Sales of BioTime Common Shares by Subsidiaries

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Sales of BioTime Common Shares by Subsidiaries [Abstract]

Sales of BioTime Common Shares by Subsidiaries

10. Sales of BioTime Common Shares by Subsidiaries

Certain BioTime subsidiaries hold BioTime common shares that the subsidiaries received from BioTime in exchange for capital stock in the subsidiaries. The BioTime common shares held by subsidiaries are treated as treasury stock by BioTime and BioTime does not recognize a gain or loss on the sale of those shares by its subsidiaries.

During June 2014, Asterias sold 5,000,000 of its BioTime common shares with warrants to purchase 5,000,000 shares of Asterias common stock to two investors for $12.5 million in cash. See Note 8.