EQUITY SECURITIES PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

EQUITY SECURITIES

Equity securities for the periods presented were comprised of the following:


Security Type	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gain		Gross Unrealized Loss		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2023:
Equity securities - Life Sciences Portfolio	$	28,498	$	28,600	$	(20)	$	57,078
Equity securities - other common stock	4,925		1,080		(15)		5,990
Total	$	33,423	$	29,680	$	(35)	$	63,068

December 31, 2022:
Equity securities - Life Sciences Portfolio	$	28,498	$	14,815	$	(617)	$	42,696
Equity securities - other common stock	34,885		4		(15,977)		18,912
Total	$	63,383	$	14,819	$	(16,594)	$	61,608

Equity Securities Portfolio Investment

On April 3, 2020, the Company entered into an Option Agreement with LF Equity Income Fund, which included general terms through which the Company was provided the option to purchase the Life Sciences Portfolio for an aggregate purchase price of £223.9 million, approximately $277.5 million at the exchange rate on April 3, 2020.

For accounting purposes, the total purchase price of the Life Sciences Portfolio was allocated to the individual equity securities based on their individual fair values as of April 3, 2020, in order to establish an appropriate cost basis for each of the acquired securities. The fair values of the public company securities were based on their quoted market price. The fair values of the private company securities were estimated based on recent financing transactions and secondary market transactions and factoring in a discount for the illiquidity of these securities. Included in our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the total fair value of the remaining Life Sciences Portfolio investment was $82.8 million and $68.4 million, respectively.

As part of the Company’s acquisition of equity securities in the Life Sciences Portfolio, the Company acquired an equity interest in Arix Bioscience PLC (“Arix”), a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company's investment in Arix was approximately 26% of Arix. In addition, two members of the Company's Board of Directors (the “Board”) had seats on the board of Arix, which is currently made up of six board members. Although the Company was presumed to have significant influence over operating and financial policies of Arix, we have elected to account for the investment under the fair value method. To date, the Company has not received any dividends from Arix. As of December 31, 2023, this investment did not meet the significance thresholds for additional summarized income statement disclosures, as defined by the SEC. As of December 31, 2023, the aggregate carrying amount of our Arix investment was $57.1 million, and is included in equity securities in the consolidated balance sheet.

On November 1, 2023, the Company, through a wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an agreement (the “Arix Shares Purchase Agreement”) with RTW Biotech Opportunities Ltd. (“RTW Bio”) to sell its shares of Arix to RTW Bio for a purchase price of $57.1 million in aggregate (representing £1.43 per share at an exchange rate of 1.2087 USD/GBP), conditioned solely upon RTW Bio receiving the necessary approval from the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority to acquire indirect control (as defined for the purposes of the UK change in control regime under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in of Arix Capital Management Limited. The Company determined that the Arix Shares Purchase Agreement met the characteristics of a forward contract and the fair market value was adjusted by $4.0 million to reflect the purchase agreement of $57.1 million. The $4 million was recorded as other income or (expense) in "Change in fair value of equity securities" for the year ended December 31, 2023. On January 19, 2024, the Company completed such sale for $57.1 million. Following the completion of the share sale, the Company no longer owns any shares of Arix.

The following unrealized and realized gains or losses from our investment in the Life Sciences Portfolio are recorded in the change in fair value of equity securities and gain or loss on sale of equity securities, respectively, in the consolidated statements of operations:


	Years Ended December 31,
		2023		2022
		(In thousands)
Change in fair value of equity securities of public companies		$	14,383	$	(247,126)


Gain on sale of equity securities of public companies		—		111,717


Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)		$	14,383	$	(135,409)

As part of the Company’s acquisition of equity securities in the Life Sciences Portfolio, the Company acquired a majority interest in the equity securities of MalinJ1 (63.9%), which were transferred to the Company on December 3, 2020. The acquisition of the MalinJ1 securities was accounted for as an asset acquisition as there was a change of control of MalinJ1 and substantially all of the fair value of the assets acquired was concentrated in a single identifiable asset, an investment in Viamet Pharmaceuticals Holdings, LLC (“Viamet”). As such, the cost basis of the MalinJ1 securities was used to allocate to the Viamet investment, the single identifiable asset, and no goodwill was recognized. The Company through its consolidation of MalinJ1 accounts for the Viamet investment under the equity method as MalinJ1 owns 41.0% of outstanding shares of Viamet. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, this investment did not meet the significance thresholds for additional summarized income statement disclosures, as defined by the SEC. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, our consolidated earnings on equity investment was $4.2 million and $42.5 million, respectively, included in the consolidated statements of operations. During the year ended December 31, 2023, MalinJ1 made distributions of $2.8 million to Acacia and $1.4 million to noncontrolling interests. During the year ended December 31, 2022, MalinJ1 made distributions of $28.4 million to Acacia and $14.1 million to noncontrolling interests.