On December 4, 2018, FitLife Brands, Inc. (the "Company") received a notice of termination (the "Termination Notice") of a merchant agreement dated December 15, 2017, by and between its wholly-owned subsidiaries, NDS Nutrition Products, Inc. and iSatori, Inc. (together, the "Subsidiaries"), and Compass Bank d/b/a Commercial Billing Service ("Compass") (as amended, the "Merchant Agreement").
Under the terms of the Merchant Agreement, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions to funding, the Subsidiaries agreed to sell to Compass, and Compass agreed to purchase from the Subsidiaries, certain accounts owing from customers of such Subsidiaries, including GNC Holdings, Inc. All amounts due under the terms of the Agreement, totaling up to $3.0 million, are guaranteed by the Company under the terms of a Continuing Guarantee.
Pursuant to the Termination Notice, Compass intends to discontinue purchasing accounts from the Subsidiaries as of February 26, 2019. Further, the Merchant Agreement will remain in full effect for all transactions occurring on or prior to February 26, 2019, and pursuant to terms in the Merchant Agreement, all security interests shall continue until all obligations to Compass under the Merchant Agreement are paid in full.
The Company is currently negotiating with several traditional and other lenders to replace the Merchant Agreement and, although no assurances can be given, anticipates that it will have a replacement agreement in place on or before February 26, 2019.
The foregoing description of the Merchant Agreement and Continuing Guarantee are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Merchant Agreement and Continuing Guarantee, a copy of which were filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to the Company's current report on Form 8-K, respectively, filed on January 25, 2018.
FitLife Brands, Inc. |
By: | /s/ Dayton Judd |
Name: Dayton Judd | |
Title: Chief Executive Officer |