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Acquisition and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Acquisition and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)  
Acquisition and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)

3. Acquisition and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

 

On July 14, 2008, Pawfect acquired 100% of the common stock of Synergy-DE from Callisto and certain other holders of Synergy-DE shares, in exchange for 22,732,380 unregistered shares of Pawfect’s common stock. This represented approximately 70% of Pawfect’s outstanding common stock after giving effect to (i) a 37.845338 for one stock split, (ii) cancellation of 74,990,604 of 75,690,603 unregistered shares owned by Pawfect’s principal stockholder and (iii) a $3,000,000 private placement of 2,500,000 unregistered shares of Pawfect’s common stock to private investors. Fees and expenses directly related to the closing of this private placement totaled $73,088, yielding net proceeds of $2,926,912. The stock split and change in par value, from $0.001 to $0.0001, resulted in the restatement of all historical common stock and additional paid-in capital amounts presented in the accompanying financial statements.

 

These transactions were completed under the terms of an Exchange Agreement dated as of July 11, 2008, as amended and effective on July 14, 2008 among Pawfect, Callisto, Synergy-DE, and certain other holders of Synergy-DE common stock. Callisto received 22,295,000 of the 22,732,380 shares of Pawfect’s common stock exchanged for ownership of Synergy-DE, and Callisto which represented 68% of Pawfect’s outstanding common stock. See Note 4, Accounting for Share-Based Payments below for shares issued to other holders.

 

The Exchange Transaction was treated as an asset acquisition by Pawfect for accounting purposes. Under this method of accounting, Pawfect is treated as the acquiring entity, issuing stock for the assets and liabilities of Synergy-DE. The assets and liabilities of Synergy-DE, primarily cash and accounts payable, were stated at their fair value. Net liabilities acquired totaled $877,646. The fair value of the 22,727,380 shares issued in connection with the Exchange Transaction, totaled $27,278,856 on July 14, 2008, based on a per share value of $1.20, which was the per share price the Company’s 2,500,000 common shares sold for in a private placement on that date. The total consideration of $28,156,502 was allocated in full to the Synergy research and development projects which had not yet reached technological feasibility and, having no alternative use, this amount was charged to purchased in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) expense as of the date of the Exchange Transaction.

 

In addition to purchased IPR&D, the Company retained four full time employees and acquired a patent related to the technologies acquired. There were no other intangible assets acquired which required allocation of the purchase price. The Company did not assign a value to the acquired employees as all continuing research and development is being performed under the supervision of other Company employees, nor the patent since the technology is still in an early stage. Therefore, the full purchase price accordingly allocated to purchased in-process research and development and there was no value assigned to goodwill. The value of the IPR&D was based on the fair value of the consideration given which was the value most reliably measurable. Net liabilities assumed in excess of Synergy-DE assets acquired in connection with the Exchange Transaction on July 14, 2008 were as follows:

 

Assets

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

194,674

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets acquired

 

194,674

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

(722,320

)

Due to Callisto

 

(350,000

)

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities assumed

 

(1,072,320

)

Net liabilities assumed in excess of assets acquired

 

(877,646

)

Fair value of shares issued to Synergy-DE shareholders

 

(27,278,856

)

 

 

 

 

Total consideration paid by Pawfect to acquire Synergy-DE

 

$

(28,156,502

)

 

On July 14, 2008, Synergy discontinued its pet food business and exclusively focused on continuing the development of drugs to treat GI disorders and diseases acquired in connection with the Exchange Transaction.

 

On July 21, 2008, Pawfect amended its articles of incorporation in the State of Florida to effect the actions necessary to complete the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Transaction, including: (i) an increase in the authorized number of common shares from 25,000,000 to 75,000,000 (ii) authorized 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock (iii) changed the common stock par value per share from $0.001 to $0.0001and (iv) changed its name to Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2009 Synergy sold 11,407,213 shares of unregistered common stock at $1.40 per share to private investors, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, for aggregate proceeds of $15,970,100. There were no warrants issued in connection with these transactions. Synergy incurred $260,002 in fees to selling agents and attorneys in connection with these transactions. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement the investors agreed to be subject to a lock-up until August 15, 2010 and Synergy agreed to price protection for the investors in the event of subsequent sales of equity securities as defined, until February 15, 2011. In accordance with the guidance contained in ASC Topic 815-40, the Company has determined that the price protection provisions are embedded derivatives that require bifurcation and recognition at fair value in the Company’s financial statements. The Company has determined that the fair value of the derivatives is de minimus.

 

On November 20, 2009, the number of common shares authorized increased from 75,000,000 to 100,000,000.

 

On June 30, 2010, Synergy entered into securities purchase agreements to sell securities to non-U.S. investors and raised gross proceeds of approximately $2,754,000 in a registered direct offering. Synergy sold 324,000 units at $8.50 per share to investors. Each unit consists of one share of Synergy’s common stock and one warrant to purchase one additional share of Synergy’s common stock. The warrants expire after five years and are exercisable at $9.00 per share. The offering was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the base prospectus effective December 10, 2009), as supplemented by a prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2010. As of June 30, 2010, Synergy had received proceeds of $255,000, less legal fees of $25,000 associated with this offering. The remaining $2,499,000 was held in escrow and received by Synergy on July 2 and July 8, 2010. In July 2010, the Company paid an aggregate $261,630 to selling agents in connection with this placement.

 

On August 16, 2010, Synergy entered into a securities purchase agreement with an accredited investor to sell securities and raise gross proceeds of $400,000 in a private placement. The Company sold 49,383 units to the investor with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and one warrant to purchase one additional share of the Company’s common stock. The purchase price paid by the investor was $8.10 for each unit. The warrants expire after five years and are exercisable at $8.50 per share. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy has determined that the warrants issued in connection with this Financing transaction must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance and marked to market on a quarterly basis.

 

On July 13, 2010 and October 12, 2010 Synergy issued 670,933 shares of its common stock as consideration for an agreement by certain holders of the Company’s common stock to extend their lock-up of such shares from August 15, 2010 to January 15, 2011 or enter into a lock-up agreement until such date, as the case may be. This issuance was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on June 22, 2010 and represents 5% of the shares of previously issued common stock currently subject to a lock-up agreement or being requested to lock-up, as the case maybe. The fair value of the common stock issued to accomplish this lock-up extension totaled $3,235,040, based on the estimated fair value of the shares issued in connection with the June 30, 2010 and October 6, 2010 registered direct offerings. The par value of these shares was charged to additional paid in capital as a cost of facilitating the June 30, 2010 registered direct offering.

 

On October 1, 2010 the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with an investor and raised gross proceeds of $2,500,000 in a registered direct offering. The Company paid a fee of $50,000 to a non-U.S. selling agent. The Company sold to the investor 500,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock. The common stock and warrants were sold in units consisting of one share of common stock and two-fifths of a warrant to purchase a share of common stock. The purchase price paid by the investor was $5.00 for each unit. The warrants expire after five years and each whole warrant has an exercise price of $5.50 per share. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy has determined that the warrants issued in connection with this Financing transaction must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance and marked to market on a quarterly basis.

 

On October 18, 2010 the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors and raised gross proceeds of $1,525,000 in a registered direct offering. The Company paid a fee of $91,000 to a non-U.S. selling agent. The Company sold 305,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 122,000 shares of common stock. The common stock and warrants were sold in units consisting of one share of common stock and two-fifths of a warrant to purchase a share of common stock. The purchase price paid by the investors was $5.00 for each unit. The warrants expire after five years and each whole warrant has an exercise price of $5.50 per share. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy has determined that the warrants issued in connection with this Financing transaction must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance and marked to market on a quarterly basis.

 

On March 4, 2011, Synergy closed a registered direct offering with a non-U.S. investor which raised gross proceeds of $1,800,000. Synergy issued to the investor 300,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 210,000 shares of common stock. The purchase price paid by the investor was $6.00 for each unit. The warrants expire after seven years and are exercisable at $6.20 per share. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy has determined that the warrants issued in connection with this Financing transaction must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance and marked to market on a quarterly basis.

 

From May 2 to May 23, 2011, Synergy entered into securities purchase agreements with certain investors to raise gross proceeds of $2,499,999 in a registered direct offering.  The Company issued to the investors 416,667 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 416,667 shares of common stock. The purchase price paid by the investors was $6.00 for each unit. The warrants expire after seven years, are exercisable at $4.25 per share and the exercise price is protected, in the event of subsequent equity sales at a lower price, for a period of two years from issuance.  Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy has determined that the warrants issued in connection with this Financing transaction must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance and marked to market on a quarterly basis.  These liabilities in the amount of $725,000 were reclassified on December 19, 2011 to additional paid in capital.

 

On June 3, 2011, a Synergy warrant holder exercised his warrants and purchased a total of 80,000 shares of common stock.  Synergy raised gross proceeds of $415,309 as a result of the warrant exercise.  The purchase price paid by the warrant holder was $5.00 for 49,383 shares and $5.50 for 30,617 shares. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, Synergy had determined that the warrants exercised in connection with this transaction were derivative liabilities when issued and the Company had been marking this liability to market at the end of each reporting period. Upon the exercise of these warrants the fair value of the related derivative liability totaling $486,328 was reclassified to Additional Paid in Capital.

 

From June 3 to June 15, 2011, Synergy entered into securities purchase agreements with certain investors to raise gross proceeds of $1,161,243 in a private placement.  The Company issued to the investors 193,541 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 193,541 shares of common stock. The purchase price paid by the investors was $6.00 for each unit. The warrants expire after seven years and are exercisable at $6.50 per share. In connection with this transaction Synergy entered into a registration rights agreement with each of the investors pursuant to which Synergy agreed to register the shares of common stock and shares of common stock underlying the warrants in a resale registration statement to be filed within 45 days after the final closing of the private placement.

 

Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, Synergy had determined that the warrants issued in connection with this private placement must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance and marked to market on a quarterly basis. On December 19, 2011Synergy filed a registration statement on Form S-3 covering the 193,541shares of common stock and the 193,541 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the above warrants. This registration removed the condition which required these warrants to be treated as derivative liabilities.  Accordingly, the fair value of these warrants of $315,901 on December 19, 2011 was reclassed from liability to additional paid in capital to equity.

 

On July 11, 2011, Synergy entered into a securities purchase agreement with an investor to raise gross proceeds of $242,750 in a private placement.  The Company issued to the investor 40,458 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 40,458 shares of common stock. The purchase price paid by the investors was $6.00 for each unit. The warrants expire after seven years and are exercisable at $6.50 per share. In connection with this transaction Synergy entered into a registration rights agreement with the investor pursuant to which Synergy agreed to register the shares of common stock and shares of common stock underlying the warrants in a resale registration statement to be filed within 45 days after the final closing of the private placement. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, Synergy has determined that the warrants issued in connection with this private placement must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance and marked to market on a quarterly basis. On December 19, 2011 Synergy filed a registration statement on Form S-3 covering the 40,458 shares of common stock and the 40,458 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the above warrants. This registration removed the condition which required these warrants to be treated as derivative liabilities.  Accordingly, the derivative liability associated with these warrants of $73,931 was reclassed from liability to additional paid in capital.

 

On July 28, 2011, Synergy entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors to raise gross proceeds of $2,336,472 in a registered direct offering.  The Company issued to the investors 333,782 shares of its common stock. The purchase price paid by the investors was $7.00 for each share of common stock and there were no warrants issued in connection with this transaction. On December 7, 2011 Synergy issued to these investors an additional 215,981 shares of common stock which make whole brought the purchase price per share paid by these investors to $4.25 per share.

 

On October 4, 2011, Synergy entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors for the sale of 552,647 units in a registered direct offering, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase 0.5 shares of common stock.  Our gross proceeds from the sale of the units were $2,348,723.  The purchase price paid by the investors was $4.25 per unit.  The warrants expire after five years and are exercisable at $5.50 per share. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy has determined that the warrants issued in connection with this Financing transaction must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance and marked to market on a quarterly basis.

 

The October 4, 2011 transaction pricing resulted in the exercise price of the 416,667 warrants issued during May 2011 (the “May Warrants”) to be reduced to $4.25 per share. No other outstanding warrants or common stock were affected by this subsequent equity sale at a lower price. The “price protection” rights attributable to the May Warrants remain in effect until the Company’s listing on NASDAQ, December 1, 2011. This exercise price reduction from $6.50 per share to $4.25 per share decreased the prospective exercise proceeds attributable to the May Warrants by $937,500.

 

On October 19, 2011, Synergy entered into securities purchase agreements with various investors for the sale of 136,912 units in a registered direct offering, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase 0.5 shares of common stock.  The gross proceeds from the sale of the Units were $581,876. The purchase price paid by the investors was $4.25 per Unit.  The Warrants expire after five years and are exercisable at $5.50 per share. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASCTopic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy has determined that the warrants issued in connection with this Financing transaction must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance and marked to market on a quarterly basis. Synergy was listed on NASDAQ on December 1, 2011. This listing removed the condition which required these warrants to be treated as derivative liabilities.

 

On October 28, 2011, we entered into securities purchase agreements with various investors for the sale of 117,647 units in a registered direct offering, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase 0.5 shares of common stock.  The gross proceeds to us from the sale of the Units were $500,000. The purchase price paid by the investors was $4.25 per Unit.  The Warrants expire after five years and are exercisable at $5.50 per share. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy has determined that the warrants issued in connection with this Financing transaction must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance due to price protection features and marked to market on a quarterly basis. Synergy was listed on NASDAQ on December 1, 2011. This listing removed the condition which required these warrants to be treated as derivative liabilities

 

The October warrants relating to the 2011 fundraising in the amount of $593,296 were reclassified from liabilities to additional paid in capital upon listing of the NASDAQ.

 

On November 14, 2011, Synergy entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain accredited investors for the sale of 1,328,941 units in a private placement and on December 1, 2011, Synergy issued 77,750 units to a selling agent related to November and December financing transactions. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of Synergy’s common stock. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy recorded the above warrants as derivative liabilities upon issuance and they were marked to market on a quarterly basis. The price protection clauses on 1,328,941warrants and 77,750 warrants expired on May 14, 2013 and June 1, 2013 respectively, which removed the condition requiring derivative liability accounting and resulted in a zero value ratchet.  Accordingly the warrants were marked to market through the expected expiration dates and the total fair value of approximately $3.6 million was reclassified from derivative liability - warrants to additional paid in capital upon the respective expiration dates.

 

On December 1, 2011, we entered into an underwriting agreement for the public offering and sale of 1,875,000 units, consisting of two shares of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock. On December 6, 2011 Synergy closed the offering at a price of $8.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $15,000,000.  Each warrant has an exercise price of $5.50 per share and will expire five years from the date of issuance.  Synergy also granted the Underwriters, under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, an option to purchase up to an additional 281,250 units to cover over-allotments.  On December 15, 2011 the over-allotment option was exercised for additional gross proceeds of $2,250,000.  Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy has determined that warrants issued in connection with this Financing transaction were not derivative liabilities.

 

On December 6, 2011, in connection with this underwritten financing, Synergy issued a total of 112,500 common stock purchase options to the underwriters and several principals of the firm. The Options expire three years from issuance and have an exercise price of $5.00 per share. Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” Synergy has determined that the warrants issued in connection with this Financing transaction were not derivative liabilities.

 

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, Synergy paid $2,148,383 in selling agent fees and legal expenses related to the above financing transactions and issued 9,025 warrants to a selling agent which expire after seven years and are exercisable at $6.50 per share, and 77,750 units consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock, which expire in five years, and are exercisable at $5.50 per share.  Based upon the Company’s analysis of the criteria contained in ASC Topic 815-40, Synergy has determined that 8,025 warrants issued to selling agents were equity instruments upon issuance and 78,750 warrants must be recorded as derivative liabilities upon issuance and marked to market on a quarterly basis.

 

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, Synergy issued a total of 79,000 shares of common stock in payment for legal, consulting and scientific advisory services rendered.  The fair value of these shares totaled $341,295 which amount has been reflected in our statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

On January 29, 2012 Synergy issued 26,272 unregistered shares of common stock to its corporate counsel for professional services rendered. The shares had a fair value on the date of issuance of $3.53 per share and $92,663 was recorded as legal expense during the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

On February 14, 2012, Synergy entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Agreement”) with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Synergy-DE”) for the purpose of changing the state of incorporation of the Company to Delaware from Florida. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company merged with and into Synergy-DE with Synergy-DE continuing as the surviving corporation.  The directors and officers in office of the Company upon the effective date of the merger shall be the directors and officers of Synergy-DE, all of whom shall hold their directorships and offices until the election and qualification of their respective successors or until their tenure is otherwise terminated in accordance with the by-laws of Synergy-DE.  The effective date of the merger was the date on which the Certificate of Merger is filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware and the Secretary of State of Florida.  The Certificate of Merger was filed with the Secretary of State of Florida on February 15, 2012 and with the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 16, 2012.

 

On May 9, 2012, Synergy closed an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of common stock at an offering price of $4.50 per share. The gross proceeds from this offering were $45 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses of $2,952,930. Synergy also granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock at an offering price of $4.50 per share to cover over-allotments, if any.  On June 6, 2012 the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option resulting in additional gross proceeds of $6,750,000, before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses of $405,000, bringing total gross proceeds from the offering to $51,750,000.

 

On June 21, 2012, Synergy entered into a controlled equity sales agreement with a placement agent (“Agent”) and agreed that Synergy may issue and sell through the Agent, up to $30,000,000 of common stock of the Company. From October 8, 2012 through December 31, 2012, Synergy sold 815,654 shares of common stock with gross proceeds of $4,111,802, at an average selling price of $5.04 per share. Selling agent fees totaled $123,385 on these sales. Synergy incurred $10,000 to attorneys’ fee in connection with this transaction.

 

On October 18, 2012 Synergy entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with a clinical trial contract research organization (or CRO) whereby the CRO would be compensated for services performed by issuance of shares of Synergy common stock. The agreed fair value of the work performed was $250,000, based on 55,000 shares at a price of $4.55 per share. The closing stock price for Synergy common stock on October 17, 2012 was $4.57 per share. Approximately 50% of the services were completed as of December 31, 2012 and Synergy accrued stock based compensation expense of $125,000 during the quarter ended December 31, 2012. The remaining balance of $125,000 was recorded as stock based compensation expense upon completion of the contract in January 2013 and Synergy issued 55,000 shares to the CRO during the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

 

On January 15, 2013, the number of authorized shares of common stock increased from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000.

 

On April 16, 2013, Synergy closed an underwritten public offering of 16,375,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $5.50 per share. The gross proceeds to the Company from this sale was approximately $90 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses of approximately $5.5 million paid by the Company

 

From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, Synergy sold 758,093 shares of common stock with gross proceeds of approximately $4.7 million, at an average selling price of $6.16 per share, pursuant to a controlled equity sales agreement with a placement agent. Selling expenses totaled approximately $0.1 million.

 

On January 28, 2014, our board of directors approved the distribution of 9,000,000 shares of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., our subsidiary (“ContraVir”), on the basis of 0.0986 shares of ContraVir common stock for each share of our common stock held on the record date, February 6, 2014 (the “Distribution”).

 

As a result of the Distribution, an adjustment was made to the exercise price of all outstanding warrants in accordance with their terms and accordingly the exercise price decreased approximately $0.011 per share on the record date. As of December 31, 2013 there were 5,647,203 warrants outstanding with a weighted average exercise price of $5.37 per share pre-Distribution and $5.359 per share as adjusted.

 

Synergy - Callisto Merger

 

On January 17, 2013, Synergy completed its acquisition of Callisto Pharmaceuticals, pursuant to the Merger Agreement.  As a result of the Merger, Synergy issued a total of 28,605,379 shares of its common stock to former Callisto stockholders in exchange for their shares of Callisto common stock, in which each outstanding share of Callisto common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.1799 of one share of Synergy common stock (the Exchange Ratio). The 22,294,976 shares of Synergy common stock held by Callisto were canceled. The 28,605,379 new shares of Synergy common stock issued to Callisto shareholders are locked-up for 24 months until January 17, 2014.

 

In addition, each stock option exercisable for shares of Callisto common stock that was outstanding on January 17, 2013 was assumed by Synergy and converted into a stock option to purchase the number of shares of Synergy’s common stock that the holder would have received if such holder had exercised such stock option for shares of Callisto common stock prior to the Merger and exchanged such shares for shares of the Company’s common stock in accordance with the Exchange Ratio. Synergy issued 1,221,316 stock options in connection with this exchange. In addition, each outstanding warrant or obligation to issue a warrant to purchase shares of Callisto common stock, whether or not vested, was cancelled.

 

As Callisto does not meet the input, process and output definition of a business under ASC 805, the merger was not accounted for as a business combination. The merger was accounted for as a recapitalization of Synergy, affected through exchange of Callisto shares for Synergy shares, and the cancellation of its shares held by Callisto. The excess of Synergy shares issued to Callisto shareholders over Synergy shares held by Callisto is the result of a discount associated with the restricted nature of the new Synergy shares received by Callisto shareholders. Therefore, considering this discount, the share exchange has been determined to be equal from a fair value standpoint. Upon the effective date of the Merger, Synergy accounted for the merger by assuming Callisto’s net liabilities, of approximately $1.3 million, with a corresponding decrease in additional paid in capital. Synergy’s financial statements will not be restated retroactively to reflect the historical financial position or results of operations of Callisto.

 

In addition, as of January 17, 2013, Synergy had advanced Callisto approximately $3.6 million, which was Callisto’s share of Synergy payments for common operating costs since July 2008. This balance was eliminated upon the recapitalization date, with a corresponding decrease in additional paid in capital.

 

Net liabilities of Callisto assumed and advances to Callisto eliminated in connection with this recapitalization were as follows:

 

 

 

Balance

 

($ in thousands)

 

January 17, 2013

 

Assets

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

 

Security deposits

 

74

 

Total assets acquired

 

74

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

(1,400

)

Net assumed liabilities

 

(1,326

)

Elimination of amounts due from Callisto

 

(3,578

)

Recapitalization of Synergy

 

$

(4,904

)