Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Reverse Merger Transaction and Accounting

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Reverse Merger Transaction and Accounting
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements  
NOTE 1 - Reverse Merger Transaction and Accounting

Reverse Merger Transaction

 

 Mobivity Holdings Corp.  (the “Company”) was incorporated as Ares Ventures Corporation in Nevada in 2008.  On November 2, 2010, the Company acquired CommerceTel, Inc., which was wholly-owned by CommerceTel Canada Corporation (“CTel Canada” or “our former parent”), in a reverse merger, or the “Merger”. Pursuant to the Merger, all of the issued and outstanding shares of CommerceTel, Inc. common stock were converted, at an exchange ratio of 0.7268-for-1, into an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, and CommerceTel, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In connection with the Merger, the Company changed its corporate name to CommerceTel Corporation on October 5, 2010. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, common share and weighted average common share basic and diluted information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the exchange ratio in the Merger.  In connection with the Company’s acquisition of assets from Mobivity, LLC (See note 3 below), and the Company changed its corporate name to Mobivity Holdings Corp. and its operating company (CommerceTel, Inc) to Mobivity, Inc, on August 23, 2012.

 

Reverse Merger Accounting

 

Immediately following the consummation of the Merger, the: (i) former security holders of Mobivity, Inc. common stock had an approximate 56% voting interest in the Company and the Company stockholders retained an approximate 44% voting interest, (ii) former executive management team of Mobivity, Inc. remained as the only continuing executive management team for the Company, and (iii) Company’s ongoing operations consist solely of the ongoing operations of Mobivity, Inc.  Based primarily on these factors, the Merger was accounted for as a reverse merger and a recapitalization in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, or “GAAP”.  As a result, these condensed financial statements reflect the: (i) historical results of Mobivity, Inc. prior to the Merger, (ii) combined results of the Company following the Merger, and (iii) acquired assets and liabilities at their historical cost. In connection with the Merger, the Company received net assets of $16,496.

 

On December 7, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Company resolved to change the Company’s fiscal year end from September 30 to December 31, effective immediately, to coincide with the fiscal year end of its wholly owned subsidiary Mobivity, Inc.