Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock-based compensation

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Stock-based compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements  
Stock-based compensation

As of December 31, 2013, Cocrystal Discovery had 288,000 stock options outstanding.  As a result of the merger between Cocrystal Discovery and Biozone, these options were converted into 4,402,890 stock options in Biozone based on the exchange ratio of 15.28784681 to one.  No additional options were granted in the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

 

The Company recorded approximately $6,000 and $25,000 of stock-based compensation related to employee and non-employee stock options for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. As of September 30, 2014, there was $26,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding options that is expected to be recognized as a component of the Company’s operating expenses over a weighted average period of 1.9 years.

 

As of September 30, 2014, an aggregate of 53,599,046 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2007 Incentive Plan, including 3,057,564 shares subject to outstanding common stock options granted under the plan and 49,454,401 shares available for future grants. The administrator of the plan determines the times when an option may become exercisable at the time of grant. Vesting periods of options granted to date have not exceeded four years.  The options generally will expire, unless previously exercised, no later than ten years from the grant date. The company is using unissued shares for all shares issued for options and restricted share awards.

 

The following schedule presents activity in the Company’s outstanding stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2014:

 

   

Total number

of shares

    Weighted Average Exercise Price     Aggregate Intrinsic Value  
Outstanding options at January 1, 2014     4,402,890     $ 0.11     $ 1,113,931  
Granted     -       -       -  
Exercised     (1,087,081 )     0.11       (273,944 )
Cancelled     (258,245 )     0.11       (64,561 )
Outstanding at September 30, 2014     3,057,564     $ 0.11     $ 764,391  
                         
Options exercisable at September 30, 2014     2,831,058     $ 0.10     $ 736,075  

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding and exercisable options at September 30, 2014 was calculated based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board and the OTCQx markets on September 30, 2014 of $0.36 per share less the exercise price of the options. The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated based on the positive difference between the closing fair market value of the Company’s common stock and the exercise price of the underlying options.