Here is a press release by Quixtar about the Team Termination and Quixtar Team Lawsuit:

    ADA, Mich., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Quixtar Inc. announced this morning
the termination of 15 independent businesses as a result of actions
detrimental to the company’s North American operations.  The businesses
affected were part of the Team training organization or other training
organizations using Team’s training materials and named as co-plaintiffs in a
lawsuit filed by Team’s founders against Quixtar yesterday.

    Quixtar was working with Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady, founders of the
Team training organization, to correct issues related to Team’s teaching of
inappropriate business-building tactics, improper positioning of the
opportunity, and use of unauthorized support materials.  These teachings
placed themselves, affiliated Independent Business Owners (IBOs), and Quixtar
at serious and immediate risk of legal and regulatory actions and had to be
stopped.

    Woodward and Brady refused to work with the company to return Team to
compliance with Quixtar’s rules, stated their intentions of starting a new
company in competition with Quixtar, and filed a lawsuit against the company
seeking relief from their non-compete requirements.  The lawsuit is filled
with outrageous claims and statements and will be defended vigorously by the
corporation.

    Due to their refusal to correct their business practices, Quixtar
terminated the independent businesses of Woodward and Brady as well as those
who joined them as plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit, filed in a California
district court yesterday.  A Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Order
of Injunction was sought by the company and granted today in a Michigan
district court, preventing Woodward and Brady from interfering with the
Quixtar Line of Sponsorship (LOS), soliciting IBOs for another business
opportunity, disparaging Quixtar and damaging its reputation, and requiring
them to return to Quixtar its proprietary and confidential LOS data.

    Additional co-plaintiffs whose Quixtar independent businesses were
terminated include Billy Florence, Don Wilson, Randy Haugen, Chuck Goetschel,
Tim Marks, Kirk Birtles, James Martin, Aron Radosa, David Brandy, Benjamin
Dickie, Bruce Gilbank, Michael Martenson, and Chuck Cullen.

    Incidentally, the law firm representing the plaintiffs is the same firm
involved in several other frivolous lawsuits against Quixtar and IBOs.

    Quixtar remains committed to the support of all IBOs and will work with
those who agree to abide by the company’s rules and maintain high ethical
standards.  In fact, the company has announced many improvements to further
enhance its business, including more than $200 million in investments in
product development, brand building, training, and compensation enhancements.

    Commentary from the company is being provided at the Alticor Media Blog
[http://media.alticorblogs.com/] and Quixtar is actively reaching out to IBOs
who were in the Team training organization and other organizations affected by
these terminations to restate our commitment to supporting their independent
businesses.

    About Quixtar

    Quixtar Inc. offers a business opportunity that allows people to have a
business of their own based on retailing products and sharing the opportunity
with others who will do the same.  Quixtar supports Independent Business
Owners (IBOs) with a proven compensation plan, portfolios of quality products
in health, beauty, and other consumer categories, plus the merchandising
materials, training, and education they need to be successful.  IBOs also are
supported by communities of those who have succeeded in Quixtar businesses
before them.

    Since 1999, Quixtar IBOs have generated $6.8 billion in sales through
Quixtar.com, plus more than $500 million for Quixtar Partner Stores.  These
sales have earned IBOs more than $2.2 billion in bonuses through the
Quixtar(R) Independent Business Owner Compensation Plan plus other incentives.
Their efforts have propelled Quixtar to be ranked the #1 online Health &
Beauty retailer based on sales, and 22nd among all e-commerce sites, according
to Internet Retailer magazine.

    A subsidiary of Alticor Inc., Quixtar supports independent businesses in
the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and various trust territories and independent
island nations in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and Caribbean Sea.

SOURCE  Quixtar Inc.