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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

þ
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Transition Period From ________ to _________

Commission File Number 000-33215

AGRICON GLOBAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
84-1089377
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
 
Identification No.)
     
25 East 200 South
   
Lehi, Utah
 
84043
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(801) 592-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to 12(g) of the Exchange Act: Common Stock, $.0001 par value

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.¨ Yes  þ  No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. ¨ Yes  þ  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.                                                         þ Yes  ¨  No

Indicate by check mark if whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted in its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation

 
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S-T during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the registrant is required to submit and post such files).þ Yes  ¨  No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.     ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filed, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer o                                                                       Accelerated filer o
      Non-accelerated filer o                                                                         Smaller reporting company þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.)
     ¨ Yes  þ  No

The aggregate number of shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant at June 30, 2013 was 8,919,392.  The market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates was $1,783,878, based on the closing bid price for the shares of common stock reported on the NASDAQ OTC Bulletin Board on June 30, 2013.  Shares held by each officer, each director and each person who owns 10% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded from this calculation in that such persons may be deemed affiliates.

As of October 14, 2013, the registrant had 18,708,841 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, issued and outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:  None

 
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Table of Contents
   
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AGRICON GLOBAL CORPORATION

Unless otherwise indicated by the context, references herein to the “Company”, “Agricon”, “we”, “our” or “us” means Agricon Global Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its corporate subsidiaries and predecessors.

Forward Looking Statements

This annual report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management.  For this purpose any statement contained in this annual report on Form 10-K that is not a statement of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking, including, but not limited to those relating to future demand for the products and services we offer, changes in the composition of the products and services we offer, future revenues, expenses, results of operations, liquidity and capital resources or cash flows, the commodity price environment, managing our asset base, our ability to restructure our existing credit facilities or to obtain additional debt or equity financing, management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting, financial results, opportunities, growth, business plans, strategies and objectives.  Without limiting the foregoing, words such as “believe,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “estimate,” “budget,” “plan,” “forecast,” “predict,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” or “anticipate” or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  These statements by their nature involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements or the industry to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Such factors include, but are not limited to, market factors, market prices and marketing activity, future revenues and costs, unsettled political conditions, civil unrest and governmental actions, foreign currency fluctuations, and environmental and labor laws and other factors detailed herein and in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) filings.

Forward-looking statements are predictions and not guarantees of future performance or events.  The forward-looking statements are based on current industry, financial and economic information, which we have assessed but which by its nature, is dynamic and subject to rapid and possibly abrupt changes.  Our actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties associated with our business.  We hereby qualify all our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.  These forward-looking statements speak only as of their dates and should not be unduly relied upon.  We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


Company History

This filing includes the operations and balances of Agricon Global Corporation (formerly BayHill Capital Corporation) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries:  Canola Property Ghana Limited (“CPGL”), and Agricon SH Ghana Limited (“AGSH”), both Ghanaian companies, collectively “Agricon” or the “Company.” CPGL was incorporated under the laws of Ghana, on July 5, 2011. AGSH was incorporated under the laws of Ghana, on November 7, 2012. All of the Company’s business is conducted through CPGL and ASHG. The Company is in the development stage and its only business activities to date have been organizing the Company, acquiring all the shares of CPGL and locating appropriate land that might be leased for cultivating and harvesting agricultural products in Ghana through our wholly-owned subsidiary, CPGL.

 
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On March 31, 2012, Agricon and CPGL, and its shareholders, Global Green Capacity Limited and Invest in Ghana Co Limited, entered into a share exchange agreement pursuant to which Agricon agreed to issue an aggregate of 12,000,000 shares of common stock to CPGL stockholders and designees.  In return, Agricon acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of CPGL stock (the “Share Exchange and Purchase Agreement”).  As a result, CPGL became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agricon.   The Share Exchange resulted in a change in control of the Company.  CPGL is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agricon and the former CPGL stockholders and designees now own in the aggregate 62% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company.  In conjunction with the share exchange the Company also changed its name to Agricon Global Corporation.
 
Accounting Effects of the Shares Exchange and Purchase Agreement
 
Beginning September 1, 2010 and continuing through March 31, 2012, Agricon was a non-operating public shell corporation with no significant assets.  The CPGL transaction allowed us to become an operating company with agricultural activities effective March 31, 2012.  In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) section 805, “Business Combinations”, CPGL is considered the accounting acquiror in the Share Exchange.   Under current accounting guidance the Company determined that it was not a business for purposes of determining whether a business combination occurred upon the acquisition of the outstanding stock of CPGL resulting in CPGL becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agricon.   The shareholders and management of CPGL gained operating control of the combined Company after the Share Exchange.  The acquisition was accounted for as the recapitalization of CPGL because, prior to the closing of the Share Exchange, the Company was a non-operating public shell corporation with no significant assets and liabilities.  Accordingly, the assets and liabilities and the historical operations that are reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements are those of CPGL, restated for the effects of the restructured capital structure.
 
Opportunity and Strategy for Business in Ghana
 
There are four major reasons for our focus in Ghana:
 
1.
Availability of resources
 
 
a.
There is abundant agricultural land and water
 
 
b.
There is a large and capable labor force (English speaking)
 
 
c.
There is significant support and funding from world organizations
 
 
2.
Economics of resources
 
 
a.
The climate is amenable to production  for up to three crops, rather than one crop per year
 
 
b.
Relatively low property costs
 
 
c.
Ghana has a substantial in-country demand and good proximity to the world markets
 
 
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3.
There is a large and growing demand for sustainable food
 
 
a.
Ghana population of 24 million is expected to double by 2050
 
 
b.
Much of Ghana’s cereal, animal feed, and meat products are imported
 
 
c.
Food demand is outpacing population growth throughout Africa
 
 
d.
There is significant world-wide demand for food and food oil products
 
 
4.
Government stability and support
 
 
a.
Ghana has been the fastest growing economy in Africa for the past 2 years
 
 
b.
Ghana currency is closely tied to the US dollar
 
 
c.
Ghana has enjoyed government administration changes and free elections for over two decades
 
 
d.
There is a 5 year tax holiday for agricultural companies
 
 
e.
The Ghanaian government and chieftains are very supportive of agricultural activities.
 
Agricon will focus on clearing, cultivating, harvesting, and selling its main cash crops in the first few years. The climate is conducive to growing maize (corn), rice, sunflowers, and soya, which can produce two crops without irrigation and three crops with irrigation per year.  Each of these food crops has a ready, very large and growing market, both within Ghana and for export to the world-wide market.  The properties we will attempt to lease and/or acquire are located within a short distance from Accra, the largest city in Ghana, Cape Coast, another large coastal city, and Tema, a large harbor city with an active port for easy access for shipping to world markets.

In developing its world-wide marketing strategy, Agricon expects that in many cases the more urgent demand and most attractive markets for its agricultural products will be the rapidly growing local Ghanaian market. The Company’s initial focus will be on the local food market in Accra and the surrounding Greater Accra and Central Regions of Ghana, with an overflow ability to provide products to Africa and Europe.

The maize and rice kernels, sunflower and soya oil to be produced will be intended mainly for the food industry and will require the highest possible quality standards. Processed residue from the oil production is a very good source of high protein for animal and fish feed production and can also be applied as organic fertilizer for soil improvement of the farm area.

The properties we have acquired and plan to lease have access to the electrical grid in Ghana; however, in addition to the government supply of electricity, to secure a reliable supply of electricity and heat (for drying) to the mill, a co-generation unit running on diesel fuel and perhaps vegetable oil will be part of a planned future processing facility. In the future, it is anticipated that the unit will also run on biogas from agricultural and other wastes using a technology co-developed by Schnell Motors. We anticipate the combined results of all these activities will replace imports, improve food security, and create direct and indirect employment.
 
         In addition to the growing and harvesting of the above mentioned crops, we also plan to plant wind breaks of about 10 km in length each for a total of about 1,000 hectares. The Company will plant Jatropha, from which we can press oil that can be used as a substitute for diesel. By growing Jatropha, we expect to cut the cost for buying diesel. Also fruit trees will be planted, to be sold at the local market. The wind breaks will also be used to place beehives, which will help raise the yield in the food crops, and at the same time give an additional high margin product to market along with the other products—honey. We will also expand our crops to include vegetables, which also are in high demand in Ghana.

 
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In addition to access from the Government water canal, connected to the Volta River, lagoons will be constructed to hold water for irrigation. This will allow the Company to pump the same amount of water year around, to fill up the lagoons, which will also serve as fish ponds, for Tilapia (fish). This side production can possibly create an extra profit center over time. The by-products from the oil pressing process makes a very high protein fish food.

The Company is in the development stage and its business activities to date have been organizing the Company, locating appropriate land that might be leased or purchased for cultivating, and harvesting agricultural products.  The Company completed its first lease purchase transaction on December 13, 2012 of 8,000 acres in the Shai Hill area near Accra, the largest city in Ghana. The Company has made no material investments in equipment and infrastructure to date, but plans to begin clearing and cultivating land on its first lease during 2013. We plan to clear, cultivate, plant and produce primarily rotation crops such as maize (corn), rice, canola, sunflower, and soya. In future years we will add vegetables.  Our operations have not generated any revenues through June 30, 2013.  In order for us to continue as a going concern, we expect to obtain additional debt or equity financing. There can be no assurance that we will be able to secure additional debt or equity financing, that we will be able to acquire cash flow positive operations, or that, if we are successful in any of those actions, those actions will produce adequate cash flow to enable us to meet all our future obligations. All of our existing financing arrangements are short-term. If we are unable to obtain additional debt or equity financing, we may be required to significantly reduce or cease operations.

Industry Conditions, Competition and Customers

Competition in Ghana

There are only a few larger scale producers of high quality maize, rice, and sunflower in Ghana. The competition for such products comes from the United States of America (“USA”),
Canada and Europe for the sunflower products, South America and the USA for maize. The available cost data of production in Ghana compared to the highly transparent global market prices for these commodities suggest that locally produced products, with similar quality, will allow for very good margins for our farm operations.

Customers

The demand for maize and food grade oils remains high throughout the world. Ghana imports over 70% of these products and with the high population growth expected over the next 30 years, this demand is expected to increase at an even higher rate.  The Company expects to sell into this local demand within Ghana and if there are sufficient supplies of products that are not readily marketable in Ghana, the surrounding countries in West Africa will offer a large and growing demand for the food crops the Company expects to produce.
 
Political situation

        The Ghanaian legal system is based on English common law and customary law.  In general, a high level of transparency exists, which facilitates the negotiation process when long term lease-holds, like for this project, have to be acquired. Compared to other countries in Africa, Ghana has shown remarkable political stability and power transitions without significant social unrests. The Ghanaian government has no present restrictions on the import or export of agricultural products at present, and the Company expects it will continue to support the free flow of products coming into and being shipped from Ghana.  One of the largest exports from Ghana is Cocoa, which is already a very robust industry in the country.

 
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Economic Outlook

The political transition to a democracy has been accompanied by relatively high economic growth (6%) and a more service-based economy. The Company believes that the country’s government is eager to make the agricultural sector more effective and competitive, but not to the detriment of the small scale farmers who are providing food to the country. We understand that the Government desires to slow down rural-urban migration, and to add more advanced (industrial) agricultural practices and local value addition in local communities such as that of our current farm property.  We understand further that the government will be supportive and helpful to outside investment in the agricultural sector.

Environmental Compliance

During the ordinary course of business our operations may be subject to a wide variety of environmental laws and regulations.  Violations of these laws may result in civil and criminal penalties, fines, injunctions and other sanctions.  Compliance with existing governmental regulations that have been enacted or adopted regulating the discharge of materials into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment, has not had, nor is expected to have, a material effect on the Company.  The Company will regularly review its operations and update its compliance policies and procedures relating to environmental regulations and laws. However, environmental laws and regulations are subject to change and may impose increasingly strict requirements and, as such, we cannot estimate the ultimate cost of complying with such laws and regulations.

Foreign Operations

All of our operations, in Ghana, are conducted through our wholly owned Ghanaian subsidiaries.  Ghana has for many years been one of the leading exporters of diamonds and precious metals.  The mining industry has operated successfully with many foreign corporations doing commerce in the free world market.  In recent years, Ghana has also been a major exporter of cocoa, one of its leading agricultural products, in which many foreign companies are successfully operating with the full support of the Ghanaian government.
 
We expect to operate along with the many other international companies doing successful commerce in an already well-established business environment.
 
The local currency is Ghana cedi, which is tied closely with the U.S. dollar.  Many transactions are actually transacted in U.S. dollars.  We will have both U.S. dollar and Ghana cedi bank accounts.  All cash on hand and cash receipts will be maintained in the U.S. dollar account until needed for Ghana cedi transactions or transferred back to the Company, at which time the U.S. dollars will be converted on an as needed basis, thus insuring almost no currency translation gains or losses.
 
English is the official language in Ghana. With the recent rise in the diamond, precious metals and cocoa industries, there are more and more trained Ghanaians that can be hired and there is an ample supply of capable, trainable human resources for future employees.
 
The Ghanaian government is very supportive of agricultural expansion by foreign companies that will bring capital, equipment, modern farming methods and technologies. In most cases the government has granted a five to ten year “tax holiday”, no import duty on agricultural equipment, and assistance where needed to obtain agricultural properties.  While no assurances can be given, the Company expects to take advantage of these conditions.
 
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Employees

As of June 30, 2013, the Company and its subsidiaries had 6 employees, none of which are full time.

Reports to Security Holders

We file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and other items and amendments, thereto with the Commission.  We provide free access to these filings, as soon as reasonably practicable after filing, on our Internet web site located at www.agriconglobal.com.  In addition, the public may read and copy any materials we file with the Commission at its Public Reference Room at 100 F Street N.E., Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Commission maintains its internet site www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy and information statements and our other information regarding issuers like the Company.  Information appearing on the Company’s website is not part of any report that it files with the Commission.

 
Not required for smaller reporting companies


None


Through our Ghanaian subsidiaries, we are in the process of negotiating long-term leases (50 years) on properties located in Ghana. In December 2012 we completed our first lease purchase of 8,000 acres. Two of the properties for which we are negotiating leases are located about 40 km from Tema, the main sea port harbor in the country, and four to five km from the Volta River. Another property is located to the west of Accra midway between Accra, the capital and largest city in Ghana and Cape Coast, another of the larger cities in Ghana. We believe the properties we plan to lease are in good, serviceable condition and are adequate for our needs. Once leases have been negotiated and executed, these properties will be cleared so the Company can begin planting its crops. We acquire interests in real property to support our operations.  We are not engaged in the business of acquiring real estate for investment purposes.
 

There are no legal proceeding pending or threatened against the Company that management believes would have a material adverse effect on the financial position of the business of the Company.

Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosure
 
 
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PART II

Item 5.  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Our shares are currently traded on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) under the symbol “AGRC.”  The following table presents the high and low bid prices for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.    These quotations reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, mark-down, or commissions and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

Fiscal year ended June 30, 2013
 
High
   
Low
 
             
     Fourth quarter
  $ 1.00     $ 0.20  
     Third quarter
  $ 1.25     $ 0.61  
     Second quarter
  $ 1.50     $ 1.00  
     First quarter
  $ 1.01     $ 0.51  
 
Holders

As of October 14, 2013 we had approximately 298 shareholders of record holding 18,708,841 shares of our common stock.  The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of common stock whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies.

Dividends

We have not declared or paid a cash dividend on our common stock.  At the present time, our board of directors does not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future; rather, the board of directors intends to retain earnings that could be distributed, if any, to fund operations and develop our business.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The Company is required to measure and recognize compensation expense for all share-based payment awards (including stock options) made to employees and directors based on estimated fair value. Compensation expense for equity-classified awards are measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as an expense in earnings over the requisite service period.
 
At a special meeting of our shareholders held on March 31, 2008, our shareholders approved a proposal to adopt our 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Stock Incentive Plan”). The Stock Incentive Plan became effective on April 23, 2008. Directors, employees, consultants and advisors of Agricon and its subsidiaries are eligible to receive awards under the Stock Incentive Plan. The Stock Incentive Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors. The Stock Incentive Plan will continue until April 23, 2018. A maximum of 300,000 shares of our common stock was made available for issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan. The following types of awards are available under the Stock Incentive Plan: (i) stock options; (ii) stock appreciation rights; (iii) restricted stock; (iv) restricted stock units; and (v) performance awards. Our Board of Directors may, from time to time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Stock Incentive Plan.

 
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On June 7, 2013 we issued 500,000 shares of common stock, as part of its Shai Hills lease acquisition, to a company to which one of our officers is an owner.
 
On February 10, 2012 a majority of our shareholders approved an amendment to the Stock Incentive Plan to increase the share amount under the plan from 300,000 to 3,300,000.  As of June 30, 2013, we had made no awards under the Stock Incentive Plan.

The following table sets forth information regarding our equity compensation plans as of June 30, 2013:

 
 Plan category
Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options,
warrants and rights
Weighted-average exercise
price of outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
 
(a)
(b)
(c)
 
Equity compensation plans
     
approved by security holders
0
$0
3,300,000
 
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
0
$0
-
 
Total
0
$0
3,300,000

The Company has issued non-qualified stock options outside of the Stock Incentive Plan to its officers and directors. The following table sets forth information concerning the outstanding non-qualified option awards to the indicated persons as of June 30, 2013.

Name and Principal Position
 
Option Exercise Price ($/Agricon Share)
Option Expiration Date
Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)
Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units, Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#)
Number of Options Exercisable
Number of Options Unexer- cisable
               
Bob Bench
President and CFO
200,000
400,000
$0.50
3/06/17
400,000
$80,000
               
Lars Nielsen VP and COO
--
300,000
$0.50
6/19/15
300,000
$60,000
               
Stephen Abu VP of Corporate Development
--
300,000
$0.50
6/19/15
300,000
$60,000
               
James Jensen
Director
13,600
26,400
$0.50
3/06/17
16,400
$5,280
               
Rene Mikkelsen
Director
10,200
19,800
$0.50
3/06/17
12,300
$3,960
               
Soren Jonassen
Director
10,200
19,800
$0.50
5/09/17
12,300
$3,960

 
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Performance Graph

As a smaller reporting company, as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, we are electing scaled disclosure reporting obligations and therefore are not required to provide this the information requested by this Item.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

During the quarter ended June 30, 2013, the Company issued 500,000 shares for expenses associated with the Shai Hills lease purchase and 200,000 shares under a subscription agreement at $0.50 per share, for which the Company received the cash during July 2013.  During the quarter ended December 31, 2012 the Company issued 1,000,000 shares for cash at $0.50 per share.  The Company relied on the statutory exemption from registration found in section 4.2 of the Securities Act and comparable Utah and Delaware state provisions and the provisions of Regulation S for offerings to non-U.S. persons.  The Company believes that all purchasers would have qualified as accredited investors to the extent that the offering was conducted under Regulation D.
 
Additionally, on March 31, 2012, the Company issued the 12 million shares to the shareholders of CPGL under the Share Exchange Agreement as described elsewhere herein.  On June 7, 2013, 366,000 shares relating to the exchange were returned to the Company and cancelled.  These shares were surrendered pursuant certain milestones not being met by one of the CPGL shareholders and as part of a negotiated mutual release.
 
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Neither the Company nor any affiliated entity purchased any of our equity securities during the year ended June 30, 2013.


As a smaller reporting company, as defined in Rule Rule 12b-2 promulgated under of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, we are electing scaled disclosure reporting obligations and therefore are not required to provide the information requested by this Item.
 
 
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This discussion summarizes the significant factors affecting our consolidated operating results, financial condition, liquidity and capital resources during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K.

Summary

All of the Company’s business is conducted through its two subsidiaries, CPGL and ASHG.  The Company is in the development stage and its only activities to date have been organizing the Company and locating appropriate land that might be leased for cultivating and harvesting agricultural products.  The Company signed its first lease purchase agreement on 8,000 acres on December 12, 2012.  The Company plans to locate and then lease undeveloped land, at attractive prices, that can be cleared and used for agricultural purposes and prepare the land for cultivation and production of primarily rotation crops such as maize (corn), rice, canola, sunflower, and soya.

The Company has located and is in the process of negotiating terms on two additional separate properties. These two properties are 50 year leases of approximately 20,000 acres and 4,000 acres respectively. We have made no investments in land clearing equipment and infrastructure to date, but, subject to having adequate financing, plan to begin clearing and cultivating land covered under the first lease that has been consummated and recorded. We believe these properties are suitable for large scale food crop farming and plan to plant and produce primarily rotation crops such as maize (corn), rice, canola, sunflower, and soya.

Results of Operations

 The Company’s operations include the operations of CPGL from July 5, 2011 (date of inception), the operations of Agricon from March 31, 2012 (date of the reverse merger), and the

operations of AGSH from December 12, 2012 (date of inception), through June 30, 2013.

During the year ended June 30, 2013, the Company had a Net Loss of $1,653,847, which consisted of revenues of $0, selling, general and administrative expenses of $839,795, costs relating to finding appropriate properties of $690,699, and $123,353 of other expenses.

Subject to adequate financing, the Company anticipates planting and harvesting its first crops in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, during which period, it will begin generating revenue.

General and administrative expenses consist mainly of executive compensation, consulting, legal and accounting fees.  These expenses are expected to increase as the Company grows.

Most of management’s time and expenses are related to finding appropriate properties for agricultural use.   Now that the Company has acquired its first property and located two additional potential leases, the lease acquisition costs are expected to increase in future periods.
 
 
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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash flows from the issuances of common stock for cash, were sufficient to meet our working capital requirements for the period from July 5, 2011 (date of inception) through June 30, 2013, but will not likely be sufficient to meet our working capital requirements for the foreseeable future or provide for expansion opportunities. We incurred $623,538 and $1,653,847 in net losses, and we used $553,170 and $533,778 in cash for operations for the periods ended June 30, 2012 and 2013 respectively. Investing activities used $1,609 for the period ended June 30, 2012 and provided $35,327 during the period ended June 30, 2013.  Net cash generated from financing activities for the period ended June 30, 2012 and 2013 was $560,000 and $498,000 respectively.  As of June 30, 2013, our current liabilities of $807,458 exceeded our current assets of $254,407 by $553,051. We were also in default on the payment of our Notes payable at June 30, 2013. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

In order for us to continue as a going concern, we hope to obtain additional debt or equity financing. We are regularly and continually seeking additional funding from investors and from time to time we are in various stages of negotiations.  Nonetheless, to date we have not accomplished a financing of the size needed to put the Company on a stable operating basis. There can be no assurance that we will be able to secure additional debt or equity financing, that we will be able to acquire cash flow positive operations, or that, if we are successful in any of those actions, or that those actions will produce adequate cash flow to enable us to meet our future obligations. All of our existing financing arrangements are short-term. If we are unable to obtain additional debt or equity financing, we may be required to significantly reduce or cease operations.

We had $100,000 for stock subscription receivables as of June 30, 2013.  The $100,000 was collected during July 2013.

Summary of Material Contractual Commitments

In December 2012 the Company acquired approximately 8,000 acres of agricultural land in the Shai Hills area of Ghana, West Africa. The lease requires total payments over nine (9) years of $1,954,840.  The Company paid the first year payment of $129,032, which included a payment at the acquisition date of $119,000 and a credit for $10,032 of costs and expenses advanced to the lessee by the Company during lease negotiations, which were expensed in prior periods. The lease has been accounted for as a capital lease.  On the lease acquisition date, the present value of the minimum lease payments was $1,055,575, which was booked as Land under capital lease.

On December 29, 2012, we entered into a contract to pay a company, of which one of our senior managers is a principal, 500,000 shares of common stock and assigned a carried interest of two and one-half percent (2.5%) of Net Farm Operations Revenue, for the first five years that the farm is in operations. The 500,000 shares were issued on June 7, 2013. The Company has agreed to issue an additional 500,000 shares of common stock, to the same company, if it is able to negotiate and consummate a lease on the Apam properties before June 30, 2014.

 
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Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements

The Company has no off-balance sheet financing arrangements as of June 30, 2013.
 
New Accounting Standards

For details of applicable new accounting standards, please, refer to Note 1 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting standards generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect both the recorded values of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the revenues recognized and expenses incurred during the reporting period. Our estimates and assumptions affect our recognition of income taxes, the carrying value of our long-lived assets and our provision for certain contingencies.  We evaluate the reasonableness of these estimates and assumptions continually based on a combination of historical information and other information that comes to our attention that may vary our outlook for the future. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions.
 
We suggest that the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, as described in Note 1 of our Consolidated Financial Statements, be read in conjunction with this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. We believe the critical accounting policies that most impact our consolidated financial statements are described below.
 

As a smaller reporting company, as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, we are electing scaled disclosure reporting obligations and therefore are not required to provide the information requested by this Item.


Our consolidated financial statements, together with accompanying footnotes, and the report of our independent registered public accounting firm, are set forth below.

 
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AGRICON GLOBAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A Development Stage Company)
TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
  Page
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
F-2
   
Consolidated Financial Statements:
 
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2013 and 2012
F-3
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Year Ended
 
June 30, 2013, for the Period from Inception (July 5, 2011)
 
through June 30, 2012, and for the Period from Inception
 
(July 5, 2011) through June 30, 2013
F-4
   
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the
 
Period from Inception (July 5, 2011) through June 30, 2013
F-5
   
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended
 
June 30, 2013, for the Period from Inception (July 5, 2011)
 
through June 30, 2012, and for the Period from Inception
 
(July 5, 2011) through June 30, 2013
F-6
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-8

 
F-1

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Agricon Global Corporation
South Jordan, Utah


We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Agricon Global Corporation and Subsidiary (the “Company”) (a development stage company) as of June 30, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2013 and for the period from July 5, 2011 (inception) through June 30, 2012. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Agricon Global Corporation and Subsidiary as of June 30, 2013 and 2012, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2013 and for the period from July 5, 2011 (inception) through June 30, 2012, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has experienced circumstances that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans regarding those matters also are described in Note 2. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
EKS&H LLLP

October 14, 2013
Denver, Colorado

 
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AGRICON GLOBAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
           
             
   
June 30
   
June 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
ASSETS
           
Current Assets
           
Cash
  $ 4,770     $ 5,221  
Prepaid expenses
    833       -  
Subscriptions receivable
    100,000       50,000  
Notes receivable, current portion
    148,804       93,227  
Total current assets
    254,407       148,448  
                 
Equipment
    32,785       24,884  
Land under capital lease
    1,055,575       -  
Notes receivable, net of current portion
    128,657       227,462  
                 
Total Assets
  $ 1,471,424     $ 400,794  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY
         
Current Liabilities
               
Accounts payable
  $ 61,912     $ 166,551  
Accounts payable, related parties
    181,631       -  
Accrued liabilities
    229,730       78,118  
Unsecured notes payable, related parties
    280,193       61,900  
Secured convertible notes payable, related parties, net of discount of $44,424
    22,576       -  
Current portion of capital lease obligation
    31,416       -  
Total current liabilities
    807,458       306,569  
                 
Capital lease obligations, net of current portion
    905,159       -  
                 
Total Liabilities
  $ 1,712,617     $ 306,569  
                 
Commitments and Contengiencies (see note 13 to the financial statements)
         
STOCKHOLDERS'  (DEFICIT) EQUITY
               
Preferred stock, $.0001 par value, 400,000 shares authorized; no shares
         
issued and outstanding
    -       -  
Common stock $.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized;
               
18,708,841 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2013 and
               
17,374,841 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2012
    1,871       1,737  
Additional paid-in capital
    2,034,321       716,026  
Deficit accumulated during developmental stage
    (2,277,385 )     (623,538 )
Total stockholders' (deficit) equity
    (241,193 )     94,225  
                 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity
  $ 1,471,424     $ 400,794  

 
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AGRICON GLOBAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
   
For the Year Ended June 30,
   
For the Period from Inception
(July 5, 2011) through June 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
2013
 
Operating Expenses:
                 
Selling, general and administrative
  $ (839,795 )   $ (281,975 )   $ (1,121,770 )
Lease acquisition costs
    (690,699 )     (345,967 )     (1,036,666 )
         Total Operating Expenses
    (1,530,494 )     (627,942 )     (2,158,436 )
                         
Loss from Operations
    (1,530,494 )     (627,942 )     (2,158,436 )
                         
Other Income and Expense:
                       
    Interest income
    27,619       6,725       34,344  
    Interest expense
    (150,972 )     (2,321 )     (153,293 )
        Total Other Income and Expense
    (123,353 )     4,404       (118,949 )
                         
Net Loss
  $ (1,653,847 )   $ (623,538 )   $ (2,277,385 )
                         
Basic and diluted loss per common share
  $ (0.09 )   $ (0.08 )        
                         
Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding
    18,034,792       7,461,855          

 
F-4

 
 
AGRICON GLOBAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY
                           
Additional
   
Deficit Accumulated
       
   
Preferred Stock
   
Common Stock
   
Paid-in
   
During Development
       
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Stage
   
Total
 
Balance at July 5, 2011 (Date of Inception)
    -     $ -       4,154,841     $ 415     $ 17,893,908     $ (17,621,882 )   $ 272,441  
                                                         
Issuance of stock for acquisition of CPGL in share exchange
    -       -       12,000,000       1,200       (1,200 )     -       -  
Issuance of stock for services in stock acquisition of CPGL
    -       -       -       -       50,463       -       50,463  
Elimination of accumulated deficit of Agricon in restatement of equity
    -       -       -       -       (17,885,945 )     17,885,945       -  
Issuance of stock for cash
    -       -       1,220,000       122       609,878       -       610,000  
Share-based compensation from issuance of options
    -       -       -       -       48,922       -       48,922  
Net loss of Agricon prior to restatement of equity
    -       -       -       -       -       (264,063 )     (264,063 )
Net loss
    -       -       -       -       -       (623,538 )     (623,538 )
                                                         
Balance at June 30, 2012
    -     $ -       17,374,841     $ 1,737     $ 716,026     $ (623,538 )   $ 94,225  
                                                         
Issuance of stock for cash
    -       -       1,000,000       100       499,900       -       500,000  
Issuance of stock for subscription receivable
    -       -       200,000       20       89,980       -       90,000  
Share-based compensation from issuance of options and stock
    -       -       500,000       50       661,379       -       661,429  
Cancellation of shares
    -       -       (366,000 )     (36 )     36       -       -  
Beneficial conversion feature
    -       -       -       -       67,000       -       67,000  
Net loss
    -       -       -       -       -       (1,653,847 )     (1,653,847 )
                                                         
Balance at June 30, 2013
    -     $ -       18,708,841     $ 1,871     $ 2,034,321     $ (2,277,385 )   $ (241,193 )

 
F-5

 
 
AGRICON GLOBAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
   
For the Year Ended June 30,
   
For the Period from Inception
(July 5, 2011) through June 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
2013
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
                 
Net loss
  $ (1,653,847 )   $ (623,538 )   $ (2,277,385 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
         
Share-based compensation
    661,429       48,922       710,351  
Accretion of debt discount
    22,576       -       22,576  
Common stock issued for services
    -       50,463       50,463  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                       
Prepaid expenses
    (833 )     5,000       4,167  
Accounts payable
    36,261       60,445       96,706  
Accounts payable, related parties
    181,631       -       181,631  
Accrued liabilities
    219,005       (94,462 )     124,543  
        Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
    (533,778 )     (553,170 )     (1,086,948 )
                         
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
                       
Advance to vendor
    (50,000 )     -       (50,000 )
Principal payments on notes receivable
    93,228       23,275       116,503  
Purchase of equipment
    (7,901 )     (24,884 )     (32,785 )
       Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities
    35,327       (1,609 )     33,718  
                         
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
                       
Proceeds from issuance of common stock for cash
    550,000       560,000       1,110,000  
Proceeds from issuance of secured convertible
                       
    notes payable, related parties
    67,000       -       67,000  
Payment on capital lease obligation
    (119,000 )     -       (119,000 )
       Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
    498,000       560,000       1,058,000  
                         
Net (Decrease) Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
    (451 )     5,221       4,770  
Cash at Beginning of Period
    5,221       -       -  
Cash at End of Period
  $ 4,770     $ 5,221     $ 4,770  

 
F-6

 
 
AGRICON GLOBAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
(A Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS(continued)
 
   
For the Year Ended June 30,
   
For the Period from Inception
 (July 5, 2011) through June 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
2013
 
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
             
Cash paid for interest
  $ -     $ -     $ -  
Noncash Investing and Financing activities:
                       
The Company issued 12,000,000 shares of its Common
                 
Stock for all of the issued and outstanding stock of
                 
CPGL (see Note 5 - Recapitalization)
  $ -     $ 50,463     $ 50,463  
  Recapitalization
    -       348,964       348,964  
  Subscription receivable
    100,000       50,000       150,000  
  Conversion of accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                 
  to notes payable
    218,293       -       218,293  
   Purchase of land under capital lease
    1,055,575       -       1,055,575  
  Benficial conversion feature on notes payable
    67,000       -       67,000  
  Cancellation of shares of common stock
    36       -       36  

 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 — THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Principles of ConsolidationThe accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and include operations and balances of Agricon Global Corporation (formerly BayHill Capital Corporation) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Canola Properties Ghana Limited, (“CPGL”), and Agricon SH Ghana Limited (“ASHG”), both Ghanaian limited liability companies collectively “Agricon” or the “Company.”  CPGL and ASHG were incorporated under the laws of Ghana on July 5, 2011 and November 7, 2012 respectively.  Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Nature of Operations — All of the Company’s business is conducted through its two wholly- owned subsidiaries CPGL and ASHG.  The Company is in the development stage and its business activities to date have been organizing the Company, locating appropriate land that might be leased or purchased for cultivating and harvesting agricultural products.  The Company completed its first lease transaction on December 13, 2012 of 8,000 acres in the Shai Hill area near Accra, the largest city in Ghana. We plan to begin clearing and cultivating the land included in the first lease purchase during 2013.

The Company plans to locate and then lease additional undeveloped land in Ghana, West Africa, at attractive prices, that can be cleared and used for agricultural purposes and prepare the land for cultivation and production of primarily rotation crops such as rice, maize (corn), canola, sunflower, and soya.  The Company has located and began preliminary negotiations for two additional leases for approximately 20,000 acres of land and we expect to enter into 50 year leases for these parcels of land.  Assuming that the Company completes these lease transactions—of which there can be no assurance, we expect to stake, demarcate and survey the land and ready the leases for recording with the Ghana government.

NOTE 2 – GOING CONCERN

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.  As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company incurred a net loss of $1,653,847 for the year ended June 30, 2013 and has an accumulated deficit of $2,277,385 at June 30, 2013.  The Company also used cash in operating activities of $533,778 during the year ended June 30, 2013.  At June 30, 2013, the Company has negative working capital of $553,051.  The Company is in default on notes payable. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

In order for us to continue as a going concern, we expect to obtain additional debt or equity financing. We are regularly and continually seeking additional funding from investors and from time to time we are in various stages of negotiations.  Nonetheless, to date we have not accomplished a financing of the size needed to put the Company on a stable operating basis. There can be no assurance that we will be able to secure additional debt or equity financing, that we will be able to attain positive cash flow operations, or that, if we are successful in any of those actions, those actions will produce adequate cash flow to enable us to meet our future obligations. All of our existing financing arrangements are short-term. If we are unable to obtain additional debt or equity financing, we may be required to significantly reduce or cease operations.
 
 
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NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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 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 revenue and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure on contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Significant estimates include estimated future value of leased properties, realizability of notes receivable, and realizability of deferred tax assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Business Condition –The Company only recently commenced its new agricultural business in Ghana.  Management plans to meet its cash needs through various means including raising additional capital through equity sales, securing debt financing and developing the current business model.  The Company continues to expect to be successful in this new venture, but there is no assurance that its business plan will be economically viable.  The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent on that plan’s success. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern (see Note 2—Going Concern).

Cash–The balance in Cash consists of cash reserves held in checking accounts.

Notes Receivable – The Company has two notes receivable, the portions that the Company expects to collect during the 12 months subsequent to June 30, 2013 are classified as “Notes receivable, current portion” and the balance of the notes receivable is classified as “Notes receivable, net of current portion” in the financial statements. See further discussion and disclosure in Note 4.

Agricultural Land and Lease Acquisition Costs–The Company expenses all costs relating to land and lease acquisition activities until the actual acquisition or until the lease has been executed. The land purchase price is then capitalized and re-evaluated periodically for any valuation allowance required. Lease payments are capitalized and amortized over the appropriate lease period.  Costs of land clearing and preparation are expensed as incurred.

Income Taxes – The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to ASC 740, Income Taxes, which requires the use of the asset and liability method of accounting for deferred income taxes.  We recognize deferred tax liabilities and assets based on the differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in future years.

All allowances against deferred income tax assets are recorded in whole or in part, when it is more likely than not those deferred income tax assets will not be realized.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 
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A valuation allowance is required to the extent it is more-likely-than-not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized. ASC 740 also requires reporting of taxes based on tax positions that meet a more-likely-than-not standard and that are measured at the amount that is more-likely-than-not to be realized. Differences between financial and tax reporting which do not meet this threshold are required to be recorded as unrecognized tax benefits. ASC 740 also provides guidance on the presentation of tax matters and the recognition of potential IRS interest and penalties. The Company classifies penalty and interest expense related to income tax liabilities as an income tax expense. There is no interest or penalties recognized in the statement of operations or accrued as of June 30, 2013. Tax years that remain subject to examination include 2009 through the current year.  See further discussion and disclosures in Note 11.

Equipment – Equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. At the time equipment is disposed of or traded in, the assets and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts, and any resulting gain or loss is charged to operations.  Major renewals and betterments that extend the life of the property and equipment are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. The Equipment shown on the Consolidated Balance Sheets had not been placed into use as of June 30, 2013 and therefore no depreciation has been recognized at June 30, 2013.

Depreciation of property and equipment is calculated using the straight-line method. No depreciation was recorded during the period ended June 30, 2013 since the equipment has not yet been placed in service.

Development Stage Company — The Company has not earned any revenue from operations. Accordingly, the Company’s activities have been accounted for as those of a “Development Stage Enterprise” as set forth in ASC Topic 914.  Among the disclosures required by ASC 914 are that the Company’s financial statements be identified as those of a development stage company, and that the statements of operations, cash flows and stockholders’ equity disclose activity since the date of the Company’s inception.

Foreign Currency TranslationThe financial statements are presented in United States dollars. In accordance with ASC Topic 830, “Foreign Currency Translation”, foreign denominated monetary assets and liabilities are translated to their United States dollar equivalents using foreign exchange rates which prevailed at the balance sheet date.  Non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates prevailing at the transaction date. Revenue and expenses are translated at average rates of exchange during the periods presented.  Related translation adjustments are reported as a separate component of stockholders’ equity, whereas gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in results of operations. All financial activity during the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 were denominated in United States dollars, therefore no translation of currency was required and there were no gains or losses on foreign currency transactions during the years then ended.  All material accounts of cash were being held in US dollar accounts at June 30, 2013.

Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share – Basic loss per common share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per common share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period giving no effect to potentially dilutive issuable common shares.  For the period ended June 30, 2013, there were 1,300,000 unexercised options, 223,333 shares related to the secured convertible notes payable to related parties, and 500,000 shares that may be issued for the consummation of the Apam lease, that were excluded from the net loss per common share calculation.
 
 
F-10

 

Share-Based Compensation – The Company recognizes compensation expense for share-based awards expected to vest on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award based on their grant date fair value. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options using a lattice model that values the options based on probability weighted projections of the various potential outcomes. The intrinsic value, stock performance, stock volatility, vesting or exercise factors, and forfeiture variables, are all considerations under this model.  If stock grants are related to a future performance condition, the Company recognizes compensation expense when the performance condition, leading to the issuance, becomes probable of occuring.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements –

Comprehensive Income – In June 2011, the FASB issued authoritative guidance regarding the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance provides companies with the option to present the total of comprehensive income, components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The objective of the standard is to increase the prominence of items reported in other comprehensive income and to facilitate convergence of U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The standard eliminates the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. The guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and should be applied retrospectively. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
Fair Value Measurements – In May 2011, the FASB issued authoritative guidance regarding fair value measurements. This guidance establishes common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and IFRS. It also clarifies the FASB’s intent on the application of existing fair value measurement requirements. The guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and should be applied prospectively. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 4 – NOTES RECEIVABLE

On August 31, 2010, the Company sold its wholly-owned subsidiary, Commission River Corporation. As part of the payment for the sale, the Company was issued a secured negotiable promissory note receivable, in the amount of $490,000, with varying interest rates beginning at 6% and required monthly payments of $10,000 until its maturity on September 12, 2014, when the remaining principal balance of the note is due.  The note is secured by all of the assets of Commission River Corporation. As of June 30, 2013, the note was current and has a remaining principal balance of $227,461, of which $98,804 is classified as Notes receivable, current portion”, on the balance sheet.

On April 24, 2013, the Company advanced Waterfall Mountain LLC, an unrelated party, $50,000 in the form of a short-term unsecured note receivable with a maturity date of September 15, 2013, which was extended to October 15, 2013, to fund their future participation in Agricon related projects in Ghana.  This entire note is classified as “Notes receivable, current portion” on the balance sheet.
 
 
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NOTE 5 – RECAPITALIZATION

On March 31, 2012, Agricon, formerly BayHill Capital Corporation, and CPGL, and CPGL’s shareholders, Global Green Capacity Limited and Invest in Ghana Co Limited, entered into a share exchange agreement pursuant to which Agricon agreed to issue an aggregate of 12,000,000 shares of common stock to CPGL stockholders and designees, in return for 100% of the 75,000 issued and outstanding shares of CPGL stock (the “Share Exchange”).  As a result, CPGL became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agricon, and for accounting purposes, Agricon began operations on July 5, 2011 (date of inception of CPGL), as reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements.   The Share Exchange resulted in a change in control of the Company.  The former CPGL stockholders, and designees, now own in the aggregate 62% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.  In conjunction with the share exchange the Company changed its name from BayHill Capital Corporation to Agricon Global Corporation.
 
In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) section 805, “Business Combinations”, CPGL is considered the accounting acquiror in the Share Exchange.   Under current accounting guidance Agricon is not a business for purposes of determining whether a business combination would occur upon the acquisition of the outstanding stock of CPGL.  The acquisition was accounted for as the recapitalization of CPGL since, at the closing of the Share Exchange, Agricon was a non-operating public shell corporation with no significant assets and liabilities.  Accordingly, the assets and liabilities and the historical operations that are reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements are those of CPGL, restated for the effects of the capital restructure.
 
The accounting transactions required to accomplish the Share Exchange are recognized as follows: (1) the recapitalization of CPGL by recognizing the Agricon common shares issued in exchange for the CPGL shares in a manner equivalent to a 160 for 1 stock split, and (2) the Agricon common shares that remain outstanding are recognized as the issuance of common shares by CPGL—as the acquirer for accounting purposes-for the assets less liabilities of BayHill Capital Corporation, the predecessor to Agricon, are recorded at fair value which approximates the book value.
 
NOTE 6– UNSECURED NOTES PAYABLE TO RELATED PARTIES

The unsecured notes payable to present and past affiliates of the Company are related to legal fees, director fees, and unpaid salaries that were converted into notes payable with interest rates ranging from 12% to 18%. The notes were not paid at their maturity dates and the Company is in default on the notes.  Interest accrues at 18% while the notes are in default. No affiliate has demanded payment.  The notes are classified as current liabilities. These notes consist of the following:
 
 
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June 30,
 
Note Holder
 
2013
   
2012
 
             
ClearWater Law and Governance Group, LLC
  $ 3,783     $ 3,783  
James U Jensen
    31,960       7,117  
Soren Jonassen
    12,900       -  
Rene Mikkelsen
    17,800       -  
Robert K. Bench
    85,000       24,500  
Lars Nielsen
    50,000       -  
Stephen Abu
    27,000       -  
Robyn Farnsworth
    40,252       15,000  
John M Knab
    5,500       5,500  
John D Thomas
    6,000       6,000  
Total
   $ 280,193       $ 61,900   

NOTE 7 – SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE TO RELATED PARTIES

On April 29, 2013, the Company borrowed $67,000 from two companies that are affiliates of two of the Company’s officers.  One of the note holders is a company which is owned and controlled by an officer of the Company and the other note holder is controlled by adult children of an officer of the Company. The Notes bear interest at 10% per quarter and mature on October 30, 2013; the notes are classified as current liabilities on the balance sheets.  The notes are secured by the assets of the Company.  The notes and accrued interest are payable, at the Company’s option, in cash or by the issuance of shares of common stock of the Company at $0.30 per share in payment of the principal of the notes and $0.50 per share for the payment of accrued but unpaid interest.  The fair value of the stock at the commitment date was $1.00 per share.  The conversion price is not subject to re-pricing, and as such, these notes were deemed to be conventional convertible debt. As a result, a beneficial conversion feature was recorded in additional paid-in capital for $67,000 and the note payable was reduced by a debt discount of $67,000.  The debt discount is accreted over the six-month term.  For the period ended June 30, 2013, accretion expense on the debt discount was $22,576.  As of June 30, 2013, the convertible notes payable, net of the discount of $44,424, was $22,576.

NOTE 8 – CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS

In December 2012 the Company acquired approximately 8,000 acres of agricultural land in the Shai Hills area of Ghana, West Africa. The lease requires total payments over nine (9) years of $1,954,840.  The Company paid the first year payment of $129,032, which included a payment at the acquisition date of $119,000 and a credit for $10,032 of costs and expenses advanced to the lessee by the Company during lease negotiations, which were expensed in prior periods. The lease has been accounted for as a capital lease.  On the lease acquisition date, the present value of the minimum lease payments, calculated at a discount rate of 18%, was $1,055,575, which was booked as Land under capital lease at June 30, 2013. The following is a schedule by year of future minimum lease payments under the capital lease, together with the present value of the minimum lease payments as of June 30, 2013:
 
 
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June 30,
 
Amount
 
2014
  $ 200,000  
2015
    256,452  
2016
    248,387  
2017
    240,323  
2018
    232,258  
Thereafter
    648,388  
Total minimum lease payments
    1,825,808  
Less: amount representing interest
    (889,233 )
Present value of lease payments
    936,575  
Less: current portion
    (31,416 )
Long-term portion
  $ 905,159  

For the Quarters ended December 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013, the Company used a discount rate of 8% to calculate the present value of lease payments and interest. Management determined that a rate of 18% was more reflective of the cost of our capital and therefore made the appropriate change for the year ended June 30, 2013.  The following is a schedule showing the effect of this change for the two reporting periods ended December 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013 on a pro forma basis had the 18% discount rate been used:

   
Corrected Amount
   
Amount Recorded
       
   
at 18% Discount Rate
   
at 8% Discount Rate
   
Difference
 
For Quarter ended December 31, 2012
                 
Balance Sheet
                 
Land Under Capital Lease
  $ 1,055,575     $ 1,435,025     $ (379,450 )
Capital Lease Obligation
    (936,575 )     (1,316,025 )     379,450  
Statement of Operations
                       
Net loss for the 3 months ended December 31, 2012
    246,401       238,087       8,314  
Net loss for the 9 months ended December 31, 2013
  $ 480,239     $ 471,925     $ 8,314  
                         
For Quarter ended March 31, 2013
                       
Balance Sheet
                       
Land Under Capital Lease
  $ 1,055,575     $ 1,435,025     $ (379,450 )
Capital Lease Obligation
    (936,575 )     (1,316,025 )     379,450  
Statement of Operations
                       
Net loss for the 3 months ended March 31, 2013
    297,774       256,205       41,569  
Net loss for the 9 months ended March 31, 2013
  $ 778,013     $ 728,130     $ 49,883  
 
NOTE 9 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The Company's capitalization is 100,000,000 common shares authorized, with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At June 30, 2013, the Company had 18,708,841 common shares outstanding.

Preferred shares of 400,000 with a par value of $0.0001 have been authorized and no shares are issued or outstanding at June 30, 2013.

The Company conducted a private placement offering to a limited number of foreign investors under which the Company issued a total of 1,200,000 and 1,220,000 shares, of its common stock, at a price of fifty cents ($0.50) per share during the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
 
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The Company issued 500,000 shares of common stock, at the then current market price of $1.25 per share, as part of its Shai Hills lease acquisition costs during the year ended June 30, 2013.  The Company expensed this payment in the amount of $625,000, which is included in Lease acquisition costs in its financial statements.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2013, the Company issued 200,000 shares under a subscription agreement at $0.50 per share, for which the Company received the cash during July 2013.

On or about March 31, 2012, the Company issued 12,000,000 shares in the Share Exchange Agreement. On June 7, 2013, 366,000 shares relating to the exchange were returned to the Company and cancelled.  These shares were surrendered pursuant certain milestones not being met by one of the CPGL shareholders and as part of a negotiated mutual release.  See Note 5 – Recapitalization.
 
NOTE 10 – SHARE BASED COMPENSATION

As part of our board of director’s compensation plan, we granted non-qualified options to our three outside directors, during the year ended June 30, 2012, as follows:
 
     
Option
   
Exercise
   
Years to
 
Name
Grant Date
 
Shares
   
Price
   
Exercise
 
James Jensen
March 6, 2012
    40,000     $ 0.50       5  
Rene Mikkelsen
March 6, 2012
    30,000     $ 0.50       5  
Soren Jonassen
May 9, 2012
    30,000     $ 0.50       5  
 
The exercise price, $0.50 per share, for these options was based on the same price per share as our $610,000 private placement of 1,220,000 shares that were sold in arms-length transactions to non-affiliated third parties. These non-qualified options have a vesting schedule with the following major vesting components: 25% vest on July 1, 2012, 3% vest on the last day of each calendar quarter thereafter, accelerated vesting occurs upon the following events: 50% upon the Company closing one or more rounds of financing of $7 million or more, 25% on the last day of each quarter that the Company’s common stock trades, for a three month rolling average, above $1.50 per share, and 25% for each 5,000 hectares of property put into production. None of these acceleration events has occurred to date and there can be no assurance that any such event will occur in the future.
 
As part of our compensation plan, we granted non-qualified options to management, during the period ended June 30, 2012, as follows:
     
Option
   
Exercise
   
Years to
 
Name
Grant Date
 
Shares
   
Price
   
Exercise
 
Peter Moeller
March 6, 2012
    400,000     $ 0.50       5  
Robert Bench
March 6, 2012
    600,000     $ 0.50       5  
Lars Nielsen
June 19, 2012
    300,000     $ 0.50       3  
Stephen Abu
June 19, 2012
    300,000     $ 0.50       3  
 
On March 6, 2012, we granted Robert K Bench, our President non-qualified options to purchase 600,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, exercisable for a period of five years.  Of these options, 200,000 vested upon the completion of the Share Exchange on March 31, 2012.

On June 19, 2012, we granted Lars Nielsen, our COO, and Stephen Abu, our Vice President Corporate Development, non-qualified options to purchase 300,000 shares each of common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, exercisable for a period of three years.  There are a number of restrictions on these options that are required to be met before they become exercisable. The exercise price for these non-qualified options was based on the same price per share as our $610,000 private placement of 1,220,000 shares sold in arms-length transactions to non-affiliated third parties. The remainder of these 1,000,000 non-qualified options,  (Bench—400,000; Nielsen—300,000; and Abu—300,000) have a vesting schedule with the following major vesting components: no options vest until the Company has raised at least $7 million in one or more rounds of funding, at which time 50% of the options vest, 25% vest on the last day of each quarter that the Company’s common stock trades, for a three month rolling average, above $1.50 per share, and 25% for each 5,000 hectares of property put into production. As of June 30, 2013 none of these vesting components had been accomplished and no options to Mr. Abu or Nielsen had vested. None of these acceleration events has occurred to date and there can be no assurance that any such event will occur in the future.
 
 
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On March 31, 2012, Peter Moeller’s position as CEO of the Company was terminated and his options to purchase 400,000 common shares were forfeited.

A summary of the status of the non-qualified stock options at June 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:
               
Weighted
       
   
Shares
   
Weighted
   
Average
   
Aggregate
 
   
Under
   
Average
   
Remaining
   
Intrinsic
 
   
Option
   
Exercise Price
   
Contractual Life
   
Value
 
Outstanding at July 5, 2011
                       
(date of inception)
    0     $ -              
Granted
    1,700,000       0.50              
Exercised
    0       -              
Expired
    (400,000 )     0.50              
Outstanding at June 30, 2012
    1,300,000     $ 0.50       4.08     $ 325,000  
Granted
    0       -                  
Exercised
    0       -                  
Expired
    0       -                  
Outstanding at June 30, 2013
    1,300,000     $ 0.50       3.08     $ 325,000  
 
The fair value of the stock option grants is estimated on the date of grant using a lattice based option pricing model in accordance with proper accounting treatment and valuation as set forth in the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. ASC 718 for Share-based Payments.  The Company granted 1,700,000 options during the period from July 5, 2011 (date of inception) through June 30, 2012, of which 400,000 options were forfeited.  The aggregate fair value at the time the options were granted will be amortized over the five year life of the options and expensed as share-based compensation in the Company’s Statement of Operations.
 
 
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Share-based compensation, from issuance of stock and granted stock options, recorded during the period ended June 30, 2013 was $661,429, and is reported as general and administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.  As of June 30, 2013, there is $107,596 of unrecognized compensation cost related to stock-based payments that will be recognized over a period of 4 years.

At a special meeting of our shareholders held on March 31, 2008, our shareholders approved a proposal to adopt our 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Stock Incentive Plan”). The Stock Incentive Plan became effective on April 23, 2008. Directors, employees, consultants and advisors of Agricon and its subsidiaries are eligible to receive awards under the Stock Incentive Plan. The Stock Incentive Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors. The Stock Incentive Plan will continue until April 23, 2018. A maximum of 300,000 shares of our common stock was made available for issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan. The following types of awards are available under the Stock Incentive Plan: (i) stock options; (ii) stock appreciation rights; (iii) restricted stock; (iv) restricted stock units; and (v) performance awards. Our Board of Directors may, from time to time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Stock Incentive Plan.
 
On February 10, 2012 a majority of our shareholders approved an amendment to the Stock Incentive Plan to increase the share amount under the plan from 300,000 to 3,300,000.  As of June 30, 2012, we had made no awards under the Stock Incentive Plan.

One June 7, 2013 the Company issued 500,000 shares of common stock, to a company owned by an employee, at the then current market price of $1.25 per share, as part of its Shai Hills lease acquisition costs during the year ended June 30, 2013.  The Company has agreed to issue an additional 500,000 shares of common stock, to that company, if it is able to negotiate, consummate, and record a lease on the Apam properties before June 30, 2014. As of June 30, 2013, no compensation expense has been recognized on these shares as the performance conditions are not expected to be satisfied.

NOTE 11 – INCOME TAXES

Operating losses for the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 were $849,408 and $227,171 relating to domestic operations and $804,439 and $396,367 relating to foreign operations, respectively.

We had approximately $3,886,598 and $805,393 of net operating loss carry forwards as of June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively, which are comprised of $646,788 and $204,668 of U.S. federal and $2,039,910 and $204,568 state net operating losses, respectively, which expire in varying amounts beginning 2032, if unused. The Company also has net operating losses related to its Ghana operations of $1,199,900 and $396,157 as of June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which begin to expire in 2018; however, there is a tax holiday for our agriculture operations in Ghana and therefore there is no future tax benefit for the losses.

As discussed in note 5 to these consolidated financial statements, a change in our ownership of more than 50% occurred during the year ended June 30, 2012. The annual utilization of the net operating carry forwards is subject to certain limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and other limitations under state tax laws.  As a result the provisions of Section 382 caused $6,445,902 of prior net operating losses to become permanently restricted.
 
 
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The temporary differences and carry forwards which give rise to the deferred income tax assets are as follows:
 
   
For the Years Ended
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
             
Accrued compensation
  $ 104,176     $ 23,089  
Issuance of non-qualified stock options
    31,836       18,248  
Other
    21,573       3,767  
Net operating loss carry forwards
    287,225       76,338  
Debt discount on beneficial conversion feature     (16,570  )       
Valuation allowance
    (444,810 )     (121,442 )
Net long-term deferred tax asset
  $     $  
 
 
A reconciliation of income taxes at the federal statutory rate to actual income tax expense is as follows:
   
For the Years Ended
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
             
Income tax benefit at the statutory rate
  $ (562,308 )   $ (77,238 )
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
    (28,131 )     (7,598 )
Foreign rate differential
    273,202       134,764  
Change in valuation allowance
    265,743       (2,200,026 )
Change in net operating loss carry forwards
    25,896       2,284,862  
Debt discount on beneficial conversion feature     24,991            -  
Other
    607       -  
Deferred income tax expense
  $ -     $ -  
 
NOTE 12 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. GAAP also specifies a fair value hierarchy based upon the observability of inputs used in valuation techniques. Observable inputs (highest level) reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs (lowest level) reflect internally developed market assumptions. Fair value measurements are classified under the following hierarchy:

Level 1:           Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that we can access.

Level 2:           Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on the following:
       a) Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
                           b) Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets; or
                           c)Valuation models whose inputs are observable, directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
 
 
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Level 3:           Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs may reflect our estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in valuing the financial assets and financial liabilities.

The Company utilizes an internal valuation model to determine the fair value of the land under capital lease.
 
The following tables summarize Level 1, 2 and 3 financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis by their classification in the consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2013.
 
         
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
 
Description
 
June 30, 2013
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Land under capital lease
  $ 1,055,575     $ -     $ -     $ 1,055,575  
                                 
Total
  $ 1,055,575     $ -     $ -     $ 1,055,575  
 
The fair value of the land, included under the capital lease, was compared to a number of other properties, with like characteristics, during the Company’s search for appropriate agricultural land within a large radius. Management believes the value is representative of the other properties within the area of interest, is comparable to the value of the two additional properties under negotiation, and is comparable to other land being offered by other third parties.

NOTE 13 – Commitments and Contingencies

The Company issued 500,000 shares of common stock, and assigned a carried interest, in the Shai Hills property, of two and one-half percent (2.5%) of net farm operations revenue, as part of its acquisition of the Shai Hills lease during the year ended June 30, 2013.  The Company has agreed to issue an addition 500,000 shares of common stock, and the same carried interest in the Apam properties, if it is able to negotiate and consummate a lease on the Apam properties before June 30, 2014.
 
NOTE 14 – Subsequent Events

On July 10, 2013 the Company announced the election of Peter Opata as a new director and Allan Kronborg, as an advisory board member and also as a business consultant to the Company. On July 31, 2013, as part of our board of director’s compensation plan, we granted non-qualified options to our four outside directors and Mr. Kronborg as follows:
 
     
Option
   
Exercise
   
Years to
 
Name
Grant Date
 
Shares
   
Price
   
Exercise
 
James Jensen
July 10, 2013
    40,000     $ 0.32       5  
Rene Mikkelsen
July 10, 2013
    30,000     $ 0.32       5  
Soren Jonassen
July 10, 2013
    30,000     $ 0.32       5  
Peter Opata
July 10, 2013
    30,000     $ 0.32       5  
 Allan Kronborg       July 10, 2013     30,000     $ 0.32       5  
 
The exercise price, $0.32 per share, for these options was based on the volume weighted average price per share, for the previous five trading days from the Grant Date of the Company’s common stock.
 
 
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On August 19, 2013 the board of directors of the Company elected Mr. Allan Kronborg as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  We also granted non-qualified options to our four senior managers as follows:
 
     
Option
   
Exercise
   
Years to
 
Name
Grant Date
 
Shares
   
Price
   
Exercise
 
Allan Kronborg
August 19, 2013
    2,000,000     $ 0.68       5  
Robert Bench
August 19, 2013
    2,000,000     $ 0.68       5  
Lars Nielsen
August 19, 2013
    1,000,000     $ 0.68       5  
Stephen Abu
August 19, 2013
    1,000,000     $ 0.68       5  
 
The exercise price, $0.68 per share, for these options was based on the volume weighted average price per share, for the previous five trading days from Grant Date of the Company’s common stock.
 
 
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None.


Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our President, who is also our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act.”))  and based upon this evaluation, and the engagement of a qualified outside third party review of our controls and procedures, concluded that as of June 30, 2013, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Since our President and Chief Financial Officer is the same person, our board of directors has engaged a qualified outside third party to participate in the review of our controls and procedures.

Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
        Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting, defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, is  a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer and effected by the company’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and includes those policies and procedures that:

pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting is not intended to provide absolute assurance that a misstatement of our financial statements would be prevented or detected.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
 
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Management of the Company conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework. As part of this assessment management has taken into consideration that we are a small company, and due to the fact that we have a limited number of employees, we are not able to have proper segregation of duties and have limited technical accounting research capabilities. In addition, the recent expanding of our international activities has put an additional strain on the limited financial staff. Based on this assessment, management concluded that as of June 30, 2013, we had a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting because of the lack of segregation of duties and the limited technical accounting capabilities. In July 2013 we engaged a third party service provider with the necessary financial expertise to provide an independent review and additional oversight of financial reporting. Additionally, in August 2013, the Company hired a Chief Executive Officer, which added another layer of segregation of duties. Management believes these changes and additions to its staff will enhance our effectiveness over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
 
Attestation Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

This annual report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.  Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to an exemption for non-accelerated filers set forth in Section 989G of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
        There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B.  Other Information

None.

 
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PART III

Item 10.  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
 
Our board of directors is responsible for the overall management of the company and appoints the executive officers who are responsible for administering our day-to-day operations.  Our executive officers and directors are elected annually for a one year term or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.  The following table identifies our directors and officers as of August 20, 2013.
Name
Age
Position
Allan Kronborg
51
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Robert K. Bench
63
President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
Lars Nielsen
44
Chief Operating Officer
Stephen Abu
39
Vice President Corporate Development
James U. Jensen
69
Director, Chairman
Rene Dyhring Mikkelsen
46
Director
Soren Jonassen
46
Director
Peter Opata
45
Director
 
Allan Kronborg, age 51, was elected as the Chief Executive Officer, in August 2013. He was educated in mechanical and energy engineering. From 1986 through 1997 he served in various senior management positions in companies with international operations, and in 1997 formed his own healthcare company. He is an active entrepreneur with interests and experience in real estate and starting companies and running their operations in China, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. He has recently taken an interest in the business and growth opportunities in Ghana.
 
Robert K. Bench, age 63, has served as our President and Chief Financial Officer since October 2007 and as a member of our board of directors since December 2007.  Mr. Bench was a founder and since April 1999 has been a managing member of BayHill Group LC, a consulting group focused on assisting microcap companies (“BayHill Group”). From January 2005 until April 2007, he also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Innuity, Inc. (INNU), software as a service company that delivers applications for small business. From November 2000 until August 2004, he also served as Chief Financial Officer of The SCO Group (SCOX), a developer and marketer of software applications and operating systems. Mr. Bench is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor degree in accounting from Utah State University.
 
Lars Nielsen, age 44, was educated as farm manager, and served as such for over 10 years. At the same time, and after he was involved in farm start-ups in mainly Eastern European countries, at a time they were developing large scale agricultural projects. The main focus was primary setup of machinery, equipment and agriculture crop rotation. The past 11 years he has been in distribution of GPS equipment and agriculture machinery, with his own dealerships for these and other products. He is also a partner in Africa Turnkey Aps, which the company will engage in a strategic alliance for the joint purchasing and logistics of setting up the farming operations.
 
 
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Stephen Abu, age 39, has experience establishing businesses and creating opportunities in Ghana and the West African Sub-Region. Stephen was born and raised in Ghana, residing there until 1996.  From 1996 to 1998 he served a church mission in Nigeria. Upon his return to Ghana, Stephen attended Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi where he studied Land Economy. He then transferred to Utah State University in the United States, graduating in 2004 with a Business Marketing degree. For several years in Ghana he has worked coordinating, representing and partnering and sponsoring business establishments in Ghana. He established Ghana Journeys Limited a car rental company targeted towards meeting the comfort and safety expectations of Western clientele traveling in Ghana; Fresh Harvest Farms (farming vegetables and later high-yielding cocoa); Boafo Mines Limited, and West African Heavy Equipment.  He facilitated all land purchases for the farm, mining activities, and workshop site for the equipment company, and oversaw port clearance of units of imported machinery, vehicles and containers, as well as transport to the appropriate work sites. Stephen worked with legal teams and other necessary professionals to secure mining licenses, work permits for foreign employees and all legal permits for the group’s operations in Ghana.
 
James U. Jensen, age 69, has served as the Chairman of our board of directors since December 2007. Mr. Jensen currently is the Managing Member and Chief Executive Officer of ClearWater Law & Governance Group, LLC and has a private law practice. He also serves as the Independent Board Chairman for the Wasatch Funds; a family of 18 mutual funds managed by Wasatch Advisors, Inc., and has served as a director of Wasatch Funds since they were organized in 1990. Recently Mr. Jensen joined as an independent director on the board of the mutual fund, Northern Lights Fund Trust III.  Mr. Jensen is an outside director at the University of Utah Research Foundation and is a director of the Utah Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. From 1986 to 2001, Mr. Jensen served as a director, and from 1991 to 2004 as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, of NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public biotechnology company. He currently serves as the Court appointed Distribution Agent in the matter of SEC v. Wolfsen in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Utah.  He graduated from the University of Utah, served a Fulbright Grant in Mexico and received his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Columbia University. He was a law clerk to Judge David T. Lewis, the Chief Judge of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
 
Rene Dyhring Mikkelsen, age 46, has served as Chief Financial Officer of Ganni since May 2008 and as a Director since July 2010, and he has served as Chief Financial Officer of Global Green Capacity since January 2009. Mr. Mikkelsen is an experienced professional with over 20 years in various senior management and executive positions in start-up enterprises and public companies. He has served both Arthur Andersen and A.T. Kearney, where he has assisted a number of companies in their early start-up years and completed several initial public offerings. Mr. Mikkelsen was a founder and Managing Partner of Oryx Invest Venture Capital, a combined consulting and venture capital group focused on assisting start-ups and early stage companies, a position he held from 1999 until 2004. Mr. Mikkelsen served as Investment Consultant to MiFactory Venture Capital in Chile, Argentina and Brazil during the period from 2004 to 2007, a leading LatAm venture capital company focusing on IT and Telco investments – he was responsible for investments in US/EU based technologies. In addition, Mr. Mikkelsen has served as a director of private and public companies and has assisted both private and public companies raise over $100 million for start-up and growth capital through private, public, and venture offerings. He has been responsible for a number of business combinations and successfully reorganized several financially distressed companies. He has spent several years on international assignments in EU/US and in emerging markets like the former Eastern Europe, China and LatAm. Mr. Mikkelsen has been a co-founder and is a private investor in a number of private and small public companies. His background includes Financial Services, Internet Technology, Retail, Venture Capital, Manufacturing and Agri Investments. Mr. Mikkelsen holds a Master Degree in Accounting, Auditing & Finance as well as an Executive MBA in General Management & Strategy.
 
 
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Soren Jonassen, age 46, Mr. Jonassen is an experienced professional with over 25 years in audit profession in Denmark. He was appointed as a certified public accountant in 1996 and served as audit manager in Arthur Andersen until 1996 and has been serving as audit partner in Crowe Horwath Denmark since 1996. Mr. Jonassen is a CPA and holds a degree of master in business economy from Copenhagen Business School. Mr. Jonassen has served as CEO of Crowe Horwath where he was also International liaison partner establishing a professional world-wide network. During his professional work he has assisted start-ups and a large number of small to midsized companies, including assisting with IPO’s in Denmark and USA. Mr. Jonassen has specialized in IFRS public reporting and conversion process.  He has been an adviser in large M&A transactions, and has been co-founder of a number of private companies in Denmark in a number of different sectors.
 
Peter Opata, age 45, was elected as a director in June 2013. He graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon in 1996.  He joined Lowe and Partners, a global network of agencies that build great brands, as an Advertising and Marketing Executive in March 1997.  He was responsible for global companies, including BMW, Barclays Bank, Unilever and Scancom, now MTN.   In September 1999, Mr. Opata moved to Denmark where he attended Aalborg University, and acquired a Masters Degree in Development Studies and International Relations. With a great desire to use the new knowledge acquired, he joined Ghana Foreign Service in October 2002.  Mr Opata’s years in the Ghana Foreign Service has helped him acquire valuable diplomatic experience. He was a member of Ghana´s delegation to the COP 15 Climate summit in Copenhagen in 2009. He was also a member of Ghana´s delegation to the International Working Group (IWG) on the Ivory Coast Peace Process in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 2006.  Peter Opata has lived in most of the ten regions of Ghana; he speaks English, French and four Ghanaian languages.
 
As of the date hereof, we have no other significant employees and do not anticipate adding any key employees other than our executive officers identified above.  Employees will be added as operations require and consistent with our ability to finance such operations.
 
There are no family relationships among our directors, our executive officers, or persons to become our directors or our executive officers following the Share Exchange.

Except as discussed above, to our knowledge, there have been no events under any bankruptcy act, criminal proceedings and no federal or state judicial or administrative orders, judgments, decrees or findings, no violations of any federal or state securities laws, and no violation of any federal commodities law material to the evaluation of the ability and integrity of any director (existing or proposed), executive officer (existing or proposed), promoter or control person of the Company during the past 10 years.

To our knowledge, there are no material proceedings to which any director (existing or proposed), officer (existing or proposed), affiliate of the Company, any holder of 5% or more of our currently outstanding common stock, any associate of any such director or officer, or any affiliate of such security holder that is adverse to us or has a material interest adverse to us. There are no family relationships among any of the officers and directors.
 
 
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Corporate Governance
 
Leadership Structure
 
Our board of directors has appointed Mr. James U. Jensen as its chairman. Our board of directors has determined that its leadership structure is appropriate and effective for the Company.
 
Board Committees
 
Our Board of Directors has standing Audit and Compensation Committees. To date, our Board of Directors has not established a Nominating or Governance Committee, in part because our Board of Directors believes that, at this stage of our development, all of our directors should be actively involved in the matters which would be addressed by such a committee. We may, in the future, establish a Nominating or Governance Committee. We believe each of the directors serving on our Audit and Compensation Committees is an independent director pursuant to NASD Rule 4200(a) (15) and that each of the directors serving on the Compensation Committee is an “independent director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

              Audit Committee. Soren Jonassen, Rene Dyhring Mikkelsen, and Peter Opata serve as members of the Audit Committee, with Mr. Jonassen serving as Chairman. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Jonassen satisfies the criteria for an audit committee financial expert under Rule 401(e) of Regulation S-B promulgated by the SEC. Each member of our Audit Committee is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including our consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows. The functions of the Audit Committee are primarily to: (a) facilitate the integrity of our financial statements and internal controls, (b) oversee our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements related to accounting and/or financial controls, (c) evaluate our independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, (d) oversee the performance of any internal audit function that we may adopt and oversee our independent registered public accounting firm, and (e) review our systems of disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over financial reporting, and compliance with ethical standards related to accounting and/or financial controls we have adopted. Our Board of Directors has adopted a written charter for our Audit Committee, a copy of which is available on the Company’s website, www.agriconglobal.com.  Except as otherwise required by applicable laws, regulations or listing standards or our Audit Committee Charter, major decisions regarding our activities and operations are considered by our Board of Directors as a whole.

Compensation Committee. Rene Dyhring Mikkelsen, Soren Jonassen, and Peter Opata serve as members of the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors, with Mr. Mikkelsen serving as Chairman. The functions of our Compensation Committee are primarily to: (a) to oversee the responsibilities of the Board relating to compensation, and (b) to ensure that our compensation plans, programs and values transferred through cash pay, stock and stock-based awards, whether immediate, deferred, or contingent are fair and appropriate to attract, retain and motivate management and are reasonable in view of company economics and of the relevant practices of other, similar companies. Our Board of Directors has adopted a written charter for our Compensation Committee, a copy of which is available on the Company’s website, www.agriconglobal.com.
 
 
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Director Nominations. Our Board of Directors will consider recommendations for director nominees by shareholders if the names of those nominees and relevant biographical information are submitted in writing to our Corporate Secretary in the manner described for shareholder nominations below under the heading “Proposals of Shareholders.” All director nominations, whether submitted by a shareholder or the Board of Directors, will be evaluated in the same manner.

Code of Ethics

On May 12, 2008, our Board of Directors adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”). The Code of Ethics is designed to deter wrongdoing by our employees and to promote honest and ethical conduct, full, fair and accurate disclosure, compliance with laws, prompt internal reporting and accountability to adherence to the Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics is applicable to all of our employees, as well as employees of our subsidiaries, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer. A copy of the Code of Ethics was previously filed with the SEC and is posted on the Company’s website, www.agriconglobal.com.

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
 
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our directors and executive officers, and any persons who own more than 10% of our common stock to file with the Commission reports of beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership of common stock.  Directors and officers are required by Commission regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.  Based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to us or written representations that no other reports were required, we believe that, during fiscal 2012, all filing requirements applicable to our directors, executive officer and persons owning more than 10% of our common stock were met on a timely basis.
 
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

None of our directors or executive officers has been convicted in a criminal proceeding, excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors, or has been a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding during the past ten years that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state securities laws, except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or settlement.  Except as set forth in our discussion below in “Transactions with Related Persons; Promoters and Certain Control Persons; Director Independence,” none of our directors, director nominees or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
 
 
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Item 11.  Executive Compensation

Summary Compensation Table
 
The following table sets forth information concerning all cash and non-cash compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the named person for services rendered in all capacities during the year ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.  No other executive officers received total annual compensation in excess of $100,000.
Person
Year
Salary ($)
Bonus ($)
Stock Awards ($)
Option Awards ($)
Non-equity Incentive Comp ($)
 
All Other Comp.
($)
Total ($)
                 
Robert K. Bench (1)
2013
$47,000
-
 -
-
-
-
$47,000
Robert K. Bench (1)
2012
$70,000
-
                       -
$42,042
-
-
$112,042
                 
 
(1)
Mr. Bench has served as Agricon‘s President since October 2008 and Chief Financial Officer since November 30, 2008.

Employment Agreements
 
Allan Kronborg.  Mr. Kronborg was elected to serve as Agricon’s Chief Executive Officer on August 19, 2013   He will receive a salary of $10,000 per month and a monthly bonus in the same amount which will be accrued until such time as the Company obtains positive cash flow from operations, at which time the amount accrued will be paid in cash over time.
 
Robert Bench.  Mr. Bench has agreed to serve as Agricon’s President and Chief Financial Officer.    As of August 19, 2013 he will receive a salary of $10,000 per month and a monthly bonus in the same amount which will be accrued until such time as the Company obtains positive cash flow from operations, at which time the amount accrued will be paid in cash over time.
 
Beginning July 1, 2012, Mr. Lars Nielson and Mr. Stephen Abu have agreed to serve, on a part-time basis, as Agricon’s Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development respectively. Mr. Nielsen will be paid based on his time spent on Company maters and Mr. Abu will be paid a monthly salary of $6,000 per month for up to 60% of his time.
 
Prior to the closing of the Share Exchange, the Agricon board of directors appointed Peter Brincker Moller, as its chief executive officer and to the Agricon board of directors effective March 6, 2012. Mr. Moller resigned those positions as described elsewhere herein on or about March 31, 2012.
 
 
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Outstanding Equity Awards at June 30, 2013
 
On March 6, 2012, the board of directors approved and granted to Mr. Bench and to Peter Brincker Moller non-qualified options to purchase 600,000 shares and 400,000 shares, respectively, of its common stock, at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, being the price used in the marketplace for the Company’s then active private placement. On June 19, 2012, the board of directors approved and granted to Mr. Nielsen and Mr. Abu non-qualified options to purchase 300,000 shares each, at an exercise price of $0.50 per share. These options expire if not exercised in five years and are subject to vesting.  One significant vesting event was the completion of the Share Exchange transaction that caused a vesting of 200,000 share options granted to Mr. Bench, but the raising of additional equity capital remains is also an important vesting event.  Mr. Moller and the Company agreed on his resignation of all positions with the Company effective March 31, 2012 and his options to purchase 400,000 common shares were forfeited.  No other options were granted during the year ended June 30, 2013.
 
Equity Awards Granted Subsequent to June 30, 2013
 
On August 19, the board of directors approved and granted to Mr. Kronborg and Mr. Bench non-qualified options to purchase 2,000,000 shares each, of its common stock, and granted to Mr. Abu and Mr. Nielsen options to purchase 1,000,000 shares each, of its common stock. The exercise price of $0.68 per share was equal to the volume weighted average closing price for the company’s stock for the five previous days at the time of the grant. None of the options vest until the Company has completed a funding of at least $10 million for furtherance of its strategic plans.
 
Compensation of Directors

On March 6, 2012 Agricon adopted a compensation plan for its non-management Board members. Compensation includes cash and non-cash components.  The cash component is based on attendance at Board meetings in accordance with the following table:
 
  Quarterly
Face to Face Mtg.
Telephonic Mtg.
Board Chairman
$4,000
$1,500
$750
Board Member
$3,000
$1,000
$500
Committee Chair
 
$500
$250
Committee Member
 
$400
$200
 
In addition, non-management Board members receive stock option grants from time to time with the minimum set forth in the following table:
 
 
Upon Election (1)
Annual Refresh (2)
Board Chairman
40,000 options
7,000 options
Board Member
30,000 options
6,000 options
 
(1)
One time grant at time of election or reappointment to the board. Options to be priced at the 5-day volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) prior to the date of election.
 
(2)
Shares to be granted each year when the board member is re-elected at the Company’s annual shareholder meeting. Options to be priced at the 5-day VWAP prior to the date of shareholder meeting.
 
 
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The following table provides information regarding the compensation of, and fees paid to, our directors for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012. No fees were paid to our directors for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013:
 
 
Director Compensation Table
 
Name  
Cash Payments
    Common Stock Shares     Common Stock Value    
Notes Payable
   
Total
 
James U. Jensen
  $ 4,000       -     $ -     $ -     $ 4,000  
John M. Knab
  $ 2,000       -     $ -     $ -     $ 2,000  
John D. Thomas
  $ 2,000       -     $ -     $ -     $ 2,000  

Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
 
The following table sets forth the number of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by the following persons or groups (i) each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock, (ii) each of our executive officers and directors and (iii) all of our executive officers and directors as a group.  Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. In determining the percentages, the following table assumes 18,708,841 shares of our common stock are issued and outstanding plus 234,000 of options are exercisable on, or within 30 days of, June 30, 2013, for a total of 18,942,841 shares.  Certain purchasers under the Share Exchange Agreement have arranged for issuance in the names of members, affiliates, or shareholders of such purchasers.
 
Name and Address
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership(1)
Percentage of Class of Common Stock
Invest In Ghana Co. Limited
Madina-Abokobi-Zion City
PO Box SK 650, Accra, Ghana
1,634,000
8.63%
     
Africa Agriculture B.V.
Laan Copes van Cattenburch 52
2585 GB Den Haag, Netherlands
5,793,168
30.58%
     
Margreen Holdings Limited
50 Town Range
Gibraltar
2,111,684
 11.15%
     
Magcor Ghana Limited
1717 G3 A Street
Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6X 3C3
1,000,000
5.28%
     
Allan Kronborg, Chief Executive Officer
25 East 200 South
Lehi, Utah 84043
200,000
1.05%
     
Robert K. Bench, President
25 East 200 South
Lehi, Utah 84043
1,191,852(2)(5)
6.29%
 
 
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Lars Nielsen, Chief Operating Officer
25 East 200 South
Lehi, Utah 84043
-- (5)
0.00%
     
Stephen Abu, Vice President
25 East 200 South
Lehi, Utah 84043
-- (5)
0.00%
     
James U. Jensen
25 East 200 South
Lehi, Utah 84043
470,175(3)
2.48%
     
Soren Jonassen
Hvedevej 4
2765 Smorum, Denmark
10,200(4)
0.05%
     
Rene Dyring Mikkelsen
Classensgade 5 3. tv
DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
10,200(4)
0.05%
     
All current executive officers and directors as a group (6 persons)
1,882,427(5)
9.53%
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(1)   Except as indicated below, each person has sole and voting and/or investment power over the shares listed, subject to applicable community property laws. The shares represented do not include shares included under stock options that are not exercisable based on future vesting.
(2)  Includes 269,993 shares owned by Vector Capital, LLC, which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Bench who is the managing member of Vector Capital LLC. Also includes 200,000 shares under a non-qualified option, which vested on March 31, 2012, exercisable, at $0.50 per share.
(3)    Includes 100 shares owned by Mr. Jensen’s wife and 63,730 shares owned by Amsterdam First LLC, a limited liability company of which Mr. Jensen is the managing member.  Does not include 72,435 shares owned by adult children of Mr. Jensen, of which Mr. Jensen disclaims beneficial interest. Also includes 13,600 shares under a non-qualified option, which vested on July 1, 2012, exercisable at $0.50 per share.
 
 
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(4)    Includes 10,200 shares under a non-qualified option, which vested on July 1, 2012, exercisable at $0.50 per share.
(5)     Does not include non-qualified stock options to acquire 400,000 shares, 300,000 shares and 300,000 shares granted to Mr. Bench, Mr. Nielsen, and Mr. Abu respectively, since they have not yet vested.
 
Transactions with Related Persons
 
From time to time during the year African Heavy Machinery Limited, a company of which one of our officers is an owner and President, advanced the Company funds through the payment of costs and expenses relating to our operations in Ghana and, in addition to those advances, loaned $12,000 cash to the Company. At June 30, 2013 the outstanding and unpaid advances totaled $102,207. These amounts are included in accounts payable on the Company’s financial statements.   The Loan amount of $12,000 is included in Secured notes payable, related parties (see Note 7 to the Company’s financial statements). A company, which is an affiliate of our President loaned $55,000 cash to the Company, which amount is included in Secured notes payable, related parties (see Note 7 to the Company’s financial statements).
 
The Company issued 500,000 shares of common stock, as part of its Shai Hills lease acquisition, to a company to which one of our officers is an owner.  The Company expensed this payment in the amount of $625,000, which is included in Lease acquisition costs in its financial statements.
 
The Board of Directors of the Company, with Mr. Jensen abstaining, has determined that the provision of legal services to the Company by Mr. Jensen and his law firm, ClearWater Law & Governance, LLC are offered and performed at rates that are more than fair in relation to the market for legal services and that such amounts and rates are fair and reasonable to the Company.  The total dollar amount of such services during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 was $67,879 of which the Company has paid to date the amount of $25,700. The total dollar amount of such services during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 was $27,360 and $2,229 as reimbursable expenses, of which the Company paid $20,000 through June 30, 2013.
 
We have a code of ethics, which was adopted by Agricon before the consummation of the Share Exchange and continues to apply to our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer (each, a “Covered Person” and, collectively, the “Covered Persons”). As provided in our code of ethics, each of our employees and officers (other than our principal executive officer and principal financial officer) is responsible for reporting to his or her immediate supervisor, and each director and each of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer is responsible for reporting to the chairman of the audit committee, if such a committee is created, or, in the absence of an audit committee, to the chairman of our board of directors, any potential conflict of interest. The audit committee chairman, if any, or the chairman of our board of directors, as applicable, will determine if a conflict of interest exists, and if so determined, will determine the necessary resolution of such conflict. We intend to re-evaluate our policies and procedures relating to related party transactions, and anticipate adopting changes to our current written policy providing for the formal procedures through which any such potential transaction will be evaluated.
 
Promoters and Control Persons
 
The original BayHill Capital Corporation did not have any promoters at any time during the past five fiscal years.  CPGL received support from founders in its initial period but we do not consider those persons to be promoters.
 
 
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Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

At a special meeting of our shareholders held on March 31, 2008, our shareholders approved a proposal to adopt our 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Stock Incentive Plan”). The Stock Incentive Plan became effective on April 23, 2008. Directors, employees, consultants and advisors of Agricon and its subsidiaries are eligible to receive awards under the Stock Incentive Plan. The Stock Incentive Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors. The Stock Incentive Plan will continue until April 23, 2018. A maximum of 300,000 shares of our common stock was made available for issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan. The following types of awards are available under the Stock Incentive Plan: (i) stock options; (ii) stock appreciation rights; (iii) restricted stock; (iv) restricted stock units; and (v) performance awards. Our Board of Directors may, from time to time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Stock Incentive Plan.

On February 10, 2010 a majority of our shareholders approved an amendment to the Stock Incentive Plan to increase the share amount under the plan from 300,000 to 3,300,000.  As of June 30, 2013, we had made no awards under the Stock Incentive Plan.

The Company did grant 1,700,000 non-qualified stock options to its officers and directors during the year ended June 30, 2012 as follows:
Robert Bench
600,000
Peter Moeller
400,000
Lars Nielsen
300,000
Stephen Abu
300,000
James Jensen
  40,000
Rene Mikkelsen
  30,000
Soren Jonassen
  30,000

The exercise price, of these non-qualified stock options, is $0.50 per share which is based on the same price per share as our $1,000,000 private placement of 2,000,000 shares that was sold in arms-length transactions to non-affiliated third parties. For additional detailed information see Note 7—Stock Options in the Company’s Financial Statements for the year ended June 30, 2013, included in this report.
 
Changes in Control

 On March 31, 2012, Agricon and CPGL, and its shareholders, Global Green Capacity Limited, and Invest in Ghana Co Limited, entered into a share exchange agreement pursuant to which Agricon agreed to issue an aggregate of 12,000,000 shares of common stock to CPGL stockholders and designees.  In return, Agricon acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of CPGL stock (the “Share Exchange and Purchase Agreement”).  As a result, CPGL became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agricon.   The Share Exchange resulted in a change in control of the Company.  CPGL is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agricon and the former CPGL stockholders and designees now own in the aggregate 62% of the outstanding shares of common stock.  In conjunction with the share exchange the Company also changed its name to Agricon Global Corporation.
 
 
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Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence

During fiscal 2012 and 2013 we did not engage in any transaction with any related person as defined by Rule 404 (Instructions to Item 404(a)) that exceeded the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of our average total assets at June 30, 2012 in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than those set forth above under Transactions With Related Persons.

Director Independence

The board of directors has determined that James Jensen, Rene Mikkelsen, and Soren Jonassen are “independent directors” as that term is defined in the listing standards of the NYSE Amex.  Such independence definition includes a series of objective tests, including that the director is not an employee of the company and has not engaged in various types of business dealings with the company.  In addition, as further required by the NYSE Amex listing standards, the board of directors has made a subjective determination as to each independent director that no relationships exist which, in the opinion of the board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

Item 14.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services

EKS&H LLLP (“EKS&H”) served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.  Principal accounting fees for professional services rendered for us by EKS&H for the twelve months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, are summarized as follows:

   
2013
   
2012
 
Audit
  $ 33,750     $ 41,800  
Tax
  $ 12,565     $ 5,300  
Consultation
  $ 3,000     $ 4,000  
Total
  $ 49,315     $ 51,100  

Audit Fees.  Audit fees were for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of the financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K and review of the financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and for services normally provided by our independent registered public accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

Tax Fees.  Tax fees consist of fees rendered for services on tax compliance matters, including tax return preparation, claims for refund and assistance with tax audits of previously filed tax returns, tax consulting and advisory services consisting primarily of tax advice rendered by EKS&H in connection with the formulation of our tax strategy and assistance in minimizing custom, duty and import taxes.

Consultation.  Consultation services were rendered as requested for items and activities relating to options and acquisition activities the Company was contemplating.
 
Board of Directors Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures.  All audit, audit-related, tax, and any other services performed for us by our independent registered public accounting firm are subject to pre-approval by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors and were pre-approved by the Audit Committee prior to such services being rendered. Our Audit Committee determined that the services provided by, and fees paid to, EKS&H were compatible with maintaining the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence.
 
 
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Shareholder ratification of the selection of EKS&H as our independent registered public accounting firm is not required by our Bylaws or otherwise. However, the Audit Committee intends to submit the selection of EKS&H to our shareholders for ratification at our upcoming annual meeting of shareholders as a matter of good corporate governance. If our shareholders fail to ratify the selection, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether or not to retain that firm. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may direct the appointment of a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time if the Audit Committee determines that such a change would be in the best interests of Agricon and our shareholders.
 
 
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Part IV

 

 
EXHIBIT NODESCRIPTION AND METHOD OF FILING
   
   
Exhibit No.
 
2.1
 
 
 
3.1
 
 
3.2
 
 
3.3
 
 
10.1
 
 
10.2
 
 
10.3
 
 
10.4
 
 
 
10.5
 
 
10.6
 
 
 
10.7
 
 
10.8
 
 
 
10.9
 
 
 
10.10
 
 
10.11
 
 
10.12
 
 
10.13
 
 
10.14
 
 
10.15
 
 
10.16
 
 
10.17
 
 
 
10.18
 
 
 
10.19
 
 
10.20
 
 
10.21
 
 
10.22
 
 
 
10.23
 
 
 
10.24
 
 
 
10.25
 
 
 
10.26
 
 
 
10.27
 
 
 
10.28
 
 
 
10.29
 
 
10.30
 
 
 
10.31
 
 
10.32
 
 
10.33
 
 
10.34
 
10.35
 
 
10.36
 
 
10.37
 
 
10.38
 
 
10.39
 
 
10.40
 
 
14.1
 
 
21.1
 
31.1
 
31.2
 
32.1
 
32.2
 
99.1
 
 
99.2
Description
 
Share Exchange and Purchase Agreement by and Among Agricon Global Corporation and Canola Property Ghana Limited and its
Principal Shareholders: Invest in Ghana Co. Limited, and Global Green Capacity Limited, dated March 30, 2012 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Form 8K filed on April 5, 2012).
 
Certificate of Incorporation of BayHill Capital Corporation, dated April 24, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to Form
8-K filed on April 30, 2008).
 
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation Registrant, filed on March 19, 2012. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.3 to Form 8-K filed on April 5, 2012).
 
Bylaws of BayHill Capital Corporation, as adopted on May 12, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 10-KSB filed
on May 14, 2008).
 
Purchase Agreement among Cognigen Networks, Inc., Stanford Financial Group Company, Inc. and Stanford Venture Capital
Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to Form 8-K filed on November 4, 2002).
 
Form of Option to Purchase Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Form 10-KSB for the year ended June 30,
2000).
 
2001 Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended
March 31, 2001).
 
Stock Redemption Agreement dated November 30, 2001 between Cognigen Networks, Inc., the Anderson Family Trust, Cantara
Communications Corporation, Kevin E. Anderson Consulting, Inc. (without Exhibits A and B) (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on December 20, 2001).
 
Transitional Supplemental Consulting Engagement letter dated July 11, 2002, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Kevin E.
Anderson Consulting, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Form 10-KSB for the year ended June 30, 2002).
 
Consultancy Engagement Agreement dated September 9, 2002, by and between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Combined
Telecommunications Consultancy, Ltd and letter dated September 9, 2003 extending the Consulting Engagement Agreement
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Form 10-KSB/A for the year ended June 30, 2003.)
 
Modified Supplemental Consulting Engagement letter dated March 4, 2003 between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Kevin
Anderson (incorporated by reference to Form 10- KSB/A for the year ended June 30, 2003).
 
Extension of Modified Supplemental Consulting Engagement Agreement dated February 9, 2004 between Cognigen
Networks, Inc. and Kevin Anderson Consulting, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Form 10-QSB for the
Quarter ended December 31, 2003).  
 
Amendment dated September 9, 2004, to Consulting Engagement Agreement between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and
Combined Telecommunications Consultancy, Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to our Form 10-KSB for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004).
 
Accounts Receivable Purchase Agreement dated December 26, 2003, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Silicon Valley
Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Form 10- KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004).
 
Accounts Receivable Purchase Modification Agreement dated November 24, 2004 between Cognigen Networks, Inc.
and Silicon Valley Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on December 10, 2004).
 
Letter Agreement with Segal & Co. Incorporated dated February 28, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2005).
 
An Agreement Granting a First Right of Refusal to Purchase Enterprise Assets (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K
filed on June 23, 2005).
 
Agreement dated November 22, 2005, between the BayHill Group LC and Cognigen Networks, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on November 25, 2005).
 
Agreement dated December 9, 2005, among Cognigen Networks, Inc., the Andersen Family Trust No. 1 and Cantara
Communications corporation (incorporated by reference to reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on December 15, 2005).
 
Email dated April 21, 2006, terminating the BayHill Group, LC Agreement dated November 22, 2005 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed on May 15, 2006).
 
Amendment #1, dated March 14, 2006, to Agreement Dated December 9, 2005, among Cognigen Networks, Inc., the
Andersen Family Trust No. 1 and Cantara Communications Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form
8-K filed on May 15, 2006).
 
Amendment #2, dated May 12, 2006, to Agreement Dated December 9, 2005, among Cognigen Networks, Inc., the Andersen
Family Trust No. 1 and Cantara Communications Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on May 15, 2006).
 
Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated July 7, 2006, among Cognigen Networks, Inc., Anza Borrego Partners, Inc., and
Cognigen Business Systems, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on July 17, 2006).
 
Termination Agreement, dated September 8, 2006, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Custom Switching Technologies,
Inc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on September 11, 2006).
 
Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release, dated September 8, 2006, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Custom Switching
Technologies, Inc (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed on September 11, 2006).
 
Loan and Security Agreement Number 1601, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and VenCore Solutions, LLC, including Warrant
Purchase Agreements dated October 10, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to Form 10-KSB for the year ended June
30, 2006 filed on October 13, 2006).
 
Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 13, 2006, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Acceris Management and Acquisition
LLC, including Management Services Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Form 10-KSB for the year ended
June 30, 2006 filed on October 13, 2006).
 
Amendment #3, dated October 13, 2006, to Agreement dated December 9, 2005 between Cognigen Networks, Inc., the Anderson
Family Trust No. 1 and Cantara Communications Corporation, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Form 10-KSB for the
year ended June 30, 2006 filed on October 13, 2006).
 
Secured Subordinated Promissory Note for $100,000 dated June 15, 2007, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and BayHill Capital, LC,
including Security Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Form 10-KSB for the year ended June 30, 2007, filed on
October 15, 2007).
 
Secured Subordinated Promissory Note for $150,000 dated June 28, 2007, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and BayHill Capital, LC,
including First Amendment to Security Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Form 10-KSB for the year ended
June 30, 2007, filed on October 15, 2007).
 
Secured Subordinated Promissory Note for $30,000 dated June 15, 2007, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and BayHill Capital, LC,
including Second Amendment to Security Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Form 10-KSB for the year
ended June 30, 2007, filed on October 15, 2007).
 
Agreement dated September 14, 2007 for the purchase of 100% ownership on Cognigen Business Systems, Inc. by Carl Silva and
Anza Borrego Partners, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Form 10-KSB for the year ended June 30, 2007, filed on
 October 15, 2007).
 
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Silicon Valley Bank, dated April 23,
2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Form 8-K filed October 23, 2007).
 
Secured Subordinated Promissory Note for $150,000, dated November 5, 2007, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and BayHill
Capital, LC, including Third Amendment to Security Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Form 8-K filed
November 8, 2007).
 
Asset Purchase and Reorganization Agreement, dated November 30, 2007, between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Commission
River (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 of Form 8-K filed February 14, 2008).
 
Employment Agreement dated November 30, 2007 between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Adam Edwards (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.30 of Form 8-K filed February 14, 2008).
 
Employment Agreement dated November 30, 2007 between Cognigen Networks, Inc. and Patrick Oborn (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.31 of Form 8-K filed February 14, 2008).
 
Cognigen Networks, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Form 8-K filed April 30, 2008).
 
Press Release announcing the nonbinding letters of intent to acquire oil and gas properties, dated June 9, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Form 8-K filed June 9, 2009).
 
Documentation for the Sale of the Company’s subsidiary, Commission River Corporation dated August 30, 2010 (incorporate by
reference to 99.1 of Form 8k filed on September 2, 2012).
 
Press release announcing the nonbinding letter of intent with ABC, dated July 16, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1
of Form 8-K filed July 19, 2010).
 
Press release announcing expiration of the ABC letter of intent, dated September 2, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1
of Form 8-K filed September 2, 2010.
 
Press release announcing the nonbinding letter of intent with Proteus Energy, Inc., dated March 1, 2011 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 99.1 of Form 8-K filed March 3, 2011).
 
Confidential Mutual General Release and Separation Agreement between Agricon Global Corporation and Peter Brinker
Moeller, dated March 30, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Exhibit 8-K filed April 5, 2012).
 
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, adopted May 12, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to Form 10-K for the
year ended June 30, 2008, filed on September 12, 2008).
 
Subsidiaries*
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer dated August 31,2012*
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer dated August 31,2012*
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer dated August 31,2012*
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer dated August 31,2012*
 
Audit report from EKSH and audited financial statements of CPGL as of December 31, 2011 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1 of Form 8-K filed April 5, 2012.
 
Unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information regarding Agricon and CPGL (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.13 to
Form 8-K filed April 5, 2012).
 
*Filed herewith
 
 
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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.
 
Date:    October 14, 2013
Agricon Global Corporation, a Delaware corporation
 
/S/ Allan Kronborg
 
Allan Kronborg, Chief Executive Officer & Director
   
Date:    October 14, 2013
Agricon Global Corporation, a Delaware corporation
  /S/ Robert K. Bench
 
Robert K. Bench, President, Chief Financial Officer & Director
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report on has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.
 
     
Date:
October 14, 2013
/S/   Allan Kronborg
   
   
Allan Kronborg
Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
     
   
Date:
October 14, 2013
/S/   Robert K. Bench
   
   
Robert K. Bench
President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
 
     
           
Date:
October 14, 2013
/S/   James U. Jensen
   
   
James U. Jensen, Director
 
 
     
Date:
October 14, 2013
/S/   Soren Jonassen
   
   
Soren Jonassen, Director
 
 
     
Date:
October 14, 2013
/S/   Peter Opata
   
   
Peter Opata, Director
 
     
           
Date:
October 14, 2013
/S/   Rene Mikkelsen
   
   
Rene Mikkelsen, Director
     
             
 
 
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