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Synthetic Genomics Asset Acquisition
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Synthetic Genomics Asset Acquisition  
Synthetic Genomics Asset Acquisition

9. Synthetic Genomics Asset Acquisition

On February 28, 2018, C3J completed an acquisition of certain synthetic phage assets (the “synthetic phage assets”) from Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (“SGI”). On December 20, 2018, the synthetic phage assets purchase agreement was amended, such that the purchase consideration consisted of (i) closing consideration of $1.0 million paid on February 28, 2018, (ii) cash payments of $1.0 million on January 31, 2019, $1.0 million on January 31, 2020, and $2.0 million on January 31, 2021, (iii) an issuance of that number of shares of C3J’s common stock equal to ten percent of C3J’s fully-diluted capitalization, excluding options and restricted stock awards, immediately prior to the closing of a business combination, and (iv) potential milestone payments of up to $39.5 million related to the development and relevant regulatory approval of products utilizing bacteriophage from the synthetic phage assets acquired from SGI.

The present value of the time-based payment obligations was included in the Company’s balance sheet, with interest accreted to the maturity date. The Company paid the last installment of the time-based payment obligation in the amount of $2.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2021. For the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $0 and $0.1 million of interest expense related to the time-based payment obligations, respectively.