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Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block] | 9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES The Company is obligated under certain tenant leases to fund tenant improvements and the expansion of the underlying leased properties. As of December 31, 2023, approximately $1.2 million is estimated for such capital expenditures on existing properties, net of any construction financing, during the rest of 2024. On March 13, 2024, a stockholder announced that it intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying WHITE universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit votes for the election of director nominees at our next annual meeting of stockholders. Activist stockholder activities could adversely affect our business because responding to proxy contests and reacting to other actions by activist stockholders can be costly and time-consuming, disrupt our operations and divert the attention of management and our employees. We have or in the future may retain the services of various professionals to advise us on activist stockholder matters, including legal, financial, strategic and communication advisors, the costs of which may negatively impact our future financial results. In addition, perceived uncertainties as to our future direction, strategy or leadership created as a consequence of activist stockholders’ initiatives may result in the loss of potential business opportunities, harm our ability to attract new investors, business partners, and employees, and cause our stock price to experience periods of volatility or stagnation. We have evaluated this contingency and have determined a material loss is not probable or estimable at this time. The Company and the Board of Directors will review all legal means necessary to defend the company from actions by activist stockholders. Litigation. From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits or legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s properties are presently subject to any material litigation nor, to the Company’s knowledge, is there any material threatened litigation. Environmental Matters. The Company monitors its properties for the presence of hazardous or toxic substances. While there can be no assurance that a material environmental liability does not exist, the Company is not currently aware of any environmental liability with respect to the properties that would have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flow. Further, the Company is not aware of any environmental liability or any unasserted claim or assessment with respect to an environmental liability that the Company believes would require additional disclosure or recording of a loss contingency. Financial Markets. The Company monitors concerns over economic recession, the COVID-19 pandemic, interest rate increases, policy priorities of the U.S. presidential administration, trade wars, labor shortages, and inflation, any of which may contribute to increased volatility and diminished expectations for the economy and markets. Additionally, the economic and geopolitical ramifications of the military conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, including sanctions, retaliatory sanctions, nationalism, supply chain disruptions and other consequences, could impact commercial real estate fundamentals and result in lower occupancy, lower rental rates, and declining values in our real estate portfolio and in the collateral securing our loan investments. We have not currently experienced a direct material impact to our Company or operations; however, we will continue to monitor the financial markets for events that could impact our commercial real estate properties. Sponsorship of Special Purpose Acquisition Company. On January 7, 2022, we announced our sponsorship, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Murphy Canyon Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”), of a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) initial public offering. The SPAC raised $132,250,000 in capital investment to acquire one or more businesses. We, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, owned approximately 23.5% of the issued and outstanding stock in the entity upon the initial public offering being declared effective and consummated (excluding the private placement units described below). The SPAC offered 132,250,000 units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and three-quarters of one redeemable warrant. The warrants were evaluated using the guidance in ASC 480 "Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity" and we concluded that the warrants are indexed to Murphy Canyon's common stock and meet the criteria to be classified in stockholders' equity. The Murphy Canyon IPO of 13,225,000 units of common stock and warrants, closed on February 7, 2022, raising gross proceeds for Murphy Canyon of $132,250,000, including the exercise in full by the underwriters of their over-allotment option. In connection with the IPO, we purchased, through the Sponsor, 754,000 placement units (the “placement units”) at a price of $10.00 per unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $7,540,000. These proceeds were deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of the Murphy Canyon public shareholders and are included in Investments held in Trust. In connection with the initial public offering, Murphy Canyon incurred $7,738,161 in issuance costs, including $2,645,000 of underwriting discounts and commission, $4,628,750 of deferred underwriting fees and $464,411 of other offering costs. These costs were allocated to temporary and permanent equity and offset against the proceeds. On November 8, 2022, the SPAC entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Conduit Pharmaceuticals Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Conduit Pharma”), and Conduit Merger Sub, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and the SPAC’s wholly owned subsidiary. The merger agreement provided that the SPAC’s Cayman Island subsidiary will merge with and into Conduit Pharma, with Conduit Pharma surviving the merger as the SPAC’s wholly owned subsidiary and the public company renamed “Conduit Pharmaceuticals Inc.” (“Conduit”). Initially, the SPAC was required to complete its initial business combination transaction by 12 months from the consummation of its initial public offering or up to 18 months if it extended the period of time to consummate a business combination in accordance with its Certificate of Incorporation. On January 26, 2023, at a special meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders approved a proposal to amend the SPAC’s certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which it has to consummate a business combination up to 12 times, each such extension for an additional one-month period, from February 7, 2023, to February 7, 2024. The stockholders also approved a related proposal to amend the trust agreement allowing the SPAC to deposit into the trust account, for each one-month extension, one-third of 1% of the funds remaining in the trust account following the redemptions made in connection with the approval of the extension proposal at the special meeting. The Company has committed to providing additional funds if needed to make such a deposit for the extension. In connection with the stockholders’ vote at the special meeting, 11,037,272 shares of common stock were tendered for redemption, which were redeemed in February 2023. Approximately $114.1 million in cash was removed from the Trust Account to pay such stockholders and, accordingly, after giving effect to such redemptions, income tax withdraws of $200,050 and adding $155,403 in extension payments, the balance in the Trust Account was approximately $23.3 million. After the redemptions, there were 2,187,728 shares of SPAC Class A common stock subject to possible redemption. On January 27, 2023, the merger agreement was amended to provide for only one class of authorized common stock of the SPAC following the business combination, instead of both authorized Class A common stock and Class B common stock as set forth in the original merger agreement. On May 11, 2023 the merger agreement was further amended to provide for (i) removal of the provision that indicates that no tax opinion would be delivered in connection with the closing, (ii) a closing obligation that that the SPAC either (a) be exempt from the provisions of Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended other than through its net tangible assets or (b) have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets either immediately prior to or upon consummation of the merger, and (iii) extension of the outside date for the closing of the merger from May 31, 2023, to February 7, 2024. The investments held in Trust for the SPAC Class A common stockholders generated approximately $1.2 million of income during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, and was included in interest and other income (expense), net on our consolidated statement of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the trust investment generated approximately $0.8 million of income. Although the Trust held approximately $135.1 million as of September 30, 2022, income generated from the interest on the funds was much less for the first nine months of that year, with an annual expected yield of 0.97%. Also, the deposits were first added to the Trust in February 2022, so the account was not earning interest for all the nine months ended September 30, 2022. As of September 22, 2023, the Trust account balance had been deconsolidated along with the other Conduit assets and liabilities. As of immediately prior to the consummation of the SPAC's business combination, which occurred on September 22, 2023, the Company, through its subsidiary, had loaned the SPAC $1.0 million to fund its trust account and for operating expenses. The loan was non-interest bearing, unsecured and was repaid in full upon the SPAC's business combination on September 22, 2023. This notes payable and notes receivable related to the SPAC were eliminated through consolidation on our financial statements. On September 22, 2023, the SPAC completed its business combination with Conduit Pharma and changed its name to Conduit Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Conduit”). Immediately prior to the business combination the Company owned approximately 65% of the SPAC’s outstanding common stock. Upon consummation of the business combination, the SPAC’s shares of Class B common stock were converted into shares of its Class A common stock and the shares of Class A common stock were then reclassified as a single class of Conduit common stock. As a result of the business combination, the Company was issued (i) 3,306,250 shares of Conduit’s common stock due to the conversion of the shares of the SPAC’s Class B common stock into shares of the SPAC’s Class A common stock and then reclassification into shares of Conduit common stock, (ii) 754,000 shares of Conduit common stock, which prior to the business combination were shares of the SPAC’s Class A common stock and (iii) private warrants to purchase 754,000 shares of Conduit common stock, which prior to the business combination were warrants to purchase 754,000 shares of the SPAC’s Class A common stock. Also in the business combination, shareholders and debtholders of Conduit Pharma were issued 65,000,000 shares of Conduit common stock. Immediately following the consummation of the business combination, the Company transferred 45,000 shares of Conduit common stock and warrants to purchase 45,000 shares of Conduit common stock to the SPAC’s independent directors as compensation for their services. As a result, the Company owned approximately 6.5% of Conduit’s common stock immediately following the business combination and currently owns approximately 6.3% of Conduit’s common stock. In connection with the business combination, the Company’s officers and directors who also served as officers and directors of the SPAC resigned from the SPAC, with the exception of the Company’s former Chief Financial Officer who resigned from the Company. Following the completion of the Murphy Canyon IPO in February 2022, we determined that Murphy Canyon is a Variable Interest Entity ("VIE") in which we had a variable interest because Murphy Canyon did not have enough equity at risk to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. Since the business combinations with Conduit on September 22, 2023, we have determined that Conduit’s (formally Murphy Canyon) public stockholders have substantive rights and we no longer have control of Conduit’s activity. Since we are no longer the controlling party, or have a majority of the issued and outstating common stock, the Company deconsolidated Conduit from our consolidated financial statements. In connection with the deconsolidation we recorded a gain of approximately $40.3 million. Of the total gain recognized on deconsolidation, approximately $34.1 million relates to the remeasurement of our retained investment in Murphy Canyon via the Sponsor shares which converted into shares of Conduit's common stock on September 22, 2023, and approximately $6.2 million relates to the deconsolidation of Murphy Canyon's assets and liabilities as of September 22, 2023. Since deconsolidating Conduit, on September 22, 2023, our investments in Conduit's common stock and common stock warrants presented on the consolidated balance sheets were measured at fair value using Level 1 market prices, taking into account the adoption of ASU 2022-03 Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions, and totaled approximately $18.3 million as of December 31, 2023, with a cost basis of approximately $7.5 million. The Company entered into a lock-up agreement with Conduit regarding the common stock held by the Company, for 180 days from the closing of the business combination which ended on March 20, 2024.

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