Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

9. Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Guarantee

Upon the Spin-Off, our facility leases in South San Francisco, California were assigned to Theravance Biopharma. However, if Theravance Biopharma were to default on its lease obligations, we would be held liable by the landlord and thus, we have in substance guaranteed the lease payments for these facilities. We would also be responsible for lease-related payments including utilities, property taxes, and common area maintenance, which may be as much as the actual lease payments. As of September 30, 2015, the total remaining lease payments, which run through May 2020, were $29.1 million. The carrying value of this lease guarantee was $1.3 million as of September 30, 2015 and is reflected in other long-term liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Special Long-Term Retention and Incentive Cash Awards Program

In 2011, we granted special long-term retention and incentive cash bonus awards to certain employees. The awards have dual triggers of vesting based upon the achievement of certain performance conditions over a six-year timeframe from 2011 through December 31, 2016 and continued employment.

As of March 31, 2014, we determined that the achievement of the requisite performance conditions for the first tranche of these awards was probable and, as a result, $9.1 million of cash bonus expense was recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2014, the majority of which is included in discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. In May 2014, the total cash bonus of $9.5 million for the first tranche was paid.

In connection with the Spin-Off, the Compensation Committee approved the modification of the remaining tranches related to these awards as the performance conditions associated with the remaining portions of these awards were unlikely to be consistent with the new strategies of each company following the Spin-Off. The modification acknowledged the Spin-Off and permitted recognition of achievement of certain of the original performance conditions that were met prior to the Spin-Off, triggering service-based vesting for a portion of the cash awards. The amount due by us under these modified cash bonus awards of $0.5 million was fully paid in June 2015. The remaining tranches of the cash awards were forfeited.