Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock-based compensation

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Stock-based compensation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 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 six months ended June 30, 2014.

 

The Company recorded approximately $9,000 and $20,000 of stock-based compensation related to employee and non-employee stock options for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. As of June 30, 2014, there was $44,000 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 June 30, 2014, an aggregate of 53,599,046 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2007 Incentive Plan, including 3,848,393 shares subject to outstanding common stock options granted under the plan and 49,272,858 shares available for future grants. The administrator of the plan determines the times when an option may become exercisable. 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.

 

    Total number of shares     Weighted Average Exercise Price     Aggregate Intrinsic Value  
Outstanding options at January 1, 2014     4,402,890       0.11     $ 937,816  
Granted     -       -       -  
Exercised     (477,795 )     0.11       (101,293 )
Cancelled     (76,702 )     0.11       (16,107 )
Outstanding at June 30, 2014     3,848,393     $ 0.11     $ 808,163  
                         
Options exercisable at June 30, 2014     3,918,139     $ 0.10     $ 861,991  

The aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding and exercisable options at June 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 June 30, 2014 of $0.32 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.