CICERO INC | 2013 | FY | 3


On March 30, 2012, the Company entered into agreements with private lenders and investors, and officers, directors and significant shareholders of the Company; including John L. Steffens, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, to convert $3,243,502 of debt and $33,013 of interest into 21,843,429 common shares of the Company’s stock.  The Company accounted for the transaction pursuant to Topic ASC 470-50, Modification and Extinguishment of Debt. Pursuant to ASC 470-50, when debt is extinguished by delivering noncash assets owned by the debtor, the gain or loss on the extinguishment should be measured by the difference between the net carrying amount of the debt and the fair value of the noncash assets. Any difference between the fair value and the carrying amount of the noncash assets should be recognized as a gain or loss on transfer. As part of management’s analysis in determining the fair market value, the Company engaged an independent expert to help management determine the fair market value of the Company stock and whether a discount to the price of the stock needed to be applied.  In analysis of historical studies of discounts attributable to trading restrictions as well as analysis from an option pricing model of protective puts of the Company’s stock, the Company determined that a 25% discount to the closing stock price on the day of the transaction would be required to establish fair market value.  The Company calculated an approximately $246,000 gain on the extinguishment of the debt, however, due to the fact that 20,000,000 shares of the transaction were being issued to Mr. Steffens, the Company determined that this was not an arm’s length agreement and as such has recorded the gain through additional paid in capital.


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