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Merger
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Merger

4. Merger

On June 15, 2020, the Company completed the Merger (see Note 1). The Merger was accounted for as a reverse asset acquisition as Tocagen did not meet the definition of a business pursuant to Topic 805, Business Combinations, as Tocagen did not have the ability to create output, and substantially all of its fair value was concentrated in cash and in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) assets. Forte Subsidiary is deemed to be the acquirer for accounting purposes because immediately following the merger: (i) Forte Subsidiary stockholders owned a substantial majority of the voting rights of the combined company; (ii) Forte Subsidiary designated a majority of the initial members of the board of directors of the combined company; and (iii) Forte Subsidiary’s senior management held all key positions of the combined company and no employees were retained from Tocagen. Accordingly, for accounting purposes: (i) the Merger has been treated as the equivalent of Forte Subsidiary issuing stock to acquire the net assets of Tocagen, (ii) the transaction price has been allocated over the acquired Tocagen net assets based upon their relative fair value at the time of closing, (iii) the reported historical operating results of the combined company prior to the Merger are those of Forte Subsidiary, and (iv) for periods prior to the transaction, shareholders’ authorized capital of the combined company is presented using the historical authorized capital of Tocagen.

The following summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets and liabilities acquired on June 15, 2020, the date of the Merger (in thousands):

 

Cash

 

$

2,997

 

Restricted cash

 

586

 

Prepaid and other assets

 

 

1,257

 

In-process research and development

 

 

32,057

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses assumed

 

 

(3,916

)

Purchase price

 

$

32,981

 

 

The estimated fair value of total consideration given was $33.0 million based on 1,594,670 shares of Tocagen common stock, 61,406 vested restricted stock awards and in-the-money options to purchase 26,968 shares of common stock of Tocagen outstanding immediately prior to the Merger date, multiplied by the Tocagen closing stock price of $18.90 on the date of the Merger, and transaction costs of approximately $1.2 million. The fair value of the IPR&D assets is expensed as a charge in the condensed consolidated statements of operations on the Merger date of June 15, 2020 as there was no alternative use to these assets.