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The Delaware Court of Chancery awarded to PharmAthene an equitable payment stream or equitable lien consisting of fify percent of the net profits that the Company achieves from sales of ST-246 after the Company secures $40 million in net profits, for ten years following the first commercial sale.

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The Delaware Court of Chancery awarded PharmAthene one-third of its reasonable attorneys' fees and expert witness expenses.

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Payment to post collateral for surety bond.

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The carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the combined total of loss contingency liabilities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 450

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 5

-Paragraph 9, 10, 11, 12

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.