 6, 2011, issued by Medytox Solutions, Inc. to Valley View Drive Associates, LLC 6
     
  10.5 Security Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2011, among Medytox Solutions, Inc., Medytox Management Solutions Corp., Medytox Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Inc. and Valley View Drive Associates, LLC 6
     
  10.6 Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2012, between Marylu Villasenor Hall and Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. 7
     
  10.7 Secured Promissory Note, dated February 16, 2012, issued by Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. to Marylu Villasenor Hall 7
     
  10.8 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, among Medytox Solutions, Inc., Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc., Medytox Diagnostics, Inc., PB Laboratories, LLC and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 8
     
  10.9 Revolving Promissory Note, dated April 30, 2012, issued by Medytox Solutions, Inc. to TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 8

 

10.10 Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, by Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc. in favor of TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 8

 

10.11 Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, by Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. in favor of TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 8

 

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10.12 Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, by PB Laboratories, LLC in favor of TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP  8

 

10.13 Security Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 8

 

10.14 Security Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, between Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc. and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 8

 

10.15 Security Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, between Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 8

 

10.16 Security Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, between PB Laboratories, LLC and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 8

 

10.17 Amendment No. 1 to Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility, dated as of July 31, 2012, among Medytox Solutions, Inc., Medytox Marketing & Sales, Inc., Medytox Diagnostics, Inc., PB Laboratories, LLC and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 2

 

10.18 Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note, dated July 31, 2012, issued by Medytox Solutions, Inc. to TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 2

 

10.19 Amendment to Convertible Promissory Note, dated as of July 27, 2012, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and Valley View Drive Associates, LLC 2

 

10.20 Amendment to Security Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2012, among Medytox Solutions, Inc., Medytox Medical Management Solutions Corp. and Medytox Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Inc. in favor of Valley View Drive Associates, LLC 2

 

10.21 Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2012, between Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. and Marylu Villasenor Hall 3

 

10.22 Secured Promissory Note, dated October 31, 2012, issued by Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. to Marylu Villasenor Hall 3

 

10.23 Amendment No. 2 to Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2012, among Medytox Solutions, Inc., Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc., Medytox Diagnostics, Inc., PB Laboratories, LLC and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 9

 

10.24 Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note, dated October 31, 2012, issued by Medytox Solutions, Inc. to TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 10

 

10.25 Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2012, between Luisa G. Suarez and Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. 10

 

10.26 Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2012, between Balbino Suarez and Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. 10

 

10.27 Secured Promissory Note, dated December 7, 2012, issued by Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. to Balbino Suarez 10

 

10.28 Guarantee of Medytox Solutions, Inc., dated December 7, 2012, of Secured Promissory Note issued to Balbino Suarez. 10

 

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10.29 Option Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2012, between Joseph Fahoome and Medytox Solutions, Inc. 11

 

10.30 Option Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2012, between Robert Kuechenberg and Medytox Solutions, Inc. 11

 

10.31 Amendment No. 3 to Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2013, among Medytox Solutions, Inc., Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc., Medytox Diagnostics, Inc., PB Laboratories, LLC, Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc., Advantage Reference Labs, Inc., and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 12

 

10.32 Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note, dated February 28, 2013, by Medytox Solutions, Inc. to TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 12

 

10.33 Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 22, 2013, by Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc. in favor of TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 12

 

10.34 Security Agreement, dated as of January 22, 2013, between Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc. and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 12

 

10.35 Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2013, by Advantage Reference Labs, Inc. in favor of TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 12

 

10.36 Security Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2013, between Advantage Reference Labs, Inc. and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 12

 

10.37 Consulting Agreement, dated May 25, 2011, between Seamus Lagan and Medytox Solutions, Inc. 13

 

10.38 Consulting Agreement, dated October 3, 2011, between Alcimede LLC and Medytox Solutions, Inc. 13

 

10.39 Consulting Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2012, between Alcimede LLC and Medytox Solutions, Inc. 13

 

10.40 Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2012, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and William Forhan 13

 

10.41 Employment Agreement, dated as October 1, 2012, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and Jace Summons 13

 

10.42 Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2012, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and Sharon L. Hollis 13

 

10.43 Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2012, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and Francisco Roca, III 13

 

10.44 Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2012, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and Steven Sramowicz 13

 

10.45 Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2012, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and Dr. Thomas F. Mendolia 13

 

10.46 Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2013, among Bill White, Jackson R. Ellis and Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. 13

 

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10.47 Secured Promissory Note, dated January 1, 2013, issued by Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. to Bill White 13

 

10.48 Secured Promissory Note, dated January 1, 2013, issued by Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. to Jackson R. Ellis 13

 

10.49 Promissory Note, dated March 13, 2013, issued by Alethea Laboratories, Inc. to Summit Diagnostics, LLC 13

 

10.50 Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 14, 2013, as amended, among Reginald Samuels, Ralph Perricelli and Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. 13

 

10.51 Convertible Debenture, dated April 4, 2013, issued by Medytox Solutions, Inc. to Reginald Samuels 13

 

10.52 Convertible Debenture, dated April 4, 2013, issued by Medytox Solutions, Inc. to Ralph Perricelli 13

 

10.53 Option Agreement, effective as of April 19, 2013, between Christopher G. Diamantis and Medytox Solutions, Inc. 14

 

10.54 Option Agreement, effective as of April 19, 2013, between Benjamin Frank and Medytox Solutions, Inc. 14

 

10.55 Amendment No. 4 to Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2013, among Medytox Solutions, Inc., Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc., Medytox Diagnostics, Inc., PB Laboratories, LLC, Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc., Advantage Reference Labs, Inc., International Technologies, LLC, Alethea Laboratories, Inc. and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 15

 

10.56 Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note, dated June 30, 2013 (effective date July 15, 2013), issued by Medytox Solutions, Inc. to TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 15

 

10.57 Guaranty Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2013, by International Technologies, LLC in favor of TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 15

 

10.58 Security Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2013, between International Technologies, LLC and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 15

 

10.59 Guaranty Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2013, by Alethea Laboratories, Inc. in favor of TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 15

 

10.60 Security Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2013, between Alethea Laboratories, Inc. and TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP 15

 

10.61 Amendment, dated July 12, 2013, to the Agreement, dated August 22, 2011, among Medical Billing Choices, Inc., its shareholders and Medytox Solutions, Inc. 16

 

10.62 Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2013, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and William Forhan 17

 

10.63 Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2013, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and Jace Simmons 17

 

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10.64 Form of Medytox Solutions, Inc. 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan Restricted Stock Agreement 18

 

10.65 Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2014, by and among Clinlab, Inc., Daniel Stewart, James A. Wilson, Medytox Information Technology, Inc. and Medytox Solutions, Inc. *

 

10.66 Form of Purchase Option Agreement between Medytox Solutions, Inc., and each holder of Series B Preferred Stock *

 

10.67 Consulting Agreement, dated March 15, 2014, between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and SS International Consulting, Ltd.*

 

14 Code of Ethics 13

 

21 Subsidiaries of the Company *

 

23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm *

 

31.1 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification in accordance with Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *

 

31.2 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification in accordance with Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *

 

32.1 Certification pursuant to 18. U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *

 

32.2 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *

 

Exhibit 101.INS XBRL Instance Document *
   
Exhibit 101.SCH XBRL Schema Document *
   
Exhibit 101.CAL XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document *
   
Exhibit 101.DEF XBRL Definition Linkbase Document *
   
Exhibit 101.LAB XBRL Label Linkbase Document *
   
Exhibit 101.PRE XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document *

 

1 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 10-K, filed on April 13, 2012.

 

2 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on August 15, 2012.

 

3 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 10-Q/A, filed on November 21, 2012.

 

4 Incorporated by reference to the Company's registration statement on Form S-8, filed on December 23, 2013.

 

5 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on November 4, 2011.

 

6 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on December 12, 2011.

 

7 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on February 17, 2012.

 

8 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K/A, filed on May 21, 2012.

 

9 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on December 12, 2012.

 

10 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on December 19, 2012.

 

11 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on January 15, 2013.

 

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12 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on March 15, 2013.

 

13 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 10-K, filed on April 16, 2013.

 

14 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on April 26, 2013.

 

15 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on July 24, 2013.

 

16 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 10-Q, filed on August 14, 2013.

 

17 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 10-Q, filed on November 6, 2013.

 

18 Incorporated by reference to the Company's report on Form 8-K, filed on March 19, 2014.

 

**

 

*
Filed herewith

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

    MEDYTOX SOLUTIONS, INC.
     
     
Date: March 31, 2014 /s/ William G. Forhan
    William G. Forhan, Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature Title Date
     

/s/ William G. Forhan

Chief Executive Officer and March 31, 2014
William G. Forhan Chairman (principal executive officer)  
     

/s/ Jace Simmons

Chief Financial Officer March 31, 2014
Jace Simmons (principal financial and accounting officer)  
     

/s/ Christopher E. Diamantis

Director March 31, 2014
Christopher E. Diamantis    
     

/s/ Benjamin Frank

Director March 31, 2014
Benjamin Frank    
     

/s/ Sebastien Sainsbury

Director March 31, 2014
Sebastien Sainsbury    

 

 

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Exhibit 3.5

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT "A" TO CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
MEDYTOX SOLUTIONS, INC.

2.      Ranking . With respect to dividends (as provided in Section 3 below) and liquidation rights (as provided in Section 5 below), the Series D Preferred Stock shall rank (i) on parity with the Corporation's common stock, par value $.0001 per share ("Common Stock"); (ii) senior to any class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation hereafter created not specifically ranking by its terms senior to or on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock; (iii) junior to any other class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation hereafter created specifically ranking by its terms senior to the Series D Preferred Stock; and (iv) on parity with the Series B Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share, of the Corporation and any other class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation hereafter created specifically ranking by its terms on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock,

3.       Dividends . From anti after the date of the issuance of any shares of Series D Preferred Stock (the "Original Issuance Date"), each holder of outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive on account of such shares (participating pari passe with the holders of Common Stock), dividends in cash out of any funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment thereof, at the same time any dividend will be paid or declared and set apart for payment on any shares of any Common Stock, in an amount equal to the amount which such holder would have been entitled to receive if such Series D Preferred Stock were converted to Common Stock under Section 6(a) on the date such dividend is paid or declared and set apart for payment.

4.       Voting Rights . Each holder of outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of the Common Stock. Each share of Series D Preferred Stock shall have one (1) vote, except as otherwise required by law. Except as provided by law, holders of Series D Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class.

5.       Liquidation Rights . Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each holder of outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive and to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders (participating pari passer with the holders of Common Stock), the amount which such holder would have been entitled to receive if all of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock held by such holder were, immediately prior to the time of such distribution, converted into that number of fully-paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Number (as defined below). From and after the distribution of such amount, such holder's shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of such holder of such shares shall cease and terminate.

6.       Conversion .

 

(a) Right to Convert. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6, each holder of outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall have the right to convert some (in minimum amounts of at least 50,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock) or all of the outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock then held by such holder into that number of

 

 
 

 

fully-paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Number (as defined below) as of the time of such conversion. For purposes of this Certificate of Designation, (A) the "Conversion Number' as of a specified date prior to the Qualification Date (as defined below) shall be the number resulting from the following calculation, rounded down to the nearest whole number: (i) the quotient of (1) 5 divided by (II) the product of 0.80 multiplied by the Market Price of the Common Stock as of such date, multiplied by (ii) the total number of outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock being converted as of such date; and (B) the "Conversion Number" as of a specified date from and after the Qualification Date shall be the number resulting from the following calculation, rounded down. to the nearest whole number: (i) the quotient of (1) 5 divided by (II) the Market Price of the Common Stock as of such date, multiplied by (ii) the total number of outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock being converted as of such date. Such right of conversion shall be exercised by a holder of outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock by delivery of a written notice to the Corporation stating that the holder elects to convert a stated number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock into Common Stock and by surrender of a certificate or certificates for the shares so to be converted (the "Conversion Certificate?) to the Corporation at its principal office (or such other office or agency of the Corporation as the Corporation may designate by notice in writing to the holders of outstanding shares of the Series D Preferred Stock) at any time during its usual business hours on the date set forth in such notice.

 

For purposes of this Section 6(a), the "Market Price" shall be, as of any specified date with respect to any share of Common Stock, (i) if the Common Stock is traded on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of the Common Stock reported on the exchange on such date, or, if there are no such sales on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such sales were reported; (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted on an inter-dealer quotation system, the average of the bid and ask prices on such date, or if there are no such sales on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such sales were reported; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not traded on. a national securities exchange or quoted on an inter-dealer quotation system, the Market Price shall be established by the board of directors by resolutions duly adopted and certified by the Secretary of the Corporation, which certified resolutions (x) set forth the price per share of Common Stock established by the board of directors which shall be based on the price that would be paid for all of the capital stock of the Corporation in an aim's-length transaction between a willing buyer and a willing seller (neither acting under compulsion) as reasonably determined by the board of directors, or, in the event that the board of directors reasonably determines that such valuation would exceed $10 million, as determined by the valuation of a nationally recognized investment banking or appraisal firm, and (y) are delivered to the holder of such outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock within 10 business days following the date of such determination.

 

For purposes of this Section 6(a), the "Qualification Date" shall be the earlier of (i) the date the volume of shares of Common Stock traded on any inter-dealer quotation system and/or any exchange on. which the Common Stock may be listed or traded, exceeds an aggregate of 30,000,000 in any 30-day period, or (ii) the Corporation sells shares of its Common. Stock in a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with aggregate gross proceeds of not less than $30,000,000.

 
 

 

(b) Issuance of Certificate; Time Conversion Effected. Promptly after the receipt of the written notice referred to in Section 6(a) and the surrender of the Conversion Certificates as provided in Section 6(a), the Corporation shall issue and deliver to a holder exercising conversion rights under Section 6(a), at such holder's address as it shall appear on the records of the Corporation, (i) a certificate or certificates representing that number of fully-paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such shares of Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6(a) and (ii) to the extent that such holder exercises his, her or its right to convert some but not all of the outstanding shares of Series 1) Preferred Stock then held by such holder pursuant to Section 6(a), a certificate or certificates for that number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock represented by the Conversion Certificates for which such holder is not exercising his, her or its conversion rights under Section 6(a) (if any). Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as of the date on which the written notice delivered pursuant to Section 6(a) is actually received by the Corporation and the Conversion Certificates shall have been duly surrendered. All dividends accrued but unpaid with respect to any shares of Series D Preferred Stock converted under Section 6(a) shall be paid in cash within seven (7) days following the date on which such shares are converted (unless there are no legally available funds with which to make such cash payment, in which event such cash payment shall be made as soon as possible).

 

(c) Effect of Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock on Conversions. In case the Corporation shall at any time subdivide (by stock split, stock dividend, or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Series D Preferred Stock is convertible shall be proportionately increased. in case the Corporation shall at any time combine (by reverse stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a lesser number of shares, the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Series D Preferred Stock is convertible shall be proportionately decreased.

 

(d) Reorganization or Reclassification. If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then, as a condition of such reorganization or reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby each holder of shares of Series I) Preferred Stock shall upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock as described in this Certificate of Designation have the right to receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately therefor receivable upon the conversion of such share or shares of Series D Preferred Stock, such shares of stock, securities, or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such Common Stock immediately receivable upon such conversion had such reorganization or reclassification not taken place. In any such case, appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of such holder to the end that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities, or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of such conversion rights.

 

 
 

 

(e) Mandatory Conversion; Cancellation. Any shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding on the second anniversary of the Original Issuance Date (the "Mandatory Conversion Date") shall be automatically converted into that number of fully-paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock which the holder thereof would have been entitled to receive had such shares of Series D Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock pursuant to Section 6(a) on the Mandatory Conversion Date. All certificates evidencing the shares of Series D Preferred Stock held by a holder shall, on the Mandatory Conversion Date or such earlier date on which such certificates are so surrendered for conversion, be deemed to have been retired and canceled and the shares of Series D Preferred Stock represented thereby converted into shares of Common Stock as described above for all purposes. Upon the mandatory conversion of shares of Series I) Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6(e), all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon shall be paid in cash within seven (7) days following the date on which such shares are converted (unless there are no legally available fluids with which to make such cash payment, hi which event such cash payment shall be made as soon as possible). The Corporation shall, promptly following the Mandatory Conversion Date, or such earlier date as the certificates representing all of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock held by a holder shall have been duly surrendered by such holder pursuant to this Section 6(e), issue and deliver to such holder, at such holder's address as it shall appear on the records of the Corporation, a certificate or certificates representing that number of fully-paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such shares pursuant to this Section 6(e).

 

7.      Transfer . No share of Series D Preferred Stock or any interest therein may be validly sold, assigned, awarded, pledged, gifted, encumbered, disposed or otherwise transferred, for consideration or otherwise, whether voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law (collectively, a "Transfer"), unless the holder receives from the Corporation its prior written consent to such Transfer. Any attempt to Transfer without such consent by the Corporation shall be null and void in all respects and the purported transferee shall not be recognized by the Corporation as a holder of Series D Preferred Stock for any purpose whatsoever.

 

8.       Covenants . So long as any shares of the Series D Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not amend, alter or repeal any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, this Certificate or the Bylaws of the Corporation in a manner that adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights of the Series D Preferred Stock.

 

9.      Notices . All notices or communications given hereunder shall be in writing and, if to the Corporation, shall be delivered to it at its principal executive offices and, if to any holder of Series D Preferred Stock, shall be delivered to such holder at such holder's address as it appears on the stock books of the Corporation.

 

10.       Waiver . Any of the rights, powers, preferences and other terms of the Series D Preferred Stock set forth herein may be waived on behalf of all holders of Series D Preferred Stock by the affirmative written consent of stockholders holding a majority of the shares of the Series D Preferred Stock.

 

 

Exhibit 10.65
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
BY AND AMONG
 
CLINLAB, INC.,
 
THE SELLERS SET FORTH IN SCHEDULE 1 HERETO,
 
MEDYTOX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
 
and
 
MEDYTOX SOLUTIONS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 18, 2014
 
 
 

 
 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
ARTICLE I  
PURCHASE AND SALE
  1
  Section 1.1  
Purchase and Sale
  1
  Section 1.2   
Closing Date
  2
         
ARTICLE II       ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS   2
  Section 2.1  
Authorization and Enforceability
  2
  Section 2.2   
Conflicts; Consents of Third Parties
  3
  Section 2.3   
The Shares
  3
  Section 2.4   
Investor Status
  4
  Section 2.5   
Brokers Fees
  4
         
ARTICLE III   ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE COMPANY   4
  Section 3.1   Organization and Related Matters   5
  Section 3.2    Books and Records    5
  Section 3.3    Capitalization    5
  Section 3.4   Conflicts; Consents of Third Parties    6
  Section 3.5    Financial Statements    6
  Section 3.6    No Undisclodes Liabilities    7
  Section 3.7   Absence of Certain Developments    7
  Section 3.8    Taxes   10
  Section 3.9    Real Property   12
  Section 3.10    Tangible personal Property; Title; Sufficiency of Assets   13
  Section 3.11    Intellectual Property Privacy, Systems and Security  13
  Section 3.12    Contracts   18
  Section 3.13    Employee Benefits   21
  Section 3.14    Labor   23
  Section 3.15    Litigation   25
  Section 3.16    Compliance with Laws; Permits   25
  Section 3.17    Environmental Matters   26
  Section 3.18    Insurance   27
  Section 3.19    Receivables; Payables   27
  Section 3.20    Customers and Suppliers   28
  Section 3.21    Related Party Transactions   28
  Section 3.22    Brokers Fees   29
  Section 3.23    Absence of Certain Business Practices   29
  Section 3.24    Business Continuity   29
  Section 3.25    Bank Accounts; Powers of Attorney   29
  Section 3.26    No Misrepresentation   29
         
ARTICLE IV   ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER AND MEDYTOX  30
  Section 4.1   Organization  30
  Section 4.2   Authorization and Enforceability   30
         
 
 
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  Section 4.3  
Conflicts; Consent of Third Parties
 30
  Section 4.4   
Brokers Fees
 30
  Section 4.5   
No Proceedings
 31
  Section 4.6   
Investment Purpose
 31
  Section 4.7    Preferred Shares  31
         
ARTICLE V   COVENANTS  31
  Section 5.1  
Commercially Reasonable Efforts; Notices and Consents
 31
  Seciton 5.2   
Access to Information; Financial Statements
 32
  Section 5.3   
Operation of Business
 32
  Section 5.4   
Further Assurances; Litigation Support
 34
  Section 5.5   
Names and Logos
 35
  Section 5.6   
Mail; Payments; Receivables
 35
  Section 5.7   
Public Announcements; Confidentiality
 35
  Section 5.8   
Tax Covenants
 36
  Section 5.9   
Exclusive Dealing
 37
  Section 5.10    Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation  37
  Section 5.12    Resignations  39
  Section 5.14   Tangible Property  39
  Section 5.15    Discharge of Affiliate Obligations  39
         
ARTICLE VI   CLOSING CONDITIONS  39
  Section 6.1  
Conditions to Obligation of Purchaser and Medytox
 39
  Section 6.2   
Conditions to Obligation of Sellers
 41
         
ARTICLE VII   DEMNIFICATION  42
  Section 7.1  
Indemnity Obligations of Sellers
 42
  Section 7.2    Indemnity Obligations of Purchaser and Medytox  43
  Section 7.3  
Indemnification Procedures
 43
  Section 7.4   
Expiration of Representations and Warranties
 45
  Section 7.5   
Indemnification Payments to Purchaser Indemnitees; Right of Set-Off
 45
  Section 7.6  
Treatment of Indemnification Payments
 45
  Section 7.7   
Right to Indemnification Not Affected by Knowledge or Waiver
 46
         
ARTICLE VIII   TERMINATION  46
  Section 8.1  
Termination of Agreement
 46
  Section 8.2   
Effect of Termination
 47
         
ARTICLE IX   MISCELLANEOUS  47
  Section 9.1  
Certain Definitions
 47
  Section 9.2   
Expenses
 55
  Section 9.3   
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue
 55
  Section 9.4   
Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers
 55
  Section 9,5   
Section Headings
 55
  Section 9.6   
Notices
 56
  Section 9.7    Severability  56
 
 
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  Section 9.8  
Binding Effect; Assignment; Third-Party Beneficiaries
 57
  Section 9.9   
Counterparts
 57
  Section 9.10    Remedies Cumulative  57
  Section 9.11    Exhibits and Schedules  57
  Section 9.12    Interpretation  58
  Section 9.13    Arm’s Length Negotiations  58
  Section 9.14    Construction  58
  Section 9.15    Specific Performance  58
  Section 9.16    Waiver of Jury Trial  59
  Section 9.17   Time of Essence  59
         
SCHEDULES:
     
       
Schedule 1:     Sellers and Shares  
Schedule 2:    Preferred Shares  
       
EXHIBITS:
     
       
Exhibit A:    Form of Employment Agreement  
Exhibit B:   Form of General Release  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of March 18, 2014 , is by and among CLINLAB, INC. , a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), the sellers set forth in Schedule 1 hereto (each, a “ Seller ” and collectively, the “ Sellers ”), MEDYTOX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC ., a Florida corporation (the “ Purchaser ”), and MEDYTOX SOLUTIONS, INC. , a Nevada corporation (“ Medytox ”).  The Company, Sellers,  Purchaser and Medytox are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the “ Parties ” and each individually as a “ Party .”
 
WHEREAS, the Purchaser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medytox;
 
WHEREAS, Sellers own all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share (the “ Shares ”);
 
WHEREAS, the Shares constitute all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of the Company; and
 
WHEREAS, the Parties desire for Purchaser to purchase from each of Sellers, and for each of Sellers to sell to Purchaser, the number of Shares set forth opposite such Seller’s name in Schedule 1 hereto under the heading “Number of Shares Owned” (collectively, the “ Purchased Shares ”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations and warranties made herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE
 
Section 1.1   Purchase and Sale .
 
(a)   On and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Closing ”), Sellers shall sell to Purchaser, free and clear of all Liens (other than any restrictions under the Securities Act and Blue Sky Laws), and Purchaser shall purchase from Sellers, all of the Purchased Shares.  In furtherance thereof, at the Closing each Seller shall deliver to Purchaser, free and clear of all Liens (other than any restrictions under the Securities Act and Blue Sky Laws), any stock certificates representing the Purchased Shares, each duly endorsed in blank or with duly executed stock powers attached, with all required stock transfer tax stamps affixed thereto.
 
(b)   The aggregate consideration for the Purchased Shares acquired by Purchaser hereunder (collectively, the “ Transaction Consideration ”) shall consist of:
 
(i)   $ 1,000,000   in cash, payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Sellers;
 
 
 
 
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(ii)   200,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share (the “ Series D Preferred Stock ”), of Medytox (such shares of Series D Preferred Stock, the “ Preferred Shares ”); and
 
(iii)   all accounts receivable of the Company set forth on Schedule 6.1(e)(xii) hereto (the “ Outstanding Accounts Receivable ”).  Every two weeks after the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Sellers a certificate, showing how much of the Outstanding Accounts Receivable were received by the Company during such two-week period.  All payments received by the Company shall be applied against the oldest applicable account receivable. In the event any Outstanding Payables have not been paid as of the date of such certificate, such received Outstanding Accounts Receivable shall be applied against such unpaid Outstanding Payables.  To the extent there are any remaining received Outstanding Accounts Receivable, upon the delivery of each such certificate the Purchaser shall pay such amount to the Sellers (proportionate to their current ownership of the Purchased Shares) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Sellers.  The Purchaser shall have no liability to the Sellers in the event it does not receive payment for any Outstanding Accounts Receivable.
 
Section 1.2   Closing Date .  The Closing shall take place at the offices of Akerman LLP, 420 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, at 10:00 a.m. on the third Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 of this Agreement (other than those conditions that by their terms cannot be satisfied until the Closing), or at such other place and time as the Parties shall mutually agree (the date of the Closing, the “ Closing Date ”).
 
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS
 
The Sellers, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Purchaser and Medytox that the following statements are correct and complete as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date.
 
Section 2.1   Authorization and Enforceability .  Each Seller has all requisite power and authority, and the requisite legal capacity, to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which he is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Seller of each of the Transaction Documents to which he is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each such Seller.  This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Seller and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each Seller, enforceable against such Seller in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at Law or in equity).
 
 
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Section 2.2   Conflicts; Consents of Third Parties .  Except as set forth in Section 2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule, the execution and delivery by each Seller of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which he is a party, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and compliance by each Seller with the provisions hereof or thereof will not: (a) conflict with, violate, result in the breach or termination of, constitute a default under, result in an acceleration of, constitute a change of control under, or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, any Contract to which such Seller is a party or by which such Seller or his properties, assets or Shares are subject, or require a Consent from any Person in order to avoid any such conflict, violation, breach, termination, default or acceleration; (b) violate any Law or any Order by which such Seller is bound; or (c) result in the creation of any Lien, subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, proxies, commitments or Contracts of any kind upon any of the Shares.  No Consent, Order, waiver, declaration or filing with, or notification to any Person, including any Governmental Body, is required on the part of such Seller in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, or the compliance by such Seller with any of the provisions hereof or thereof.
 
Section 2.3   The Shares .
 
(a)   Each Seller holds of record and owns beneficially all of the Shares set forth opposite such Seller’s name in Schedule 1 hereto under the heading “Number of Shares Owned,” free and clear of all Liens, subscriptions, commitments and restrictions of any kind (other than restrictions under the Securities Act and Blue Sky Laws). The number of Shares set forth opposite such Seller’s name in Schedule 1 hereto under the heading “Number of Shares Owned” correctly sets forth all of the capital stock of the Company owned of record or beneficially by such Seller, and such Seller does not own (or have any rights in or to acquire) any capital stock of the Company or any other securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, capital stock of the Company. Such Seller’s Shares were not issued in violation of (i) any law, rule or regulation, (ii) any Contract to which such Seller is or was a party or beneficiary or by which such Seller or his properties or assets is or was subject, or (iii) any preemptive or similar rights of any Person. This Agreement, together with the other documents executed and delivered at Closing by such Seller, will be effective to transfer valid title to such Seller’s Shares to Purchaser, free and clear of all Liens and Contracts of any kind.
 
(b)   Except as set forth in Section 2.3(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, such Seller is not party to (i) any voting agreement, voting trust, proxy, registration rights agreement, stockholder agreement or other Contract with respect to the capital stock of the Company or (ii) any Contract obligating such Seller to vote or dispose of any shares of the capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company or which has the effect of restricting or limiting the transfer, voting or other rights associated with the Shares.
 
 
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Section 2.4   Investor Status .  Each Seller (a) understands and acknowledges that the Preferred Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities Laws (“ Blue Sky Laws ”), in reliance upon exemptions contained in the Securities Act and Blue Sky Laws and any applicable regulations promulgated thereunder or interpretations thereof, and cannot be offered for sale, sold or otherwise transferred unless, among other things, such securities subsequently are so registered or qualify for exemption from registration under the Securities Act and Blue Sky Laws; (b) represents, understands and acknowledges that the Preferred Shares are being acquired under this Agreement in good faith solely for his own account, for investment and not with a view toward resale or other distribution in violation of the Securities Act or Blue Sky Laws, and that such securities will not be offered for sale, sold or otherwise transferred without either registration or exemption from registration under the Securities Act and Blue Sky Laws; (c) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such Party is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Preferred Shares, and such Party understands that he may have to hold the Preferred Shares for an indefinite period of time and he is able to bear any economic risks associated with such investment (including the inherent risk of losing all or part of the investment in such Preferred Shares); (d) is personally and directly familiar with the business that is intended to be conducted by Medytox, including financial matters related to such business, has been given the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the directors and executive officers of Medytox concerning the business and financial affairs of Medytox, and the terms and conditions of such Party’s acquisition of the Preferred Shares, and has had further opportunity to obtain any additional information desired (including information necessary to verify the accuracy of the foregoing); (e) has, at his own expense, undertaken an independent analysis of the merits and risks of the Preferred Shares, including tax and legal consequences of his ownership of the Preferred Shares; (f) has been given an opportunity to review all of Medytox’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; (g) has fully satisfied himself as to any questions he may have concerning Medytox, its assets, its liabilities and the Preferred Shares; (h) acknowledges that no one associated, directly or indirectly, with Medytox or its affiliates has made any representations or guaranties to him as to the future value or worth of any equity position in Medytox, including the Preferred Shares, or, other than as provided in the Transaction Documents, made any representation regarding Medytox or its business; and (i) is a resident of the State of Florida.
 
Section 2.5   Brokers Fees .  Except for Mountain Summit Advisors LLC, no Seller has any Liability to pay any fees or commissions to any investment banker, broker, finder, agent or any other similar Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The arrangements with Mountain Summit Advisors LLC have been disclosed to the Purchaser in writing and none of the Purchaser, Medytox or the Company shall have any liability thereunder.
 
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE COMPANY
 
The Company and Sellers jointly and severally represent and warrant to Purchaser and Medytox that the following statements are correct and complete as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date.
 
 
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Section 3.1   Organization and Related Matters .
 
(a)   The Company is a corporation duly organized under the Laws of the State of Florida and its status is active and it has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business.  The Company is duly qualified or authorized to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property and each other jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties requires such qualification or authorization, each of which is set forth in Section 3.1(a) of the Disclosure Schedule.
 
(b)   The Company has no Subsidiaries.  The Company does not, directly or indirectly, own, have an interest in, or have the power to vote shares of any capital stock or ownership interests in any Person and is not a party to any joint venture.
 
(c)   Sellers have delivered to Purchaser complete and correct copies of the Governing Documents of the Company, as amended to date and as presently in effect.  Since at least November 1, 1998, the Company has not consolidated or merged with, acquired all or substantially all of the assets of, or acquired the stock of or any interest in any Person.
 
Section 3.2   Books and Records .  The Books and Records, all of which have been provided to Purchaser, are complete and correct and represent actual, bona fide transactions and have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices. The minute books of the Company, all of which have been provided to Purchaser, contain accurate and complete records of all meetings held of, and corporate action taken by, the shareholders, the board of directors and committees of the board of directors of the Company, and no meeting of any such shareholders, board of directors or committee has been held for which minutes have not been prepared or are not contained in such minute books.
 
Section 3.3   Capitalization .  Section 3.3 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following: (i) the total number of authorized shares of each class of capital stock of the Company, (ii) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of each class of capital stock of the Company, (iii) the names of the holders of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of capital stock of the Company, and (iv) the number of shares of each class of capital stock held by each such holder.  The issued and outstanding shares of capital stock set forth in Section 3.3 of the Disclosure Schedule constitute the Shares.  No Shares are held in treasury.  All of the Shares have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and all such Shares are held of record and owned beneficially as set forth in Section 3.3 of the Disclosure Schedule.  No Shares have been issued in violation of any preemptive rights or any applicable securities Laws.  The Company has no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, preemptive rights or other contracts or commitments that could require the Company to issue, sell, or otherwise cause to become outstanding any of its capital stock or other equity security, or securities convertible or exchangeable for, or any options, warrants, or rights to purchase, any of such capital stock or other equity security.  There are no outstanding obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its capital stock or other equity security.  There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom equity, profit participation or similar rights with respect to the Company.  There are no dividends which have accrued or been declared but are unpaid on the capital stock of the Company.  Except as set forth in Section 3.3 of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no voting agreements, voting trusts, proxies, registration rights agreements, stockholder agreements or other Contracts with respect to any of the Shares.
 
 
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Section 3.4   Conflicts; Consents of Third Parties .  Except as set forth in Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and compliance by the Company with the provisions hereof or thereof does not and will not, with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice: (a) conflict with, or result in the breach of, any provision of the Governing Documents of the Company; (b) conflict with, violate, result in the breach or termination of, constitute a default under, result in an acceleration of, constitute a change of control under, or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, any Contract to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or its properties or assets are bound, or require a Consent from any Person in order to avoid any such conflict, violation, breach, termination, default or acceleration; (c) violate any Law or any Order by which the Company is bound; or (d) result in the creation of any Lien upon the properties or assets of the Company.  No Consent, Order, waiver, declaration or filing with, or notification to any Person, including any Governmental Body, is required on the part of the Company in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, or the compliance by any of them with any of the provisions hereof or thereof.
 
Section 3.5   Financial Statements .
 
(a)   Included in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule are complete copies of the unaudited balance sheet (the “ Balance Sheet ”) of the Company as at December 31, 2013 (the “ Balance Sheet Date ”) and the related unaudited statement of profit and loss of the Company for the fiscal year then ended (all of such statements, including the related notes and schedules thereto, the “ Financial Statements ”).  The Financial Statements have been prepared from the Books and Records in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the period indicated, except, in the case of the unaudited financial statements, for the failure to include the footnotes required by GAAP and subject to normal and non-recurring year-end audit adjustments (which will not be material in the aggregate).  The Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial position and results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company as of the date and for the period reflected thereon.  The Company maintains a standard system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP.
 
 
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(b)   The Company (i) makes and keeps accurate Books and Records in a consistent manner and (ii) established and maintains a system of “internal controls over financial reporting” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance (A) regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, (B) that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with the authorization of the Company’s management and directors, and (C) regarding prevention or timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.  There has not been (i) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which could affect the ability of the Company to record, process, and summarize its financial data or any material weaknesses in internal controls of the Company, or (ii) any fraud that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls of the Company.  Since the Balance Sheet Date, there have been no changes in internal controls or in other factors that could materially affect internal controls by the Company, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
 
Section 3.6   No Undisclosed Liabilities .  The Company has no Liabilities (and there is no basis for any present or future Legal Proceeding against the Company giving rise to any Liability) except (a) to the extent specifically reflected and accrued for or specifically reserved against in the Balance Sheet and (b) for current Liabilities incurred subsequent to the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past custom and practice (none of which results from, arises out of, relates to, is in the nature of, or was caused by any breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort, infringement, or violation of Law).
 
Section 3.7   Absence of Certain Developments .  Except as set forth in Section 3.7 of the Disclosure Schedule (arranged in subsections corresponding to the subsections set forth below), since the Balance Sheet Date, the Company has not conducted its business other than in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and:
 
(a)   there has not been any Company Material Adverse Change nor has there occurred any event which is reasonably likely to result in a Company Material Adverse Change;
 
(b)   the Company has not made any declaration or payment of any dividends or distributions on or in respect of any capital stock or other security of the Company, or redemption, purchase or acquisition of any capital stock or other security of the Company, or made any other payment to or on behalf of any Seller or any Affiliate thereof;
 
(c)   there has not been any split, combination or reclassification of any shares of capital stock or other security of the Company;
 
(d)   there has not been any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, with respect to the property and assets of the Company having a replacement cost of more than $5,000 for any single loss or $10,000 in the aggregate for any related losses;
 
 
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(e)   the Company has not made any change in the rate of compensation, commission, bonus or other direct or indirect remuneration payable, or paid or agreed or orally promised to pay, conditionally or otherwise, any bonus, incentive, retention or other compensation, retirement, welfare, fringe or severance benefit or vacation pay, to or in respect of any director, officer, employee, distributor or agent of the Company, other than increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in the base wages or salaries of employees of the Company other than officers or senior managers;
 
(f)   the Company has not entered into or amended any employment, deferred compensation, severance or similar agreement;
 
(g)   the Company has not entered into any collective bargaining agreement or relationship with any labor organization;
 
(h)   there has not been any material change by the Company in accounting or Tax reporting principles, methods or policies, any settlement of any Tax controversy, any amendment of any Tax Return, or any material Tax election made by or with respect to the Company;
 
(i)   except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company has not entered into or amended any other transaction or Contract other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
 
(j)   the Company has not hired employees or engaged independent contractors other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with, and at a level consistent with, past practice;
 
(k)   the Company has not breached any Contract;
 
(l)   the Company has not made any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person;
 
(m)   the Company has not  mortgaged, pledged or subjected to any Lien any of its assets, or acquired any assets or sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of any assets of the Company except for assets acquired or sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
 
(n)   the Company has not canceled or compromised any debt or claim or amended, canceled, terminated, relinquished, waived or released any Contract or right except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and which, in the aggregate, are not material to the Company;
 
(o)   the Company has not entered into or amended any Contract or transaction with any of its Affiliates or paid any fees, expenses or other amounts to any Affiliate of the Company;
 
 
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(p)   the Company has not made or committed to make any capital expenditures or capital additions or improvements (i) in excess of $5,000 individually or $10,000 in the aggregate, or (ii) outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
 
(q)   the Company has not entered into any prepaid transactions or otherwise accelerated revenue recognition or the sales for periods prior to the Closing outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
 
(r)   the Company has not materially changed its policies or practices with respect to the payment of accounts payable or other current liabilities or the collection of accounts receivable (including any acceleration or deferral of the payment or collection thereof);
 
(s)   the Company has not amended any of its Governing Documents;
 
(t)   the Company has not adopted any plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation or dissolution or filing of a petition in bankruptcy under any provisions of federal or state bankruptcy Law or consent to the filing of any bankruptcy petition against it under any similar Law or other agreement with respect to the sale of its assets, securities or Business;
 
(u)   the Company has not issued any equity or debt securities or any security exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities of the Company, or incurred any Indebtedness or other Liabilities (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices);
 
(v)   the Company has not (i) discharged, repaid, amended, modified, made payment on, canceled or compromised any Indebtedness, or discharged or satisfied any Lien, or (ii) engaged in any transaction or provided any consideration relating to the release, modification or diminution of any guarantee, bond, surety or other obligation of any Seller or any Affiliate thereof;
 
(w)   the Company has not entered into any compromise or settlement of any Legal Proceeding or investigation by any Governmental Body;
 
(x)   the Company has not transferred, assigned or granted any license or sublicense of any material rights under or with respect to any Intellectual Property;
 
(y)   the Company has not failed (i) to file any material reports or take steps necessary to comply with applicable Laws and (ii) to maintain in good standing all Permits; and
 
(z)   the Company has not entered into any agreements or commitments to do or perform in the future any actions referred to in this Section 3.7.
 
 
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Section 3.8   Taxes .
 
(a)   The Company has timely filed with the appropriate taxing authorities all Tax Returns that it has been required to file.  All such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all respects.  All Taxes owed by the Company (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been paid.  Adequate reserves have been established on the Financial Statements to provide for the payment of any Taxes which are not yet due and payable with respect to the Company for taxable periods or portions thereof ending on or before the Balance Sheet Date.  The Company is not the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return.  No written claim has ever been made by an authority with respect to the Company in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.  There are no Liens on any of the assets of the Company that have arisen in connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Tax.
 
(b)   The Company has withheld and paid to the appropriate taxing authority or other Governmental Body all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder, or other third party.
 
(c)   The Company has not waived or extended any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to the assessment, payment or collection of any Tax.
 
(d)   The Company has no obligation to make a payment that is not deductible under Section 280G of the Code or that includes an obligation to indemnify or “gross up” the recipient of such payment for taxes imposed by Section 4999 of the Code.
 
(e)   None of the properties or assets of the Company is property which, for Tax purposes, is required to be treated as owned by another Person.  The Company is not an obligor on, and none of its assets have been financed directly or indirectly by, any tax-exempt bonds.  No property or assets of the Company is “tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code.
 
(f)   No deficiency or proposed adjustment which has not been settled or otherwise resolved for any amount of Taxes has been asserted or assessed by any taxing authority or other Governmental Body against the Company.  There has not been, within the past five calendar years, an audit, examination or written notice of potential examination of any Tax Returns filed by the Company.
 
(g)   There is no action, suit, examination, investigation, Governmental Body proceeding, or audit or claim for refund in progress, pending, proposed or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened against or with respect to the Company regarding Taxes.  No Seller and no director or officer (or employee responsible for Tax matters) of the Company expects any authority to assess any additional Taxes for any period for which Tax Returns have been filed.
 
 
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(h)   The Company has not agreed to or been required to make any adjustment pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Law by reason of any change in accounting method initiated by it or on its behalf; no taxing authority has proposed any such adjustment or change in accounting method; and the Company has no application pending with any taxing authority requesting permission for any change in accounting method.  The Company will not be required (A) as a result of a change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, to include any adjustment under Section 481(c) of the Code in taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing or (B) as a result of any “closing agreement,” as described in Section 7121 of the Code, to include any item of income or exclude any item of deduction from any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing.
 
(i)   The Company has not been a member of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code), filed or been included in a combined, consolidated or unitary income Tax Return, or is a partner, member, owner or beneficiary of any entity treated as a partnership or a trust for Tax purposes.  The Company has no Liability for Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 or similar state or local Laws, as a successor or transferee, by contract or otherwise.
 
(j)   The Company is not a party to or bound by any Tax allocation or Tax sharing agreement and has no contractual obligation to indemnify any other Person with respect to Taxes.
 
(k)   True, correct and complete copies of all income and sales Tax Returns filed by or with respect to the Company for taxable periods ending on or before December 31, 2013 have been delivered to Purchaser.
 
(l)   The Company has not participated in any reportable transaction as contemplated in Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4.  The Company has disclosed on its federal income Tax Returns all positions taken therein that could give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code.
 
(m)   The Company is not subject to Tax, nor does it have a permanent establishment, in any foreign jurisdiction.
 
(n)   The Company has no pending ruling requests filed by it or on its behalf with any taxing authority or Governmental Body.
 
(o)   The Company is, and has been since June 1, 2007, an S corporation as defined in Section 1361(a)(1) of the Code for federal and state income tax purposes and is eligible for such treatment.  The Company’s election to be treated as an S corporation was timely filed with the IRS and has not been superseded by any subsequent filing.  The IRS has not sent any correspondence to the Company questioning its status as an S corporation.  Sellers have not and will not be subject to any Taxes for any period ending on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Section 1374 or Section 1375 of the Code.
 
 
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Section 3.9   Real Property .
 
(a)   The Company does not own or has owned any real property or interest in real property.
 
(b)   Section 3.9(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the address of each parcel of real property and interests in real property leased by the Company as lessee, and a true and complete list of all leases related to real property currently leased by the Company (individually, a “ Real Property Lease ” and the real properties specified in such leases being referred to herein collectively as the “ Leased Properties ”).  The Company has a valid, binding and enforceable leasehold interest under each of the Real Property Leases, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at Law or in equity).  The Company has not received any written notice of any default or event that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under any of the Real Property Leases and the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, each other party thereto, is in compliance with all obligations of such party thereunder.  The Company has not subleased, assigned or otherwise granted to any Person the right to use or occupy such Leased Properties or any portion thereof.  The Company’s possession and quiet enjoyment of Leased Property under each Real Property Lease has not been disturbed and there are no disputes with respect to any Real Property Lease.  No security deposit or portion thereof deposited with respect to any Real Property Lease has been applied in respect of a breach of or default under any such Real Property Lease that has not been redeposited in full.  The Company does not owe, or will owe in the future, any brokerage commissions or finder’s fees with respect to any Real Property Lease.  The Company has not collaterally assigned or granted any other Lien in any Real Property Lease or any interest therein (other than Permitted Liens).  There are no Liens on the estate or interest created by any Real Property Lease (other than Permitted Liens).  Sellers have delivered to Purchaser complete and correct copies of the Real Property Leases, together with all amendments, modifications or supplements, if any, thereto.
 
(c)   To the Knowledge of the Sellers, the Leased Properties are in compliance with all applicable building, zoning, subdivision, health and safety and other land use Laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, and all insurance requirements affecting the Leased Properties (collectively, the “ Real Property Laws ”), and the current use or occupancy of the Leased Properties or operation of the Business thereon does not violate any Real Property Laws.  The Company has not received any notice of violation of any Real Property Law.  There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, anticipated change in any Real Property Law that will impact the Leased Properties or any portion thereof in the continued operation of the Business.  There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened zoning application or proceeding or condemnation, eminent domain or taking proceeding with respect to the Leased Properties.
 
 
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(d)   The Leased Properties constitute all interests in real property currently used or currently held for use in connection with the Business or which are necessary for the continued operation of the Business as the Business is currently conducted.
 
Section 3.10     Tangible Personal Property; Title; Sufficiency of Assets .
 
(a)  Section 3.10(a)  of the Disclosure Schedule lists all leases of personal property (“ Personal Property Leases ”) involving annual payments in excess of $5,000 relating to personal property used by the Company or to which the Company is a party or by which the properties of the Company are bound.  Sellers have delivered to Purchaser complete and correct copies of the Personal Property Leases, together with all amendments, modifications or supplements thereto.
 
(b)   The Company has a valid leasehold interest under each of the Personal Property Leases under which it is a lessee, and there is no default under any Personal Property Lease by the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, by any other party thereto, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunder, and the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, each other party thereto is in compliance with all obligations of the Company or such other party, as the case may be, thereunder.
 
(c)   The Company (and not any Affiliate thereof) has good and marketable title to all its assets, free and clear of any and all Liens, except for Permitted Liens.  Such assets include all assets, rights and interests reasonably required for the continued conduct of the Business by Purchaser.
 
(d)   All tangible personal property owned by the Company, and all of the items of tangible personal property used by the Company under the Personal Property Leases, are structurally sound, are in good operating condition and repair, and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, and none of such items of tangible personal property is in need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs that are not material in nature or cost.  Section 3.10(d) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all of tangible personal property owned by the Company.
 
Section 3.11   Intellectual Property, Privacy, Systems and Security .
 
(a)   The Company owns and has independently developed, free and clear from all Liens, or otherwise possesses legally enforceable rights to use all of the Intellectual Property reasonably necessary to the conduct of the Business as currently conducted.  The Intellectual Property owned by the Company (“ Owned Intellectual Property ”) and the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company comprises all of the Intellectual Property that is used in or is reasonably necessary to conduct the Business as currently conducted (such Intellectual Property being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Company IP Rights ”).
 
 
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(b)   Section 3.11(b)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of all Owned Intellectual Property for which a registration or application has been filed with a governmental body, including patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights rights, rights in Internet or World Wide Web Domain names or URLs with any governmental entity, including Internet domain name registrars; in each case listing, as applicable, (x) the jurisdiction where the item is located and (y) the application or registration number, and (z) all applications, registrations, filings and other formal written governmental actions made or taken pursuant to applicable Laws by the Company to secure, perfect or protect its interest in Company IP Rights, including all patent applications, copyright applications, and applications for registration of trademarks and service marks. Section 3.11(b)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and correct list of all trademarks, service marks, other trade designations, Software, copyrights, and trade secrets that are Owned Intellectual Property and not otherwise identified in Section 3.11(b)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule. All required filings and fees related to the Owned Intellectual Property have been timely filed with and paid to the relevant governmental authority and authorized registrars, and all Owned Intellectual Property is otherwise in good standing. To the Knowledge of the Sellers, all patents, registered trademarks, service marks, rights in Internet or World Wide Web domain names or URLs, and copyrights held by the Company are valid, enforceable and subsisting.  To the Knowledge of the Sellers, all items set forth under clause (i) are currently in compliance with all formal legal requirements (including payment of filing, examination and maintenance fees and proofs of use) and are not subject to any unpaid maintenance fees or taxes or actions. Section 3.11(b)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule also sets forth a complete and correct list of all written or oral licenses and arrangements (i) pursuant to which the use by any Person of Intellectual Property is permitted by the Company or (ii) pursuant to which the use by the Company of Intellectual Property is permitted by any Person (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Licenses ”).  The Intellectual Property Licenses are valid, binding and enforceable between the other parties thereto and are in full force and effect.  There is no material default under any Intellectual Property License by the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, by any other party thereto, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a material default thereunder.  The Company and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, each other party thereto is in compliance with all obligations under each Intellectual Property License.  Other than pursuant to the Intellectual Property Licenses, no Person has any interest in any Intellectual Property used by the Company.
 
(c)   Except as set forth in Section 3.11(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no royalties, honoraria, fees or other payments payable by the Company to any third Person (other than amounts payable to employees and independent contractors not contingent on or related to use of their work product) as a result of the ownership, use, possession, license, sale, marketing, advertising or disposition of any Company IP Rights by the Company to the extent necessary for the conduct of the Business and none will become payable as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
 
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(d)   To the Knowledge of the Sellers, no current employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company:  (i) is in violation of any term or covenant of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, non-solicitation agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract with any other Person by virtue of such employee’s, consultant’s, or independent contractor’s being employed by, or performing services for, the Company or using trade secrets or proprietary information of others without permission or (ii) is party to any contract with any prior employer or other party that prohibits or otherwise restricts such employee, consultant or independent contractor in any material respect from performing his prior or current duties at the Company; or (iii) has developed any technology, software or other copyrightable, patentable, or otherwise proprietary work for the Company that is subject to any contract under which such employee, consultant or independent contractor has assigned or otherwise granted (or agreed to assign or otherwise grant) to any third party any rights (including Intellectual Property) in or to such technology, software or other copyrightable, patentable or otherwise proprietary work.  To the Knowledge of the Sellers, the employment of any employee of the Company and the use by the Company of the services of any consultant or independent contractor has not and does not subject the Company to any liability to any third party for improperly soliciting such employee or consultant, or independent contractor to work for the Company, whether such liability is based on contractual or other legal obligations to such third party.
 
(e)   The use of the Company’s IP Rights as presently conducted does not and will not interfere with, infringe upon, misappropriate, or otherwise come into conflict with, any Intellectual Property rights of third parties.
 
(f)   There is no claim or demand of any Person pertaining to, or any proceeding which is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened, that challenges the rights of the Company in respect of any Owned Intellectual Property, or claims that any default exists under any Intellectual Property License.
 
(g)   To the Knowledge of the Sellers, there is no unauthorized use, disclosure, infringement or misappropriation by any third party of any Owned Intellectual Property or any Intellectual Property Licenses which are exclusively licensed to the Company, including any employee or former employee of the Company, and the Company has not made any allegations to the contrary.  The Company has not agreed to indemnify any Person against any infringement of any Intellectual Property of any third party with respect to any Proprietary Software Products, other than indemnification provisions contained in the Company’s purchase orders or other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, all forms of which have been provided or made available to Purchaser.
 
(h) (i)  The Company has taken all reasonable, necessary and appropriate steps to protect, preserve and maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of material confidential information of the Company and to preserve and maintain the Company’s interests and proprietary rights in Company IP Rights (including in each case the source code for all Software in the Proprietary Software Products).  To the Knowledge of the Sellers, there is no misappropriation of any of the Company’s trade secrets by another Person.
 
 
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(ii)   Except as set forth in Section 3.11(h)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule, all current and former officers, employees and consultants of the Company who have or have had access to proprietary information and inventions of the Company has executed and delivered to the Company a binding and enforceable agreement regarding the protection of such proprietary information; and copies of all such contracts have been provided to Purchaser.
 
(iii)   Except as set forth in Section 3.11(h)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has secured valid written assignments from all of the Company’s consultants, contractors and employees who conceived (in whole or in part) of any Owned Intellectual Property, including without limitation, the Proprietary Software Products, to the extent legally permissible.  With regard to the employees listed on Section 3.11(h)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, all work relating to any Intellectual Property done by such employees was within the scope of their employment and the Company owns all rights to all work performed by such employees.
 
(iv)   No current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor of the Company has any right, license, claim or interest whatsoever in or with respect to any Company IP Rights.
 
(v)   Neither the Company nor any of its current or former employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors during the time period of their association with the Company, has made any patentable inventions related to any Proprietary Software Products or otherwise related to the Company’s Business.
 
(i)   No government funding, facilities of a university, college, other educational institution or research center or funding from third parties (other than funds received in consideration for Company stock) was used in the development of the Proprietary Software Products or any other Owned Intellectual Property or any Intellectual Property License which are exclusively licensed to the Company.  No current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company who was involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of any Company IP Rights has performed services for any governmental entity, university, college, or other educational institution or research center during a period of time during which such employee, consultant or independent contractor was also performing services for the Company.  To the Knowledge of the Sellers, no governmental entity, university, college, or other educational institution or non-profit research center has any claim or right in or to any Owned Intellectual Property or any Intellectual Property License which are exclusively licensed to the Company, including any “march in” rights.
 
(j)   All of the Software and Documentation comprising, incorporated in or bundled with the Customer Offerings or Internal Systems have been designed, authored, tested and (consistent with current industry standards) debugged by regular employees of the Company within the scope of their employment or by independent contractors of the Company who have executed valid and binding agreements expressly assigning all right, title and interest in such copyrightable materials to the Company, waiving their non-assignable rights (including moral rights) in favor of the Company and its permitted assigns and licensees, and have no residual claim to such materials.  The Company has provided Purchaser with true and complete copies of all such agreements.
 
 
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(k)   Section 3.11(k) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all Open Source Materials that the Company has utilized in any way in the Exploitation of the Customer Offerings or Internal Systems and describes the manner in which such Open Source Materials have been utilized, including, without limitation, whether and how the Open Source Materials have been modified and/or distributed by the Company.  The Company has not (i) incorporated Open Source Materials into, or combined Open Source Materials with, the Customer Offerings; (ii) distributed Open Source Materials in conjunction with any other software developed or distributed by the Company; or (iii) used Open Source Materials that create, or purport to create, obligations for the Company with respect to the Customer Offerings or grant, or purport to grant, to any third party, any rights or immunities under Intellectual Property rights (including, but not limited to, using any Open Source Materials that require, as a condition of Exploitation of such Open Source Materials, that other Software incorporated into, derived from or distributed with such Open Source Materials be (x) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (y) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works, or (z) redistributable at no charge or minimal charge).
 
(l)   The Customer Offerings and the Internal Systems are free from material defects in design, workmanship and materials and conform in all material respects to the written Documentation and specifications therefor.  To the Knowledge of the Sellers, the Customer Offerings and the Internal Systems do not contain any disabling device, virus, worm, back door, Trojan horse or other disruptive or malicious code that may or are intended to impair their intended performance or otherwise permit unauthorized access to, hamper, delete or damage any computer system, software, network or data.  Since January 1, 2010, the Company has not received any warranty claims, contractual terminations or requests for settlement or refund due to the failure of the Customer Offerings to meet their specifications or otherwise to satisfy end user needs or for harm or damage to any third party.
 
(m)   The Company and its use of the Intellectual Property have been and are in material compliance with all applicable Laws including, without limitation HIPAA, and contractual requirements, published privacy policies or statements, and any other policies of the Company concerning data security requirements, privacy policy notice requirements, data security breach requirements, and requirements regarding the use, storage, disclosure or transfer of personally identifiable information, which includes Protected Health Information, as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103 (collectively, “ PII ”).  To the Knowledge of the Sellers, no investigation relating to the information privacy or data security practices (including collection, transfer, or use) of the Company is being conducted by any governmental entity.  To the Knowledge of the Sellers, there has been no data security breach of any computer systems or networks, or unauthorized use of any PII that is owned, used, stored, received, or controlled by or on behalf of the Company.  To the Knowledge of the Sellers, there has been no actual or suspected privacy breach of any PII that is owned, used, stored, received, or controlled by or on behalf of the Company.  No claims are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened or likely to be asserted against the Company by any Person alleging a violation of any applicable Laws or rights relating to privacy, PII, or any other confidentiality rights under any applicable U.S. Laws, policies or procedures.  To the Knowledge of the Sellers, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not breach or otherwise cause any violation of any applicable Laws relating to privacy or security, or of the privacy policies or procedures of the Company.
 
 
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(n)   The Company owns, leases or licenses software, hardware, databases, computer equipment and other information technology comprising its Internal Systems.  The Company has taken reasonable, necessary and appropriate steps to preserve the availability, security and integrity of its Internal Systems and the data and information stored on its Internal Systems.  The Internal Systems operate and perform in all material respects in a manner that permits the Company to conduct the Business as currently conducted, and the Company has purchased or otherwise lawfully acquired a sufficient number of licenses for all material third party software used by the Company.  The documentation and the source code with its embedded commentary and descriptions, the specifications and the other informational materials which describe the operation, functions and technical characteristics applicable to the Internal Systems are complete in all material respects and sufficient to permit the Company to support and maintain the Proprietary Software Products and operations of the Business.  With respect to the Internal Systems: (i) there have been no successful or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, there has not been any material malfunction thereof that has not been remedied or replaced in all material respects, or any material unplanned downtime or material service interruption thereof; (ii) the Company has implemented or is in the process of implementing (or in the exercise of reasonable business judgment has determined that implementation is not yet in the best interest of the Company) in a timely manner any and all security patches or security upgrades that are generally available therefor; and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Sellers, no third party providing services to the Company has failed to meet any service obligations with respect to the Internal Systems.  The Company has implemented reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology processes substantially consistent with industry practices and has tested such processes for effectiveness.
 
Section 3.12   Contracts .
 
(a) Section 3.12(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all of the Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its assets are bound of the types described below and categorized accordingly:
 
(i)   Contracts relating to the employment or engagement of any Person, or any bonus, deferred compensation, pension, profit sharing, stock option, employee stock purchase, retirement, retention, severance, or change of control arrangement;
 
 
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(ii)   Contracts other than those described in clause (i) with any current or former officer, director or employee of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or any such Person;
 
(iii)   Contracts with any employee or labor union or association representing any employee;
 
(iv)   Contracts relating to capital expenditures;
 
(v)   Contracts entered into within the last five years relating to the acquisition or disposition of any equity interests in or, except in the ordinary course of business, assets of any Person;
 
(vi)   Contracts creating or otherwise related to any joint venture or partnership;
 
(vii)   Contracts limiting the ability of the Company to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person or to conduct business in any geographical area or to solicit any Person for employment;
 
(viii)   Contracts relating to the confidentiality or limitation on use of any information;
 
(ix)   Contracts relating to any Indebtedness of the Company (other than accounts payable to trade creditors in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past custom and practice), including credit facilities, promissory notes, security agreements, and other credit support arrangements, and Contracts under which the Company has imposed or incurred a Lien on any of its assets;
 
(x)   Contracts granting a power of attorney, revocable or irrevocable, to any Person for any purpose whatsoever;
 
(xi)   Contracts that provide for the indemnification by the Company of any Person or the assumption of any Tax, environmental or other Liability of any Person;
 
(xii)   Contracts relating to any loan (other than accounts receivable from trade debtors in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past custom and practice) or advance to (other than ordinary course travel allowances to the employees of the Company), or investments in, any Person;
 
(xiii)   Contracts relating to any guarantee or other contingent Liability in respect of any Indebtedness or obligation of any Person (other than the endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past custom and practice);
 
 
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(xiv)   all broker, distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, franchise, agency, sales promotion, market research, marketing consulting and advertising Contracts to which the Company is a party;
 
(xv)   Contracts with any Governmental Body;
 
(xvi)   Contracts, loans and/or lease arrangements involving, directly or indirectly, any rebates, payments, commissions, promotional allowances or any other economic benefits, regardless of their nature or type, to or from any Affiliate or to or from any customer, supplier, employee or agent of the Company;
 
(xvii)   all other Contracts which are reasonably likely to involve the receipt or payment of an amount in excess of $1,000 in any 12-month period and which cannot be cancelled by the Company without penalty and without more than thirty (30) days’ notice; and
 
(xviii)   any other Contract to which the Company is party and which has not previously been disclosed pursuant to this Section 3.12(a) (including, without limitation, any Intellectual Property License).
 
(b)   Complete copies of the items required to be set forth in Section 3.12(a) of the Disclosure Schedule have previously been provided to Purchaser by Sellers.  Except as set forth in Section 3.12(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, all of the Contracts disclosed in Section 3.12(a) of the Disclosure Schedule shall, following the Closing, remain enforceable by the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, binding on the other parties thereto, without the Consent of any Person.  The Company is not in default, and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute a default, under any such Contract or any other obligation owed by the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute a default by any other party to any such Contract.  Each of the Contracts disclosed in Section 3.12(a) of the Disclosure Schedule is in full force and effect, is valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, is not subject to any claims, charges, setoffs or defenses.  There are no disputes pending or threatened under any such Contract.  The Company and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, each other party thereto is in compliance with all of its obligations under each such Contract.
 
 
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Section 3.13   Employee Benefits .
 
(a) Section 3.13(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and correct list of (i) all “employee benefit plans” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), and any other pension plans or employee benefit agreements, arrangements, programs or payroll practices (including severance pay, other termination benefits or compensation, vacation pay, salary, company awards, stock option, stock purchase, salary continuation for disability, sick leave, retirement, deferred compensation, bonus or other incentive compensation, stock purchase arrangements or policies, hospitalization, medical insurance, life insurance and scholarship programs) (whether funded or unfunded, written or oral, qualified or nonqualified), sponsored, maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company or by any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that together with the Company would be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA (a “ Company ERISA Affiliate ”) for the benefit of any employee, leased employee, director, officer, shareholder or independent contractor  (in each case either current or former) of the Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate (“ Employee Benefit Plans ”).  Section 3.13(a) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies, in separate categories, Employee Benefit Plans that are (i) subject to Section 210(a), 4063 and 4064 of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Code (“ Multiple Employer Plans ”), (ii) multiemployer plans (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) (“ Multiemployer Plans ”) or (iii) “benefit plans”, within the meaning of Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code providing continuing benefits after the termination of employment (other than as required by Section 4980B of the Code or Part 6 of Title I of ERISA or similar state or local Law). The Company has no Liability or contingent Liability with respect to any plan, arrangement or practice of the type described in thisSection 3.13(a) other than the Employee Benefit Plans set forth on Section 3.13(a) of the Disclosure Schedule.
 
(b)   None of the Company, any of its Affiliates or any Company ERISA Affiliate has ever participated in, been required to contribute to, or otherwise been required to participate in any Multiemployer Plan or any Multiple Employer Plan.  No Employee Benefit Plan is or at any time was a “defined benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA or a pension plan subject to the funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.  Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has ever participated in, been required to contribute to, or otherwise been required to participate in any plan, program or arrangement subject to Title IV of ERISA.  No Employee Benefit Plan is a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA.
 
(c)   Each of the Employee Benefit Plans intended to qualify under Section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code (“ Qualified Plans ”) has received a determination letter from the IRS to such effect and the trusts maintained thereto are exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501 of the Code and nothing has occurred or will occur through the Closing with respect to any such plan which would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification or exemption. There has been no termination or partial termination of such Qualified Plan within the meaning of Code Section 411(d)(3) and  the present value of all Liabilities under any such plan will not exceed the current fair market value of the assets of such plan (determined using the actuarial assumption used for the most recent actuarial valuation for such plan).
 
 
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(d)   All contributions, reimbursements, accruals and premiums required by Law or by the terms of any Employee Benefit Plan or any agreement relating thereto for all periods ending prior to or as of the Closing have been timely paid or properly accrued on the Balance Sheet and the books and records of the Company.  No Employee Benefit Plan has any unfunded Liabilities which are not reflected on the Balance Sheet or the books and records of the Company.
 
(e)   There has been no material violation of or material failure to comply with ERISA or the Code with respect to the filing of applicable returns, reports, documents and notices regarding any of the Employee Benefit Plans with the DOL, the IRS, the PBGC or any other Governmental Body or the furnishing of such notices or documents to the participants or beneficiaries of the Employee Benefit Plans.
 
(f)   True, correct and complete copies of the following documents, with respect to each of the Employee Benefit Plans, have been delivered to Purchaser: (A) any plans and related trust documents (all amendments thereto), investment management agreements, administrative service contracts, group annuity contracts, insurance contracts, collective bargaining agreements and employee handbooks, (B) the most recent Forms 5500 for the past three years and schedules thereto, (C) the most recent consolidated financial statements and actuarial valuations for the past three years, (D) the most recent IRS determination letters, (E) the most recent summary plan descriptions (including letters or other documents updating such descriptions) and (F) written descriptions of all non-written agreements relating to the Employee Benefit Plans.
 
(g)   There are no pending Legal Proceedings which have been asserted or instituted or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened against any of the Employee Benefit Plans, the assets of any such plans or of any related trust or the Company, the plan administrator or any fiduciary of the Employee Benefit Plans with respect to such plans (other than routine benefit claims), and there are no facts or circumstances which could form the basis for any such Legal Proceeding.  No Employee Benefit Plan is under audit or investigation by the IRS, DOL, or any other Government Body and no such completed audit, if any, has resulted in the imposition of Tax, interest, or penalty.
 
(h)   Each of the Employee Benefit Plans complies in all material respects with its terms and all provisions of applicable Law, including ERISA and the Code, and all reporting requirements have been satisfied on a timely basis.
 
(i)   The Company maintains a “group health plan” within the meaning of Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code and each plan sponsor or administrator has complied with the COBRA reporting, disclosure, notice, election, and other benefit continuation and coverage requirements of Section 4980B of the Code, HIPAA, Part 6 of Title I of ERISA and the applicable regulations thereunder and any comparable state Laws, including compliance with the Company’s COBRA obligations rising in connection with the transactions contemplated herein. No Employee Benefit Plan provides medical or dental benefits for any current or former employees or other service providers of the Company, or its predecessors after termination of employment or other service other than the rights that may be provided by Law.
 
(j)   No “prohibited transaction”, within the meaning of ERISA or the Code, or breach of any duty imposed on “fiduciaries” pursuant to ERISA has occurred with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan.
 
 
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(k)   Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (in each case either alone or in conjunction with any other event) will, with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice (i) result in any payment becoming due to any service provider; (ii) increase any benefits otherwise payable to any service provider including under any Employee Benefit Plan; or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits.
 
(l)   No security issued by the Company forms or has formed any part of the assets of any Employee Benefit Plan.
 
(m)   The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not give rise to any Liability for termination of any agreements related to any Employee Benefit Plan.
 
(n)   No amounts payable under any Employee Benefit Plan or any other agreement will fail to be deductible for federal income tax purposes by virtue of Section 280G of the Code.
 
(o)   Each Employee Benefit Plan that purports to provide benefits which qualify for tax-favored treatment under Sections 79, 105, 106, 117, 120, 125, 127, 129, and 132 of the Code satisfies the requirements of said Section(s).
 
(p)   The Company has taken such actions necessary with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan to ensure that no service provider of the Company is subject to taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code.
 
(q)   Each Employee Benefit Plan, its related trust and insurance agreement may be unilaterally amended or terminated on no more than ninety (90) days’ notice.
 
Section 3.14     Labor .
 
(a) Section 3.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all persons who are employees, consultants or contractors of the Company as of the date hereof, and sets forth for each such individual the following: (i) name, (ii) title or position (including whether full or part time), (iii) hire date, (iv) current annual base compensation rate, (v) commission, bonus or other incentive-based compensation, and (vi) designation as either exempt or non-exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
 
(b)   The Company is not, nor has it ever been, a party to or bound by any labor or collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor organization representing any of its employees, and there are no labor organizations representing, purporting to represent or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, attempting to represent any employee.  There has never been, nor has there been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, concerted refusal to work overtime, arbitrations or other similar labor activity or dispute affecting the Company or any of its employees. There are no grievances, arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges, or other labor disputes pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened against the Company.
 
 
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(c)   No labor organization or group of employees of the Company has made a pending demand for recognition, and there are no representation proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding presently pending or, to the Knowledge of Sellers, threatened to be brought or filed, with the National Labor Relations Board or other labor relations tribunal.  There is no organizing activity involving the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of Sellers, threatened by any labor organization or group of employees of the Company.
 
(d)   There are no Legal Proceedings against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened which would reasonably be expected to be brought or filed, with any public or Governmental Body based on, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the application or recruitment for employment, employment or termination of employment of any individual or group by the Company.
 
(e)   To the Knowledge of the Sellers, no executive or employee currently has any plans to terminate employment with the Company independently of or as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(f)   The Company is and has been in compliance with all applicable Laws pertaining to employment and employment practices to the extent they relate to the employees of the Company, including all Laws relating to labor relations, equal employment opportunities, fair employment practices, employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, reasonable accommodation, disability rights or benefits, immigration, wage and hours, overtime compensation, child labor, health and safety, workers’ compensation, uniformed services employment, whistleblowers, leaves of absence and unemployment insurance.  All individuals characterized and treated by the Company as consultants or contractors are properly treated as independent contractors under all applicable Laws. There are no Legal Proceedings pending against the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened to be brought or filed, by or with any Governmental Body or arbitrator in connection with the employment of any current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor, including any claim relating to unfair labor practices, employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, equal pay or any other employment related matter arising under applicable Laws.  There are no internal complaints or reports by any current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor pursuant to the anti-harassment policy of the Company that are pending or under investigation.
 
(g)   The provisions of WARN have not been applicable to the Company and the Company has no plans to undertake any action in the future that would trigger WARN.
 
 
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(h)   All employees of the Company are residing and/or working in the United States (i) free of any restrictions or limitations on their ability to accept employment lawfully in the United States and (ii) in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to immigration and naturalization.  No Legal Proceeding has been filed or commenced against the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, any employees thereof, that (a) alleges any failure so to comply or (b) seeks removal, exclusion or other restrictions on (I) such employee’s ability to reside and/or accept employment lawfully in the United States and/or (II) the continued ability of the Company to sponsor employees for immigration benefits and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, there is no reasonable basis for any of the foregoing.  To the Knowledge of the Sellers, there is no reasonable basis to believe that any employee of the Company will not be able to continue to so reside and/or accept employment lawfully in the United States in accordance with all such Laws.  The Company maintains adequate internal systems and procedures to provide reasonable assurance that all employee hiring is conducted in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to immigration and naturalization.  No audit, investigation or other Legal Proceeding has been commenced against the Company at any time with respect to its compliance with applicable Laws relating to immigration and naturalization in connection with its hiring practices.
 
Section 3.15   Litigation .  Except as set forth in Section 3.15 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened against the Company (or pending or threatened against any of the officers, directors or key employees of the Company in relation to the Company or the Business) before any court or other Governmental Body or any arbitral tribunal, nor is there any basis for any such Legal Proceeding.  The Company has not received any written memorandum or legal advice from legal counsel retained by the Company to the effect that it is exposed, from a legal standpoint, to any Liability.  The Company has not engaged in any Legal Proceeding to recover monies due it or for damages sustained by it.  The Company is not subject to any Order of any Governmental Body.
 
Section 3.16   Compliance with Laws; Permits .
 
(a)   The Company is, and has at all times been, in compliance with all Laws applicable to it or the operation, use, occupancy or ownership of its assets or properties or the conduct of the Business including, without limitation, the applicable standards for Privacy or Security of Identifiable Health Information promulgated pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, 45 C.F.R. Parts 160-164, the Standards for Security of Electronic Protected Health Information, 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162 and 164, and the implementing regulations thereunder, and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“ HITECH ”) (collectively, “ HIPAA ”).  The Company has not received written notice from any Governmental Body of, and Sellers have no Knowledge of, any failure to comply with any Law.  There is no investigation by a Governmental Body pending against or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened against the Company.
 
(b) Section 3.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of each Permit that is held by the Company or that otherwise relates to the Business. Each Permit listed or required to be listed in Section 3.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule is valid and in full force and effect. Except as set forth in Section 3.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule:
 
 
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(i)   the Company is, and has been, in full compliance with all of the terms and requirements of each Permit identified or required to be identified in Section 3.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule;
 
(ii)   no event has occurred or circumstance exists that may (with or without notice or lapse of time) (A) constitute or result directly or indirectly in a violation of or a failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Permit identified or required to be identified in Section 3.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule or (B) result directly or indirectly in the revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or termination of, or any modification to, any Permit identified or required to be identified in Section 3.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule;
 
(iii)   the Company has not received any notice or other communication (whether oral or written) from any Governmental Body or any other Person regarding (A) any actual, alleged, possible or potential violation of or failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Permit or (B) any actual, proposed, possible or potential revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination of or modification to any Permit; and
 
(iv)   all applications required to have been filed for the renewal of the Permits identified or required to be identified in Section 3.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule have been duly filed on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Bodies, and all other filings required to have been made with respect to such Permits have been duly made on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Bodies.
 
The Permits identified in Section 3.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule collectively constitute all of the Permits necessary to enable the Company to lawfully conduct and operate the Business and to own and use its assets in the manner in which it currently owns and uses such assets.
 
Section 3.17   Environmental Matters .
 
(a)   The operations of the Company are currently and have been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and all licenses and permits issued pursuant to Environmental Laws or otherwise (“ Environmental Permits ”).
 
(b)   The Company has obtained and currently maintains all Environmental Permits required under all applicable Environmental Laws necessary to operate the Business.
 
(c)   The Company is not the subject of any outstanding written Order or Contract with any Governmental Body or other Person respecting any Environmental Laws or any Release or threatened Release of a Hazardous Material.
 
 
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(d)   The Company has not received any written communication alleging either that it may be in violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit or that it may have any Liability under any Environmental Law.
 
(e)   The Company has not incurred, assumed or undertaken any contingent Liability in connection with any Release of any Hazardous Materials into the indoor or outdoor environment (whether on-site or off-site) and there are no facts, circumstances or conditions relating to, arising out of or attributable to it that could give rise to Liability under Environmental Laws.
 
(f)   To the Knowledge of the Sellers, there is not located at any of the properties of the Company any (i) underground storage tanks, (ii) asbestos or asbestos-containing material, (iii) equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls, (iv) lead-based paint, or (v) mold; and
 
(g)   Sellers have delivered to Purchaser all environmentally related audits, studies, reports, analyses, and results of investigations that have been performed within the previous five years with respect to the currently or previously owned, leased or operated properties of the Company.
 
Section 3.18   Insurance .  Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule includes a correct and complete list and description, including policy number, coverage and deductible, of all insurance policies owned by the Company, complete copies of which policies have previously been delivered to Purchaser by Sellers.  Such policies are in full force and effect, all premiums due thereon have been paid and the Company is not in default thereunder.  Such insurance policies are of the type and in the amounts customarily carried by Persons conducting a business similar to the Business and are sufficient for compliance with all applicable Laws and Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.  The Company has not received any notice of cancellation or intent to cancel or increase or intent to increase premiums with respect to such insurance policies nor, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, is there any basis for any such action.  Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule also contains a list of all pending claims and any claims in the past five (5) years with any insurance company by the Company and any instances within the previous five (5) years of a denial of coverage of the Company by any insurance company.
 
Section 3.19     Receivables; Payables .
 
(a)  The accounts receivable and notes receivable of the Company reflected in the Balance Sheet and arising after the date thereof have arisen in bona fide arm’s-length transactions in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past custom and practice, and, subject to the allowance for doubtful accounts set forth in the Balance Sheet, all such receivables are valid, collectible and binding obligations of the account debtors without any counterclaims, setoffs or other defenses thereto.  All such reserves, allowances and discounts were and are adequate and consistent in extent with the reserves, allowances and discounts previously maintained by the Company in the ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past custom and practice and determined in accordance with GAAP.  A complete list of all accounts receivable and notes receivable of the Company as of the date hereof is included in Section 3.19 of the Disclosure Schedule.
 
 
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(b)   All accounts payable of the Company reflected on the Balance Sheet and arising after the date thereof are the result of bona fide transactions in the ordinary course of business and have been paid or are not yet due and payable, except for accounts payable that are being disputed in good faith in an appropriate manner and for which there are adequate reserves on the Balance Sheet, or, with respect to accounts payable arising after the Balance Sheet Date, on the accounting records of the Company.
 
Section 3.20     Customers and Suppliers .
 
(a) Section 3.20(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and correct list of the top four customers of the Company for the most recently ended fiscal year and for the two-month period ended February 28, 2014, and the amount of sales to each such customer during each such period. Except as set forth on Section 3.20(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2013, no such customer has cancelled or otherwise terminated, reduced, or threatened to cancel or terminate or reduce, its relationship with the Company nor is there any dispute therewith.
 
(b) Section 3.20(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and correct list of the sole supplier of the Company for the most recently ended fiscal year and for the two-month period ended February 28, 2014, and the amount of purchases from such supplier during each such period. Except as set forth on Section 3.20(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2013, no supplier has cancelled or otherwise terminated, reduced, or threatened to cancel or terminate or reduce, its relationship with the Company, nor is there any dispute therewith.
 
Section 3.21   Related Party Transactions .  Except as described in Section 3.21 of the Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2012, the Company has not loaned or borrowed any amounts to or from, and does not have outstanding any Indebtedness or other similar obligations to or from, any Affiliate of the Company or any Seller.  Except as described in Section 3.21 of the Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2012, neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company nor any officer or employee of any of them (i) has owned any direct or indirect interest of any kind in, or controls or is a director, officer, employee or partner of, or consultant to, or lender to or borrower from or has the right to participate in the profits of, any Person which is (A) a competitor, supplier, distributor, customer, landlord, tenant, creditor or debtor of the Company, (B) engaged in a business related to the business of the Company, or (C) a participant in any material transaction to which the Company has been a party or (ii) has been a party to any Contract with the Company or engaged in any transaction or business with the Company.  The Company has no Contract or understanding with any officer, director, employee or shareholder of the Company, or any Affiliate of the Company that relates, directly or indirectly, to the subject matter of any Transaction Document or the consideration payable thereunder or that contains any terms, provisions or conditions relating to the entry into or performance of any Transaction Document by the Company.
 
 
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Section 3.22   Brokers Fees .  The Company has no Liability to pay any fees or commissions to any investment banker, broker, finder, agent, or any other similar Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
Section 3.23   Absence of Certain Business Practices .  Except as set forth in Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not, and no Seller, no Affiliate or agent of the Company or any Seller, and no other Person acting on behalf of or associated with any Seller or the Company, acting alone or together, has (a) received, directly or indirectly, any rebates, payments, commissions, promotional allowances or any other economic benefits, regardless of their nature or type, from any customer, supplier or employee or agent of any customer or supplier; or (b) directly or indirectly given or agreed to give any money, gift or similar benefit to any customer, supplier or employee or agent of any customer or supplier, any official or employee of any government (domestic or foreign), or any political party or candidate for office (domestic or foreign), or other Person who was, is or may be in a position to help or hinder the business of the Company (or assist the Company in connection with any actual or proposed transaction), in each case which (i) may subject the Company to any damage or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding, (ii) if not given in the past, may have had an adverse effect on the assets, Business, or operations of the Company, or (iii) if not continued in the future, may adversely affect the assets, business, or operations of the Company.
 
Section 3.24   Business Continuity . None of the computer software, computer hardware (whether general or special purpose), telecommunications capabilities (including all voice, data and video networks) and other similar or related items of automated, computerized, and/or software systems and any other networks or systems and related services that are used by or relied on by the Company in the conduct of the Business (collectively, the “ Systems ”) have experienced bugs, failures, breakdowns, or continued substandard performance in the past twelve (12) months that has caused any substantial disruption or interruption in or to the use of any such Systems by the Company.
 
Section 3.25   Bank Accounts; Powers of Attorney .  Section 3.25 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth:
 
(a)   with respect to any borrowing or investment arrangements, deposit or checking accounts or safety deposit boxes of the Company, the name of the financial institution, the type of account and the account number; and
 
(b)   the name of each Person holding a general or special power of attorney from or with respect to the Company and a description of the terms of each such power.
 
Section 3.26   No Misrepresentation .  No representation or warranty of the Company or Sellers contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or in the Disclosure Schedule hereto or in any certificate or other instrument furnished to Purchaser or Medytox in connection herewith contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading.
 
 
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER AND MEDYTOX
 
Purchaser and Medytox, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Sellers as follows:
 
Section 4.1   Organization .  Purchaser is a corporation duly organized under the Laws of the State of Florida and its status is active. Medytox is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Nevada.  Each of the Purchaser and Medytox has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business.  Each of the Purchaser and Medytox is duly qualified or authorized to do business as a foreign company and is in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties requires such qualification or authorization.
 
Section 4.2   Authorization and Enforceability .  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and Transaction Documents to which Purchaser or Medytox is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action by or on behalf of Purchaser or Medytox.  Each of Purchaser and Medytox has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party, and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  This Agreement and each Transaction Document to which Purchaser or Medytox is or will be a party has been or will be duly and validly executed and delivered and constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of Purchaser or Medytox, enforceable against Purchaser or Medytox in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at Law or in equity).
 
Section 4.3   Conflicts; Consent of Third Parties .  Neither the execution and the delivery by Purchaser or Medytox of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby on the part of Purchaser or Medytox, will, with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice (a) conflict with, or result in the breach of, any provision of the Governing Documents of Purchaser or Medytox or (b) conflict with, violate, result in the breach or termination of, or constitute a default under, result in an acceleration of, or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, any Contract to which Purchaser or Medytox is a party or by which Purchaser or Medytox or its properties or assets are bound.
 
Section 4.4   Brokers Fees .  Neither Purchaser nor Medytox has any Liability to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, agent or any other similar Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
 
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Section 4.5   No Proceedings .  No suit, action or other proceeding is pending before any Governmental Body seeking to restrain or prohibit Purchaser or Medytox from entering into this Agreement or to prohibit the Closing or the performance of any other obligation hereunder.
 
Section 4.6   Investment Purpose . Purchaser is acquiring the Shares solely for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof.  Purchaser acknowledges that the Shares are not registered under the Securities Act, and that the Shares may not be transferred or sold except pursuant to the registration provisions of the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom and subject to Blue Sky Laws.
 
Section 4.7   Preferred Shares .  Upon issuance pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Preferred Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
 
Section 5.1   Commercially Reasonable Efforts; Notices and Consents .
 
(a)   Each of the Parties shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all action required of it and to do all things necessary, proper or advisable on its part in order to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents (including satisfaction, but not waiver, of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VI).
 
(b)   Each of the Parties shall give any notices to, make any filings with, and use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any Consents which are required to be given, made or obtained by it in connection with consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(c)   From the date hereof until the Closing, the Sellers shall promptly notify Purchaser in writing of:
 
(i)   any fact, circumstance, event or action the existence, occurrence or taking of which (A) has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (B) has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, any representation or warranty made by Sellers hereunder not being true and correct or (C) has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, the failure of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 to be satisfied;
 
(ii)   any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
 
 
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(iii)   any notice or other communication from any Governmental Body in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
 
(iv)   any Legal Proceedings commenced or, to Sellers’ Knowledge, threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting Sellers or the Company that, if pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to Section 3.15 or that relates to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(xiv)   Purchaser’s receipt of information pursuant to this Section 5.1(c) shall not operate as a waiver or otherwise affect any representation, warranty or agreement given or made by Sellers in this Agreement (including Section 7.1 and Section 8.1(b)) and shall not be deemed to amend or supplement the Disclosure Schedule.
 
Section 5.2   Access to Information; Financial Statements .
 
(a)   From the date hereof until the Closing, subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, Sellers and the Company shall (i) afford Purchaser and its employees, agents, accountants and legal and financial advisors (collectively, the “ Purchaser’s Agents ”) with access, during normal business hours, to the offices, plants, warehouses, properties, and Books and Records of the Company, and (ii) furnish to Purchaser’s Agents such additional financial and operating data and other information regarding the operations of the Company as Purchaser may from time to time request.  Sellers and the Company shall facilitate Purchaser’s contact and communication with the employees and personnel of the Company, and the customers, suppliers, vendors and distributors of the Business, all as requested upon reasonable notice by Purchaser to the Sellers and during normal business hours after the date hereof.  Sellers and the Company shall direct the employees and personnel of the Company to cooperate with Purchaser in connection with the foregoing.  From the date hereof through the Closing, Sellers and the Company shall use good faith efforts to operate the Business in such a manner as to achieve a smooth transition consistent with the mutual business interests of Sellers and Purchaser.
 
(b)   From the date hereof until the Closing, subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the Sellers shall, as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen (15) days after the end of each fiscal month of the Company, deliver to Purchaser the internally prepared consolidated financial statements of the Company as of the end of such fiscal month, for such fiscal month and for the period from the beginning of the then-current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal month.
 
Section 5.3   Operation of Business .  Except as contemplated by this Agreement, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing, the Company shall conduct its operations in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and in compliance with all applicable Laws, to the extent consistent therewith, use its best efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, keep its physical assets in good working condition, keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with Governmental Bodies, customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it to the end that its goodwill and ongoing business shall not be impaired in any material respect.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, prior to the Closing, the Company shall not, without the written consent of Purchaser, take any of the following actions:
 
 
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(a)   declare or pay any dividends or distributions on or in respect of any of the capital stock or other securities of the Company or redeem, purchase or acquire any capital stock or other securities of the Company or make any other payment to or on behalf of any shareholder or other equity holder of the Company or any Affiliate thereof;
 
(b)   make any change in the rate of compensation, commission, bonus or other direct or indirect remuneration payable, or pay or agree or orally promise to pay, conditionally or otherwise, any bonus, incentive, retention or other compensation, retirement, welfare, fringe or severance benefit or vacation pay, to or in respect of any director, officer, employee, distributor or agent of the Company, other than increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in the base wages or salaries of employees of the Company;
 
(c)   enter into or amend any employment, deferred compensation, severance or similar contract;
 
(d)   materially change any of its accounting or Tax reporting principles, methods or policies, settle any Tax controversy, amend any Tax Return, or make any material Tax election by or with respect to the Company;
 
(e)   except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, enter into or amend any other transaction or Contract other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
 
(f)   hire any employees or engage any independent contractors other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with, and at a level consistent with, past practice;
 
(g)   breach any Contract;
 
(h)   make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person;
 
(i)   mortgage, pledge or subject to any Lien any of its assets, or acquire any assets or sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of any assets of the Company except for assets acquired or sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
 
(j)   cancel or compromise any debt or claim or amend, cancel, terminate, relinquish, waive or release any Contract or right except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and which, in the aggregate, are not material to the Company;
 
 
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(k)   enter into or amend any Contract or transaction with any of its Affiliates or pay any fees, expenses or other amounts to any Affiliate of the Company;
 
(l)   make or commit to make any capital expenditures or capital additions or improvements (i) in excess of $2,500 individually or $5,000 in the aggregate or (ii) outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
 
(m)   enter into any prepaid services transactions with any of its customers or otherwise accelerate revenue recognition or the sales of its services for periods prior to the Closing;
 
(n)   amend any of its Governing Documents;
 
(o)   adopt any plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation or dissolution or file a petition in bankruptcy under any provisions of federal or state bankruptcy Law or consent to the filing of any bankruptcy petition against it under any similar Law or other agreement with respect to the sale of its assets, securities or Business;
 
(p)   issue any equity or debt securities or any security exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into equity securities of the Company, or incur any Indebtedness or other Liabilities (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices);
 
(q)   (i) discharge, repay, amend, modify, make payment on, cancel or compromise any Indebtedness, or discharge or satisfy any Lien, or (ii) engage in any transaction or provide any consideration relating to the release, modification or diminution of any guarantee, bond, surety or other obligation of any Seller or any Affiliate thereof;
 
(r)   take any action or omit to take any action that is reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VI not being satisfied; or
 
(s)   enter into any contracts or commitments to do or perform in the future any actions referred to in this Section 5.3.
 
Section 5.4   Further Assurances; Litigation Support .
 
(a)   If any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, each of the Parties will take such further action (including the execution and delivery of such further instruments and documents) as any other Party reasonably may request; provided, however, that neither Purchaser nor Medytox shall be required to incur any out-of-pocket expense in connection therewith if it may be entitled to indemnity in connection therewith.  Sellers and the Company shall cooperate with Purchaser to encourage each lessor, licensor, customer, supplier, or other business associate of the Company to maintain the same business relationships with the Company after the Closing as it maintained with the Company prior to the Closing, at Purchaser’s sole cost and expense.
 
 
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(b)   Following the Closing, in the event and for so long as either Purchaser or Medytox actively is involved in, contesting or defending against any Legal Proceeding in connection with any fact, situation, circumstances, status, condition, activity, practice, plan, occurrence, event, incident, action, Tax matter, failure to act, or transaction involving the Company, each Seller shall cooperate reasonably with Purchaser or Medytox and such Party’s counsel in such involvement, contest or defense, and provide such testimony and access to their books and records as shall be reasonably necessary in connection with such contest or defense, all at the sole reasonable cost and expense of Purchaser (unless Purchaser or Medytox is entitled to indemnification therefor hereunder).
 
Section 5.5   Names and Logos .  From and after the Closing, Sellers will not, and will cause their respective Affiliates not to, use any names or logos incorporating or similar to “Clinlab” or any derivatives thereof or any other trade name used in the Business.
 
Section 5.6   Mail; Payments; Receivables .  From and after the Closing, each Seller agrees to refer to Purchaser all customer, supplier, employee or other inquiries or correspondence relating to the Company and the conduct of the Business after the Closing Date.  From and after the Closing, each Seller further agrees to remit to Purchaser all payments and invoices received by him or his Affiliates that relate to the Company (including accounts receivable) or the conduct of the Business after the Closing Date within five (5) Business Days after his receipt thereof.
 
Section 5.7   Public Announcements; Confidentiality .
 
(a)   Unless otherwise required by applicable Law, no Seller shall, and each Seller shall cause his Affiliates, agents, representatives and professionals not to, and, prior to the Closing, the Company shall not, make any disclosure or public announcements in respect of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including price and terms) or otherwise communicate with any news media without the prior written consent of Purchaser.
 
(b)   From and after the Closing, each Seller shall, and shall cause his respective Affiliates to, hold, and shall use his best efforts to cause his or their respective representatives to hold, in confidence (and not disclose or provide access to any other Person) any and all information, whether written or oral, concerning the Company or the Business, except to the extent that such Seller can show that such information (i) is generally available to and known by the public through no fault of any Seller or any of his respective Affiliates or representatives; or (ii) is lawfully acquired by such Seller or any of his respective Affiliates or representatives from and after the Closing from sources unrelated to Purchaser, the Company or any Seller which are not prohibited from disclosing such information by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation.  If any Seller or any of his respective Affiliates or representatives are compelled to disclose any information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law, Sellers shall promptly notify Purchaser in writing and shall disclose only that portion of such information which Sellers are advised by their counsel in writing is legally required to be disclosed; provided, however, that each Seller shall use best efforts to obtain an appropriate protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such information.
 
 
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Section 5.8   Tax Covenants .
 
(a)   Purchaser and Medytox, on the one hand, and Sellers, on the other, agree, for all Tax purposes, to report the transactions effected pursuant to the Transaction Documents in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement and none of them shall take a position on any Tax return, before any Tax authority or in any judicial proceeding that is, in any manner, inconsistent with such treatment without the consent of the others or unless specifically required pursuant to a determination by an applicable Tax authority.  The Parties shall promptly advise one another of the existence of any Tax audit, controversy or litigation related to the Tax treatment of the transactions effected pursuant to the Transaction Documents.
 
(b)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any income Tax attributable to the sale or transfer of the Shares by the Sellers shall be paid by Sellers.  Any documentary stamp Tax due and payable solely due to the sale or transfer of the Shares by the Sellers or the issuance by Medytox of the Preferred Shares shall be paid by the Purchaser.
 
(c)   For purposes of determining the Taxes of the Company through a particular date under all provisions of this Agreement, in the case of any Tax period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date (a “ Straddle Period ”), the amount of any Taxes based on or measured by income or receipts for the portion of the period ending on the Closing Date shall be determined based on an interim closing of the books as of the close of business on the Closing Date (and for such purpose, the Taxable period of any partnership or other pass-through entity in which the Company holds a beneficial interest shall be deemed to terminate at such time) and the amount of other Taxes for a Straddle Period which relates to the portion of the period ending on the Closing Date shall be deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire Taxable period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the Taxable period ending on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such Straddle Period.
 
(d)   The Parties will provide each other with such reasonable cooperation and information as any of them reasonably may request of another in filing any Tax Return or conducting any audit, investigation or other proceeding in respect of Taxes.  Each such Party will make its employees and representatives available on a mutually convenient basis to provide explanations of any documents or information provided hereunder.  Each such Party will make available all Tax Returns, schedules and work papers and all other records or documents relating to Tax matters of the Company in their possession or control, including audit reports received from any Tax authority relating to any Tax Return of the Company, until the expiration of the statute of limitations of the respective Tax periods to which such Tax Returns and other documents relate.  Any non-public information obtained from the Parties under this Section 5.8(d) will be kept confidential, except as otherwise required by applicable Law.
 
 
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Section 5.9   Exclusive Dealing . During the period from the date hereof through the Closing Date or the earlier termination of this Agreement, Sellers and the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, and shall cause their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, consultants, representatives, advisors and Affiliates to not, directly or indirectly:
 
(a)   solicit, facilitate or encourage the initiation of any inquiry, proposal or offer from any Person (other than Purchaser or its Affiliates) relating to a possible Acquisition Transaction;
 
(b)   participate in any discussions or negotiations or enter into any agreement with, or provide any non-public information to, any Person (other than Purchaser or its Affiliates) relating to or in connection with a possible Acquisition Transaction; or
 
(c)   accept any proposal or offer from any Person (other than Purchaser or its Affiliates) relating to a possible Acquisition Transaction.
 
Sellers and the Company further agree that they shall, prior to the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, promptly (and in no event later than 24 hours after receipt thereof) notify Purchaser orally and in writing of any inquiry, proposal or offer relating to a possible Acquisition Transaction, including the identity of the Person making or submitting such inquiry, proposal or offer, and the terms thereof (including a copy of any written inquiry, proposal or offer) that is received by the Company or any Seller or any representative thereof from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date.
 
Section 5.10   Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation .
 
(a)   Each Seller acknowledges that he is familiar with the trade secrets and other confidential information of the Company.  Therefore, and in further consideration of the compensation to be paid to Sellers hereunder, each Seller agrees to the covenants set forth in this Section 5.10 and acknowledges that Purchaser and Medytox would not have entered into this Agreement but for Sellers’ agreement to the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.10.
 
(b)   For a period of three (3) years from and after the Closing Date, no Seller shall, directly or indirectly, own, operate, lease, manage, control, engage in, invest in, lend to, own any debt or equity security of, permit his name to be used by, act as consultant or advisor to, render services for (alone or in association with any person, firm, corporate or other business organization) or otherwise assist in any manner any Person in any business that is competitive with the Business; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit a Seller from (i) being a beneficial owner of less than two percent (2%) of the outstanding stock of any publicly-traded corporation or (ii) performing any of the above acts in any business that is not competitive with the Business.
 
 
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(c)   For a period of five (5) years from and after the Closing Date, no Seller shall directly or indirectly: (i) induce or attempt to induce any employee or consultant of the Company, Medytox or Purchaser (collectively, the “ Company Parties ”) to leave the employ of, or engagement with, any of the Company Parties, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any of the Company Parties and any employee or consultant thereof, (ii) hire or engage any person who is or was within two (2) years of the Closing Date an employee or consultant of any of the Company Parties, or (iii) induce or attempt to induce any person or entity who is or was within two (2) years a customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, franchisee or other business relation of any of the Company Parties to cease doing business with any of the Company Parties, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, franchisee or business relation and any of the Company Parties.  No Seller shall ever make or publish any statement or communication which is disparaging, negative or unflattering with respect to any of the Company Parties, or any of their respective shareholders, officers, directors, employees or agents.
 
(d) The Parties hereto acknowledge and agree that Purchaser and each of its Affiliates, successors and assigns would suffer irreparable harm from a breach of this Section 5.10 by any Seller and that money damages would not be an adequate remedy for any such breach.  Therefore, in the event a breach or threatened breach of this Section 5.10, Purchaser and each of its Affiliates or their respective successors and assigns, in addition to other rights and remedies existing in their favor, shall be entitled to specific performance, and injunctive and other equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof (without posting a bond or other security and at the expense of the breaching Seller, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses).  The restrictive covenants set forth in this Section 5.10 shall be construed as agreements independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action of any Seller against Purchaser or any Affiliate, whether predicated upon this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by Purchaser or any Affiliate of any restrictive covenant contained in this Section 5.10.  Each of Purchaser and its Affiliates has fully performed all obligations entitling it to the restrictive covenants set forth in this Section 5.10, and such restrictive covenants therefore are not executory or otherwise subject to rejection under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code.
 
(e)   If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares any term or provision of this Section 5.10 to be invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court making the determination of invalidity or unenforceability shall have the power to reduce the scope, duration, or area of the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified to cover the maximum duration, scope or area permitted by Law.  In addition, in the event of an alleged breach or violation by any Seller of this Section 5.10, the three (3) or five (5) year period described in clauses (b) and (c) above shall be tolled with respect to such Seller until such breach or violation has been duly cured.  Each Seller agrees that the restrictions contained in this Section 5.10 are reasonable.
 
 
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Section 5.11   Resignations .  At the Closing, the Sellers shall deliver to Purchaser written resignations, effective as of the Closing Date, of the officers and directors of the Company requested by Purchaser at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing.
 
Section 5.12   Tangible Property .  On or prior to the Closing Date, Sellers shall deliver to the Company all tangible property belonging to the Company that is in their possession or under their control.
 
Section 5.13   Discharge of Affiliate Obligations .  Prior to the Closing, Sellers shall cause all Indebtedness, notes or other obligations of the Company to any of Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates to be satisfied or cancelled, and Sellers shall cause all Indebtedness, notes or other obligations of any of Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates to the Company to be satisfied or cancelled.
 
ARTICLE VI
CLOSING CONDITIONS
 
Section 6.1      Conditions to Obligation of Purchaser and Medytox .  The obligation of Purchaser and Medytox to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any one or more of which (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) may be waived by Purchaser and Medytox (provided that no such waiver shall be deemed to have cured any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Agreement):
 
(a)   The representations and warranties of the Company and Sellers contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect or similar qualification, which shall be true and correct in all respects) both as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing, other than such representations and warranties that are made as of a specified date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date.  The covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be complied with by the Company and Sellers at or before the Closing shall have been complied with in all material respects.
 
(b)   There shall not have occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect.
 
(c)   No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, cease and desist Order or other Order issued by any Governmental Body, shall be in effect prohibiting or preventing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
 
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(d)   The Company shall have repaid all liabilities of the Company outstanding as of the Business Day immediately prior to the Closing, whether or not set forth in the Financial Statements (including prepayment penalties, fees and similar amounts payable in connection with the repayment thereof) (the “ Outstanding Payables ”) and the Sellers shall have delivered evidence satisfactory to Purchaser thereof, or the Sellers shall have delivered to Purchaser payoff letters (the “ Payoff Letters ”) in form and substance satisfactory to Purchaser executed by each Person to which a repayment of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money shall be made at Closing from the Transaction Consideration.
 
(e)   The Sellers shall have delivered the following:
 
(i)   a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the Sellers to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 6.1(a), Section 6.1(b) and Section 6.1(c) have been satisfied;
 
(ii)   stock certificates representing the Purchased Shares, free and clear of all Liens (other than any restrictions under the Securities Act and Blue Sky Laws), each duly endorsed in blank or with duly executed stock powers attached, with all required stock transfer tax stamps affixed thereto;
 
(iii)   a certificate of the secretary of the Company certifying to (A) the certificate of incorporation, as amended (or similar incorporation or formation documents), of such entity, certified by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction in which each such entity is incorporated, as of a recent date, and stating that no amendments have been made to such certificate of incorporation (or similar incorporation or formation documents) since such date, (B) all other Governing Documents of such entity, (C) the adoption of resolutions by such entity approving the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and (D) the incumbency of the officers signing the Transaction Documents on behalf of such entity (together with their specimen signatures);
 
(iv)   an affidavit described in Section 1445(b)(2) of the Code from each Seller in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser;
 
(v)   a good standing certificate, as of a recent date, for the Company certified by the Secretary of State of (A) the state of organization of such entity, and (B) each other jurisdiction in which such entity is qualified to do business as a foreign entity;
 
(vi)   all Consents set forth in Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule;
 
(vii)   evidence satisfactory to Purchaser of the release of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens) on any assets of the Company;
 
(viii)   evidence satisfactory to Purchaser of satisfaction or cancellation of any Indebtedness, notes or other obligations of the Company to any of Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates, and any Indebtedness, notes or other obligations of any of Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates to the Company;
 
 
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(ix)   the Employment Agreements, duly executed and delivered by James A. Wilson and Daniel Stewart;
 
(x)   the General Release, duly executed and delivered by each Seller;
 
(xi)   resignations of the directors and officers of the Company pursuant to Section 5.11;
 
(xii)   a schedule of all accounts receivable of the Company as of the Business Day immediately prior to the Closing; and
 
(xiii)   such other documents, instruments or certificates as shall be reasonably requested by Purchaser, Medytox or their counsel.
 
Section 6.2   Conditions to Obligation of Sellers . The obligation of Sellers to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any one or more of which (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) may be waived by the Sellers (provided that no such waiver shall be deemed to have cured any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Agreement):
 
(a)   The representations and warranties of Purchaser and Medytox contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect or similar qualification, which shall be true and correct in all respects) both as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing, other than such representations and warranties that are made as of a specified date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date.  The covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement to be complied with by Purchaser at or before the Closing shall have been complied with in all material respects.
 
(b)   No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, cease and desist Order or other order issued by any Governmental Body shall be in effect prohibiting or preventing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(c)   Medytox shall have issued the Preferred Shares to the Sellers in accordance with Schedule 2 hereto.
 
(d)   Purchaser shall have delivered the following to the Sellers:
 
(i)   the  $1,000,000 cash portion of the Transaction Consideration; and
 
 
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(ii)   the Employment Agreements, each duly executed and delivered by the Company.
 
(e)   Each of the Purchaser and Medytox shall have delivered the following to the Sellers:
 
(i)   a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by a duly authorized officer to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) and Section 6.2(b) have been satisfied;
 
(ii)   a certificate of the secretary certifying to (A) its Governing Documents, (B) the adoption of resolutions approving the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and (C) the incumbency of the officers signing the Transaction Documents (together with their specimen signatures);
 
(iii)   a good standing certificate, as of a recent date, certified by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization; and
 
(iv)   such other documents, instruments or certificates as shall be reasonably requested by Sellers or their counsel.
 
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
 
Section 7.1   Indemnity Obligations of Sellers .
 
Subject to the limitations set forth herein, each Seller, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser, Medytox and their Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company) and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisers and representatives of the foregoing (collectively, and for the avoidance of doubt excluding any Seller or Affiliate thereof, the “ Purchaser Indemnitees ”), from and against, and to pay or reimburse Purchaser Indemnitees for, any and all claims, Liabilities, obligations, losses, fines, costs, diminution in value, proceedings or damages, including all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in the investigation or defense of any of the same or in asserting any of their respective rights hereunder (collectively, “ Losses ”), based on, resulting from, arising out of or relating to:
 
(a)   any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty of any Seller or the Company contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or agreement delivered in connection herewith, it being understood that, in determining the existence of, and amount of any Losses in connection with a claim under this Section 7.1(a), all representations and warranties shall be read without regard and without giving effect to any materiality or Material Adverse Effect or similar qualification contained therein (as if such qualification were deleted from such representation or warranty);
 
 
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(b)   any failure of any Seller or the Company to perform any covenant or agreement made or contained in this Agreement, or fulfill any obligation in respect thereof;
 
(c)   any Taxes of the Company with respect to any tax year or portion thereof ending on or before the Closing Date (or for any tax year beginning before and ending after the Closing Date to the extent allocable to the portion of the period beginning before and ending on the Closing Date);
 
(d)   any Legal Proceeding brought by a third party based upon, arising out of or relating to the operations, properties, assets or obligations of the Sellers, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates conducted, existing or arising on or prior to the Closing Date;
 
(e)   any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money;
 
(f)   any Seller Transaction Expenses or Change of Control Payments;
 
(g)   any Outstanding Payables; and
 
(h)   any item set forth on Section 7.1(g) of the Disclosure Schedule.
 
Section 7.2   Indemnity Obligations of Purchaser and Medytox .  Purchaser and Medytox, jointly and severally, covenant and agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Sellers from and against any and all Losses based on, resulting from, arising out of or relating to:
 
(a)   any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty of Purchaser or Medytox contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or agreement delivered in connection herewith, it being understood that, in determining the existence of, and amount of any Losses in connection with a claim under this Section 7.2(a), all representations and warranties shall be read without regard and without giving effect to any materiality or Material Adverse Effect or similar qualification contained therein (as if such qualification were deleted from such representation or warranty); and/or
 
(b)   any failure of Purchaser or Medytox to perform any covenant or agreement made or contained in this Agreement, or fulfill any other obligation in respect thereof.
 
Section 7.3   Indemnification Procedures .
 
 
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(a)   Third Party Claims .  In the case of any claim asserted by a third party (a “ Third Party Claim ”) against a party entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (the “ Indemnified Party ”), notice shall be given by the Indemnified Party to the party required to provide indemnification (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought.  If the Indemnifying Party provides a written notice to the Indemnified Party within fifteen (15) days after its receipt of notice of such claim that it will indemnify and hold the Indemnified Parties harmless from all Losses related to such Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall permit the Indemnifying Party (at the expense of such Indemnifying Party) to assume the defense of such Third Party Claim or any litigation with a third party resulting therefrom; provided, however, that (i) the counsel for the Indemnifying Party who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation shall be subject to the approval of the Indemnified Party, (ii) the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such Indemnified Party’s expense, (iii) the failure by any Indemnified Party to give notice of a Third Party Claim to the Indemnifying Party as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligation under this Agreement except and only to the extent that, as a result of such failure to give notice, the defense against such claim is materially impaired, and (iv) the fees and expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party prior to the assumption of a Third Party Claim hereunder by the Indemnifying Party shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party.  Except with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, no Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any Third Party Claim, shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that provides for injunctive or other nonmonetary relief affecting the Indemnified Party or that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by each claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a general release from any and all liability with respect to such Third Party Claim.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume control of the defense against a Third Party Claim if (1) the claim for indemnification relates to or arises in connection with any criminal or quasi criminal proceeding, action, indictment, allegation or investigation; (2) the claim seeks an injunction, specific performance or any other equitable or non-monetary relief against the Indemnified Party; (3) the Indemnified Party reasonably believes an adverse determination with respect to the Third Party Claim would be materially detrimental to or materially injure the Indemnified Party’s reputation or future business prospects; (4) the Indemnified Party has been advised by counsel that a reasonable likelihood exists of a conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party; or (5) the Indemnifying Party fails to vigorously prosecute or defend such claim.  If the Indemnifying Party does not accept the defense of a Third Party Claim within thirty (30) days after receipt of the written notice thereof from the Indemnified Party described above, the Indemnified Party shall have the full right to defend against any such claim or demand.  In any event, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall reasonably cooperate in the defense of any Third Party Claim and the records of each shall be reasonably available to the other with respect to such defense.
 
(b)   Non-Third Party Claims .  With respect to any claim for indemnification hereunder which does not involve a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party will give the Indemnifying Party written notice of such claim.  The Indemnifying Party may acknowledge and agree by notice to the Indemnified Party in writing to satisfy such claim within fifteen (15) days of receipt of notice of such claim from the Indemnified Party.  If the Indemnifying Party shall dispute such claim, the Indemnifying Party shall provide written notice of such dispute to the Indemnified Party within such fifteen (15) day period.  If the Indemnifying Party shall fail to provide written notice to the Indemnified Party within fifteen (15) days of receipt of notice from the Indemnified Party that the Indemnifying Party either acknowledges and agrees to pay such claim or disputes such claim, the Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed to pay such claim in full and to have waived any right to dispute such claim.
 
 
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Section 7.4   Expiration of Representations and Warranties .  All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing until the date which is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date; provided, however, that (a) the representations and warranties stated in Section 3.8, Section 3.13 and Section 3.17 shall survive the Closing for the period ending on the date that is sixty (60) days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations period and (b) the representations and warranties stated in Section 2.1, Section 2.3, Section 2.4, Section 2.5, Section 3.1, Section 3.3, Section 3.10(c), Section 3.11, Section 3.21, Section 3.22, Section 4.1, Section 4.2 and Section 4.4 shall survive indefinitely (each of the sections referred to in (a) and (b), a “ Transactional Rep ”).  All indemnification obligations under Section 7.1 and Section 7.2 (other than Section 7.1(a) and Section 7.2(a) which shall survive as set forth in the previous sentence) shall survive the Closing indefinitely.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, all claims (and matters relating thereto) made in writing prior to the expiration of the applicable survival period shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of such survival period and shall survive until finally resolved.
 
Section 7.5   Indemnification Payments to Purchaser Indemnitees; Right of Set-Off .
 
(a)   Any indemnification to which Purchaser Indemnitees are entitled under this ARTICLE VII as a consequence of any Losses they may suffer shall be made in immediately available funds by wire transfer to a bank account to be designated by Purchaser.
 
(b)   In the event that any Purchaser Indemnitee seeks to recover against any Seller for any Loss, liability or other obligation pursuant to this ARTICLE VII or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, and does not receive payment in cash from such Seller within 15 days of the demand in writing therefor, Purchaser or such Purchaser Indemnitee shall have the right to recover such amount by set-off or cancellation against: (i) any amount payable by Purchaser or any Affiliate to such Seller under the respective Employment Agreement; (ii) any amount payable by Purchaser to such Seller with regard to the Outstanding Accounts Receivable; and/or (iii) the Preferred Shares held by such Seller.  For purposes of any set-off against or cancellation of the Preferred Shares, (x) the number of shares of Preferred Shares to be transferred to Purchaser or such Purchaser Indemnitee by the applicable Seller and cancelled in satisfaction of such Loss, liability or other obligation shall be determined by dividing the aggregate amount of such Loss, liability or other obligation by $5.00, as adjusted for any splits, equity dividends or similar transactions; and (y) the applicable Sellers shall cooperate as requested to transfer the applicable portion of such securities to Purchaser or such other applicable Purchaser Indemnitee for cancellation.
 
Section 7.6   Treatment of Indemnification Payments .  All indemnification payments made under this Agreement shall be treated by the Parties as an adjustment to the Transaction Consideration to the extent permitted by applicable Law.
 
 
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Section 7.7   Right to Indemnification Not Affected by Knowledge or Waiver .  The right to indemnification, payment of Losses or other remedy based upon breach of representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or obligations will not be affected by any investigation conducted with respect to, or knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired) at any time, whether before or after the Closing Date, with respect to the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with any such representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation.  The waiver of any condition based on the accuracy of any representation or warranty, or on the performance of or compliance with any covenant, agreement or obligation, will not affect the right to indemnification, payment of Losses or other remedy based on such representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and obligations.
 
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
 
Section 8.1   Termination of Agreement .  Certain of the Parties may terminate this Agreement as provided below:
 
(a)   Purchaser, Medytox and the Sellers may terminate this Agreement by mutual written consent at any time prior to the Closing;
 
(b)   Purchaser or Medytox may terminate this Agreement (so long as Purchaser or Medytox is not in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement) by giving written notice to the Sellers at any time prior to the Closing (i) in the event that any Seller or the Company has breached any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, which breach would cause the failure of any condition set forth in sECTION 6.1 and Purchaser or Medytox has notified in writing the Sellers of the breach, and such breach has continued without cure for a period of ten (10) days after the notice of breach, (ii) in the event that any Seller, or the Company has materially breached any covenant contained in this Agreement and Purchaser or Medytox has notified in writing the Sellers of the breach, and such breach has continued without cure for a period of ten (10) days after the notice of breach or (iii) if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before the Termination Date, by reason of the failure of any condition precedent to have occurred; and
 
(c)   the Sellers may terminate this Agreement (so long as none of the Company, or any Seller is in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement) by giving written notice to Purchaser and Medytox at any time prior to the Closing (i) in the event Purchaser or Medytox has breached any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement which breach would cause the failure of any condition set forth in Section 6.2 and the Sellers have notified Purchaser and Medytox in writing of the breach, and the breach has continued without cure for a period of ten (10) days after the notice of breach; or (ii) if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before the Termination Date, by reason of the failure of any condition precedent to have occurred.
 
 
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Section 8.2   Effect of Termination .  If any Party terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1, all rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall terminate without any liability of any Party to the other Party except for the liabilities of any Party then in breach.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 8.2 and Section 5.7(a), and Sections 9.2 to 9.17 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
 
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
 
Section 9.1   Certain Definitions .
 
(a)   For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 9.1(a):
 
Acquisition Transaction ” means any transaction involving: (i) the sale, license, disposition or acquisition of all or a substantial portion of the assets of the Company; (ii) the issuance, disposition or acquisition of (A) any stock or other equity security of the Company, (B) any option, call, warrant or right (whether or not immediately exercisable) to acquire any stock or other equity security of the Company, or (C) any security, instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any stock or other equity security of the Company; or (iii) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction involving the Company.
 
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, and in the case of any natural Person shall include all relatives and family members of such Person.
 
Books and Records ” means all books and records of the Company, including files, manuals, price lists, mailing lists, distributor lists, customer lists, sales and promotional materials, purchasing materials, documents evidencing intangible rights or obligations, personnel records, accounting records and litigation files (regardless of the media in which stored).
 
Business ” means the business of the Company as conducted or proposed to be conducted as of the date hereof, including all activities involving the development, marketing, sale and support of laboratory information management systems.
 
Business Day ” means any day of the year on which national banking institutions in the City of New York are open to the public for conducting business and are not required or authorized to close.
 
Change of Control Payments ” means any and all (i) bonuses or similar payments payable as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) investment banking, agent, brokers’ and finders’ and other similar fees payable as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) amounts payable to obtain any Consents required to be listed in Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule.
 
 
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Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
Company Material Adverse Change ” or “ Company Material Adverse Effect ” means a Material Adverse Change or a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company.
 
Confidentiality Agreement ” means the Confidentiality Agreement, dated December 19, 2013, between the Company and Medytox Diagnostics, Inc.
 
Consent ” means any consent, approval, authorization, waiver, permit, grant, franchise, concession, agreement, license, exemption or order of, registration, certificate, declaration or filing with, or report or notice to, any Person, including any Governmental Body.
 
Contract ” means any contract, agreement, indenture, note, bond, loan, mortgage, license, instrument, lease, understanding, commitment or other arrangement or agreement, whether written or oral.
 
Customer Offerings ” means, with respect to the Business: (i) the products (including Software and Documentation) that the Company (A) currently develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, makes available, sells or licenses to third parties, (B) has developed, manufactured, marketed, distributed, made available, sold or licensed to third parties within the previous five (5) years, or (C) currently plans to develop, manufacture, market, distribute, make available, sell or license to third parties in the future and (ii) the services that the Company (A) currently provides or makes available to third parties, (B) has provided or made available to third parties, or (C) currently plans to provide or make available to third parties in the future.
 
Documentation ” means printed, visual or electronic materials, reports, white papers, documentation, specifications, designs, flow charts, code listings, instructions, user manuals, frequently asked questions, release notes, recall notices, error logs, diagnostic reports, marketing materials, packaging, labeling, service manuals and other information describing the use, operation, installation, configuration, features, functionality, pricing, marketing or correction of a product, whether or not provided to end users.
 
DOL ” means the United States Department of Labor.
 
Employment Agreements ” means Employment Agreements in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto between the Company and each of Daniel Stewart and James A. Wilson.
 
Environmental Law(s) ” means any foreign, federal, state or local statute, regulation, ordinance, or rule of common law as now or hereafter in effect in any way or any other legally binding requirement relating to the environment, natural resources or protection of human health and safety including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Emergency Planning and Right-To-Know Act (42 U.S.C. § 11101 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. App. § 1801 et seq.), the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.) (including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act), the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300(f) et seq.), the Lead-Based Paint Exposure Reduction Act (42 U.S.C. § 2681 et seq.), and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), and all Laws of a similar nature, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, each as amended.
 
 
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Exploitation ”  means develop, design, test, modify, make, use, sell, license, have made, used, sold, licensed import, reproduce, market, distribute, commercialize, support, maintain, correct and create derivative works.
 
GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time.
 
General Release ” means a General Release in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
 
Governing Documents ” means, with respect to any particular entity: (i) if a corporation, the articles or certificate of incorporation and the bylaws; (ii) if a general partnership, the partnership agreement and any statement of partnership; (iii) if a limited partnership, the limited partnership agreement and the certificate of limited partnership; (iv) if a limited liability company, the articles of organization and operating agreement; (v) if another type of Person, any other charter or similar document adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation or organization of the Person; (vi) all equityholders’ agreements, voting agreements, voting trust agreements, joint venture agreements, registration rights agreements or other agreements or documents relating to the organization, management or operation of any Person or relating to the rights, duties and obligations of the equityholders of any Person; and (vii) any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing.
 
Governmental Body ” means any government or governmental or regulatory authority or body thereof, or political subdivision thereof, whether federal, state, local or foreign, or any agency, instrumentality or authority thereof, or any court or arbitrator (public or private) or tribunal of competent jurisdiction.
 
Hazardous Material(s) ” means any substance, material or waste which is regulated by the United States, the foreign jurisdictions in which the Company conducts business, or any state, local or foreign Governmental Body including petroleum and its by-products, asbestos or asbestos-containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead-based paint, and any material or substance which is defined as a “hazardous waste,” “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “industrial waste,” “solid waste,” “contaminant,” “pollutant,” “special waste,” “toxic material,” “toxic waste” or “toxic substance”, or any substance the presence, use, handling, storage or disposal of which is prohibited under any provision of Environmental Law.
 
 
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Indebtedness ” means, with respect to the Company at any applicable time of determination, without duplication: (i) all obligations for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments or debt securities; (iii) all obligations under swaps, hedges or similar instruments; (iv) all obligations in respect of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances; (v) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, arising from deferred compensation arrangements, severance or bonus plans or arrangements, Employee Benefit Plans, employment agreements or similar arrangements payable as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (regardless of whether any additional event, in addition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, is required to give rise to such obligations); (vi) all obligations secured by a Lien; (vii) all guaranties in connection with any of the foregoing; (viii) all obligations recorded or required to be recorded as capital leases in accordance with GAAP as of the date of determination of such Indebtedness; (ix) all obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services or the acquisition of a business or portion thereof, whether contingent or otherwise, as obligor or otherwise, at the maximum amount payable in respect thereof, regardless of whether such amount is contingent on future performance; (x) all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to acquired property; (xi) all deferred rent obligations; (xii) all obligations arising from cash or book overdrafts; (xiii) all liabilities classified as non-current liabilities in accordance with GAAP as of the date of determination of such Indebtedness (other than any “deferred revenue” incurred in the ordinary course of business); (xiv) all checks in transit; and (xv) all accrued interest, prepayment premiums, fees, penalties, expenses or other amounts payable in respect of any of the foregoing.
 
Indebtedness for Borrowed Money ” means, with respect to the Company: (i) indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments; (iii) obligations as lessee under leases required to be capitalized pursuant to GAAP; (iv) obligations for amounts drawn under acceptance, letters of credit or similar facilities; (v) guarantees and similar commitments relating to any of the foregoing items, and (vi) any prepayment penalties, fees and similar amounts payable in connection with the repayment of any of the foregoing items, in each case, outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.
 
Intellectual Property ” means: (i) all inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), all improvements thereto, and all patents, patent applications, and patent disclosures, together with all reissuances, continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions, extensions, and reexaminations thereof; (ii) all trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, and corporate names, together with all translations, adaptations, derivations, and combinations thereof and including all goodwill associated therewith, and all applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith; (iii) all copyrightable works, all copyrights, and all applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith; (iv) all trade secrets and confidential information (including ideas, research and development, know-how, formulas, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, technical data, designs, drawings, specifications, customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost information, and business and marketing plans and proposals); (v) all computer software (including data and related documentation); (vi) all other proprietary rights; and (vii) all copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or medium).
 
 
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Internal Systems ” means the Software and Documentation and the computer, communications and network systems (both desktop and enterprise-wide), equipment, materials and test apparatus used by the Company in the Business or to develop, manufacture, assemble, provide, distribute, support, maintain or test the Customer Offerings, whether located on the premises of the Company or hosted at a third party site.
 
IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
 
Knowledge ” or words of similar effect, regardless of case, means, with respect to Sellers, the knowledge of (i) each Seller, and (ii) each officer and director of the Company.  Each of the foregoing Persons will be deemed to have knowledge of a particular fact or other matter if: (A) such Person is actually aware of such fact or matter; (B) a prudent individual could be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or matter after due inquiry, or (C) a similarly situated Person could reasonably be expected to have knowledge of such fact or matter.
 
Law ” means any federal, state, local or foreign law (including common law), statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation or other requirement or rule of law of any Governmental Body.
 
Legal Proceeding ” means any judicial, administrative or arbitral actions, suits, proceedings (public or private), claims, hearings, investigations, charges, complaints, demands or governmental proceedings.
 
Liability ” means any liability, obligation or commitment of any nature whatsoever (whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, or due or to become due, or otherwise), including any liability for Taxes.
 
Lien ” means any lien (including any Tax lien), pledge, mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, claim, demand, lease, charge, option, warrant, call, right of first refusal, easement, servitude, transfer restriction or any other encumbrance, restriction or limitation whatsoever.
 
Material Adverse Effect ” or “ Material Adverse Change ” with respect to a Person means any event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or effect that is, or could reasonably be expected to become, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the business, properties, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of such Person or to the ability of such Person to consummate timely the transactions contemplated hereby other than changes in the following: (i) general market, economic or political conditions; (ii) GAAP or statutory accounting principles; and (iii) acts of terrorism or war (whether or not declared), except, in each case, to the extent such changes cause a disproportionate and negative effect on or change to such Person as compared to the industry in which such Person operate as a whole.
 
 
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Open Source Materials ” means all Software, Documentation or other material that is distributed as “free software”, “open source software” or under a similar licensing or distribution model, including the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Mozilla Public License (MPL), or any other license described by the Open Source Initiative as set forth on www.opensource.org.
 
Order ” means any order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, writ, assessment or arbitration award.
 
"Permit ” means any approval, consent, license, certificate, accreditation, permit, waiver, or other authorization issued, granted, given, or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or pursuant to Law.
 
Permitted Liens ” means (i) liens for real estate Taxes not yet due and payable or being contested in good faith by appropriate procedures as disclosed herein and for which there are adequate accruals or reserves on the Balance Sheet, and (ii) liens arising under equipment leases with third parties set forth in Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, which were entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices which are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Business or the assets of the Company.
 
PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor agency.
 
Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Body or other entity.
 
Proprietary Software Products ” means all versions (whether or not released) of the object code, source code and scripts and any software or firmware, prebuilt solutions, or scripts conceived, created, reduced to practice, developed or under development by or on behalf of the Company, together with all Documentation related thereto.

Release ” means any actual or threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, migration or leaching into the indoor or outdoor environment, or into or out of any property.
 
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
Seller Transaction Expenses ” means any and all legal, accounting, consulting, investment advisory, brokers and other fees, costs and expenses of Sellers or the Company relating to the transaction contemplated hereby.
 
Software ” means computer software code, applications, utilities, development tools, diagnostics, databases and embedded systems, whether in source code, interpreted code and/or object code form.
 
 
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Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, association, trust or other form of legal entity of which (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned by such Person or (ii) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner (excluding partnerships in which such party or any Subsidiary of such Person does not have a majority of the voting interests in such partnership).
 
Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means any federal, state, provincial, local or foreign income, alternative minimum, accumulated earnings, personal holding company, franchise, capital stock, net worth, capital, profits, windfall profits, gross receipts, value added, sales, use, goods and services, excise, customs duties, transfer, conveyance, mortgage, registration, stamp, documentary, recording, premium, severance, environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of the Code or any analogous or similar provision of any state, local or foreign Law or regulation), real property, personal property, ad valorem, intangibles, unclaimed property, rent, occupancy, license, occupational, employment, unemployment insurance, social security, disability, workers’ compensation, payroll, health care, escheat, unclaimed property, withholding, estimated or other similar tax, duty or other governmental charge or assessment or deficiencies thereof, and including any interest, penalties or additions to tax attributable to the foregoing.  The terms “Tax” and “Taxes” also include obligations to pay Taxes of any other Person, pursuant to any contract, law, regulation or otherwise.
 
Tax Return ” means any return, report, declaration, form, claim for refund or information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
 
Termination Date ” means June 30, 2014.
 
Transaction Documents ” means, with respect to any Person, this Agreement together with any other agreements, instruments, certificates and documents executed by such Person in connection herewith or therewith or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
 
Treasury Regulations ” means the regulations promulgated under the Code, including temporary and proposed regulations.
 
WARN ” means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as amended.
 
(b)   Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:
 
 
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Term
Section
   
Agreement
Preamble
Balance Sheet
 
Section 3.5(a)
Balance Sheet Date
Section 3.5(a)
Blue Sky Laws
Section 2.4
Closing
Section 1.1(a)
Closing Date
Section 1.2
Company
Preamble
Company IP Rights
Section 3.11(a)
Company ERISA Affiliate
Section 3.13(a)
Company Parties
Section 5.10(c)
Disclosure Schedule
Section 9.11
Employee Benefit Plans
Section 3.13(a)
Environmental Permits
Section 3.17(a)
ERISA
Section 3.13(a)
Financial Statements
Section 3.5(a)
HIPAA
Section 3.16(a)
HITECH
Section 3.16(a)
Indemnified Party
Section 7.3(a)
Indemnifying Party
Section 7.3(a)
Intellectual Property Licenses
Section 3.11(b)
Leased Properties
Section 3.9(b)
Losses
Section 7.1
Medytox
Preamble
Multiemployer Plans
Section 3.13(a)
Multiple Employer Plans
Section 3.13(a)
Owned Intellectual Property
Section 3.11(a)
Outstanding Accounts Receivable
Section 1.1(b)
Outstanding Payables
Section 6.1(d)
Party
Preamble
Payoff Letters
Section 6.1(d)
Personal Property Leases
Section 3.10(a)
PII
Section 3.11(m)
Preferred Shares
Section 1.1(b)
Purchased Shares
Recitals
Purchaser
Preamble
Purchaser Indemnitees
Section 7.1
Purchaser’s Agents
Section 5.2(a)
Qualified Plans
Section 3.13(c)
Real Property Laws
Section 3.9(c)
Real Property Lease
Section 3.9(b)
Sellers
Preamble
Series D Preferred Stock
Section 1.1(b)
Shares
Recitals
Straddle Period
Section 5.8(c)
Systems
Section 3.24
Third Party Claim
Section 7.3(a)
Transaction Consideration
Section 1.1(b)
Transactional Rep
Section 7.4
 
 
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Section 9.2   Expenses .  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, including Section 5.8(b), each of the Parties shall bear its own fees, costs and expenses (including legal, accounting, consulting and investment advisory fees and expenses) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
Section 9.3   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the state of Florida without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the state of Florida or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Florida.  Each of the Parties submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court within Orange County in the state of Florida in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and agrees that all claims in respect of the action or proceeding shall be exclusively heard and determined in any such court.  The Parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such dispute brought in such court. Each of the Parties waives any defense of inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action or proceeding so brought.
 
Section 9.4   Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers .  This Agreement (including the schedules and exhibits hereto) represents the entire understanding and agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and can be amended, supplemented or changed, and any provision hereof can be waived, only by written instrument making specific reference to this Agreement signed by Purchaser or Medytox, in the case of an amendment, supplement, modification or waiver sought to be enforced against Purchaser or Medytox, or the Sellers, in the case of an amendment, supplement, modification or waiver sought to be enforced against Sellers.  The waiver by any Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.  No failure on the part of any Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by such Party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.  All remedies hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other remedies provided by Law.
 
Section 9.5   Section Headings .  The section headings of this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are to be given no effect in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
 
 
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Section 9.6   Notices .  All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery, nationally recognized overnight courier or certified mail at the following addresses (or to such other address as a Party may have specified by notice given to the other Party pursuant to this provision):
 
  If to Sellers:
 
  James A. Wilson
  1641 Keeling Drive
  Deltona, Florida 32738
 
  Daniel Stewart
  106 San Lucia Drive
  DeBary, Florida 32713
 
 
  With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
 
  Harlan L. Paul
  Paul, Elkind & Branz
  142 E. New York Avenue
DeLand, Florida 32724
 
 
  If to Purchaser or Medytox, to:
 
  Medytox Solutions, Inc.
  400 S. Australian Avenue
  West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
  Attn: William Forhan
 
 
  With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
 
  J. Thomas Cookson
  Akerman LLP
  One Southeast Third Avenue
  Miami, Florida 33131
 
Any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been received (i) when delivered, if personally delivered, (ii) on the next Business Day after dispatch, if sent postage pre-paid by nationally recognized, overnight courier guaranteeing next Business Day delivery, and (iii) on the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date on which the piece of mail containing such communication is posted, if sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested.
 
Section 9.7   Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Agreement shall remain in effect. Subject to Section 5.10, upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
 
 
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Section 9.8   Binding Effect; Assignment; Third-Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that no Party may assign its rights and/or obligations hereunder without the consent of the other Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser may assign its rights and obligations pursuant to this Agreement, in whole or in part, in connection with any disposition or transfer of all or any portion of Purchaser, the Company or their respective businesses in any form of transaction without the consent of any of the other Parties. In addition, Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights pursuant to this Agreement to any lender to Purchaser, Medytox or  the Company as collateral security without the consent of any of the other Parties.  No assignment by Purchaser, without the consent of the other Parties, shall relieve the Purchaser of any of its obligations under this Agreement.  Except as provided in ARTICLE VII with respect to Persons entitled to indemnification thereunder, nothing in this Agreement shall create or be deemed to create any third party beneficiary rights in any Person.
 
Section 9.9   Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile, portable document format or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Agreement.
 
Section 9.10   Remedies Cumulative .  Except as otherwise provided herein, no remedy herein conferred upon a Party hereto is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy.  No single or partial exercise by a Party hereto of any right, power or remedy hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof.  Purchaser, Medytox or any of their Affiliates may, at their election, set-off against any amounts due to any Seller or any of their respective Affiliates, any Losses or other amounts for which such Seller (or any Affiliate thereof) may be responsible to pay to Purchaser, Medytox or any of their Affiliates.
 
Section 9.11   Exhibits and Schedules .  The exhibits and schedules referred to herein are attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.  The disclosure schedule delivered by Sellers to Purchaser and Medytox in connection with the execution of this Agreement (the “ Disclosure Schedule ”) shall be arranged to correspond to the specific sections and subsections of this Agreement.  The disclosures in the Disclosure Schedule relate only to the representations and warranties in the Section or paragraph of this Agreement to which they expressly relate and not to any other representation or warranty in this Agreement.  Nothing in the Disclosure Schedule will be deemed adequate to disclose an exception to a representation or warranty made herein, unless the Disclosure Schedule identifies the exception with particularity and describes the relevant facts in detail. The mere listing (or inclusion of a copy) of a document or other item in the Disclosure Schedule will not be deemed adequate to disclose an exception to a representation or warranty made in this Agreement (unless the representation or warranty pertains to the existence of the document or other item itself).  The Parties hereto intend that each representation, warranty and covenant contained herein will have independent significance.  If any Party hereto has breached any representation, warranty, or covenant contained herein in any respect, the fact that there exists another representation, warranty, or covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) which the Party has not breached will not detract from or mitigate the fact that the Party is in breach of the first representation, warranty or covenant.
 
 
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Section 9.12   Interpretation .  When a reference is made in this Agreement to an article, section, paragraph, clause, schedule or exhibit, such reference shall be deemed to be to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.  The text of all schedules is incorporated herein by reference.  Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”  As used herein, words in the singular will be held to include the plural and vice versa (unless the context otherwise requires), words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender (or the neuter) as the context requires, and the terms “hereof”, “herein”, and “herewith” and words of similar import will, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
 
Section 9.13   Arm’s Length Negotiations .  Each Party herein expressly represents and warrants to all other Parties hereto that (a) said Party has had the opportunity to seek and has obtained the advice of its own legal, tax and business advisors before executing this Agreement; and (b) this Agreement is the result of arm’s length negotiations conducted by and among the Parties and their respective counsel.
 
Section 9.14   Construction .  The Parties agree and acknowledge that they have jointly participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event of an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumptions or burdens of proof shall arise favoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.  Any reference to any federal, state, local, or foreign statute or Law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise.
 
Section 9.15   Specific Performance .  The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed by Sellers in accordance with the specific terms hereof or were otherwise breached by Sellers. It is accordingly agreed that Purchaser shall be entitled, without posting a bond or similar indemnity, to an injunction or other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms. Each Seller agrees that he will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that Purchaser has an adequate remedy at law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Parties agree that the Company and Sellers shall not be entitled to an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the terms hereof.
 
 
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Section 9.16   Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
 
Section 9.17   Time of Essence .  With regard to all dates and time periods set forth or referred to in this Agreement, time is of the essence.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Stock Purchase Agreement has been executed by or on behalf of each of the Parties as of the day first written above.
 
   
PURCHASER :
 
MEDYTOX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
 
 
By:   /s/ Seamus Lagan                                                                         
Name:
Title:
 
   
MEDYTOX :
 
MEDYTOX SOLUTIONS, INC.
 
 
By:   /s/ William Forhan                                                                         
Name:
Title:


   
COMPANY :
 
CLINLAB, INC.
 
 
By:   /s/ James A. Wilson                                                                         
Name:
Title:
 

 
   
SELLERS :
 
 
 
By:   /s/ Daniel Stewart                                                                             
Daniel Stewart
 
   
 
 
 
By:   /s/ James A. Wilson                                                                         
James A. Wilson
 
     
 
 

 
 
 

 

Schedule 1
Sellers and Shares
 
Name of Seller
  Number of Shares Owned
  Daniel Stewart
500,000
 James A. Wilson
 500,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                                                            
 
 

 

Schedule 2
Preferred Shares
 
Name of Seller
Number of Preferred Shares to be Issued
Daniel Stewart
100,000
James A. Wilson
100,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Exhibit 10.66

 

FORM OF
PURCHASE OPTION AGREEMENT

 

PURCHASE OPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of this ___ day of March, 2014, by and between Medytox Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation with its principal place of business at 400 South Australian Avenue, Suite 800, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 (the "Company" or "Medytox"); and ________________, with an address at ____________________________ ___________________ ("Holder").

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS. Holder is the owner of record of 1,000 (one thousand) shares of Class B Preferred Stock (the "Shares") of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, Holder is willing to grant the Company an option (the "Option") to acquire the Shares upon the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual premises set forth herein, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby agreed and acknowledged to by the parties hereto, the Holder and the Company agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Grant of Option; Purchase Price; Exercise of Option .

 

1.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Holder hereby grants to the Company and its successors and assigns, an irrevocable, unconditional, and exclusive Option to purchase any or all of the Shares owned of record or beneficially by Holder. The parties agree that if the Option is exercised in full, the Company would acquire all of the Shares owned of record by Holder. The Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, by the Company at any time prior to the Option Expiration Date, as defined below.

 

1.2 The Option purchase price (the Purchase Price) for the Shares that shall be paid for the purchase of all of the Shares upon the exercise of the Option shall be the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 (Five Million Dollars).

 

1.3 The parties agree that the Option may be exercised for less than all of the Shares. In the event the Option is exercised for less than all of the Shares subject to the Option, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Purchase Price by the percentage of the total amount of Shares subject to the Option that is being purchased. By way of illustration and not limitation, in the event the Option is exercised for 51% of the total Shares subject to the Option, the Purchase Price shall be 51% of the Purchase Price. In the event the Option is exercised in part, the Option shall continue in effect until the Option Expiration Date, and the Company may exercise at any time up until the Option Expiration Date, the Option for any or all of the remaining Shares subject to the Option.

 

1.4 The Option granted in this Agreement is exercisable by the Company in its sole discretion at any time on or after the date hereof, up until and including the Option Expiration Date. Holder agrees and acknowledges that the Company has no obligation to exercise the Option, in full or in part. To exercise the Option, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Holder, a purchaser exercise notice (the "Purchaser Exercise Notice"). The Purchaser Exercise Notice shall set forth the number of Shares being purchased, the Purchase Price, and the Option exercise closing date (the "Option Exercise Closing Date"), which must be a date at least five (5) days after delivery of the Purchase Exercise Notice, and not later than thirty (30) days after delivery of the Purchase Exercise Notice. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the parties agree that the Option Exercise Closing Date may be a date subsequent to the Option Expiration Date, provided the Purchaser Exercise Notice was delivered to the Holder on or prior to the Option Expiration Date.

 

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1.5 Any dividends declared on the Shares, including any record date established for the payment of dividends, prior to the date of the Purchase Exercise Notice shall be payable and due to the Holder. No dividends shall be paid or payable to the Holder if such dividends are declared or a record date is established for the payment of dividends, on or subsequent to the date of the Purchase Exercise Notice.

 

1.6 The Holder agrees and acknowledges that the Company is planning to enter into option agreements, in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with the other holders of the Company's Series B Preferred Stock, and that in the event the Company determines to exercise less than all of the options available to it or for less than all of the shares that are subject to such options, the Company is not obligated to exercise options and acquire shares from any specific holder or holders or for any specified amounts, and that any such exercise, as to the timing, amount of shares and the identity of the holder which shares will be the subject of the option exercise is at the sole and absolute discretion of the Company and its board of directors.

 

Section 2. Option Exercise Closing Date .

 

2.1 On or prior to the Option Exercise Closing Date, the Holder shall deliver to the Company certificates evidencing all of the Shares subject to the Option which are being exercised, with stock powers duly endorsed in blank, with signatures medallion guaranteed. In addition, on or prior to the Option Exercise Closing Date, the Holder shall execute and deliver any and all other documents or instruments and shall take all other actions as may be requested by the Company to effectuate the exercise of the Option, in whole or in part, as set forth on the Purchaser Exercise Notice.

 

2.2 As of the Option Exercise Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Holder by bank check or wire transfer of immediately available funds, the Purchase Price.

 

Section 3. Option Expiration Date .

 

3.1 The Option Expiration Date shall be March ___, 2016 (2 years after the date hereof).

 

3.2 If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Option Expiration Date renders this Agreement unenforceable or invalid, then the Option Expiration Date shall be reduced to a date which would cure the invalidity or unenforceability. In the event that a regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that this Agreement or the Option violates any laws, statutes, rules or regulations (and that determination is not stayed or appealed within ninety (90) days of that determination), or is unenforceable or invalid, the parties will negotiate in good faith to enter into an alternative legally valid arrangement which substantially preserves for the parties the relative economic benefits of this Agreement.

 

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Section 4. Failure to Deliver Shares . Upon payment of the Purchase Price by the Company, as set forth in Section 1 to this Agreement, the Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised shall be deemed to have been sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to the Company, and the Holder shall have no further rights to the Shares, and Company shall record the transfer in its stock transfer book or in any appropriate manner, or issue replacement certificates for the shares, irrespective of whether the Holder refuses to, is unable to, or for any reason fails to deliver the certificate or certificates evidencing the Shares together with the requisite stock powers. Holder agrees that Holder shall be solely liable for any damages or losses incurred by the Company for any failure to deliver the Shares and/or stock powers to the Company.

 

Section 5. Covenants of the Holder .

 

5.1 The Holder covenants and agrees that the Holder owns of record all of the Shares and will take no action, directly or indirectly, to reduce or cause the Holder's ownership of such Share to be reduced or diminished in any fashion whatsoever. The Holder covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, or otherwise encumber the Shares, and shall not issue any rights, options, or calls or enter into any agreement (other than with the Company) with respect to the Shares during the term of this Option.

 

5.2 The Holder further agrees that the Holder will not purchase or attempt to purchase any shares of the Company's Class B shares owned of record or beneficially by any other person, irrespective of whether the Holder has the right to purchase such additional shares, during the term of the Option.

 

5.3 The parties agree and acknowledge that the covenants of the Holder set forth in this Agreement are being relied upon by the Company in entering into this Agreement,

 

5.4 The Holder further covenants and agrees that the termination or expiration of any other agreement by and between the Company and the Holder, irrespective of the reasons therefore, shall not impair the ability of the Company to exercise the Option, in whole or in part.

 

Section 6. Representations and Warranties of the Holder . As a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement and/or consummate any exercise of the Option, the Holder hereby represents and warrants to the Company as of the date hereof, as of the Option Exercise Date, and as of the Option Exercise Closing Date, the following representations and warranties. Holder agrees that upon any exercise of the Option by the Company, the Holder shall also be deemed to have automatically made as of the Option Exercise Date and as of the Option Exercise Closing Date, the following representations and warranties.

 

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6.1 The Holder has full authority, power and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereunder, including the transfer of the Shares upon the exercise of the Option by the Company, and the delivery of the Shares, together with the requisite stock powers. This Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Holder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally. The execution, delivery and performance by the Holder of this Agreement, including any transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Company: (a) do not and will not violate, to the best of the Holder's knowledge, any laws, rules or regulations applicable to the Holder, or require the Holder to obtain any approval, consent or waiver of any person; and (b) do not and will not result in a breach of, constitute a default under, accelerate any obligation under or give rise to a right of termination of any contract, agreement, lien, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or arbitration award to which the Holder is a party or by which the Holder may be bound or affected, or result in the creation or imposition of any pledge, lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance on any of the assets or properties of the Holder.

 

6.2 The Holder owns of record all of the Shares, free and clear of any liens, restrictions, encumbrances of any kind whatsoever. The Holder does not beneficially own any other Shares, and no person has any right to vote, or acquire the Shares from the Holder. No other person beneficially owns any of the Shares.

 

6.3 The Holder represents and warrants that the Holder is thoroughly familiar with the business and financial condition of the Company and its results of operations, and the terms, relative rights and preferences of the Shares. The Holder further represents and warrants that prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Holder has been afforded the opportunity to ask management of the Company all relevant questions concerning the Company, and the Shares, and further represents, warrants, agrees and acknowledges that the Holder has had access to, and has reviewed the Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, the most recent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and the Company's reports on Form 8-K.

 

6.4 The Holder has not engaged or employed any investment banker, broker or finder or incurred or become liable for any investment banker's, broker's or finder's fee, commission banking fees or similar compensation, relating to or in connection with this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

Section 7. Restrictions on Transfer of Shares .

 

7.1 Prior to or simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Holder shall deliver any and all certificates evidencing the Shares for the purpose of imprinting in bold the following legend on such certificates representing the Shares:

 

"The sale, pledge, assignment, encumbrance or other disposition or transfer of the shares represented by this Certificate are restricted by the terms of a Purchase Option Agreement, dated as of March ___, 2014, by and between Medytox Solutions, Inc. and the person whose name appears on this certificate, a copy of which is on file in the principal office of Medytox Solutions, Inc."

 

The Company shall immediately cause this legend to be affixed to the Shares.

 

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7.2 The Holder shall not, at any time sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, pledge, donate, or otherwise dispose of any of the Shares now, or at any time during the term of the Option, except in the case of the exercise of the Option in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Any attempted sale, assignment, transfer, donation or other encumbrance in violation of this Section shall be null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever.

 

Section 8. Miscellaneous .

 

8.1 Expenses and Taxes . All costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the exercise of the Option granted by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring those fees, costs and expenses. Holder shall be solely responsible for any and all taxes imposed on or payable by Holder as a result of the exercise of the Option.

 

8.2 Survival . All of the representations and warranties of Holder are material and may be relied upon by the Company and shall survive beyond the last Option Exercise Closing Date for a time period equal to the greater of three years or the applicable statutes of limitations. All statements in this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties. Any due diligence conducted by the Company and the results thereof shall not diminish or otherwise affect any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement.

 

8.3 Notices . Whenever any notice, request, information or other document is required or permitted to be given under this Agreement, that notice, demand or request shall be in writing and shall be either hand delivered, sent by United States certified mail, postage prepaid or delivered via overnight courier to the addresses below or to any other address that any party may specify by notice to the other party. No notice of a change of address shall be effective until received by the other parties. A notice shall be deemed received upon hand delivery, two days after posting in the United States mail or one day after dispatch by overnight courier. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the delivery of the Purchaser Exercise Notice may be delivered by facsimile or by e–mail, to the contact information provided below, and such delivery, if made during business hours shall be deemed given on such day as transmitted, provided, confirmation of facsimile transmission or e-mail delivery is available.

 

If to the Company:

 

 

Medytox Solutions, Inc.

400 South Australian Avenue

Suite 800

West Palm Beach, Florida 33401

 

 

Fax:

E-mail:

 

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With a copy to:

 

 

J. Thomas Cookson, Esq.

Akerman, LLP

One SE Third Avenue

25 th Floor

Miami, Florida 33131

 

 

Fax: 305-374-5095

E-mail: tom.cookson@akerman,.com

 

 

If to the Holder:

 

 

Fax:

E-mail:

 

 

Any party to this Agreement may change the address to which any communications are to be directed to that party by giving notice of the change to the other parties in the manner provided in this Section.

 

8.4 Entire Agreement . This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and merges and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and understandings related to the subject matter hereof or thereof.

 

8.5 Successors and Assignment . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, estates, beneficiaries, executors and legal and personal representatives.

 

8.6 Amendment and Waiver . Failure of any party to enforce one or more of the provisions of this Agreement or to require at any time performance of any of the obligations under this Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver of any provisions by any party nor to in any way affect the validity of this Agreement or any party's right to enforce any provision of this Agreement nor to preclude any party from taking all other action at any time which it would legally be entitled to take. All waivers to be effective shall be in writing signed by the waiving party. This Agreement may not be modified or terminated orally, and no modification or termination shall be binding unless in writing and signed by the parties to this Agreement. Each party agrees to be bound by any telecopied or pdf'd signature to this Agreement or any agreement executed in connection herewith as if a manually executed signature page had been executed and delivered.

 

8.7 Further Assurances . The parties shall execute all other documents or instruments and shall take all other actions as may reasonably be requested by the other to effect the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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8.8 Section Headings . The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

8.9 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without application to the principles of conflicts of law.

 

8.10 Severability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more of the words, phrases, sentences, clauses, or sections contained in this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

 

8.11 Litigation; Prevailing Party . In the event of any litigation, including appeals, with regard to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party all reasonable fees, costs, and expenses of counsel (at pre-trial, trial and appellate levels).

 

8.12 Construction . This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or other rule requiring construction against the party causing this Agreement to be drafted. THE HOLDER AGREES AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MEDYTOX HAS REQUESTED THAT THE HOLDER SEEKS INDEPENDENT COUNSEL PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT.

 

8.13 Word Usage . Words used in the masculine shall apply to the feminine where applicable, and wherever the context of this Agreement directs, the plural shall be read as the singular and the singular as the plural.

 

8.14 Mergers and Consolidation; Successors and Assigns . Holder shall have no right to assign Holder's rights or delegate Holder's duties and obligations under this Agreement. The Company may freely assign and delegate all of its rights and duties under this Agreement. Additionally, the parties each agree that upon the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or all or substantially all of the equity of the Company to another company or any other entity, or upon the merger or consolidation of the Company with another company or any other entity, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Holder and any entity or person purchasing the assets, or equity of the Company, or surviving in any such merger or consolidation..

 

8.15 Jury Trial . EACH PARTY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO ANY TRIAL BY JURY IN ALL LITIGATION RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT .

 

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Each of the parties to this Agreement has caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

  Medytox Solutions, Inc.:
   
   
  By: ________________

 

 

 

 

Holder:

 

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Exhibit 10.67

 

CONSULTING Agreement

 

This Consulting Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into between SS International Consulting, Ltd. (“Consultant”) and the client Medytox Solutions Inc. (“MMMS”) identified on the signature page to this Agreement as (MMMS).

 

The Consultant is in the business of providing management consulting services, business advisory services, marketing strategies and investor relations advice and management. The Client deems it to be in its best interest to retain the Consultant to render to the Client such services as may be agreed to by the parties from time to time; and the Consultant desires to render such services to the Client as set forth hereunder.

 

Now therefore, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth in this Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Consulting Services . The Client hereby retains the Consultant as an independent contractor, and the Consultant hereby accepts and agrees to such retention. It is acknowledged and agreed by the Client that the Consultant carries neither professional licenses nor memberships in any self-regulatory organizations. It is further acknowledged and agreed by the Client that the Consultant is not rendering legal advice or performing accounting services and Client will be responsible to seek legal and accounting advice in relation to any proposals put forward by Consultant. The services of the Consultant shall not be exclusive nor shall the Consultant be required to render any specific number of hours or assign specific personnel to the Client or its projects. The Consultant will work with the Executive management team of Client to agree on the details and parameters of any projects undertaken.

 

 

Independent Contractor . The Consultant agrees to perform its consulting duties hereto as an independent contractor. Nothing contained herein shall be considered to create an employer-employee relationship between the parties to this Agreement. The Client shall not make social security, workers’ compensation or unemployment insurance payments on behalf of Consultant. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Consultant cannot guarantee the results or effectiveness of any of the services rendered or to be rendered by the Consultant. Rather, Consultant shall conduct its operations and provide its services in a professional manner and in accordance with good industry practice. The Consultant will use its reasonable business efforts in providing services to Client.

 

Time, Place and Manner of Performance . The Consultant shall be available to the officers and directors of the Client at such reasonable and convenient times and places as may be mutually agreed upon. Except as aforesaid, the time, place and manner of performance of the services hereunder, including the amount of time to be allocated by the Consultant to any specific service, shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Consultant.

 

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Compensation . & Bonus

The Client shall provide to the Consultant compensation for his services hereunder in the amounts and at the times as set forth as follows. The consultant will receive $6,667 per month for services rendered.

 

Expenses incurred by Consultant on behalf of Client will be reimbursed upon delivery of a detailed expense report accompanied by receipts for all expenses being claimed.

 

Expenses must be approved prior to being incurred, by an officer of Client and will not be paid without such approval or without receipts.

 

Payment shall be made in full on or before the last day working of each month.

 

Termination . Either the Consultant or the Client may terminate this Agreement at the end of any month during the term of this Agreement. This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the dissolution, bankruptcy or insolvency of the Client or the Consultant.

 

The Consultant and the Client shall have the right and the discretion to terminate this Agreement should the other party, in performing its duties hereunder, violate any law, ordinance, permit or regulation of any governmental entity or self-regulatory organization, accept for violations that either singularly or in the aggregate do not have or will not have a materially adverse effect on the party desiring termination.  

 

Work Product . It is agreed that all information and materials produced for the Client shall be the property of the Client.

 

  Confidentiality . The Client and the Consultant each agree to provide reasonable security measures to keep information belonging to the other party confidential where release of the same would be detrimental to such party’s business interests (“Confidential Information”). Each party agrees that Confidential Information shall be subject to this Agreement if provided to the other party and marked “Confidential” in a conspicuous manner. Consultant and Client shall each require their employees, agents, affiliates, sub-contractors, other licensees, and others who have access to Confidential Information through Consultant or Client, as the case may be, to enter into appropriate non-disclosure agreements requiring the level and degree of confidentiality contemplated by this Agreement. Consultant and Client each agree that it will not, either during the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, disclose, use or make known for its own or another’s benefit, any confidential information acquired or used by it hereunder. The term “Confidential Information” excludes information that: (a) is made public by Consultant or Client in violation of this Agreement, (b) becomes generally available to the public, other than as a result of disclosure by Consultant or Client or another party in violation of any obligation of confidentiality, or (c) Client or Consultant obtains from sources other than Client or Consultant.

 

Conflict of Interest . The Consultant shall be free to perform services for other entities or persons. The Consultant will notify the Client of its performance of consulting services for any other entity or person that the Consultant reasonably believes could materially conflict with its obligations to the Client under this Agreement.

 

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Disclaimer of Responsibility for Acts of the Client: Limitation on Liability . In no event shall the Consultant be authorized or required by this Agreement to represent or make management decisions for the Client. The Consultant shall, under no circumstances, be made liable for any expense incurred or loss suffered by the Client as a consequence of such decisions by the Client or any affiliates or subsidiaries of the Client as a result of services performed by the Consultant hereunder.  

 

Indemnification . Each party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the other party, as well as each of its officers, directors, employees, agents and each person, if any, who controls that party, against any and all liability, loss, costs, expenses or damages, including, but not limited to, any and all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation or arbitration, commenced or threatened, directly resulting by reason of any act, neglect, default or omission, or any untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact, or any misrepresentation of any material fact, or any breach of any material warranty or covenant, by that party or any of its agents, employees, or other representatives, arising out of, or in relation to, this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the liability of Consultant exceed the amount of cash compensation actually received by Consultant pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Notices . Any notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing and delivered or sent by fax, in PDF format attached to an email, registered or certified mail, or by Federal Express or other nationally recognized overnight couriers to the principal office of each party and addressed to its principal executive officer at the address set forth on the signature page to this Agreement.

 

Waiver of Breach . Any waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other party shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by such party.

 

Assignment . Neither party may assign this Agreement without the written consent of the other party.

 

Applicable Law . It is the intention of the parties hereto that this Agreement and the performance hereunder and all suits and special proceedings hereunder be construed in accordance with and pursuant to the laws of the State of Florida and that in any action, special proceeding or other proceeding that may be brought arising out of, in connection with, or by reason of this Agreement, the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflicts of law principles, shall be applicable.

 

Severability . All agreements and covenants contained herein are severable, and in the event any of them shall be held to be invalid by any competent court, the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such invalid agreements or covenants were not contained herein.

 

Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes and embodies the entire understanding and agreement of the parties and supercedes and replaces all prior understandings, agreements and negotiations between the parties.

 

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Waiver and Modification . Any waiver, alteration, or modification of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be valid only if made in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

 

Counterparts and Facsimile Signature . This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. Execution and delivery of this Agreement by exchange of facsimile copies bearing the facsimile signature of a party hereto shall constitute a valid and binding execution and delivery of this Agreement by such party.

 

Non-Circumvention . This is to confirm that each of the named signatories, separately and individually, and their associates, hereby agree that he/she or his/her corporations, divisions, subsidiaries, employees, agents or consultants will not make any contact with, deal with, or otherwise involve any transaction with any banking or lending institution, trust, corporate or individuals, lenders or borrowers, buyers or sellers introduced by another of the signatories, separately or individually, and their associates without the signed permission of the introducing signatory. This agreement is also effective for the signatories’ heirs, assignee and/or designee now and for the life of this agreement.

 

By signing below, the parties agree to the terms of this Agreement and further certify that their respective signatories are duly authorized to execute this Agreement.

 

 

   
/s/ Sebastien Sainsbury  
SS International Consulting, Ltd.   3/15/2014
(Consultant)   Date
   
   
Medytox Solutions Inc.  
   
Wm / Forhan 3/15/2014
William Forhan     Date
CEO    

 

 

 

 

Consulting Agreement Mar 15 2014

 

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Exhibit 21

 

Subsidiaries of the Company

 

 

 

Name

Jurisdiction of

Organization

Medytox Information Technology, Inc. Florida
Medytox Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Inc. Florida
Medical Billing Choices, Inc. North Carolina
Medytox Diagnostics, Inc. Florida
Medytox Medical Marketing & Sales, Inc. Florida
PB Laboratories, LLC Florida
Biohealth Medical Laboratory, Inc. Florida
Alethea Laboratories, Inc. Texas
International Technologies, LLC New Jersey
EPIC Reference Labs, Inc. Florida
Clinlab, Inc. Florida

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

   

2451 N. McMullen Booth Road

Suite 308

Clearwater, FL 33759

 

Toll fee: 855.334.0934

 

Fax: 800.581.1908

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-193047 on Form S-8 of our report dated March 26, 2014 included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Medytox Solutions, Inc. relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedules for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ DKM Certified Public Accountants

Clearwater, FL

March 28, 2014

 

 

 

 

PCAOB Registered
AICPA Member

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

REQUIRED BY RULE 13A-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AS AMENDED,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, William G. Forhan, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Medytox Solutions, Inc.;
   
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
   
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods present in this report;
   
4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13-a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
     
  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     
  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     
  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     
  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financing reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
   
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     
  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     
  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involved management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
     
     
 Date:  March 31, 2014  
       

/s/  William G. Forhan                                                           

Principal Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

REQUIRED BY RULE 13A-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AS AMENDED,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Jace Simmons, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Medytox Solutions, Inc.;
   
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
   
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods present in this report;
   
4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13-a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
     
  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     
  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     
  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     
  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financing reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
   
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     
  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     
  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involved management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
     
     
 Date:  March 31, 2014  
   
/s/ Jace Simmons  

Jace Simmons

Principal Financial Officer

 
       

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

 

CERTIFICATION OF

PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2013 (the " Report ") of Medytox Solutions, Inc. (the " Company "), the undersigned hereby certifies in his capacities as Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the undersigned's knowledge:

 

1. the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

2. the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

 

Date: March 31, 2014  
   
/s/ William G. Forhan  

William G. Forhan

Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

The foregoing certification is furnished as an exhibit to the Report and will not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Exhibit 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2013 (the " Report ") of Medytox Solutions, Inc. (the " Company "), the undersigned hereby certifies in his capacities as Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the undersigned's knowledge:

 

1. the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

2. the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

 

Date: March 31, 2014  
   
/s/ Jace Simmons  

Jace Simmons

Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

The foregoing certification is furnished as an exhibit to the Report and will not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.