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CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Change In Ownership |
CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP | On December 16, 2016, pursuant to the terms of an Acquisition Agreement, dated September 1, 2016, as amended (the “Acquisition Agreement”) by and among Financial, Kennedy Cabot Acquisition, LLC (“KCA”), a Nevada limited liability company, and the Estate of Muriel F. Siebert (the “Majority Shareholder”), KCA acquired 677,283 shares of Common Stock in a cash tender offer and 19,310,000 shares owned by the Majority Shareholder (the “Acquisition”). As a result of the Acquisition, effective December 16, 2016, KCA became the owner of approximately 90% of Financials outstanding Common Stock. Pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, prior to the closing of the transaction, (1) the Company paid a cash dividend of approximately $.20 per share aggregating to $4,494,000 and (2) the Majority Shareholder was assigned the Company’s right to receive a deferred purchase price payment of $2,507,265 in connection with the Company’s disposition of its capital markets business in 2014 and the $4,000,000 secured junior promissory note issued to the Company in connection with disposition of its minority interest in a former affiliate in 2015 (together tine “Transferred Receivable and Note”). The Majority Shareholder paid into the Company $610,262 for the Transferred Receivable and Note representing 10% of the projected fair value of these assets as of the projected date of the closing (which percentage corresponds to the percentage of the Company’s outstanding stock owned by the Minority Shareholders). The carrying value of the transferred receivable ($1,806,000) and the Note ($4,368,000) immediately prior to the transfer to the majority stockholder, which approximates fair value, has been recorded as a dividend and the $610,262 paid by the majority stockholder has been recorded as a capital contribution in the accompanying financial statements. Additionally, the Estate of Muriel F. Siebert paid $2,206,000 of professional fees, severance and other Company expenses in connection with the Acquisition which were recorded as capital contribution in the accompanying financial statements.

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