Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Marketable Securities

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Marketable Securities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Marketable Securities

5.           Marketable Securities

 

 As of December 31, 2014, the Company owned 260,000 shares of MusclePharm, Inc. (“MusclePharm”) common stock. The 260,000 shares were part of 600,000 shares originally issued to the Company related to the Company’s sale of assets to MusclePharm that were required to be held in escrow until October 2014 to satisfy any breaches of representations under the Biozone Merger Agreement.  The 600,000 shares received by the Company that were not required to be held in escrow were sold for $5,400,000 in June 2014.  On September 29, 2014, the Company signed a Memo of Understanding in which it agreed to release 90,000 shares of MusclePharm stock out of the original balance of 600,000 shares held in escrow in exchange for a release from all claims which MusclePharm had made concerning assets which it acquired in its purchase of assets from the Company in January 2014. The Company recognized a net loss on the return of these MusclePharm shares of $584,000 in the year ended December 31, 2014.  In October 2014, MusclePharm exercised its right to repurchase 250,000 shares of MusclePharm shares at $10.00 per share.   MusclePharm did not withdraw the portion of its claim that relates to the pending eviction proceedings (See note 15) and was to continue to hold in escrow 260,000 shares of its stock pending such time as MusclePharm and the Company can reach a mutually agreeable arrangement with respect to the MusclePharm lease. However, during the second quarter of 2015, the escrow agent released these shares held in escrow to MusclePharm without Cocrystal Pharma, Inc’s consent.  The Company recorded a $1,686,000 loss on this conversion but is vigorously seeking reimbursement from MusclePharm for the loss recognized on these shares.