UPDATE: CannaVest Reports Filing of Restated Financial Statements

CannaVest Corp. - ("CannaVest" or "the Company")

today announced that it has filed restated financial statements and accompanying management's discussion and analysis for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2013.  CannaVest Corp - The World's Leading Industrial Hemp Supplier. As indicated in the Company's Form 10-K filed on March 28, 2014, the restatements were determined to be necessary as a result of the audit of the December 31, 2013 financial statements and following consultation with the Company's external auditors.  The purpose of the restatement is to address the following items, which the Company has identified as requiring correction: Recognition of revenue The financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 reflected revenue and accounts receivable of $192,625 and cost of goods sold of $296,050 that should not have been recognized.  Revenues and accounts receivable in the amount of $192,625 related to the sales value of inventory that was transferred to a manufacturer for inclusion in finished goods and an error in calculating the price of the ending inventory as of the end of the period. The amount of $39,865 was related to the cost of inventory sent for manufacturing being included in cost of goods sold and $256,185 related to errors related to calculating ending inventory. Prepaid inventory A portion of the prepaid inventory purchased as part of the Company's acquisition of assets from PhytoSPHERE Systems, LLC ("PhytoSPHERE") was not included in the financial statements as of March 31, 2013.  The resulting understatement of prepaid inventory was $1,260,510. Inventory Inventory as originally reported in the financial statements ended March 31, 2013, was understated by $125,027.  This was a result of an overstatement of cost of goods sold in the amount of $296,050, offset by an adjustment for the value of inventory acquired from PhytoSPHERE in the amount of $171,023.  Value of intangible assets Intangible assets as presented in the financial statements as of March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2013 were in error.  As determined by the valuation of the assets purchased from PhytoSPHERE, intangible assets totaled $4,110,000. Net intangible assets previously reported at March 31, 2013 were $33,656,833, which represents an overstatement of $29,683,833.  Net intangible assets previously reported at June 30, 2013 were $4,995,895, which represents an overstatement of $1,228,395 and net intangible assets previously reported at September 30, 2013 were $4,466,666, resulting in an overstatement of $904,666. Goodwill As determined by the valuation of assets purchased from PhytoSPHERE, the value of goodwill was $1,855,512.  The Company did not report any goodwill as of March 31, 2013, which resulted in an understatement of $1,855,512.  At June 30, 2013, the Company reported goodwill in the amount of $26,998,125, resulting in an overstatement of goodwill of $25,142,613.  At September 30, 2013, the Company recorded impairment of goodwill in the amount of $26,998,125, resulting in a carrying value of $0.  This resulted in an understatement of goodwill in the amount of $1,855,512. Amount due to PhytoSPHERE Systems; Additional paid in capital The amount due to PhytoSPHERE was originally reported as $35 million, pursuant to the terms of the agreement.  Shares to be issued as payment under the transaction were at a set per share price between $4.50 and $6.00.  Subsequently, a valuation determined the price of the transaction to be $8,020,000, which resulted in a per share price of $1.21 per sharebased on the valuation obtained.  Therefore, for the Company's financial reports, the amount due to PhytoSPHERE was adjusted to $8,020,000 and the shares issued as payment pursuant to the transaction were adjusted to $1.21 per share.  This resulted in an overstatement of the amount due PhytoSPHERE and paid-in capital of $23,572,360 and $3,407,640, respectively at March 31, 2013; $18,786,094 and $8,193,906, respectively at June 30, 2013; and $5,185,120 and $21,794,880, respectively at September 30, 2013. Amortization expense The restatement of the value of intangible assets has resulted in the overstatement of amortization expense for the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2013 in the amount of $241,167, $367,825 and $323,730, respectively.  The overstatement of amortization expense was $608,992 for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and $932,722 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Impairment of goodwill The Company originally reported $26,998,125 as an impairment to goodwill for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.  The Company did not record an impairment to goodwill in its restated financial statements.  This resulted in an overstatement of operating expenses of $26,998,125 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013. Research & development expenses For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Company included $137,496 in research and development expenses as a part of general and administrative expenses.  This amount has been reported as research and development expenses in the restated financial statements.

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