RELV Reliv International Inc

Notes to Financial Statements
 

December 31, 2019

1. Description of the Plan

The following description of Reliv International, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions. The Plan was amended and restated on January 1, 2016.

General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all eligible employees of Reliv International, Inc. (the Company) who have completed one year of service and have attained the age of 21. It is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended. The Plan’s asset custodian is Charles Schwab Bank.

Contributions

Each year participants may contribute from 1% to 50% of eligible compensation, as defined in the Plan agreement. The Plan provides for discretionary matching contributions. For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company contributed 10% of the first 15% of the participant’s eligible compensation contributed. Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans. All contributions are subject to applicable Internal Revenue Service (IRS) limitations.

Upon enrollment, a participant may direct their contributions and any allocated Company contributions to any of the Plan’s investment options, which include Company common stock, various mutual funds, and various collective investment trusts. All investments are participant directed.

Vesting and Forfeitures

Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company’s matching contributions plus actual earnings thereon is based on years of continuous service, as defined in the Plan agreement. A participant vests 20% per year starting with his or her second year of service and is fully vested after six years of continuous service.

Forfeitures arising from non-vested accounts at the time of termination are used to reduce future Company contributions to the Plan. Forfeited amounts available for future use were $3,423 and $3,188 at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Forfeitures of $16 and $0 were used to offset Company contributions during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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1. Description of the Plan (continued)

Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, the Company’s matching contribution and allocations of Plan earnings and administrative expenses, if applicable. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined in the Plan agreement. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the vested portion of the participant’s account.

Participant Notes Receivables

Participants may borrow from their accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. Loan terms range from 1 year to 5 years or up to 30 years for the purchase of a primary residence. The loans outstanding at December 31, 2019 mature between 2020 and 2024. The loans are secured by the balance in the participants’ accounts and bear interest at rates ranging from 4.25% to 6.50%, commensurate with local prevailing rates as determined by the Plan administrator. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions. Terminated employees may pay off their loan in full at time of separation or they may receive a deemed distribution.

Payment of Benefits

Upon termination of service or attainment of Normal Retirement Age, as defined in the Plan agreement, a participant may elect to receive either a lump-sum amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account, annual installments, or if applicable to the participant’s account balance, a distribution of Company common stock.

Participants may also take in-service distributions upon reaching Normal Retirement Age or experiencing a qualifying financial hardship, as defined in the Plan agreement.

Partial Plan Termination

Management determined that a partial plan termination occurred as a result of the sale of manufacturing operations to Nutracom, LLC on January 1, 2019. As part of this subsequent partial plan termination, the Company vested at 100% all voluntarily and involuntarily terminated participants as of January 1, 2019.

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Administrative Expenses

Expenses of the Plan are paid by the Company, except for financial advisory fees, participant loan distribution initiation fees and record-keeping fees, which are charged to the applicable participants.

Participant Notes Receivable

Participant notes receivable are measured at the unpaid principal balance plus accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent participant loans are reclassified as distributions based upon the terms of the Plan agreement.

Fair Value

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value under the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (FASB ASC) 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, as amended. FASB ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. An asset’s or liability’s classification within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of significant input to its valuation. The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

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Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on available market information and other observable inputs. In some cases, the fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets. In addition, the disclosed fair value may not be realized in the immediate settlement of the financial asset and these values do not represent any premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time an entire holding of a particular financial asset. Potential taxes and other expenses that would be incurred in an actual sale or settlement are not reflected in the amounts disclosed.

Valuation of Investments and Income Recognition

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value as determined by Charles Schwab Bank, the Custodian. The shares of the Company’s common stock are valued at the closing price as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market for the last business day of the year. Shares in mutual funds are valued at net asset value (NAV) based on the closing price for the last business day of the year.

Target Date Funds: The Plan invests in collective investment trust funds in which the primary objective is to approximate the risk and return of a custom benchmark comprised of various industry published equity, fixed income, commodity, and inflation investment return indexes, as adjusted for target retirement dates associated with each particular fund. Accordingly, the funds may invest in a variety of asset classes, including, but not limited to, domestic and international equity, global real estate, commodities, intermediate-term bond, inflation-protected bond (U.S. TIPS) and cash equivalents.

Stable Value Fund: The Plan invests in the Federated Capital Preservation Fund (FCPF); a collective investment trust. The investment objective of FCPF is stability of principal and high current income.

The fair value of the Plan’s interest in the each of the Stable Value and Target Date Allocation funds is valued at NAV based on information reported by the issuer of the fund at year-end. The NAV is used as a practical expedient to estimate fair value. This practical expedient is not used when it is determined to be probable that the fund will sell the investment for an amount different from the reported NAV. Participant transactions (purchases and sales) may occur daily.

Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments includes the Plan’s gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.

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Excess Contributions Payable

Amounts payable to participants for contributions in excess of amounts allowed by the IRS are recorded as a liability with a corresponding reduction to contributions. There were no excess employee contributions relating to plan year 2019. Excess employee contributions of $8,156 relating to plan year 2018 were payable at December 31, 2018 and were paid in 2019.

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

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3. Investments

The following table presents the Plan’s fair value hierarchy for those investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2019 and 2018:

^(a) Certain investments that are measured at fair value using the NAV per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

There were no cash dividends related to the Reliv International, Inc. common stock for the years ended December 31, 2019 or 2018.

There have been no changes in the fair value methodologies used at December 31, 2019 or 2018.

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4. Investments Measured Using Net Asset Value Per Share Practical Expedient

The following table summarizes investments for which fair value is measured using the NAV per share practical expedient as of December 31, 2019 and 2018. There are no participant redemption restrictions for these investments; the redemption notice period is applicable only to the Plan.

5. Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their accounts.

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6. Income Tax Status

The underlying nonstandardized prototype plan has received an opinion letter from the IRS dated March 31, 2014, stating that the form of the prototype plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code), and therefore, the related trust is tax-exempt. In accordance with Revenue Procedures 2008-6 and 2005-16, the Plan sponsor has determined that it is eligible to and has chosen to rely on the current IRS prototype plan opinion letter. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The Plan has been amended since the date of the opinion letter; however, the Plan administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require Plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The Plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2019, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress.

7. Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

The Company’s most recent Form 10-K included a disclosure that it has suffered recurring losses from operations and substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Plan has investments in Company stock. If the Company was not able to continue as a going concern, the devaluation of this investment could materially affect participants’ account balances.

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8. Reconciliation of Financial Statements with Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of the net assets available for benefits and contributions per the financial statements to the related Form 5500.