Note 7 - Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 7:   Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters and Routine Proceedings

The Company has settled complaints that had been filed with various states’ pharmacy boards in the past. There can be no assurances made that other states will not attempt to take similar actions against the Company in the future. The Company initiates litigation to protect its trade or service marks. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in protecting its trade or service marks. Legal costs related to the above matters are expensed as incurred.

Employment Agreement

On August 25, 2021, Mathew N. Hulett was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and as a member of the Board of Directors, and the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Hulett to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, effective as of August 30, 2021. The employment agreement is for an initial term of three (3) years commencing on August 30, 2021 and will automatically renew for successive one (1) year terms, or for longer periods as mutually agreed upon by the parties, unless the employment agreement is expressly cancelled by either Mr. Hulett or the Company sixty (60) days prior to the end of the then current term, or is otherwise terminated as provided in the agreement. The employment agreement provides that Mr. Hulett will receive an annual base salary of $500,000, subject to periodic review for increases with the approval of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Hulett will be eligible to participate in the standard employee benefit plans generally available to executives and employees of the Company, including health insurance, life and disability insurance, restricted stock under the Company’s equity compensation plan(s), 401(k) plan, and paid time off and paid holidays. The Company will also reimburse Mr. Hulett for his documented business expenses incurred in connection with his employment pursuant to the Company's standard reimbursement expense policy and practices. The Company will not pay for any withholding taxes related to restricted stock compensation. The employment agreement contains certain rights of Mr. Hulett and the Company to terminate Mr. Hulett’s employment, including termination by the Company for “Cause” as defined in the employment agreement, and termination by Mr. Hulett for “Good Reason” as defined in the employment agreement within twelve (12) months of a Change in Control as defined in the employment agreement. Mr. Hulett is also entitled to severance pay equal to twelve (12) months of Mr. Hulett’s current base salary and eighteen (18) months of health insurance benefits in the event of his termination by the Company without Cause, or termination by Mr. Hulett for Good Reason within twelve (12) months of a Change in Control. The foregoing severance benefits are conditioned upon Mr. Hulett’s execution of a release of claims and compliance with certain restrictive covenants. The employment agreement contains customary non-disclosure and non-solicitation provisions as well as a one (1) year non-compete following the termination of the agreement.

On August 30, 2021, Mr. Hulett also received an award of 90,000 shares of restricted stock (“RSU”) under the Company’s 2016 Employee Plan, which stock restrictions will lapse pro rata on each of August 30, 2022, August 30, 2023 and August 30, 2024, which are subject to forfeiture in the event of termination of employment (except as provided in the RSU agreement). Mr. Hulett also received an award of 510,000 shares of performance restricted stock (“PSU”) under the 2016 Employee Plan, which stock restrictions will lapse on the third anniversary of the date of grant based on (i) achieving absolute stock price hurdles within the three-year period from the date of grant, and (ii) continued employment through the performance period of three years from the date of grant, in accordance with the following schedule:

Absolute Stock Price Hurdle		Shares		Cumulative Shares
$	40		85,000		85,000
$	45		107,000		192,000
$	50		106,000		298,000
$	55		106,000		404,000
$	60		106,000		510,000

Should none of the above absolute stock price hurdles be met during the three-year period from the date of grant no shares would vest. Once the absolute stock price hurdle is achieved, it will be considered to have met the absolute stock price hurdle, regardless of the stock price on the third anniversary of the date of grant. The absolute stock price hurdle would be considered to have been met if the average closing stock price of the Company is at or above the absolute stock price hurdle for a period of ninety (90) consecutive trading days. If the shares would be considered to have met the absolute stock price hurdle, they will only vest on the third anniversary of date of grant, subject to Mr. Hulett’s continued employment through the performance period of three years from the date of grant (except as provided in the PSU agreement).

In the event of Mr. Hulett’s termination of employment by the Company without Cause, or termination by Mr. Hulett for Good Reason within twelve (12) months of a Change in Control, or upon the executive’s Disability, Mr. Hulett would be entitled to the following:

(a) a portion of the PSU award would vest to Mr. Hulett based on actual performance (absolute stock price hurdles) achieved up until the date of such termination; any PSU shares not having met the absolute stock price hurdles would be forfeited, and

(b) the restrictions on the RSU award will lapse on a pro rata portion (number of days elapsed in vesting year/365) of the current year’s restricted stock (if not already lapsed) on the date of such event; any RSU shares related to the remainder of the current year’s restriction period, or to a future year’s restriction period, would be forfeited.