UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2012

CICERO INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware   000-26392   11-2920559
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

8000 Regency Parkway
Suite 542
Cary, North Carolina
   
27518
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (919) 380-5000

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Item 1.01 — Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
 
Effective March 30, 2012, Cicero Inc. (the “Company”) agreed with (i) certain lenders of short and long term notes, including certain directors and significant shareholders of the Company, to convert $3,576,515 of principal and interest into 23,843,433 shares of the Company’s common stock; and (ii) certain holders of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, including certain directors and significant shareholders of the Company, to convert $264,800 of accrued Series B dividends into 1,765,329 shares of the Company’s common stock.  These amounts were converted at a price of $0.15 per share of common stock.  The following table contains a breakdown of the conversions:
 
   
Debt
   
Interest
   
Series B Dividends
   
Common Stock
 
John L. Steffens
  $ 3,000,000     $ --     $ 165,333       21,102,222  
SOAdesk, LLC
    300,000       --       --       2,000,000  
Private Investors
    243,502       26,372       --       1,799,155  
Scott Lustgarten
    --       3,107       25,833       192,934  
Ahab Partner L.P.
    --       --       32,292       215,278  
Don Peppers
    --       --       30,578       203,852  
Ahab International Ltd.
    --       --       10,764       71,759  
Mark Landis
    --       3,534       --       23,562  
    $ 3,543,502     $ 33,013     $ 264,800       25,608,762  
 
Item 3.02 — Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
 
The securities described in Item 1.01 above are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and therefore may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The securities were issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
 
The information required by this Item 3.02 is incorporated by reference to Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
Item 5.01 — Changes in Control of Registrant
 
As a result of the transaction described in Item 1.01 above, the number of the Company’s shares of common stock beneficially owned by John L. Steffens, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, increased to 28,315,481 shares, and Mr. Steffen’s overall all percentage of beneficial ownership of the Company’s common stock increased from 24.4% to 42.6%.
 
The information required by this Item 5.01 is incorporated by reference to Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
 
 

 
 
  SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
Cicero Inc.
 
 
Date: April 18, 2012 
By:  
/s/ John Broderick
 
   
 John Broderick
 
   
 Chief Executive Officer