15. Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

The Company leases office and laboratory space in Bothell, Washington and Tucker, Georgia, under operating leases that expire in January 2019 and June 2017, respectively. Future minimum lease payments, by year and in aggregate, are as follows:

The minimum lease payments above do not include common area maintenance (CAM) charges, which are contractual obligations under some of the Company’s operating leases, but are not fixed and can fluctuate from year to year.

The minimum lease payments above include the amounts that would be paid if the Company maintains its Bothell lease for the five-year term. The Company has the right to terminate this lease after three years, by giving prior notice at least 180 days prior to such early termination date and by paying a termination fee equal to the sum of three months’ rent plus the unamortized balance of the sum of (a) all brokerage commissions paid by the landlord of the property in connection with the lease and (b) the abated free base rent related to the five months of the lease, treating items (a) and (b) as being amortized on a level basis over the five year base term of the lease.

The offices and laboratory space in Tucker, Georgia are leased from a limited liability company owned by one of Cocrystal’s Directors, Dr. Raymond Schinazi.

Rent expense for 2016, 2015, and 2014, totaled $345,000, $375,000 and $295,000, respectively.

Contingencies

From time to time, the Company is a party to, or otherwise involved in, legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. As of the date of this report, except as described below, the Company is not aware of any proceedings, threatened or pending, against it which, if determined adversely, would have a material effect on its business, results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

In October 2013, Plaintiff Shefa LMV, LLC (“Plaintiff”) filed a First Amended Complaint (“Complaint”) in Los Angeles Superior Court for civil penalties and injunctive relief against numerous retailers and manufacturers of products, and alleged violations of California Health & Safety Code Sec. 25249.6 (part of the “Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act”) and California Business & Professional Code Sec. 17200, et seq. (California’s “Unfair Competition Law”). On October 17, 2014, Plaintiff filed an amendment to the Complaint, adding the Company’s subsidiary Biozone Laboratories, Inc. a California corporation, as Doe Defendant No. 9. An oral agreement between counsel for the Company and for Plaintiff has resulted in preparation of a Proposed Consent Judgment as to Biozone Laboratories, Inc. If fully executed and approved by the court, the Company will pay $7,500 in exchange for the release and discharge by the settling plaintiff only, with the Company presently expecting no further proceedings.

In October 2015, Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. received a subpoena from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking the production of documents. The Company is fully cooperating with the inquiry. The Company cannot predict or determine whether any proceeding may be instituted in connection with the subpoena or the outcome of any proceeding that may be instituted.