Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
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NOTE 10 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Line of Credit

 

In April of 2010 the Company entered into a line of credit agreement with Chris Maggiore, a significant shareholder.  Under the terms of this line of credit agreement, the shareholder agreed to advance, upon request, a maximum of $675,000 as needed.   The company’s ability to draw from this line of credit expired April 24, 2011, and advances are to be repaid on or before April 24, 2012 with interest accrued at the rate of 7% annually.  During 2010 the Company received advances totaling $299,700, and accrued interest totaling $4,209.During the quarter ended December 31, 2010,  the Company issued an aggregate of 1,940,000 shares of common stock to the shareholder as follows:  (i) 838,986 shares were issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants at an average exercise price of $.23 per share (the shareholder paid the exercise price by forgiving $188,898 in indebtedness owing to the shareholder), and 1,101,014 shares (valued at $374,344) were issued in full satisfaction of the approximately $110,000 in remaining principal amount plus accrued interest owing to this related party in connection with advances made to  the Company.  In connection with this loan repayment, the Company incurred finance charges of $259,293.  As of June 30, 2011, there is a principal balance due of $29,500, and accrued interest totaling $459.

 

The balance due under this line of credit agreement as of April 24, 2011 was $26,716.  Since the expiration of the line of credit, the Company has received an additional $69,241 in loans from this significant shareholder, accrued additional interest of $1,149 and repaid $14,000.  The balance owing this shareholder as of September 30, 2011 is $81,741 in principal and $1,365 in accrued interest.  Of this principal balance, $26,716 is due and payable on April 24, 2012, and the remaining principal balance of $55,025 represents additional advances after the expiration of the loan agreement, and is due and payable upon demand.

 

In July, 2011, the Company issued Mr. Maggiore warrants to purchase 3,000,000 shares at an exercise price of $.25 per share for a term of three years.  These warrants were issued to Mr. Maggiore in consideration Mr. Maggiore providing financing to the Company which prevented him from being able to avail himself of a company offer to certain warrant holders to exercise their warrants on a reduced exercise price basis.  The Company recognized finance costs of $203,069 in connection with the grant.

 

License Agreement

 

On September 2, 2010, the Company entered into a multi-year exclusive worldwide License Agreement (“Agreement”) for its ProAlgaZyme ® product (“Product”) with a distributor of health and nutritional products, Zus Health, LLC (“Zus”) (this agreement was assigned by Zus to Ceptazyme, LLC (Zus’ successor).  Chris Maggiore, a significant shareholder of the Company, has an equity interest in Ceptazyme, LLC.  See  Note 11, License Agreement,

 

Office Space

 

We are leasing office and production space located in Scottsdale, Arizona from a significant shareholder, Howard Baer, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Sublease that expires on February 9, 2020, subject to our unilateral right to terminate the Lease on March 31, 2013. Under the original terms of the Amended and Restated Sublease, the annual base rent for the 15,000 square foot facility was approximately $237,000, payable in equal monthly installments of approximately $20,000. The annual base rent is subject to increase annually in an amount equal to the greater of 2.5% of the prior year’s base rent and the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index. We paid an additional security deposit of approximately $110,000. The Amended and Restated Sublease is a “net lease”, which means that we are responsible for the real estate taxes, maintenance, insurance and repairs related to the premises we are leasing.

 

In October, 2009, we and Mr. Baer agreed in principle to (i) reduce from 15,000 to 11,000 the square footage of the space we are occupying and (ii) to reduce the base rent from $20,000 to $16,720 monthly (not including real estate taxes (currently $1,480 per month)).   In addition, the lessor has assumed the responsibility for maintenance and repairs for the building and we are obligated to reimburse the lessor for 70% of such expenses.  We incurred approximately $55,000 in rent expense during the first quarter of 2011.  

 

In May of 2011 we and Mr. Baer agreed to (i) further reduce from 11,000 to 5,600 the square footage we are occupying, and (ii) reduce our rent to $12,320 (not including real estate taxes of $1,480 per month).  We incurred approximately $78,000 in rent expense during the second and third quarters of 2011.

 

In April of 2011 the Company signed a lease for new office and warehouse facilities.  This lease calls for deferred rent payments until September 1, 2011, to allow us time to finish tenant improvements.  Monthly rental is approximately $5,400 per month, and is for a term of 42 months.  The Company has not yet completed the tenant improvements necessary to occupy the space due to a shortage of funds.  We anticipate moving in late in the fourth quarter of 2011.  In connection with this lease, we incurred approximately $5,400 in rent expense during the third quarter of 2011.