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INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements  
INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1. INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The accompanying financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 are unaudited, and have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. Accordingly, these interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in Cicero Inc.'s (the "Company") Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the SEC on April 16, 2012. The results of operations for the interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for other interim periods or for the full fiscal year. In the opinion of management, the information contained herein reflects all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the interim results of operations. All such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature.

 

The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC, but does not include all disclosures required for financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All of the Company's subsidiaries are wholly owned for the periods presented.

 

 

Liquidity

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Although the Company has incurred an operating loss of approximately $2,970,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011, and has a history of operating losses, management feels that the Company has repositioned itself in the marketplace. Its products have already contracted several new and significant customers in 2011 and 2012 which the Company believes should generate significant cash flows to sustain operations in the forthcoming year. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company has generated net income of $2,156,000. In addition, during 2012, the Company has already retired $1,900,000 of assorted notes and interest payable, has converted over $3,800,000 of other short term debt, interest payable and accrued Series B preferred stock dividend into common stock and has received notification of debt forgiveness of approximately $414,000. The Company has extended the maturity dates of several other debt obligations that were due in 2012 to 2013, to assist with liquidity.

 

Use of Accounting Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual amounts could differ from these estimates. Significant estimates include the recoverability of long-lived assets, valuation and recoverability of goodwill, stock based compensation, deferred taxes and related valuation allowances and valuation of equity instruments.

 

Financial Instruments:

 

The carrying amount of the Company’s financial instruments, representing accounts receivable, accounts payable and short-term debt approximate their fair value due to their short term nature.

 

The fair value and carrying amount of long-term debt were as follows:

 

  March 31,
2012
December 31,
2011
Fair Value $635,326 $1,887,709
Carrying Value   700,000   1,916,000

 

Valuations for long-term debt are determined based on borrowing rates currently available to the Company for loans with similar terms and maturities.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) guidance now codified as ASC 718 “Compensation – Stock Compensation” which addresses the accounting for stock-based payment transactions in which an enterprise receives employee services in exchange for (a) equity instruments of the enterprise or (b) liabilities that are based on the fair value of the enterprise’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of such equity instruments. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to determine the fair-value of stock-based awards under ASC 718. The Company did not issue any options in the first three months of 2012. The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $22,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2012. This is comprised of $13,000 in connection with outstanding options and $9,000 for the 549,360 shares of restricted stock reserved for Mr. John Broderick, the Company’s CEO, in accordance with his 2007 employment agreement.

 

The following table sets forth certain information as of March 31, 2012 about shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 (the “Common Stock”), outstanding and available for issuance under the Company’s existing equity compensation plans: the Cicero Inc. 2007 Employee Stock Option Plan, the Cicero Inc. 1997 Stock Option Incentive Plan and the Outside Director Stock Option Plan. The Company’s stockholders approved all of the Company’s stock-based compensation plans.

 

  Shares
Outstanding on January 1, 2012 4,296,193
Granted --
Exercised --
Forfeited --
Outstanding on March 31, 2012 4,296,193
   

Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options

 

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

 

$0.39

 

$251,256

Shares available for future grants on March 31, 2012 224,857

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

In September 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-08, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350)—Testing Goodwill for Impairment (ASU 2011-08), to simplify how entities test goodwill for impairment. ASU 2011-08 allows entities to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If greater than 50 percent likelihood exists that the fair value is less than the carrying amount then a two-step goodwill impairment test as described in Topic 350 must be performed. The guidance provided by this update becomes effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011 with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this standard during the year ended December 31, 2011, and it did not have material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

 

Reclassification

 

Certain accounts in the prior annual year-end income statement have been reclassified for comparative purposes to conform with the presentation in the current interim financial statements. These reclassifications have no effect on previously reported loss.