COBEC0046S EXEC CICS statement must be in PROCEDURE DIVISION

Your source code contains an EXEC CICS statement before the PROCEDURE DIVISION header was found.
System Action:
The EXEC statement is treated as comments, a SEVERE error is raised, and processing continues with the word following the END-EXEC.
Resolution:
Correct the placement of the EXEC CICS statement within the source program.
Module:
cicsprep (dfhxc2pp)
Destination:
Source Listing, .TRL file, STDOUT