When Deloitte officials learned of the press release, they demanded a meeting with Livent’s board of directors. At this meeting Deloitte threatened to resign. After considerable discussion, Livent’s board and the Deloitte representatives reached a compromise. According to a subsequent legal transcript, the board agreed to reverse the journal entry for the $7.4 million transaction in the second quarter, recording it instead during the third quarter. The board also agreed to issue an amended earnings release for the second quarter. In exchange for these concessions, Deloitte officials purportedly agreed to allow Livent to reverse certain accrued liabilities that had been recorded at the end of the second quarter. The reversal of those accrued liabilities and the corresponding expenses reduced by approximately 20 percent the profit correction reported by Livent in the amended earnings press release for the second quarter.