UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q


 

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period endedMarch 31, 2019                                                  

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018

or

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________ to __________

 

Commission File Number: 001-35076


NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact nameName of registrantRegistrant as specifiedSpecified in its charter)Charter)


Delaware

 

31-1080091

(State or other jurisdictionOther Jurisdiction of

incorporationIncorporation or organization)Organization

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

4995 Bradenton Avenue, Suite 2402,40, Dublin, Ohio

 

43017-355243017-3552

(Address of principal executive offices)Principal Executive Offices

 

(Zip Code)Code

 

(614) 793-7500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)Telephone Number, Including Area Code

 

(

Former name, former addressName, Former Address and former fiscal year,Former Fiscal Year, if changed since last report)Changed Since Last Report


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging Growth Company

  

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12-b-2 of the Act.) Yes ☐  No ☒

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of exchange on which registered

Common Stock

NAVB

NYSE American

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 163,620,09010,052,322 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share (as of the close of business on AugustMay 1, 2018)2019).



 

 

 

 

 

NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I – Financial Information

 
   

Item 1.

Financial Statements

3
   
 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 (unaudited) and December 31, 20172018

3
   
 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three-Month and Six-Month Periods Ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)

4

   
 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) IncomeLoss for the Three-Month and Six-Month Periods Ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)

5

   
 

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the Six-MonthThree-Month Period Ended June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 (unaudited)

6

   
 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six-MonthThree-Month Periods Ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)

7

   
 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

8

   

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

2822

   
 

Forward-Looking Statements

2822

   
 

The Company

2822

   
 

Technology and Product Line OverviewCandidates

2923

   
 

Outlook

3326

   
 

Discontinued Operations

3427

   
 

Results of Operations

3427

   
 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

3628

   
 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

3929

   
 

Recent Accounting Standards

3929

   
 

Critical Accounting Policies

3929

   

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

4030

   

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

4030

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

30

Changes in Control Over Financial Reporting

30

   

PART II – Other Information

 
   

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

4231

   

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

4331

   

Item 6.

Exhibits

4532

 


 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

 

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

June 30,

2018

  

December 31,

2017

  

March 31,

2019

  

December 31,

2018

 

 

(unaudited)

      

(unaudited)

     
ASSETS          

Current assets:

                

Cash and cash equivalents

 $4,690,973  $2,795,006  $1,470,442  $3,475,881 

Available-for-sale securities

  797,936   1,797,604   600,228   799,270 

Accounts and other receivables

  373,876   8,137,872   9,868   21,151 

Prepaid expenses and other

  737,336   1,101,923   1,149,793   1,299,454 

Total current assets

  6,600,121   13,832,405   3,230,331   5,595,756 

Property and equipment

  1,208,158   1,206,058   1,212,089   1,251,185 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

  1,028,958   969,357   1,106,155   1,089,013 

Property and equipment, net

  179,200   236,701   105,934   162,172 

Patents, trademarks and license agreements

  480,404   480,404 

Right-of-use lease assets

  406,842    

Less accumulated amortization

  37,080   22,248   39,400    

Patents, trademarks and license agreements, net

  443,324   458,156 

Guaranteed earnout receivable

     4,809,376 

Right-of-use lease assets, net

  367,442    

License agreements, patents and trademarks

  480,404   480,404 

Less accumulated amortization

  59,328   51,912 

License agreements, patents and trademarks, net

  421,076   428,492 

Other assets

  1,437,847   1,444,798   834,977   835,107 

Total assets

 $8,660,492  $20,781,436  $4,959,760  $7,021,527 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                

Current liabilities:

                

Accounts payable

 $453,720  $855,043  $852,612  $424,718 

Accrued liabilities and other

  1,835,037   1,857,848   2,122,745   2,517,047 

Notes payable

  2,200,353   2,353,639   198,798   316,074 

Lease liabilities, current

  241,985    

Terminated lease liability, current

  139,833   107,215      120,679 

Accrued loss for CRG litigation

     2,887,566 

Liabilities associated with discontinued operations, current

     7,092 

Total current liabilities

  4,628,943   8,068,403   3,416,140   3,378,518 

Lease liabilities

  685,985    

Terminated lease liability

  479,566   588,092      468,494 

Deferred revenue

  700,000   11,024   700,000   700,000 

Other liabilities

  65,111   65,587   63,000   64,055 

Total liabilities

  5,873,620   8,733,106   4,865,125   4,611,067 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

                

Stockholders’ equity:

                

Preferred stock; $.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017

      

Common stock; $.001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 163,620,090 and 162,206,646 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively

  163,620   162,207 

Preferred stock; $.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018

      

Common stock; $.001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 10,052,392 and 10,019,535 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively

  201,048   200,391 

Additional paid-in capital

  331,697,603   331,128,787   338,377,004   338,265,383 

Accumulated deficit

  (329,740,962

)

  (319,908,968

)

  (339,151,954

)

  (336,722,905

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  (2,064

)

  (2,396

)

Total Navidea stockholders' equity

  2,118,197   11,379,630 

Accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss)

  228   (730

)

Total Navidea stockholders' (deficit) equity

  (573,674

)

  1,742,139 

Noncontrolling interest

  668,675   668,700   668,309   668,321 

Total stockholders’ equity

  2,786,872   12,048,330   94,635   2,410,460 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 $8,660,492  $20,781,436  $4,959,760  $7,021,527 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 


 

 

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

June 30,

  

Six Months Ended

June 30,

  

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
 

2018

  

2017

  

2018

  

2017

  

2019

  

2018

 

Revenue:

                        

Tc99m tilmanocept royalty revenue

 $6,665  $  $7,460  $ 

License revenue

  257,709   100,000   257,709   100,000 

Royalty revenue

 $3,150  $795 

Sublease revenue

  94,408    

Grant and other revenue

  277,753   511,599   553,403   1,091,629   38,474   275,650 

Total revenue

  542,127   611,599   818,572   1,191,629   136,032   276,445 

Cost of revenue

  35,392      35,710      6,126   318 

Gross profit

  506,735   611,599   782,862   1,191,629   129,906   276,127 

Operating expenses:

                        

Research and development

  1,142,718   1,185,874   2,141,674   1,891,148   740,583   998,956 

Selling, general and administrative

  1,789,399   4,249,584   3,565,771   7,272,018   1,822,924   1,776,372 

Total operating expenses

  2,932,117   5,435,458   5,707,445   9,163,166   2,563,507   2,775,328 

Loss from operations

  (2,425,382

)

  (4,823,859

)

  (4,924,583

)

  (7,971,537

)

  (2,433,601

)

  (2,499,201

)

Other (expense) income:

                

Interest (expense) income, net

  (23,547

)

  44,649   7,840   68,761 

Change in fair value of financial instruments

     12,872      153,357 

Other income (expense):

        

Interest income, net

  9,848   31,387 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

        (4,265,434

)

  (1,314,102

)

     (4,265,434

)

Other, net

  2,828   (16,673

)

  (1,886

)

  (38,277

)

  (1,135

)

  (4,714

)

Total other (expense) income, net

  (20,719

)

  40,848   (4,259,480

)

  (1,130,261

)

Total other income (expense), net

  8,713   (4,238,761

)

Loss before income taxes

  (2,446,101

)

  (4,783,011

)

  (9,184,063

)

  (9,101,798

)

  (2,424,888

)

  (6,737,962

)

Benefit from income taxes

  10,929   1,631,234   10,929   3,085,406 

Loss from continuing operations

  (2,435,172

)

  (3,151,777

)

  (9,173,134

)

  (6,016,392

)

Discontinued operations, net of tax effect:

                

Loss from discontinued operations

  (1,938

)

  (82,376

)

  (1,938

)

  (338,237

)

Gain (loss) on sale

  43,053   (1,953,378

)

  43,053   86,748,123 

Net (loss) income

  (2,394,057

)

  (5,187,531

)

  (9,132,019

)

  80,393,494 

Less (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest

  (16

)

  33   (25

)

  (169

)

Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders

 $(2,394,041

)

 $(5,187,564

)

 $(9,131,994

)

 $80,393,663 

(Loss) income per common share (basic):

                

Provision for income taxes

  (876

)

   

Net loss from continuing operations

  (2,425,764

)

  (6,737,962

)

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax effect

  (3,297

)

   

Net loss

  (2,429,061

)

  (6,737,962

)

Less loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

  (12

)

  (9

)

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

 $(2,429,049

)

 $(6,737,953

)

Loss per common share (basic and diluted):

        

Continuing operations

 $(0.02

)

 $(0.02

)

 $(0.06

)

 $(0.04

)

 $(0.24

)

 $(0.83

)

Discontinued operations

 $  $(0.01

)

 $  $0.54  $  $ 

Attributable to common stockholders

 $(0.02

)

 $(0.03

)

 $(0.06

)

 $0.50  $(0.24

)

 $(0.83

)

Weighted average shares outstanding (basic)

  162,716,988   161,910,792   162,494,238   161,147,873 

(Loss) income per common share (diluted):

                

Continuing operations

 $(0.02

)

 $(0.02

)

 $(0.06

)

 $(0.04

)

Discontinued operations

 $  $(0.01

)

 $  $0.52 

Attributable to common stockholders

 $(0.02

)

 $(0.03

)

 $(0.06

)

 $0.49 

Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)

  162,716,988   161,910,792   162,494,238   165,631,000 

Weighted average shares outstanding

  10,017,848   8,113,451 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 


 

 

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) IncomeLoss

(unaudited)

 

  

Three Months Ended

June 30,

  

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
  

2018

  

2017

  

2018

  

2017

 

Net (loss) income

 $(2,394,057

)

 $(5,187,531

)

 $(9,132,019

)

 $80,393,494 

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities

  508   (1,028

)

  332   (1,028

)

Comprehensive (loss) income

 $(2,393,549

)

 $(5,188,559

)

 $(9,131,687

)

 $80,392,466 
  

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
  

2019

  

2018

 

Net loss

 $(2,429,061

)

 $(6,737,962

)

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities

  958   (176

)

Comprehensive loss

 $(2,428,103

)

 $(6,738,138

)

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 


 

 

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(unaudited)

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 
 

Common Stock

  

Additional

Paid-In

  

Accumulated

  

Accumulated

Other

Compre-

hensive

  

Non-

controlling

  

Total

Stockholders

 

Common Stock

  

Additional

Paid-In

  

Accumulated

  

Accumulated Other Compre-

hensive

  

Non-

controlling

  

Total

Stockholders

 
 

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Deficit

  

Loss

  

Interest

  

Equity

 

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Deficit

  

Loss

  

Interest

  

Equity

 

Balance, January 1, 2018

  162,206,646  $162,207  $331,128,787  $(319,908,968

)

 $(2,396

)

 $668,700  $12,048,330 

Impact of adoption of ASC Topic 606

           (700,000

)

        (700,000

)

Issued stock in payment of employee bonuses

  1,118,760   1,118   315,784            316,902 

Balance, January 1, 2019

  10,019,535  $200,391  $338,265,383  $(336,722,905

)

 $(730

)

 $668,321  $2,410,460 

Issued restricted stock

  200,000   200               200   15,000   300               300 

Issued stock to 401(k) plan

  94,684   95   35,885            35,980 

Issued stock pursuant to Stock Purchase Agreement

  17,857   357   49,643            50,000 

Stock compensation expense

        217,147            217,147         61,978            61,978 
Comprehensive loss:                                                 

Net loss

           (9,131,994

)

     (25

)

  (9,132,019

)

           (2,429,049

)

     (12

)

  (2,429,061

)

Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities

              332      332               958      958 

Total comprehensive loss

                    (9,131,687

)

                    (2,428,103

)

Balance, June 30, 2018

  163,620,090  $163,620  $331,697,603  $(329,740,962

)

 $(2,064

)

 $668,675  $2,786,872 

Balance, March 31, 2019

  10,052,392  $201,048  $338,377,004  $(339,151,954

)

 $228  $668,309  $94,635 

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

 
  

Common Stock

  

Additional

Paid-In

  

Accumulated

  

Accumulated Other Compre

-hensive

  

Non-

controlling

  

Total

Stockholders

 
  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Deficit

  

Loss

  

Interest

  

Equity

 

Balance, January 1, 2018

  8,110,332  $162,207  $331,128,787  $(319,908,968

)

 $(2,396

)

 $668,700  $12,048,330 

Impact of adoption of ASC Topic 606

           (700,000

)

        (700,000

)

Issued stock in payment of employee bonuses

  22,920   458   164,563            165,021 

Issued restricted stock

  10,000   200               200 

Issued stock to 401(k) plan

  4,734   95   35,885            35,980 

Stock compensation expense

        137,964            137,964 

Comprehensive loss:

                            

Net loss

           (6,737,953

)

     (9

)

  (6,737,962

)

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities

              (176

)

     (176

)

Total comprehensive loss

                    (6,738,138

)

Balance, March 31, 2018

  8,147,986  $162,960  $331,467,199  $(327,346,921

)

 $(2,572

)

 $668,691  $4,949,357 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 


 

 

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

 

 

Six Months Ended

June 30,

  

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
 

2018

  

2017

  

2019

  

2018

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

                

Net (loss) income

 $(9,132,019

)

 $80,393,494 

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:

        

Net loss

 $(2,429,061

)

 $(6,737,962

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

        

Depreciation and amortization

  75,498   161,751   36,779   37,987 

Loss on disposal and abandonment of assets

     806,710 

Compounded interest on long term debt

  84,576   182,680      41,624 

Stock compensation expense

  217,147   256,384   61,978   137,964 

Change in fair value of financial instruments

     (153,357

)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

  4,265,434   1,314,102      4,265,434 

Issued warrants in connection with Asset Sale

     3,337,187 

Value of stock issued to directors

     10,500 

Value of stock issued to employees

  316,902   369,342      165,021 

Value of stock issued to 401(k) plan for employer matching contributions

  35,980   53,707      35,980 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

                

Accounts and other receivables

  12,573,372   (14,642,466

)

  11,283   (7,749

)

Inventory

     1,470,826 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

  371,538   197,025   (217,651

)

  50,805 

Accounts payable

  (401,323

)

  (5,502,541

)

  427,894   (154,811

)

Accrued and other liabilities

  (112,274

)

  (3,948,055

)

  (68,500

)

  (79,109

)

Deferred revenue

  (5,037

)

  (2,315,037

)

  11,940   (15,037

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

  8,289,794   61,992,252 

Net cash used in operating activities

  (2,165,338

)

  (2,259,853

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

                

Purchases of available-for-sale securities

     (2,000,000

)

Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities

  200,000    

Maturities of available-for-sale securities

  800,000      200,000   400,000 

Purchases of equipment

  (3,165

)

  (8,170

)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

  996,835   (2,008,170

)

Proceeds from return of equipment

  26,875    

Net cash provided by investing activities

  226,875   400,000 

Cash flows from financing activities:

                

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

  200   54,319   50,300   200 

Payment of debt-related costs

  (7,153,000

)

  (1,314,102

)

Principal payments on notes payable

  (237,862

)

  (59,630,775

)

  (117,276

)

  (118,337

)

Net cash used in financing activities

  (7,390,662

)

  (60,890,558

)

  (66,976

)

  (118,137

)

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

  1,895,967   (906,476

)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period

  2,795,006   6,540,578 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

 $4,690,973  $5,634,102 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

  (2,005,439

)

  (1,977,990

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

  3,475,881   2,795,006 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 $1,470,442  $817,016 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.     

 


 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

 

 

1.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

 

a.

Basis of Presentation: The information presented as of June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018 and 2017 is unaudited, but includes all adjustments (which consist only of normal recurring adjustments) that the management of Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Navidea”, the “Company,” or “we”) believes to be necessary for the fair presentation of results for the periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The balances as of June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and the results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year. The consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with Navidea’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, which were included as part of our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Navidea and our wholly-owned subsidiaries,wholly owned subsidiary, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Limited, and Cardiosonix Ltd, as well as those of our majority-owned subsidiary, Macrophage Therapeutics, Inc. (“MT”). All significant inter-company accounts were eliminated in consolidation. Cardiosonix was legally dissolved in September 2017.

 

On March 3, 2017, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 23, 2016 (the “Purchase Agreement”),April 18, 2019, the Company completed its previously announced sale to Cardinal Health 414, LLC (“Cardinal Health 414”)Company’s Board of Directors approved a one-for-twenty reverse stock split of its assets used, held for use, or intendedissued and outstanding shares of common stock, effective at 12:01 am Eastern Time on April 26, 2019. As a result of the reverse split, each twenty pre-split shares of common stock outstanding automatically combined into one new share of common stock. The number of outstanding common shares was reduced from approximately 201.0 million to be used in operating its businessapproximately 10.1 million shares. The authorized number of developing, manufacturingshares of common stock was not reduced and commercializing a product used for lymphatic mapping, lymph node biopsy, and the diagnosisremains at 300.0 million. The par value of metastatic spread to lymph nodes for staging of cancer (the “Business”), including the Company’s radioactive diagnostic agent marketed undercommon stock remains unchanged at $0.001 per share after the Lymphoseek® trademark for current approved indications by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and similar indications approved by the FDA in the future (the “Product”), in Canada, Mexico and the United States (the “Territory”) (giving effect to a License-Back Agreement and excluding certain assets specifically retained by the Company) (the “Asset Sale”). Such assets sold in the Asset Sale consist primarily of, without limitation, (i) intellectual property used in or reasonably necessary for the conduct of the Business, (ii) inventory of, and customer, distribution, and product manufacturing agreements related to, the Business, (iii) all product registrations related to the Product, including the new drug application approved by the FDA for the Product and all regulatory submissions in the United States that have been made with respect to the Product and all Health Canada regulatory submissions and, in each case, all files and records related thereto, (iv) all related clinical trials and clinical trial authorizations and all files and records related thereto, and (v) all rights, title and interest in and to the Product, as specified in the Purchase Agreement (the “Acquired Assets”).

Upon closing of the Asset Sale, the Supply and Distribution Agreement dated November 15, 2007, as amended, between Cardinal Health 414 and the Company was terminated and, as a result, the provisions thereof are of no further force or effect (other than any indemnification, payment, notification or data sharing obligations which survive the termination).

reverse split. Our consolidated balance sheets, and statements of operations, statements of stockholders’ equity, and accompanying notes to the financial statements have been reclassified,restated, as required, for all periods presented to reflect the Businessreverse stock split as a discontinued operation. Cash flows associated with the operation of the Business have been combined with operating, investing and financing cash flows, as appropriate, in ourif it had occurred on January 1, 2018. Our consolidated statements of cash flows.flows were not impacted by the reverse stock split. See Note 3.

Certain prior period amounts also have been reclassified to conform with the current year’s presentation, including the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers,and cash flows related to loss on extinguishment of debt.17.

 

 

b.

Financial Instruments and Fair Value: In accordance with current accounting standards, the fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value, giving the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 – Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly; and

Level 3 – Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. In determining the appropriate levels, we perform a detailed analysis of the assets and liabilities whose fair value is measured on a recurring basis. At each reporting period, all assets and liabilities for which the fair value measurement is based on significant unobservable inputs or instruments which trade infrequently and therefore have little or no price transparency are classified as Level 3. See Note 5.


The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments:

 

 

(1)

Cash and cash equivalents, available-for-sale securities, accounts and other receivables, and accounts payable: The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. At June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, approximately $96,000 of accounts payable was being disputed by the Company related to unauthorized expenditures by a former executive during 2016.

 

 

(2)

Notes payable: The carrying value of our debt at June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and December 31, 20172018 primarily consisted of the face amount of the notes less unamortized discounts.plus accrued interest. At June 30,March 31, 2019, the fair value of our notes payable was approximately $199,000, equal to the carrying value of $199,000. At December 31, 2018, the fair value of our notes payable was approximately $2.2 million,$316,000, equal to the carrying value of $2.2 million. At December 31, 2017, the fair value of our notes payable was approximately $2.4 million, equal to the carrying value of $2.4 million.$316,000. See Note 9.

 

 

(3)

Derivative liabilities: Derivative liabilities are related to certain outstanding warrants which are recorded at fair value. Derivative liabilities totaling $63,000 as of June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2017 are2018 were included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. The assumptions used to calculate fair value as of June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and December 31, 20172018 included volatility, a risk-free rate and expected dividends. In addition, we considered non-performance risk and determined that such risk is minimal. Unrealized gains and losses on the derivatives are classified in other expenses as a change in the fair value of financial instruments in the statements of operations. See Note 5.

(4)

Warrants: In March 2017, in connection with the Asset Sale, the Company granted to each of Cardinal Health 414 and the University of California, San Diego, (“UCSD”), a five-year warrant to purchase up to 10 million shares and 1 million shares, respectively, of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share, each of which warrant is subject to anti-dilution and other customary terms and conditions (the “Series NN warrants”). The assumptions used to calculate fair value at the date of issuance included volatility, a risk-free rate and expected dividends. The Series NN warrants granted to Cardinal Health 414 had an estimated fair value of $3.3 million, which was recorded as a reduction of the gain on sale in the consolidated statement of operations for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017. The Series NN warrants granted to UCSD had an estimated fair value of $334,000, which was recorded as an intangible asset related to the UCSD license in the consolidated balance sheet at the time of issuance. See Note 13.4.

 

 

c.

Revenue Recognition: We currently generate revenue primarily from grants to support various product development initiatives. We generally recognize grant revenue when expenses reimbursable under the grants have been paid and payments under the grants become contractually due.

 

We also earn revenues related to our licensing and distribution agreements. The consideration we are eligible to receive under our licensing and distribution agreements typically includes upfront payments, reimbursement for research and development costs, milestone payments, and royalties. Each licensing and distribution agreement is unique and requires separate assessment in accordance with current accounting standards. See Note 4.3.

 

 

d.

RecentlyRecently Adopted Accounting Standards: Accounting Standards:In May 2014,February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which supersedes existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is that a company should recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five-step process that requires companies to exercise more judgment and make more estimates than under the current guidance. These may include identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price, and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation. Since the issuance of ASU 2014-09, several additional ASUs have been issued and incorporated within Topic 606 to clarify various elements of the guidance. ASU 2014-09 allows a choice of transition methods: (a) a full retrospective adoption in which the standard is applied to all of the periods presented, or (b) a modified retrospective adoption in which the standard is applied only to the most current period presented in the financial statements with a cumulative-effect adjustment reflected in retained earnings. ASU 2014-09 also requires significantly expanded disclosures regarding the qualitative and quantitative information of an entity’s nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. ASU 2014-09 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those periods.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net).  ASU 2016-08 does not change the core principle of the guidance, rather it clarifies the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations.  ASU 2016-08 clarifies the guidance in ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which is not yet effective.  The effective date and transition requirements for ASU 2016-08 are the same as for ASU 2014-09, which was deferred by one year by ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – Deferral of the Effective Date.  Public business entities should adopt the new revenue recognition standard for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that year.  Early adoption is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that year.


In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing.  ASU 2016-10 does not change the core principle of the guidance, rather it clarifies the identification of performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance, while retaining the related principles for those areas.  ASU 2016-10 clarifies the guidance in ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which is not yet effective.  The effective date and transition requirements for ASU 2016-10 are the same as for ASU 2014-09, which was deferred by one year by ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – Deferral of the Effective Date.  Public business entities should adopt the new revenue recognition standard for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that year.  Early adoption is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that year.

In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients. ASU 2016-12 does not change the core principle of the guidance, rather it affects only certain narrow aspects of Topic 606, including assessing collectability, presentation of sales taxes, noncash consideration, and completed contracts and contract modifications at transition. ASU 2016-12 affects the guidance in ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which is not yet effective. The effective date and transition requirements for ASU 2016-12 are the same as for ASU 2014-09, which was deferred by one year by ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – Deferral of the Effective Date. Public business entities should adopt the new revenue recognition standard for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that year. Early adoption is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that year.

In December 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-20, Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2016-20 does not change the core principle of the guidance, rather it affects only certain narrow aspects of Topic 606, including loan guarantee fees, contract cost impairment testing, provisions for losses on construction- and production-type contracts, clarification of the scope of Topic 606, disclosure of remaining and prior-period performance obligations, contract modification, contract asset presentation, refund liability, advertising costs, fixed-odds wagering contracts in the casino industry, and cost capitalization for advisors to private and public funds. ASU 2016-20 affects the guidance in ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which is not yet effective. The effective date and transition requirements for ASU 2016-12 are the same as for ASU 2014-09, which was deferred by one year by ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – Deferral of the Effective Date. Public business entities should adopt the new revenue recognition standard for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that year. Early adoption is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that year.

We adopted ASU 2014-09, along with additional related ASUs 2016-08, 2016-10, 2016-12 and 2016-20, effective January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method of adoption. The adoption of ASU 2014-09 and related ASUs resulted in increases in deferred revenue and accumulated deficit of $700,000. See Note 4.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows – Restricted Cash. ASU 2016-18 requires that the statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash or equivalents. Therefore, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption in permitted, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts ASU 2016-18 in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes the interim period. We adopted ASU 2016-18 effective January 1, 2018. The adoption of ASU 2016-18 resulted in reclassification of $5.0 million of restricted cash in the consolidated statement of cash flows for the three-month period ended March 31, 2017.

In March 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-05, Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118. ASU 2018-05 amends Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) Topic 740 to provide guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) pursuant to Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118. ASU 2018-05 addresses situations where the accounting under ASC Topic 740 is incomplete for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act upon issuance of the entity’s financial statements for the reporting period in which the Tax Act was enacted. The adoption of ASU 2018-05 in March 2018 did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.


e.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards: In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). ASU 2016-02 requires the recognition of right-of-use lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous U.S. GAAP. The core principle of Topic 842 is that a lessee should recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from leases. A lessee should recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. ASU 2016-02 is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. We have begun our assessment of the impact of adopting ASU 2016-02, and expect to complete that process during the third quarter of 2018. We expect the adoption of ASU 2016-02 to result in an increase in right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on our consolidated statement of financial position related to our leases that are currently classified as operating leases, primarily for office space.

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases, and ASU No. 2018-11, Targeted Improvements to Topic 842, Leases. ASU 2018-10 updates Topic 842 in order to clarify narrow aspects of the guidance issued in ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). ASU 2018-11 provides entities with an additional (and optional) transition method to adopt the new leases standard. Under this new transition method, an entity initially applies the new leases standard at the adoption date and recognizes a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. Consequently, an entity’s reporting for the comparative periods presented in the financial statements in which it adopts the new leases standard will continue to be in accordance with current GAAP (Topic 840, Leases). An entity that elects this transition method must provide the required Topic 840 disclosures for all periods that continue to be in accordance with Topic 840. The amendments in ASU 2018-10 and ASU 2018-11 are effective when ASU 2016-02 is effective, for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018.


The Company adopted ASU 2016-02, ASU 2018-10 and ASU 2018-11 effective January 1, 2019 using the cumulative-effect adjustment transition method, which applies the provisions of the standard at the effective date without adjusting the comparative periods presented. Related to the adoption of these standards, the Company made a short-term lease accounting policy election allowing lessees to not recognize right-of-use assets and liabilities for leases with an initial term of 12 months or less.

The adoption of ASU 2016-02 resulted in the recognition of operating lease right-of-use assets and related lease liabilities of approximately $407,000 on the consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2019 related to our leases that were previously classified as operating leases, primarily for office space. The adoption of ASU 2016-02 did not materially impact our operating results or liquidity. Disclosures related to the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases are included in Note 10.

 

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-07, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718) – Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting. ASU 2018-07 expands the scope of Topic 718 to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees. An entity should apply the requirements of Topic 718 to nonemployee awards except for specific guidance on inputs to an option pricing model and the attribution of cost. ASU 2018-07 specifies that Topic 718 applies to all share-based payment transactions in which a grantor acquires goods or services to be used or consumed in a grantor’s own operations by issuing share-based payment awards, and that Topic 718 does not apply to share-based payments used to effectively provide (1) financing to the issuer or (2) awards granted in conjunction with selling goods or services to customers as part of a contract accounted for under Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2018-07 is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that fiscal year. The adoption of ASU 2018-07 isdid not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-09, Codification Improvements. ASU 2018-09 updates a variety of topics in order to clarify, correct errors, or make minor improvements to the Codification, making it easier to understand and easier to apply by eliminating inconsistencies and providing clarifications. Certain amendments in ASU 2015-09 are2018-09 were effective upon issuance, others are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 for public business entities, and some have been made to recently issued guidance and will be subject to the effective dates within the relevant guidance. The adoption of ASU 2018-09 isdid not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

 

2.

Liquidity

 

As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings, the Company has beenis engaged in ongoing litigation with Capital Royalty Partners II L.P. (“CRG”) in its capacity as a lender and as control agent for other affiliated lenders party to the CRG Loan Agreement, in the District Court of Harris County, Texas (the “Texas Court”) relating to CRG’s claims of default under the terms the CRG Loan Agreement. Following a trial in December 2017, the Texas Court ruled that the Company’s total obligation to CRG was in excess of $66.0 million, limited to $66.0 million under the parties’ Global Settlement Agreement reached in 2017. The Texas Court acknowledged only the $59.0 million payment made in March 2017, concluding that the Company owed CRG another $7.0 million, however the Texas Court did not expressly take the Company’s June 2016 payment of $4.1 million into account and awarded, as part of the $66.0 million, amounts that had already been paid as part of the $4.1 million. The Company believes that this $4.1 million should be credited against the $7.0 million; CRG disagrees.

On January 16, 2018, the Company filed an emergency motion to set supersedeas bond and to modify judgment, describing the double recovery created by the $66.0 million award without taking into account the $4.1 million payment in June 2016, requesting that the judgment be modified to set the supersedeas amount at $2.9 million so that the Company could stay enforcement of the judgment pending appeal. The Texas Court refused to rule on this motion, and the court of appeals entered an order compelling the Texas Court to set a supersedeas amount. On March 26, 2018, the Texas Court ordered the Company to put up a supersedeas bond in the amount of $7.7 million. The Company filed for an emergency stay of the order in the appellate court in Harris County. On April 2, 2018, the appellate court denied the Company’s emergency stay motion. The Company continues to believe that the $4.1 million paid to CRG in June 2016 should be credited as payment toward the $66.0 million total, and the Company intends to further contest the matter through the appellate court in Texas. Navidea’s brief on the merits in this appeal is due on August 10, 2018, but this deadline is subject to potential extension. Navidea does not expect a ruling on this appeal until 2019 at the earliest.

On April 2, 2018, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”). Pursuant to the Amendment, Cardinal Health 414 paid the Company approximately $6.0 million and agreed to pay the Company an amount equal to the unused portion of the letter of credit (not to exceed approximately $7.1 million) promptly after the earlier of (i) the expiration of the letter of credit and (ii) the receipt by Cardinal Health 414 of evidence of the return and cancellation of the letter of credit. In exchange, the obligation of Cardinal Health 414 to make any further contingent payments has been eliminated. Cardinal Health 414 is still obligated to make the milestone payments in accordance with the terms of the earnout provisions of the Purchase Agreement. On April 9, 2018, CRG drew approximately $7.1 million on the letter of credit. This was in addition to the $4.1 million and the $59.0 million that Navidea had previously paid to CRG.


On April 12, 2018 Navidea filed suit in the Court of Common Pleas for Franklin County, Ohio (the “Ohio Court”) against CRG and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “Lenders”).  The suit asserts that the Lenders fraudulently induced Navidea to enter into a settlement agreement and breached the terms of the same through certain actions taken by the Lenders in connection with the Global Settlement Agreement reached in 2017, pursuant to which Navidea agreed to pay up to $66.0 million to Lenders, as well as through actions and misrepresentations by CRG after the Global Settlement Agreement was executed.  The suit also asserts claims for conversion and unjust enrichment against the Lenders for their collection of more than $66.0 million, the maximum permitted under the Global Settlement Agreement, and their double recovery of amounts paid as part of the $4.1 million paid in June 2016 and recovered again as part of the $66.0 million. CRG’s double recovery and recovery of more than $66.0 million are due to CRG drawing the entire $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit. On May 22, 2018 Navidea filed an amended complaint asserting additional claims, including claims for breach of confidentiality by CRG, and on June 26, 2018 CRG filed a motion seeking to dismiss the amended complaint. CRG’s motion to dismiss has been fully briefed and a decision on the motion is expected from the Court in the near future.

In a related proceeding before the Ohio Court, initially filed in 2016, and under which the Global Settlement Agreement was reached in 2017, the Ohio Court has issued preliminary findings that the settlement gave rise to a $66.0 million cap on amounts owed to Lenders by Navidea and that Navidea might not have been properly credited for certain funds in excess of $4.1 million previously swept by Lenders from a bank account owned by Navidea.  The Ohio Court also made a preliminary ruling that it possessed jurisdiction to interpret the settlement agreement at issue. The Company iscurrently pursuing recovery of the $4.1 million and other damages, in the Ohio Court.damages. See Note 11.

 

On April 11, 2018, CRG filed a new suit against the Company in the Texas Court. This new suit seeks a declaratory judgment that CRG did not breach the Global Settlement Agreement by drawing approximately $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit. On April 16, 2018, CRG moved the Texas Court to issue an anti-suit injunction barring the Company from litigating in the Ohio Court. The Texas Court denied that motion on April 27, 2018. The Company moved to dismiss these claims pursuant to the Texas Citizens Participation Act. This motion to dismiss will be heard by the Texas Court on August 20, 2018.

On July 11, 2018, CRG filed a first amended petitionwas also engaged in the new suit. This amended petition includes the prior request for declaratory judgment that CRG did not breach the Global Settlement Agreement. In addition, the amended petition asserts a claim against Navidea for breach of contract. CRG alleges that Navidea breached the Global Settlement Agreement and its duty of good faith and fair dealing by seeking reconsideration in the original Texas suit, appealing the original Texas suit, and filing the Ohio suit. The Company is contesting this issue in the Ohio Court, the Texas Court, and on appeal in Texas.

In addition, the Company previously was a party to a Loan Agreementlitigation with Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences LLC (“Platinum-Montaur”), an affiliate of Platinum Management (NY) LLC, Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund L.P. (“PPVA”), Platinum Partners Capital Opportunity Fund (“PPCO”), Platinum Partners Liquid Opportunity Master Fund L.P., Platinum Liquid Opportunity Management (NY) LLC, and Montsant Partners LLC (collectively, “Platinum”) (the “Platinum Loan Agreement”) and a Third Amended and Restated Promissory Note (“Platinum Note”) given by Navidea, in favor of Platinum-Montaur.

In connection with the closing of the Asset Sale to Cardinal Health 414, the Company repaid to Platinum Partners Capital Opportunity Fund L.P. (“PPCO”) an aggregate of approximately $7.7 million in partial satisfaction of the Company’s liabilities, obligations and indebtedness under the Platinum Loan Agreement between the Company andwhich Platinum-Montaur which were transferred by Platinum-Montaur to PPCO. The Company was informed by PPVA that it was the owner of additional amounts owed on the Platinum-Montaur loan. PPVA claims a balance of approximately $1.9 million was due upon closing of the Asset Sale. That amount is also subject to competing claims of ownership by Dr. Michael Goldberg, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The Company has not yet paid any amounts to PPVA or Dr. Goldberg given the pending dispute.

On November 2, 2017, Platinum-Montaur commenced an action against the Company in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, seeking damages of approximately $1.9 million purportedly due asplus interest. In October 2018, the court granted judgment for Navidea and dismissed all claims in the case, however, in November 2018, Platinum-Montaur filed a notice of March 3, 2017, plus interest accruing thereafter.  The claims asserted are for breach of contractappeal. It is not known at this time whether the court will hold oral argument on the appeal or when the court will render its decision. See Notes 9 and unjust enrichment in connection with funds received by11.

In addition, the Company underis engaged in litigation with our former President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Michael Goldberg. During the Platinum Loan Agreement.  Said action was removedfirst quarter of 2019, Navidea and MT filed complaints against Dr. Goldberg in New York and Delaware courts, and Dr. Goldberg filed a complaint against Navidea and MT in New York. See Notes 7 and 11.

On March 22, 2019, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with John K. Scott, Jr. (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Company will issue to the United States District Court forInvestor in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) up to $3.0 million in shares (the “Securities”) of the Southern District of New York on December 6, 2017.  An initial pretrial conference was held on January 26, 2018 and a follow up status conference was held on March 9, 2018, during which the Court set a briefing schedule and determined that Navidea’s motion to dismiss was due on April 6, 2018.Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Company filed its motionplans to dismiss in advance ofuse the filing deadline and the motion has been fully briefed with a decision expectedproceeds from the Court in the near future.Private Placement for general working capital purposes, including, without limitation, research and development, and other operating expenses. See Note 12.


 

The Company is currently engaged in litigation with CRG, Platinum and Dr. Goldberg. In addition, the Company has experienced recurring net losses and recent unfavorable court rulings, and has used significant cash to fund its operations, all of which are factors that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.  Our projected cash burn factors in certain cost cutting initiatives that have been approved by the board of directors and implemented, including reductions in the workforce and a reduction in facilities expenses.  Additionally, we haveoperations. The Company has considerable discretion over the extent of development project expenditures and havehas the ability to curtail the related cash flows as needed. The recent Private Placement provides for up to $3.0 million of additional working capital. The Company also has funds remaining under outstanding grant awards, and continues working to establish new sources of funding, including collaborations, potential equity investments, and additional grant funding that can augment the balance sheet as the Company works to reduce spending.sheet. However, based on our current working capital and our projected cash burn, and without definitive agreements in place for additional funding, management believes that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months following the issuancefiling of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


 

 

3.

Discontinued Operations

On March 3, 2017, the Company completed the sale to Cardinal Health 414 of its assets used, held for use, or intended to be used in operating its business of developing, manufacturing and commercializing a product used for lymphatic mapping, lymph node biopsy, and the diagnosis of metastatic spread to lymph nodes for staging of cancer, including the Company’s radioactive diagnostic agent marketed under the Lymphoseek® trademark for current approved indications by the FDA and similar indications approved by the FDA in the future, in Canada, Mexico and the United States. In exchange for the Acquired Assets, Cardinal Health 414 (i) made a cash payment to the Company at closing of approximately $80.6 million after adjustments based on inventory being transferred and an advance of $3.0 million of guaranteed earnout payments as part of the CRG settlement, (ii) assumed certain liabilities of the Company associated with the Product as specified in the Purchase Agreement, and (iii) agreed to make periodic earnout payments (to consist of contingent payments and milestone payments which, if paid, will be treated as additional purchase price) to the Company based on net sales derived from the purchased Product.

On April 2, 2018, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Asset Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, Cardinal Health 414 paid the Company approximately $6.0 million and agreed to pay the Company an amount equal to the unused portion of the letter of credit (not to exceed approximately $7.1 million) promptly after the earlier of (i) the expiration of the letter of credit and (ii) the receipt by Cardinal Health 414 of evidence of the return and cancellation of the letter of credit. In exchange, the obligation of Cardinal Health 414 to make any further contingent payments has been eliminated. Cardinal Health 414 is still obligated to make the milestone payments in accordance with the terms of the earnout provisions of the Purchase Agreement. On April 9, 2018, CRG drew approximately $7.1 million on the letter of credit. This was in addition to the $4.1 million and the $59.0 million that Navidea had previously paid to CRG.

We recorded a net gain on the sale of the Business of $86.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017, including $16.5 million in guaranteed consideration, which was discounted to the present value of future cash flows. The proceeds were offset by $3.3 million in estimated fair value of warrants issued to Cardinal Health 414, $2.0 million in legal and other fees related to the sale, $800,000 in net balance sheet dispositions and write-offs, and $6.5 million in estimated taxes.

As a result of the Asset Sale, we reclassified certain assets and liabilities as assets and liabilities associated with discontinued operations. The following liabilities have been segregated and included in liabilities associated with discontinued operations, as appropriate, in the consolidated balance sheets:

  

June 30,

2018

  

December 31,

2017

 

Accrued liabilities

 $  $7,092 

Liabilities associated with discontinued operations, current

 $  $7,092 


In addition, we reclassified certain revenues and expenses related to the Business to discontinued operations for all periods presented, including interest expense related to the CRG and Platinum debt obligations as required by current accounting guidance. The following amounts have been segregated from continuing operations and included in discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations:

  

Three Months Ended

June 30,

  

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
  

2018

  

2017

  

2018

  

2017

 

Lymphoseek sales revenue

 $  $9,663  $  $2,926,876 

Cost of goods sold

     24,216      388,408 

Gross profit

     (14,553

)

     2,538,468 

Operating expenses:

                

Research and development

  2,453   75,196   2,453   358,729 

Selling, general and administrative

           820,203 

Total operating expenses

  2,453   75,196   2,453   1,178,932 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations

  (2,453

)

  (89,749

)

  (2,453

)

  1,359,536 

Interest expense

           (1,718,506

)

Loss before income taxes

  (2,453

)

  (89,749

)

  (2,453

)

  (358,970

)

Benefit from income taxes

  515   7,373   515   20,733 

Loss from discontinued operations

 $(1,938

)

 $(82,376

)

 $(1,938

)

 $(338,237

)

4Revenue .

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The Company adopted ASU 2014-09, along with all subsequent related ASUs impacting revenue from contracts with customers (collectively, “the new revenue recognition standard”), effective January 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method of adoption. The Company has applied the new revenue recognition standard for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 with the cumulative effect of initially applying the new accounting recognized on January 1, 2018 as an adjustment to opening accumulated deficit. This adjustment reflects only contracts that were not completed as of January 1, 2018.

We earn revenues related to our licensing and distribution agreements. The terms of these agreements may include payment to us of non-refundable up-front license fees, funding or reimbursement of research and development efforts, milestone payments if specified objectives are achieved, and/or royalties on product sales. The new revenue recognition standard generally results in the delay of revenue recognition for the Company, as compared to the previous guidance. Previously, the Company recognized revenue related to non-refundable up-front license fees either immediately upon contract execution, or over the estimated period required to fulfill the related obligations. Under the new revenue recognition standard, the Company will generally be required to defer any up-front license fees and pre-market milestones, and recognize the revenue over the period beginning with initial product sale through the end of the initial term of the agreement.

The cumulative effect of the change on accumulated deficit as of January 1, 2018 is an increase of $700,000, consisting of $100,000 related to an up-front payment received upon execution of an exclusive license and distribution agreement with Sayre Pharmaceuticals (“Sayre”) for the development and commercialization of Tc99m tilmanocept in India in June 2017, and $600,000 related to up-front and milestone payments received pursuant to an exclusive licensing and distribution agreement with Beijing Sinotau Medical Research Co., Ltd. (“Sinotau”) for the marketing and distribution of Tc99m tilmanocept in China executed in August 2014. The following table compares deferred revenue as if the new revenue recognition standard had not been adopted to the amounts in the consolidated financial statements reflecting the adoption. Deferred revenue, the current portion of which is included in accrued liabilities and other in the consolidated balance sheets, and accumulated deficit are the only financial statement line items that were affected by the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard.

  

Pre-

Adoption

  

Post-

Adoption

  

Change

 

Deferred revenue

 $26,061  $726,061  $700,000 

Accumulated deficit

  (319,908,968

)

  (320,608,968

)

  (700,000

)

During the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2018, the Company recognized revenue from contracts with customers of approximately $264,000 and 265,000, respectively. The Company did not recognize any related impairment losses during those periods.

 

Navidea is focused on the development and commercialization of precision immunodiagnostic agents and immunotherapeutics. We manage our business based on two primary types of drug products: (i) diagnostic substances, including Tc99m tilmanocept and other diagnostic applications of our Manocept platform, and (ii) therapeutic development programs, including therapeutic applications of our Manocept platform and all development programs undertaken by MT. Tc99m tilmanocept, which the Company has a license to distribute outside of Canada, Mexico and the United States, is the only one of the Company’s drug product candidates that has been approved for sale in any market. The Company has license and distribution agreements in place in Europe, India and China, however Tc99 tilmanocept has only been approved for sale in Europe.

 


In April 2018, theThe Company executedalso has an agreement in place to provide Meilleur Technologies, Inc., (“Meilleur”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cerveau Technologies, Inc. (“Cerveau”), worldwide rights to conduct research using NAV4694, as well as an exclusive license for the development and commercialization of NAV4694 in Australia, Canada, China, and Singapore. Meilleur also has an option to commercialize worldwide.

The following tables disaggregate the Company’s revenue from contracts with customers for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2018.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

Diagnostics

  

Therapeutics

  

Total

 

Tc99m tilmanocept royalty revenue:

            

Europe

 $6,665  $  $6,665 

India

         

China

         

Total

 $6,665  $  $6,665 
             

License revenue:

            

NAV4694 sublicense

 $257,709  $  $257,709 
             

Other revenue:

            

Additional stability studies

 $  $  $ 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

Diagnostics

  

Therapeutics

  

Total

 

Tc99m tilmanocept royalty revenue:

            

Europe

 $7,460  $  $7,460 

India

         

China

         

Total

 $7,460  $  $7,460 
             

License revenue:

            

NAV4694 sublicense

 $257,709  $  $257,709 
             

Other revenue:

            

Additional stability studies

 $15,037  $  $15,037 

The following economic factors affect the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of the Company’s revenue and cash flows as indicated:

Geographical Location of Customers: Drug pricing models vary among different markets, which in turn may affect the royalty rates and milestones we are able to negotiate with our distributors in those markets. Royalty rates and milestone payments vary by contract but may be based in part on the potential market size in each territory. Royalty rates for Europe are lower than rates in India but higher than in China.

Status of Regulatory Approval: The majority of revenue from contracts with customers will generally be recognized after the product is approved for sale in each market. Each customer operates in its own distinct regulatory environment, and the laws and pathways to drug product approval vary by market. Tc99m tilmanocept has been approved for sale in Europe, thus the Company has begun to recognize royalties from sales in Europe. Tc99m tilmanocept has not yet been approved for sale in India or China, and may never achieve approval in those markets. The regulatory pathways and timelines in those markets will impact whether and when the Company recognizes the related royalties and milestones.


The following table summarizes the changes in contract liabilities, the current portion of which is included in accrued liabilities and other in the consolidated balance sheets, during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:

  

Three Months Ended

June 30,

  

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
  

2018

  

2017

  

2018

  

2017

 

Total deferred revenue, beginning of period

 $711,024  $26,061  $26,061  $41,098 

Impact of adoption of ASU 2014-09 and related standards

        700,000    

Revenue receivable

  10,000      10,000    

Revenue recognized from satisfaction of performance obligations

        (15,037

)

  (15,037

)

Total deferred revenue, end of period

 $721,024  $26,061  $721,024  $26,061 

 

Currently, the Company recognizes revenue from up-front license fees and pre-market milestones after the cash has been received from its customers and the performance obligations have been met. Payments for sales-based royalties and milestones are generally received after the related revenue has been recognized and invoiced. Normal payment terms generally range from 15 to 90 days following milestone achievement or royalty invoice, in accordance with each contract. The Company had trade receivables of $10,000 outstanding as of and during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2018.

During the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2018, the Company did not recognize any revenue from performance obligations associated with long-term contracts that were satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods.

 

Up-front and milestone payments received related to our license and distribution agreements in India and China are deferred until Tc99m tilmanocept has been approved by the regulatory authorities in each of those countries. It is not possible to determine with any degree of certainty whether or when regulatory approval for this product will be achieved in India or China, if at all. In addition, since sales of Tc99m tilmanocept have not yet begun in India or China, there is no basis for estimating whether, to what degree, or the rate at which the product will be accepted and utilized in these markets. Therefore, it is not possible to determine with any degree of certainty the expected sales in future periods in those countries. As such, the Company intends to recognize revenue from up-front and milestone payments on a straight-line basis beginning at the time of regulatory approval in each country through the end of the initial term of each agreement. The initial term of each agreement is eight years in India and 10 years in China.

 

The transaction price of a contract is the amount of consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer. Transaction prices do not include amounts collected on behalf of third parties (e.g., sales taxes). To determine the transaction price of a contract, the Company considers the terms of the contract. For the purpose of determining transaction prices, the Company assumes that the goods or services will be transferred to the customer as promised in accordance with existing contracts and that the contracts will not be cancelled, renewed, or modified.

 

When estimating a contract’s transaction price, the Company considers all the information (historical, current, and forecasted) that is reasonably available to it and identifies possible consideration amounts. Most of the Company’s contracts with customers include both fixed and variable components of the transaction price. Under those contracts, some or all of the consideration for satisfied performance obligations is contingent on events over which the Company has no direct influence. For example, regulatory approval or product sales volume milestones are contingent upon the achievement of those milestones by the distributor. Additionally, the prices charged to end users of Tc99m tilmanocept, upon which royalty payments are based in Europe, India and China, are set by the distributor in each of those countries.

 

The milestone payments have a binary outcome (that is, the Company will either receive all or none of each milestone payment) and can be estimated using the most-likely-amount method. Taking into account the constraint on variable consideration, the Company has assessed the likelihood of achieving the non-sales-based milestone payments in our contracts and has determined that it is probable the milestones will be achieved and the Company will receive the consideration. Accordingly, it is probable that including those payments in the transaction price will not result in a significant revenue reversal when the contingency is resolved. Therefore, the amount of the non-sales-based milestone payments is included in the transaction price.

 

Royalties are estimated based on the expected value method because they are based on a variable amount of sales representing a range of possible outcomes. However, when taking into account the constraint on variable consideration, the estimate of future royalties included in the transaction price is generally $0. This conclusion is based on the fact that Tc99m tilmanocept is early in the commercial launch process in Europe and sales have not yet begun in India or China, therefore there is currently no basis for estimating whether, to what degree, or the rate at which the product will be accepted and utilized in these markets. Similarly, we currently have no basis for estimating whether sales-based milestones will ever be achieved. Accordingly, the Company recognizes revenue from royalties when the related sales occur and from sales-based milestones when they are achieved.

 


 

The sublicense of NAV4694 to Meilleur provides for payments to Navidea including up-front payments, milestones, an option for worldwide commercial rights, royalties on net sales, and reimbursement for product development assistance during the initial transition period. In accordance with the new revenue recognition standard, the upfront payments were recognized upon contract inception, and reimbursement for product development assistance will be recognized on a monthly basis. Should some or all of the variable consideration from milestones, the option and royalties meet the requirements of the new revenue recognition standard to be included in the transaction price, those amounts will be recognized as revenue in future periods.

 

Up-front fees, milestones and royalties are generally non-refundable. Therefore, the Company does not estimate expected refunds nor do we adjust revenue downward. The Company will evaluate and update the estimated transaction prices of its contracts with customers at the end of each reporting period.

 

During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized revenue from contracts with customers of approximately $14,000 and $16,000. During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company did not recognize any related impairment losses, nor did the Company recognize any revenue from performance obligations associated with long-term contracts that were satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods.

The following tables disaggregate the Company’s revenue from contracts with customers for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

Diagnostics

 

Royalty revenue:

    

Europe

 $3,150 
     

Other revenue:

    

Additional stability studies

 $11,024 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

 

Diagnostics

 

Royalty revenue:

    

Europe

 $795 
     

Other revenue:

    

Additional stability studies

 $15,037 

The following economic factors affect the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of the Company’s revenue and cash flows as indicated:

Geographical Location of Customers: Drug pricing models vary among different markets, which in turn may affect the royalty rates and milestones we are able to negotiate with our distributors in those markets. Royalty rates and milestone payments vary by contract but may be based in part on the potential market size in each territory. In the case of Tc99m tilmanocept, royalty rates for Europe are lower than rates in India but higher than in China.

Status of Regulatory Approval: The majority of revenue from contracts with customers will generally be recognized after the product is approved for sale in each market. Each Tc99m tilmanocept customer operates in its own distinct regulatory environment, and the laws and pathways to drug product approval vary by market. Tc99m tilmanocept has been approved for sale in Europe, thus the Company has begun to recognize royalties from sales in Europe. Tc99m tilmanocept has not yet been approved for sale in India or China, and may never achieve approval in those markets. The regulatory pathways and timelines in those markets will impact whether and when the Company recognizes the related royalties and milestones. Similarly, NAV4694 has not yet been approved for sale in any market, thus the timing of any revenue related to that product will be dependent on the regulatory pathways and timelines in each market in which Meilleur seeks regulatory approval.

Through June 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, the Company has not capitalized any contract-related costs as contract assets.

 


The following table summarizes the changes in contract liabilities, the current portion of which is included in accrued liabilities and other in the consolidated balance sheets, during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

  

Three Months Ended March 31,

 
  

2019

  

2018

 

Total deferred revenue, beginning of period

 $711,024  $26,061 

Impact of adoption of ASU 2014-09 and related standards

     700,000 

Revenue recognized from satisfaction of performance obligations

  (11,024

)

  (15,037

)

Total deferred revenue, end of period

 $700,000  $711,024 

The Company had trade receivables of approximately $1,000 and $12,000 outstanding as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

In addition to revenue from contracts from customers, we also generate revenue from NIH grants to support various product development initiatives. The new revenue recognition standard applies to revenue from contracts with customers. A customer is defined as a party that has contracted with an entity to obtain goods or services that are an output of the entity’s ongoing major or central operations in exchange for consideration. The Company’s ongoing major or central operations consist of the development and commercialization of precision immunodiagnostic agents and immunotherapeutics. The NIH and its various institutes are responsible for biomedical and public health research and provide major biomedical research funding to non-NIH research facilities and entities such as Navidea. While the Company will directly benefit from any knowledge gained from the project, there is also a public health benefit provided, which justifies the use of public funds in the form of the grants. Based on the nature of the Company’s operations and the terms of the grant awards, Navidea and the NIH do not have a vendor-customer relationship and the grant awards are outside the scope of the new revenue recognition standard. Accordingly, the new revenue recognition standard need not be applied to NIH grants.

 

5.4.

Fair Value

The Company’s available-for-sale securities consist of certificates of deposit which are measured using Level 2 inputs.

 

MT issued warrants to purchase MT Common Stock with certain characteristics including a net settlement provision that require the warrants to be accounted for as a derivative liability at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets. The estimated fair value of the MT warrants is $63,000 at both June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2017,2018, is included in other liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, and will continue to be measured on a recurring basis. See Note 1(b).

 

The following table setstables set forth, by level, financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis: basis.

 

Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017

 

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis as of March 31, 2019

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis as of March 31, 2019

 

Description

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

for Identical

Liabilities

(Level 1)

  

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs (Level 2)

  

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs (Level 3)

  

Total

  

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

for Identical

Liabilities

(Level 1)

  

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

(Level 2)

  

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

  

Total

 

Assets:

                

Certificates of deposit

 $  $600,228  $  $600,228 

Liabilities:

                

Liability related to MT warrants

 $  $  $63,000  $63,000  $  $  $63,000  $63,000 

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis as of December 31, 2018

 

Description

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

for Identical

Liabilities

(Level 1)

  

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

(Level 2)

  

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

  

Total

 

Assets:

                

Certificates of deposit

 $  $799,270  $  $799,270 

Liabilities:

                

Liability related to MT warrants

 $  $  $63,000  $63,000 

 

 

a.

Valuation Processes-Level 3 Measurements: The Company utilizes third-party valuation services that use complex models such as Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the value of our financial liabilities.


 

 

b.

Sensitivity Analysis-Level 3 Measurements: Changes in the valuation of MT as a whole may cause material changes in the fair value of the MT warrants. Significant increases (decreases) in the valuation of MT, such as may be the result of additional financing, could result in a higher (lower) fair value measurement. A change in the valuation of MT would not necessarily result in a directionally similar change in the value of the MT warrants.

 

There were no Level 1 or Level 2 liabilities outstanding at any time during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and 2017.2018. There were no transfers in or out of our Level 1 or Level 2 liabilities during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.March 31, 2019 or 2018. Changes in the estimated fair value of our Level 3 liabilities relating to unrealized gains (losses), if any, are recorded as changes in fair value of financial instruments in the consolidated statements of operations. TheThere was no change in the estimated fair value of our Level 3 liabilities during the three-month periods ended June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and 2017 was $0 and a decrease of $13,000, respectively. The change in the estimated fair value of our Level 3 liabilities during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was $0 and a decrease of $153,000, respectively.2018.

 

 

65.

Stock-Based Compensation

 

For the three-month periods ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, our total stock-based compensation expense, which includes reversals of expense for certain forfeited or cancelled awards, was approximately $79,000$62,000 and $109,000, respectively. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, our total stock-based compensation expense, which includes reversals of expense for certain forfeited or cancelled awards, was approximately $217,000 and $256,000,$138,000, respectively. We have not recorded any income tax benefit related to stock-based compensation in anyeither of the three-month or six-month periods ended June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and 2017.2018.


 

A summary of the status of our stock options as of June 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, and changes during the six-monththree-month period then ended, is presented below:below.

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 
 

Number of

Options

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life

(in years)

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

  

Number of

Options

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 

Outstanding at beginning of period

  3,687,679  $1.50           157,908  $24.82         

Granted

  470,000   0.53           95,250   5.89         

Exercised

                            

Canceled and Forfeited

  (5,000

)

  0.51           (5,300

)

  8.93         

Expired

  (7,000

)

  0.66           (350

)

  11.00         

Outstanding at end of period

  4,145,679  $1.39   6.6  $ 

Exercisable at end of period

  2,321,683  $1.97   4.6  $ 

Outstanding at end of period (in years)

  247,508  $17.90   7.7  $ 

Exercisable at end of period (in years)

  84,175  $34.35   4.8  $ 

 

A summary of the status of our unvested restricted stock as of June 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, and changes during the six-monththree-month period then ended, is presented below:below.

 

 

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2018

  

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2019

 
 

Number of

Shares

  

Weighted

Average

Grant-Date

Fair Value

  

Number of

Shares

  

Weighted

Average

Grant-Date

Fair Value

 

Unvested at beginning of period

  150,000  $0.51   5,000  $7.42 

Granted

  200,000   0.37   15,000   2.75 

Vested

  (200,000

)

  0.47   (5,000

)

  7.42 

Forfeited

            

Unvested at end of period

  150,000  $0.37   15,000  $2.75 

 

As of June 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, there was approximately $146,000$166,000 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock-based awards, which we expect to recognize over the remaining weighted average vesting term of approximately 1.21.1 years.

 

 

76.

(Loss) LossEarnings Per Share

 

Basic (loss) earningsloss per share is calculated by dividing net (loss) incomeloss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares and, except for periods with ashares. Diluted loss from operations, participating securities outstanding during the period. Diluted (loss) earnings per share reflects additional common shares that would have been outstanding if dilutive potential common shares had been issued. Potential common shares that may be issued by the Company include convertible debt, convertible preferred stock, options and warrants.

 


 

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding used to compute basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:

  

Three Months Ended

June 30,

  

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
  

2018

  

2017

  

2018

  

2017

 

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic

  162,716,988   161,910,792   162,494,238   161,147,873 

Dilutive shares related to warrants

           4,283,127 

Unvested restricted stock

           200,000 

Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted

  162,716,988   161,910,792   162,494,238   165,631,000 

Diluted (loss) earningsloss per common share for the six-monththree-month periods ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018 and 2017 excludes the effects of 19.1 million902,050 and 15.7 million954,612 common share equivalents, respectively, since such inclusion would be anti-dilutive. The excluded shares consist of common shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants, and upon the conversion of convertible debt and convertible preferred stock.warrants.

 

The Company’s unvested restricted stock awards contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents, whether paid or unpaid (referred to as “participating securities”). Therefore, the unvested restricted stock awards are required to be included in the number of shares outstanding for both basic and diluted earnings per share calculations. However, due to our loss from continuing operations, 150,00015,000 and 200,00012,500 shares of unvested restricted stock for the six-monththree-month periods ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, respectively, were excluded in determining basic and diluted loss per share from continuing operations because such inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

 

7.

Investment in Macrophage Therapeutics, Inc.

In August 2018, the Company entered into an Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Dr. Michael Goldberg related to his resignation from his positions as an executive officer and a director of Navidea.  Among other things, the Agreement provided that Dr. Goldberg would become Chief Executive Officer of MT, and that MT would redeem all of Dr. Goldberg’s MT preferred stock and issue to Dr. Goldberg MT super voting common stock equal to 5% of the outstanding shares of MT, subject to execution of one or more additional definitive agreements (the “Definitive Agreements”).  As of the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Definitive Agreements have not yet been signed.

On February 11, 2019, Dr. Goldberg represented to the MT Board that he had, without MT Board or shareholder approval, created a subsidiary of MT, transferred all of the assets of MT into the subsidiary, and then issued himself stock in the subsidiary. On February 19, 2019, Navidea notified MT that it was terminating the sublicense effective March 1, 2019 because MT became insolvent pursuant to the sublicense agreement. On February 20, 2019, the Board of Directors of MT removed Dr. Goldberg as President and Chief Executive Officer of MT and from any other office of MT to which he may have been appointed or in which he was serving. Dr. Goldberg remains a member of the MT Board, together with Michael Rice and Dr. Claudine Bruck. Mr. Rice and Dr. Bruck remain members of the board of directors of Navidea. The MT Board then appointed Mr. Latkin to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of MT.

On February 20, 2019, Navidea filed a complaint against Dr. Goldberg in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging breach of the Agreement, as well as a breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and to obtain a declaratory judgment that Navidea’s performance under the Agreement is excused and that Navidea is entitled to terminate the Agreement as a result of Dr. Goldberg’s actions.  On April 10, 2019, Dr. Goldberg answered the complaint and asserted counterclaims against Navidea for breach of contract related to the Platinum Note, for tortious interference, and for breach of contract, fraud in the inducement, mutual mistake of fact, unilateral mistake of fact, negligent misrepresentation, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, a declaratory judgment, and injunctive relief in connection with the Agreement.  On April 26, 2019, Navidea filed an amended complaint against Dr. Goldberg which added a claim for breach of fiduciary duty seeking damages related to certain actions Dr. Goldberg took while CEO of Navidea.

Also on February 20, 2019, MT initiated a suit against Dr. Goldberg in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, alleging, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty as a director and officer of MT and conversion, and to obtain a declaratory judgment that the transactions Dr. Goldberg caused MT to enter into are void.  On March 13, 2019, the Court of Chancery entered an order maintaining status quo, which provided, among other things, that MT’s board of directors may authorize any act or transaction on behalf of the Company, and that without prior written authorization of the MT board, Dr. Goldberg shall not hold himself out as CEO of MT or purport to act or authorize any action on behalf of MT except as authorized by the MT board.

On March 7, 2019, Dr. Goldberg filed a complaint against Navidea and MT in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges a breach of contract claim against both Navidea and MT for failure to pay to Dr. Goldberg funds allegedly due to him under the Platinum Note. The complaint further alleges a breach of contract claim against Navidea due to Navidea’s failure to issue 1,175,000 shares to Dr. Goldberg, to issue MT super voting common stock, by removing Dr. Greene from the MT board of directors, by appointing Mr. Rice and Dr. Bruck to the MT board of directors, and by terminating Dr. Goldberg as CEO of MT. On April 26, 2019, Navidea moved to dismiss the claims related to the Platinum Note and MT filed an answer to the complaint.  See Note 11.

 

8.

Accounts Payable, Accrued Liabilities and Other

At June 30, 2018, approximately $96,000 of accounts payable is being disputed by the Company related to unauthorized expenditures by a former executive during 2016.

 

Accrued liabilities and other at June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and December 31, 20172018 includes an aggregate of $1.1$184,000 and $1.6 million, and $975,000, respectively, due to related parties for accrued termination costs, bonuses and director fees.

 

 

9.

Notes Payable

 

PlatinumPlatinum-Montaur Life Sciences LLC

 

In July 2012, we entered into an agreement with Platinum-Montaur to provide us with a credit facility of up to $50 million.million (the “Platinum Loan Agreement”). In connection with the closing of the Asset Sale to Cardinal Health 414,March 2017, the Company repaid to PPCO an aggregate of approximately $7.7 million in partial satisfaction of the Company’s liabilities, obligations and indebtedness under the Platinum Loan Agreement between the Company and Platinum-Montaur, which were transferred by Platinum-Montaur to PPCO. TheIn November 2018, the Company was informed by PPVA that it was the ownerissued 925,000 shares of additional amounts owed on the Platinum-Montaur loan. PPVA claims a balancecommon stock of Navidea to Dr. Goldberg, of which approximately $1.9817,857 shares valued at $3.2 million was due upon closingwere applied as payment of the Asset Sale. That amount is also subject to competing claimsPlatinum debt, including principal and accrued interest of ownership by Dr. Michael Goldberg, the Company’s President$2.2 million and Chief Executive Officer. The Company has not yet paid any amounts to PPVA or Dr. Goldberg given the pending dispute.loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.0 million. See Note 11.

 

On November 2, 2017, Platinum-Montaur commenced an action against the Company in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, seeking damages of approximately $1.9 million purportedly due as of March 3, 2017, plus interest accruing thereafter.  The claims asserted are for breach of contract and unjust enrichment in connection with funds received by the Company under the Platinum Loan Agreement.  Said action was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on December 6, 2017.  An initial pretrial conference was held on January 26, 2018 and a follow up status conference was held on March 9, 2018, during which the Court set a briefing schedule and determined that Navidea’s motion to dismiss was due on April 6, 2018.  The Company filed its motion to dismiss in advance of the filing deadline and the motion has been fully briefed with a decision expected from the Court in the near future.


 

During the six-month periodsthree-month period ended June 30,March 31, 2018, and 2017, $85,000 and $183,000$42,000 of interest was compounded and added to the balance of the Platinum Note, respectively. As of June 30, 2018, the remaining outstanding principal balance of the Platinum Note was approximately $2.1 million.Note.

 

IPFS Corporation

In November 2017, we prepaid $396,000 of insurance premiums through the issuance of a note payable to IPFS Corporation (“IPFS”) with an interest rate of 4.0%. The Platinum Notenote was payable in ten monthly installments of $40,000, with the final payment made in August 2018. In November 2018, we prepaid $393,000 of insurance premiums through the issuance of a note payable to IPFS with an interest rate of 5.1%. The note is reflected onpayable in ten monthly installments of $40,000, with the consolidated balance sheets at its estimated fair value, which includesfinal payment due in August 2019.

Interest expense related to the estimated fair value of the embedded conversion option of $0 at June 30, 2018IPFS notes payable totaled $4,000 and December 31, 2017. Changes in the estimated fair value of the Platinum Note were $0 and a decrease of $13,000, respectively, and were recorded as non-cash changes in fair value of the conversion option$2,000 during the three-month periods ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018, and 2017. Changes in the estimated fair valuerespectively. The balance of the Platinum Note were $0IPFS note was approximately $199,000 and a decrease of $153,000, respectively, and were recorded as non-cash changes in fair value of the conversion option during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. The estimated fair value of the Platinum Note was $2.1 million and $2.0 million$316,000 as of June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, and was included in notes payable, current in the consolidated balance sheets.

Summary

During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, we recorded interest expense of $4,000 and $44,000, respectively, related to our notes payable. Of these amounts, $0 and $42,000 was compounded and added to the balance of our notes payable during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

10.

Leases

We currently lease approximately 5,000 square feet of office space at 4995 Bradenton Avenue, Dublin, Ohio, as our principal offices. The current least term expires in June 2020 and provides for a monthly base rent of approximately $3,000. We also leased approximately 2,000 square feet of office space at 560 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, at a monthly base rent of approximately $3,000. The lease for the New Jersey office space expired on March 31, 2019 and we did not renew.

In addition, we currently lease approximately 25,000 square feet of office space at 5600 Blazer Parkway, Dublin, Ohio, formerly our principal offices. The current lease term expires in October 2022, at a monthly base rent of approximately $26,000 during 2019. In June 2017, respectively.the Company executed a sublease arrangement for the Blazer space, providing for monthly sublease payments to Navidea of approximately $39,000 through October 2022.

We also currently lease a vehicle. The lease term expires in September 2021, at a monthly payment of approximately $300.

We adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)effective January 1, 2019. The following table summarizes the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-02 on our balance sheet.

  

Operating

Lease Right-

of-Use Assets

  

Operating

Lease

Liabilities

  

Terminated

Lease

Liability

  

Deferred

Rent

 

Pre-adoption balance

 $  $  $589,173  $2,587 

Change

  406,842   998,602   (589,173

)

  (2,587

)

Post-adoption balance

 $406,842  $998,602  $  $ 

All of our leases are operating leases and are included in right-of-use lease assets, current lease liabilities and noncurrent lease liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets. These assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of remaining lease payments over the lease term using the Company’s incremental borrowing rates or implicit rates, when readily determinable. Short-term operating leases which have an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets.

Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease expense is included in selling, general and administrative expenses on our consolidated statements of operations. Total operating lease expense was $66,000 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. Sublease revenue was $94,000 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

 


 

The following table presents information about the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from the Company’s operating leases as of March 31, 2019.

Maturity of Lease Liabilities

 

Operating

Lease

Payments

 

2019 (remaining)

 $241,915 

2020

  319,034 

2021

  306,781 

2022

  253,339 

Total undiscounted operating lease payments

  1,121,069 

Less imputed interest

  193,099 

Present value of operating lease liabilities

 $927,970 
     

Balance Sheet Classification

    

Current lease liabilities

 $241,985 

Noncurrent lease liabilities

  685,985 

Total operating lease liabilities

 $927,970 
     

Other Information

    

Weighted-average remaining lease term for operating leases (in years)

  3.4 

Weighted-average discount rate for operating leases

  12.3%

An initial right-of-use lease asset of $407,000 was recognized as a non-cash asset addition with the adoption of ASU 2016-02. Cash paid for amounts included in the present value of operating lease liabilities was $97,000 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 and is included in operating cash flows.

11.

Commitments and Contingencies

We are subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business.

Capital Royalty Partners II, L.P.CRG Litigation

 

As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings, the Company has been engaged in ongoing litigation with CRG, in its capacity as a lender and as control agent for other affiliated lenders party to the CRG Loan Agreement (collectively, the “Lenders”), in the District Court of Harris County, Texas Court(the “Texas Court”) relating to CRG’s claims of default under the terms the CRG Loan Agreement. Following a trial in December 2017, the Texas Court ruled that the Company’s total obligation to CRG was in excess of $66.0 million, limited to $66.0 million under the parties’ Global Settlement Agreement reached in 2017.Agreement. The Texas Court acknowledged only the $59.0 million payment made in March 2017, concluding that the Company owed CRG another $7.0 million, however the Texas Court did not expressly take the Company’s June 2016 payment of $4.1 million into account and awarded, as part of the $66.0 million, amounts that had already been paid as part of the $4.1 million. The Company believes that this $4.1 million should be credited against the $7.0 million; CRG disagrees.

On January 16, 2018,million and is currently appealing the Company filed an emergency motion to set supersedeas bondTexas Court’s judgment.  The appeal is fully briefed and to modify judgment, describing the double recovery created by the $66.0 million award without taking into account the $4.1 million payment in June 2016, requesting that the judgment be modified to set the supersedeas amount at $2.9 million so that the Company could stay enforcement of the judgment pending appeal. The Texas Court refused to rule on this motion, andparties await the court of appeals entered an order compelling the Texas Court to set a supersedeas amount. On March 26, 2018, the Texas Court ordered the Company to put up a supersedeas bond in the amount of $7.7 million. The Company filed for an emergency stay of the order in the appellate court in Harris County. On April 2, 2018, the appellate court denied the Company’s emergency stay motion. The Company continues to believe that the $4.1 million paid to CRG in June 2016 should be credited as payment toward the $66.0 million total, and the Company intends to further contest the matter through the appellate court in Texas. Navidea’s brief on the merits in this appeal is due on August 10, 2018, but this deadline is subject to potential extension. Navidea does not expect a ruling on this appeal until 2019 at the earliest.appeals’ ruling.

 

On April 9, 2018, CRG drew approximately $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit.  These were funds to which Navidea would otherwise have been entitled. This was in addition to the $4.1 million and the $59.0 million that Navidea had previously paid to CRG.

 

On April 12, 2018 Navidea filed suitThe Company has also been engaged in ongoing litigation with CRG in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio Court against the Lenders.  The suit asserts(the “Ohio Court”) related to Navidea’s claims that the Lenders fraudulently induced Navidea to enter into a settlement agreement and breached the terms of the same through certain actions taken by the Lenders in connection with the Global Settlement Agreement reached in 2017, pursuant to which Navidea agreed to pay up to $66.0 million to Lenders, as well as through actions and misrepresentations by CRG after the Global Settlement Agreement was executed.  The currently pending claims in that suit also asserts claimsare for breach of contract, conversion and unjust enrichment against the Lenders for their collection of more than $66.0 million, the maximum permitted under the Global Settlement Agreement, and their double recovery of amounts paid as part of the $4.1 million paid in June 2016 and recovered again as part of the $66.0 million. CRG’s double recovery and recovery of more than $66.0 million are due to CRG drawing the entire $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit.  On May 22, 2018 Navidea filed an amended complaint asserting additional claims, including claims for breachThe Lenders sought a Writ of confidentiality by CRG, and on June 26, 2018 CRG filed a motion seeking to dismiss the amended complaint. CRG’s motion to dismiss has been fully briefed and a decision on the motion is expected from the Court in the near future.

In a related proceeding before the Ohio Court, initially filed in 2016, and under which the Global Settlement Agreement was reached in 2017, the Ohio Court has issued preliminary findings that the settlement gave rise to a $66.0 million cap on amounts owed to Lenders by Navidea and that Navidea might not have been properly credited for certain funds in excess of $4.1 million previously swept by Lenders from a bank account owned by Navidea.  The Ohio Court also made a preliminary ruling that it possessed jurisdiction to interpret the settlement agreement at issue. The Company is pursuing recovery of the $4.1 million, and other damages,Prohibition in the Ohio Supreme Court to prevent this case from moving forward, which was denied, and proceedings have resumed in front of the Ohio Court. Following an unsuccessful mediation on May 7, 2019, discovery is ongoing in the case and it is anticipated that the Company will file a Motion for Summary Judgment sometime in 2019.

 

On April 11, 2018, CRG filed a new suit against the Companyanother lawsuit in the Texas Court.Court in April 2018. This new suit seeks a declaratory judgment that CRG did not breach the Global Settlement Agreement by drawing approximately $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit. On April 16, 2018, CRG moved the Texas Court to issue an anti-suit injunction barring the Company from litigating in the Ohio Court. The Texas Court denied that motion on April 27, 2018. The Company moved to dismiss these claims pursuant to the Texas Citizens Participation Act. This motion to dismiss will be heard by the Texas Court on August 20, 2018.

On July 11, 2018, CRG filed a first amended petition in the new suit. This amended petition includes the prior request for declaratory judgment that CRG did not breach the Global Settlement Agreement. In addition, the amended petition asserts a claim against Navidea for breach of contract. CRG alleges that Navidea breached the Global Settlement Agreement and its duty of good faith and fair dealing by seeking reconsideration in the original Texas suit, appealing the original Texas suit, and filing the Ohio suit. The Company is contesting this issue in the Ohio Court, the Texas Court, and on appeal in Texas. See Notes 2 and 11.


IPFS Corporation

In December 2016, we prepaid $348,000 of insurance premiums through the issuance of a note payable to IPFS Corporation (“IPFS”) with an interest rate of 8.99%. The note was payable in eight monthly installments of $45,000, with the final payment made in July 2017.

In November 2017, we prepaid $396,000 of insurance premiums through the issuance of a note payable to IPFS with an interest rate of 4.0%. The note is payable in ten monthly installments of $40,000, with the final payment due in August 2018. The balance of the note was approximately $80,000 and $318,000 as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, and was included in notes payable, current in the consolidated balance sheets.

Summary

During the three-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, we recorded interest expense of $45,000 and $43,000, respectively, related to our notes payable. Of these amounts, $43,000 and $40,000 was compounded and added to the balance of our notes payable during the three-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. During the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, we recorded interest expense of $89,000 and $1.8 million, respectively, related to our notes payable. Of these amounts, $85,000 and $183,000 was compounded and added to the balance of our notes payable during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

10.

Terminated Lease Liability

Effective June 1, 2017, Navidea relocated its Dublin, Ohio headquarters from 5600 Blazer Parkway (“Blazer”) to a smaller space at 4995 Bradenton Avenue. The Company concurrently executed a sublease arrangement for the Blazer space (the “Sublease”) because there is no early termination provision in the Blazer lease. The Blazer lease and the Sublease end simultaneously in October 2022.

In accordance with current accounting guidance, the Company initially recorded a total liability of $1.0 million, which was equal to the fair value of the remaining payments due under the Blazer Lease, net of the fair value of the payments to be received by the Company under the Sublease, and including a finder’s fee. The Company also recorded a loss on contract termination of $399,000 and a loss on disposal of assets, primarily leasehold improvements and furniture and fixtures, related to the Blazer space of $706,000. Both losses were included in selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2017.

A summary of the changes in our terminated lease liability during the six-month period ended June 30, 2018 is presented below:

  

Terminated

Lease

Liability

 

Total liability, January 1, 2018

 $695,307 

Changes in estimated future payments

  (43,394

)

Payments under Blazer lease

  (207,550

)

Receipts from subtenant

  156,497 

Accretion of liability

  18,539 

Total liability, June 30, 2018

 $619,399 

11.

Commitments and Contingencies

We are subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business.

Sinotau Litigation – NAV4694

On August 31, 2015, Sinotau filed a suit for damages, specific performance, and injunctive relief against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts alleging breach of a letter of intent for licensing to Sinotau of the Company’s NAV4694 product candidate and technology. In September 2016, the Court denied the Company’s motion to dismiss. The Company filed its answer to the complaint and the parties have filed multiple joint motions to stay the case pending settlement discussion, which to date have been granted.

In October 2017, the Company executed a letter of intent with Sinotau and Cerveau outlining a plan to sublicense to Cerveau the worldwide rights to conduct research using NAV4694, as well as grant to Cerveau an exclusive license for the development, marketing and commercialization of NAV4694 in Australia, Canada, China and Singapore. The letter of intent included a provision stating that Sinotau will release all claims in the Sinotau Litigation upon the parties’ execution of a definitive agreement; the commercial rights agreement contemplated by the letter of intent would also include a release of such claims and a covenant not to sue on such claims.


In April 2018, the Company executed an agreement to provide Meilleur worldwide rights to conduct research using NAV4694, as well as an exclusive license for the development and commercialization of NAV4694 in Australia, Canada, China, and Singapore. Meilleur also has an option to commercialize worldwide. As a result of the agreement, Navidea expects that the litigation initiated by Sinotau will be dismissed.

CRG Litigation

As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings, the Company has been engaged in ongoing litigation with CRG, in its capacity as a lender and as control agent for other affiliated lenders party to the CRG Loan Agreement, in the Texas Court relating to CRG’s claims of default under the terms the CRG Loan Agreement. Following a trial in December 2017, the Texas Court ruled that the Company’s total obligation to CRG was in excess of $66.0 million, limited to $66.0 million under the parties’ Global Settlement Agreement reached in 2017. The Texas Court acknowledged only the $59.0 million payment made in March 2017, concluding that the Company owed CRG another $7.0 million, however the Texas Court did not expressly take the Company’s June 2016 payment of $4.1 million into account and awarded, as part of the $66.0 million, amounts that had already been paid as part of the $4.1 million. The Company believes that this $4.1 million should be credited against the $7.0 million; CRG disagrees.

On January 16, 2018, the Company filed an emergency motion to set supersedeas bond and to modify judgment, describing the double recovery created by the $66.0 million award without taking into account the $4.1 million payment in June 2016, requesting that the judgment be modified to set the supersedeas amount at $2.9 million so that the Company could stay enforcement of the judgment pending appeal. The Texas Court refused to rule on this motion, and the court of appeals entered an order compelling the Texas Court to set a supersedeas amount. On March 26, 2018, the Texas Court ordered the Company to put up a supersedeas bond in the amount of $7.7 million. The Company filed for an emergency stay of the order in the appellate court in Harris County. On April 2, 2018, the appellate court denied the Company’s emergency stay motion. The Company continues to believe that the $4.1 million paid to CRG in June 2016 should be credited as payment toward the $66.0 million total, and the Company intends to further contest the matter through the appellate court in Texas. Navidea’s brief on the merits in this appeal is due on August 10, 2018, but this deadline is subject to potential extension. Navidea does not expect a ruling on this appeal until 2019 at the earliest.

On April 9, 2018, CRG drew approximately $7.1 million on the letter of credit. This was in addition to the $4.1 million and the $59.0 million that Navidea had previously paid to CRG.

On April 12, 2018 Navidea filed suit in the Ohio Court against the Lenders.  The suit asserts that the Lenders fraudulently induced Navidea to enter into a settlement agreement and breached the terms of the same through certain actions taken by the Lenders in connection with the Global Settlement Agreement reached in 2017, pursuant to which Navidea agreed to pay up to $66.0 million to Lenders, as well as through actions and misrepresentations by CRG after the Global Settlement Agreement was executed.  The suit also asserts claims for conversion and unjust enrichment against the Lenders for their collection of more than $66.0 million, the maximum permitted under the Global Settlement Agreement, and their double recovery of amounts paid as part of the $4.1 million paid in June 2016 and recovered again as part of the $66.0 million. CRG’s double recovery and recovery of more than $66.0 million are due to CRG drawing the entire $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit. On May 22, 2018 Navidea filed an amended complaint asserting additional claims, including claims for breach of confidentiality byCredit. CRG and on June 26, 2018 CRG filed a motion seeking to dismiss the amended complaint. CRG’s motion to dismiss has been fully briefed and a decision on the motion is expected from the Court in the near future.

In a related proceeding before the Ohio Court, initially filed in 2016, and under which the Global Settlement Agreement was reached in 2017, the Ohio Court has issued preliminary findingsalso alleges that the settlement gave rise to a $66.0 million cap on amounts owed to Lenders by Navidea and that Navidea might not have been properly credited for certain funds in excess of $4.1 million previously swept by Lenders from a bank account owned by Navidea.  The Ohio Court also made a preliminary ruling that it possessed jurisdiction to interpret the settlement agreement at issue. The Company is pursuing recovery of the $4.1 million, and other damages, in the Ohio Court.

On April 11, 2018, CRG filed a new suit against the Company in the Texas Court. This new suit seeks a declaratory judgment that CRG did not breachbreached the Global Settlement Agreement by drawing approximately $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit. On April 16, 2018, CRG movedappealing the Texas Court to issue an anti-suit injunction barringCourt’s judgment and by filing the Company from litigatingsuit in the Ohio Court. The Texas Court denied that motion on April 27, 2018.Franklin County, Ohio. The Company moved to dismiss theseCRG’s claims pursuant tounder the Texas CitizensCitizens’ Participation Act. ThisThe Texas Court denied the motion to dismiss will be heard bydismiss. The Company filed an interlocutory appeal of the denial of its motion to dismiss. That appeal is fully briefed, and the parties await the court of appeals’ ruling. Proceedings in the Texas Court on August 20, 2018.

On July 11, 2018, CRG filed a first amended petition in the new suit. This amended petition includes the prior request for declaratory judgmentare stayed pending resolution of that CRG did not breach the Global Settlement Agreement. In addition, the amended petition asserts a claim against Navidea for breach of contract. CRG alleges that Navidea breached the Global Settlement Agreement and its duty of good faith and fair dealing by seeking reconsideration in the original Texas suit, appealing the original Texas suit, and filing the Ohio suit. The Company is contesting this issue in the Ohio Court, the Texas Court, and on appeal in Texas.appeal.  See Notes 2 and 9.Note 2.

 


 

Sinotau Litigation – Platinum LiTc99m Tilmanocepttigation

 

On February 1, 2017, Navidea filed suit against Sinotau in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The Company's complaint included claims seeking a declaration of the rights and obligations of the parties to an agreement regarding rights for the Tc99m tilmanocept product in China and other claims. The complaint sought a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and preliminary injunction to prevent Sinotau from interfering with the Company’s Asset Sale to Cardinal Health 414. On February 3, 2017, the Court granted the TRO and extended it until March 6, 2017. The Asset Sale closed on March 3, 2017. On March 6, the Court dissolved the TRO as moot. Sinotau also filed a suit against the Company and Cardinal Health 414 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware on February 2, 2017. On July 12, 2017, the District of Delaware case was transferred to the Southern District of Ohio. On July 27, 2017 the Ohio Court determined that both cases in the Southern District of Ohio are related and the case was stayed for 60 days pending settlement discussions. On February 8, 2018, Navidea and Sinotau executed an amendment to the agreement, modifying certain terms of the agreement and effectively resolving the legal dispute. On February 17, 2018, Navidea and Sinotau executed a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release, and on February 20, 2018, Navidea and Sinotau voluntarily dismissed their legal cases.

Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences LLC

OnIn November 2, 2017, Platinum-Montaur commenced an action against the Company in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, seeking damages of approximately $1.9 million purportedly due as of March 3, 2017, plus interest accruing thereafter.  The claims asserted arewere for breach of contract and unjust enrichment in connection with funds received by the Company under the Platinum Loan Agreement.  SaidThe action was subsequently removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”).  On October 31, 2018, the District Court granted judgment for Navidea and dismissed all claims in the case.  The District Court stated that Platinum-Montaur had no standing to assert any contractual interest in funds that might be due under the Platinum Loan Agreement.  The District Court also disagreed with Platinum-Montaur’s claim of unjust enrichment on December 6, 2017.  An initial pretrial conference was heldsimilar grounds and found that Platinum-Montaur lacked any sufficient personal stake to maintain claims against Navidea.  The claims against Navidea were dismissed without prejudice on the grounds of lack of standing to pursue the claims asserted.

On November 30, 2018, Platinum-Montaur filed a notice of appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit claiming that the District Court erred in dismissing Platinum-Montaur’s claims for breach of contract and unjust enrichment. On January 22, 2019, Platinum-Montaur filed its brief in the Second Circuit, asking the Second Circuit to reverse the District Court and remand the case to the District Court for further proceedings. On February 26, 2018 and a follow up status conference was held on March 9, 2018, during which2019, the Court set a briefing schedule and determined that Navidea’s motion to dismiss was due on April 6, 2018.  The Company filed its motionbrief in the Second Circuit. It is not known at this time whether the Second Circuit will hold oral argument on this matter or when the Second Circuit will render its decision. See Note 9.

Goldberg Agreement and Litigation

In August 2018, Dr. Michael Goldberg resigned from his positions as an executive officer and a director of Navidea. In connection with Dr. Goldberg’s resignation, Navidea and Dr. Goldberg entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”), with the intent of entering into one or more additional Definitive Agreements, which set forth the terms of the separation from service. Among other things, the Agreement provided that Dr. Goldberg would be entitled to 1,175,000 shares of common stock of Navidea, representing in part payment of accrued bonuses and payment of the balance of the Platinum Note. A portion of the 1,175,000 shares to be issued to Dr. Goldberg will be held in escrow for up to 18 months in order to reimburse Navidea in the event that Navidea is obligated to pay any portion of the Platinum Note to a party other than Dr. Goldberg. Further, the Agreement provided that the Company’s subsidiary, MT, would redeem all of Dr. Goldberg’s preferred stock and issue to Dr. Goldberg super voting common stock equal to 5% of the outstanding shares of MT. In November 2018, the Company issued 925,000 shares of common stock of Navidea to Dr. Goldberg, 250,000 of which were placed in escrow in accordance with the Agreement. As of the date of filing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Definitive Agreements have not been signed.

On February 11, 2019, Dr. Goldberg represented to the MT Board that he had, without MT Board or shareholder approval, created a subsidiary of MT, transferred all of the assets of MT into the subsidiary, and then issued himself stock in the subsidiary. On February 19, 2019, Navidea notified MT that it was terminating the sublicense effective March 1, 2019 because MT became insolvent pursuant to the sublicense agreement. On February 20, 2019, the Board of Directors of MT removed Dr. Goldberg as President and Chief Executive Officer of MT and from any other office of MT to which he may have been appointed or in which he was serving. Dr. Goldberg remains a member of the MT Board, together with Michael Rice and Dr. Claudine Bruck. Mr. Rice and Dr. Bruck remain members of the board of directors of Navidea. The MT Board then appointed Mr. Latkin to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of MT.

On February 20, 2019, Navidea filed a complaint against Dr. Goldberg in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging breach of the Agreement, as well as a breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and to obtain a declaratory judgment that Navidea’s performance under the Agreement is excused and that Navidea is entitled to terminate the Agreement as a result of Dr. Goldberg’s actions.  On April 10, 2019, Dr. Goldberg answered the complaint and asserted counterclaims against Navidea for breach of contract related to the Platinum Note, for tortious interference, and for breach of contract, fraud in the inducement, mutual mistake of fact, unilateral mistake of fact, negligent misrepresentation, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, a declaratory judgment, and injunctive relief in connection with the Agreement.  On April 26, 2019, Navidea filed an amended complaint against Dr. Goldberg which added a claim for breach of fiduciary duty seeking damages related to certain actions Dr. Goldberg took while CEO of Navidea.

Also on February 20, 2019, MT initiated a suit against Dr. Goldberg in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, alleging, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty as a director and officer of MT and conversion, and to obtain a declaratory judgment that the transactions Dr. Goldberg caused MT to enter into are void.  On March 13, 2019, the Court of Chancery entered an order maintaining status quo, which provided, among other things, that MT’s board of directors may authorize any act or transaction on behalf of the Company, and that without prior written authorization of the MT board, Dr. Goldberg shall not hold himself out as CEO of MT or purport to act or authorize any action on behalf of MT except as authorized by the MT board.

On March 7, 2019, Dr. Goldberg filed a complaint against Navidea and MT in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.  The complaint alleges a breach of contract claim against both Navidea and MT for failure to pay to Dr. Goldberg funds allegedly due to him under the Platinum Note.  The complaint further alleges a breach of contract claim against Navidea due to Navidea’s failure to issue 1,175,000 shares to Dr. Goldberg, to issue MT super voting common stock, by removing Dr. Greene from the MT board of directors, by appointing Mr. Rice and Dr. Bruck to the MT board of directors, and by terminating Dr. Goldberg as CEO of MT.  On April 26, 2019, Navidea moved to dismiss the claims related to the Platinum Note and MT filed an answer to the complaint.  See Note 7.

NYSE American Continued Listing Standards

On August 14, 2018, the Company received a notification (the “Deficiency Letter”) from the NYSE American stating that Navidea was not in advancecompliance with certain NYSE American continued listing standards relating to stockholders’ equity. Specifically, the Deficiency Letter stated that Navidea is not in compliance with Section 1003(a)(ii) of the filing deadlineNYSE American Company Guide, which requires an issuer to have stockholders’ equity of $4.0 million or more if it has reported losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in three of its four most recent fiscal years. The Deficiency Letter noted that Navidea had stockholders’ equity of $2.1 million as of June 30, 2018, and had reported net losses in four of its five most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2017.

Navidea was required to submit a plan to the motionNYSE American by September 14, 2018 advising of actions it has taken or will take to regain compliance with the continued listing standards by February 14, 2020. Navidea submitted a plan by the deadline.


On October 25, 2018, the Company received a notification (the “Acceptance Letter”) from the NYSE American that the Company’s plan to regain compliance was accepted. The Acceptance Letter also stated that the NYSE American had inadvertently omitted an additional deficiency from the Deficiency Letter. Specifically, the Deficiency Letter should have stated that Navidea is not in compliance with Section 1003(a)(iii) of the NYSE American Company Guide, which requires an issuer to have stockholders’ equity of $6.0 million or more if it has reported losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in its five most recent fiscal years. The Acceptance Letter noted that Navidea had stockholders’ equity of $2.1 million as of June 30, 2018, and had reported losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in its five most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2017.

The Company is required to provide quarterly updates to the NYSE American staff (the “Staff”) concurrent with its interim/annual SEC filings. If Navidea fails to regain compliance with the stockholders’ equity standards by February 14, 2020, the NYSE American would commence delisting procedures.

In addition, the Deficiency Letter stated that the Staff determined that the Company’s securities have been fully briefedselling for a low price per share for a substantial period of time and, pursuant to Section 1003(f)(v) of the NYSE American Company Guide, Navidea’s continued listing is predicated on it effecting a reverse stock split of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) or otherwise demonstrating sustained price improvement within a reasonable period of time. The Staff initially granted Navidea a plan period through February 14, 2019 to regain compliance with Section 1003(f)(v) by effecting a reverse stock split or otherwise demonstrating sustained price improvement.

On January 28, 2019, the Company received a notice from the NYSE American that they had granted the Company an extension until March 31, 2019 to regain compliance with Section 1003(f)(v) of the NYSE American’s continued listing standards, and on March 22, 2019, Navidea announced that it was in discussions with the NYSE American regarding the timing of a potential reverse stock split later than March 31, 2019.

On April 2, 2019, the Company received a notification (the “NYSE Letter”) from the NYSE American stating that Navidea was not in compliance with Section 1003(a)(i) of the NYSE American Company Guide, which requires an issuer to have stockholders’ equity of $2.0 million or more if it has reported losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in two of its three most recent fiscal years. The NYSE Letter noted that Navidea’s most recent Form 10-K reported stockholders’ equity of $1.7 million as of December 31, 2018, and that Navidea has reported losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in its five most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2018. The NYSE Letter advised that the Company must provide the NYSE American with a decision expected fromplan to regain compliance with the Courtprice standard by April 15, 2019 in order to be considered for continued trading through its equity plan period end date of February 14, 2020, subject to periodic review of progress consistent with the near future.equity plan.

As previously disclosed, at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on August 16, 2018, the Company’s stockholders approved a proposal authorizing the Company’s Board of Directors to effect a reverse stock split by a ratio of not less than one-for-five and not more than one-for-twenty. On April 18, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a one-for-twenty reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock, effective at 12:01 am Eastern Time on April 26, 2019. Shares of the Company’s common stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis when the NYSE American market opened on that date. The reverse stock split was effected as part of the Company's plan to regain compliance with the $0.20 minimum bid price continued listing requirement of the NYSE American. See Note 17.

 

In accordance with ASC Topic 450, Contingencies, we make a provision for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Although the outcome of any litigation is uncertain, in our opinion, the amount of ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these actions, will not materially affect our financial position.

 

 

1212.

Equity Instruments

 

On March 22, 2019, the Company entered into the Stock Purchase Agreement with the Investor, pursuant to which the Company will issue to the Investor in a Private Placement up to $3.0 million in shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The Private Placement will occur in multiple tranches. The initial closing occurred on March 22, 2019 (the “Initial Closing”), at which the Investor purchased $50,000 worth of the Securities at a per share price of $2.80, which was the closing price of a share of Common Stock reported on the NYSE American market for the business day immediately before the Initial Closing Date. The remainder of the Securities will be purchased by the Investor from time to time, on such date or dates to be determined by the Company and the Investor, which date will not be later than June 15, 2019 (each, a “Subsequent Closing”, with each of the Initial Closing and any Subsequent Closing being a “Closing”), such amount of Securities agreed upon by the Company and the Investor, at a per share price to be determined in good faith by the Company and the Investor which price may be less than the greater of book or market value of one share of Common Stock within the meaning of the NYSE American standards; provided, that the total amount of Securities sold at any Subsequent Closing shall not exceed (i) $3.0 million worth of the Securities less the aggregate purchase price paid by the Investor to the Company for any Securities purchased at any prior Closing, (ii) the number of shares that may be issued without violating the rules and regulations of the NYSE American, and (iii) the amount of shares that would result in the beneficial ownership in the Company by the Investor and his affiliates being equal to or less than 33.0% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. The Company plans to use the proceeds from the Private Placement for general working capital purposes, including, without limitation, research and development, and other operating expenses. See Note 2.


During the six-monththree-month periods ended June 30,March 31, 2018, and 2017, we issued 1,118,760 and 710,35322,920 shares of our common stock valued at $317,000 and $369,000, respectively,$165,000 to our employees as paymentspartial payment in lieu of cash for their 2017 2016 and 2015 bonuses.

 

During the six-month periodsthree-month period ended June 30,March 31, 2018, and 2017, we issued 94,684 and 105,3084,734 shares of our common stock as matching contributions to our 401(k) Plan which were valued at $36,000 and $54,000, respectively.$36,000.

 

During the six-month period ended June 30, 2017, we issued 16,406 shares of our common stock valued at $10,500 to certain members of our Board of Directors as payment in lieu of cash for their retainer fees. We did not make any such stock payments to our directors during the six-month period ended June 30, 2018.

 

13.

Stock Warrants

 

In January 2017, Dr. Michael Goldberg, the Company’s President and CEO, exercised 5,411,850 of his Series LL warrants in exchange for 5,411,850 shares of our common stock, resulting in proceeds to the Company of $54,119.

InAt March 2017, in connection with the Asset Sale, the Company granted to each of Cardinal Health 414 and UCSD, a five-year Series NN warrant to purchase up to 10 million shares and 1 million shares, respectively, of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share, each of which warrant is subject to anti-dilution and other customary terms and conditions. The fair value of the Series NN warrants was calculated using the Black-Scholes model using our five-year historical weekly volatility of 77% and a risk-free rate equal to the five-year treasury constant maturity rate of 2%. The Series NN warrants granted to Cardinal Health 414 had an estimated fair value of $3.3 million, which was recorded as a reduction of the gain on sale in the consolidated statement of operations for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017. The Series NN warrants granted to UCSD had an estimated fair value of $334,000, which was recorded as an intangible asset related to the UCSD license in the consolidated balance sheet during the six-month period ended June 30, 2017.

At June 30, 2018,31, 2019, there are 16.7 million818,000 warrants outstanding to purchase Navidea's common stock. The warrants are exercisable at prices ranging from $0.01$0.20 to $2.50$50.00 per share with a weighted average exercise price of $1.16$22.98 per share. The warrants have remaining outstanding terms ranging from one monthfive months to 1716.5 years.

 

In addition, at June 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, there are 300 warrants outstanding to purchase MT Common Stock. The warrants are exercisable at $2,000 per share.


 

 

14.14.

Income Taxes

 

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.method in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes.  Deferred tax assets (“DTAs”) and deferred tax liabilities (“DTLs”) are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.  DTAs and DTLs are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on DTAs and DTLs of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

Current accounting standards require a valuation allowance against DTAs if, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the DTAs may not be realized. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the realization of these DTAs in future tax returns, all of the DTAs have been fully offset by a valuation allowance at June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2017,2018, except the alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) credit carryforward amount described below.

 

In assessing the realizability of DTAs, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the DTAs will not be realized. The ultimate realization of DTAs is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities (including the impact of available carryback and carryforward periods), projected future taxable income, and tax-planning strategies in making this assessment. Based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the DTAs are deductible, management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize the benefits of these deductible differences or tax carryforwards as of June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 except for the AMT credit carryforward.

 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law on December 22, 2017. The Tax Act reduced the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018. The Tax Act repeals the AMT for corporations, and permits any existing AMT credit carryforwards to be used to reduce the regular tax obligation in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Companies may continue using AMT credits to offset any regular income tax liability in years 2018 through 2020, with 50 percent50% of remaining AMT credits refunded in each of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 tax years, and all remaining credits refunded in tax year 2021. This results in full realization of an existing AMT credit carryforward irrespective of future taxable income. Accordingly, 50% of the Company recorded$1.2 million AMT credit carryforwards of $1.2 millionare included in prepaid and other current assets, and the remaining AMT credit carryforwards are included in noncurrent assets in the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2017. The impact of many provisions of the Tax Act lack clarity and is subject to interpretation until additional IRS guidance is issued. The ultimate impact of the Tax Act may differ from the Company’s estimates due to changes in the interpretations and assumptions made as well as any forthcoming regulatory guidance.2018.

 

Current accounting standards include guidance on the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements. Such standards also prescribe a recognition threshold and measurement model for the financial statement recognition of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, and provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The Company believes that the ultimate deductibility of all tax positions is highly certain, although there is uncertainty about the timing of such deductibility. As a result, no liability for uncertain tax positions was recorded as of June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 or December 31, 20172018 and we do not expect any significant changes in the next twelve months. Should we need to accrue interest or penalties on uncertain tax positions, we would recognize the interest as interest expense and the penalties as a selling, general and administrative expense. As of June 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, tax years 2014-20172015-2018 remained subject to examination by federal and state tax authorities.

 

Benefit from income taxes was $11,000 for the three-month period ended June 30, 2018, representing an effective tax rate of 21.0%, as compared to a benefit from income taxes of $1.6 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2017, representing an effective tax rate of 34.0%. The decrease in the effective rate for the three-month period ended June 30, 2018 compared with the same period in 2017 is primarily due to the corporate rate reduction of the Tax Act.

As of June 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, we had approximately $131.8$130.9 million of federal and $20.4$20.3 million of state net operating loss carryforwards, as well as approximately $9.7$8.7 million of federal R&D credit carryforwards.


 

 

15.

Segments

 

We report information about our operating segments using the “management approach” in accordance with current accounting standards. This information is based on the way management organizes and reports the segments within the enterprise for making operating decisions and assessing performance. Our reportable segments are identified based on differences in products, services and markets served. There were no inter-segment sales. We manage our business based on two primary types of drug products: (i) diagnostic substances, including Tc99mTc 99m tilmanocept and other diagnostic applications of our Manocept platform, and NAV4694 (sublicensed in April 2018), and (ii) therapeutic development programs, including therapeutic applications of our Manocept platform and all development programs undertaken by MT.

 


The information in the following tables is derived directly from each reportable segment’s financial reporting.

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

Diagnostics

  

Therapeutics

  

Corporate

  

Total

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

Diagnostics

  

Therapeutics

  

Corporate

  

Total

 

Royalty revenue

 $6,665  $  $  $6,665  $3,150  $  $  $3,150 

License revenue

  257,709         257,709 

Sublease revenue

        94,408   94,408 

Grant and other revenue

  156,889   120,864      277,753   35,991   2,483      38,474 

Total revenue

  421,263   120,864      542,127   39,141   2,483   94,408   136,032 

Cost of revenue

  35,392         35,392   6,126         6,126 

Research and development expenses

  913,158   229,560      1,142,718   740,583         740,583 

Selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization (1)

     16,630   1,735,258   1,751,888      11,714   1,774,431   1,786,145 

Depreciation and amortization (2)

        37,511   37,511         36,779   36,779 

Loss from operations (3)

  (527,287

)

  (125,326

)

  (1,772,769

)

  (2,425,382

)

  (707,568

)

  (9,231

)

  (1,716,802

)

  (2,433,601

)

Other expense (4)

        (20,719

)

  (20,719

)

Income tax benefit

  2,356   560   8,013   10,929 

Other income (4)

        8,713   8,713 

Provision for income taxes

  (256

)

  (3

)

  (617

)

  (876

)

Net loss from continuing operations

  (524,931

)

  (124,766

)

  (1,785,475

)

  (2,435,172

)

  (707,824

)

  (9,234

)

  (1,708,706

)

  (2,425,764

)

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

  (1,938

)

        (1,938

)

  (3,297

)

        (3,297

)

Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax

  43,053         43,053 

Net loss

  (483,816

)

  (124,766

)

  (1,785,475

)

  (2,394,057

)

  (711,121

)

  (9,234

)

  (1,708,706

)

  (2,429,061

)

Total assets, net of depreciation and amortization:

                                

United States

 $409,769  $87,751  $8,139,434  $8,636,954  $55,213  $2,411  $4,891,112  $4,948,736 

International

  22,147      1,391   23,538   10,422      602   11,024 

Capital expenditures

        3,165   3,165             

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

Diagnostics

  

Therapeutics

  

Corporate

  

Total

 

Royalty revenue

 $  $  $  $ 

License revenue

  100,000         100,000 

Grant and other revenue

  418,375   93,224      511,599 

Total revenue

  518,375   93,224      611,599 

Research and development expenses

  1,108,101   77,773      1,185,874 

Selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization (1)

     3,462   4,175,583   4,179,045 

Depreciation and amortization (2)

        70,539   70,539 

(Loss) income from operations (3)

  (589,726

)

  11,989   (4,246,122

)

  (4,823,859

)

Other income

        40,848   40,848 

Income tax benefit (expense)

  201,125   (4,089

)

  1,434,198   1,631,234 

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

  (388,601

)

  7,900   (2,771,076

)

  (3,151,777

)

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

  (82,376

)

        (82,376

)

Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax

  (1,953,378

)

        (1,953,378

)

Net (loss) income

  (2,424,355

)

  7,900   (2,771,076

)

  (5,187,531

)

Total assets, net of depreciation and amortization:

                

United States

 $16,373,919  $16,002  $9,411,189  $25,801,110 

International

  98,806      2,299   101,105 

Capital expenditures

        8,170   8,170 


Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

Diagnostics

  

Therapeutics

  

Corporate

  

Total

 

Royalty revenue

 $7,460  $  $  $7,460 

License revenue

  257,709         257,709 

Grant and other revenue

  389,325   164,078      553,403 

Total revenue

  654,494   164,078      818,572 

Cost of revenue

  35,710         35,710 

Research and development expenses

  1,698,169   443,505      2,141,674 

Selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization (1)

     25,237   3,465,036   3,490,273 

Depreciation and amortization (2)

        75,498   75,498 

Loss from operations (3)

  (1,079,385

)

  (304,664

)

  (3,540,534

)

  (4,924,583

)

Other expense (4)

        (4,259,480

)

  (4,259,480

)

Income tax benefit

  1,284   363   9,282   10,929 

Net loss from continuing operations

  (1,078,101

)

  (304,301

)

  (7,790,732

)

  (9,173,134

)

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

  (1,938

)

        (1,938

)

Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax

  43,053         43,053 

Net loss

  (1,036,986

)

  (304,301

)

  (7,790,732

)

  (9,132,019

)

Total assets, net of depreciation and amortization:

                

United States

 $409,769  $87,751  $8,139,434  $8,636,954 

International

  22,147      1,391   23,538 

Capital expenditures

        3,165   3,165 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

Diagnostics

  

Therapeutics

  

Corporate

  

Total

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

 

Diagnostics

  

Therapeutics

  

Corporate

  

Total

 

Royalty revenue

 $  $  $  $  $795  $  $  $795 

License revenue

  100,000         100,000 

Grant and other revenue

  989,737   101,892      1,091,629   232,436   43,214      275,650 

Total revenue

  1,089,737   101,892      1,191,629   233,231   43,214      276,445 

Cost of revenue

              318         318 

Research and development expenses

  1,521,303   369,845      1,891,148   785,011   213,945      998,956 

Selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization (1)

     5,983   7,118,706   7,124,689      8,607   1,729,778   1,738,385 

Depreciation and amortization (2)

        147,329   147,329         37,987   37,987 

Loss from operations (3)

  (431,566

)

  (273,936

)

  (7,266,035

)

  (7,971,537

)

  (552,098

)

  (179,338

)

  (1,767,765

)

  (2,499,201

)

Other expense (4)

        (1,130,261

)

  (1,130,261

)

        (4,238,761

)

  (4,238,761

)

Income tax benefit

  146,296   92,861   2,846,249   3,085,406 

Net loss from continuing operations

  (285,270

)

  (181,075

)

  (5,550,047

)

  (6,016,392

)

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

  (338,237

)

        (338,237

)

Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax

  86,748,123         86,748,123 

Net income (loss)

  86,124,616   (181,075

)

  (5,550,047

)

  80,393,494 

Net loss

  (552,098

)

  (179,338

)

  (6,006,526

)

  (6,737,962

)

Total assets, net of depreciation and amortization:

                                

United States

 $16,373,919  $16,002  $9,411,189  $25,801,110  $13,077,979  $27,228  $5,189,637  $18,294,844 

International

  98,806      2,299   101,105   26,055      1,328   27,383 

Capital expenditures

        8,170   8,170             

 

 

(1)

General and administrative expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, represent costs that relate to the general administration of the Company and as such are not currently allocated to our individual reportable segments.segments, other than those expenses directly incurred by MT.

 

(2)

Depreciation and amortization is reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses ($37,51136,779 and $70,539$37,987 for the three-month periods ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, and $75,498 and $147,329 for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively).

 

(3)

Income (loss)Loss from operations does not reflect the allocation of certain selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, to our individual reportable segments, other than those expenses directly incurred by MT.

 

(4)

Amounts consist primarily of losses on debt extinguishment, interest income and changes in fair value of financial instruments,interest expense, which are not currently allocated to our individual reportable segments.

 


 

 

16.16.

Supplemental Disclosure for Statements of Cash Flows

 

During the six-monththree-month periods ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, we paid interest aggregating $4,000 and $7.4 million,$3,000, respectively. During the six-month periodsthree-month period ended June 30,March 31, 2018, and 2017, we issued 94,684 and 105,3084,734 shares of our common stock as a matching contributionscontribution to our 401(k) Plan which were valued at $36,000 and 54,000, respectively. During the six-month period ended June 30, 2017, we issued 1.0 million Series NN warrants to UCSD with an estimated fair value of $334,000.$36,000.

 

 

17.

Subsequent Events

 

The Company has evaluated events and transactions subsequent to June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and through the date these consolidated financial statements were included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and filed with the U.S. SecuritiesSEC.

On April 18, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a one-for-twenty reverse stock split of its issued and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).outstanding shares of common stock. The reverse split became effective at 12:01 am Eastern Time on April 26, 2019, and shares of the Company’s common stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis when the NYSE American market opened on that date. The reverse stock split was effected as part of the Company's plan to regain compliance with the $0.20 minimum bid price continued listing requirement of the NYSE American.

The Company's common stock continues to trade on the NYSE American under the trading symbol “NAVB,” but now trades under the following new CUSIP number: 63937X202. As a result of the reverse split, each twenty pre-split shares of common stock outstanding automatically combined into one new share of common stock without any action on the part of the stockholders. The number of outstanding common shares was reduced from approximately 201.0 million to approximately 10.1 million shares. The authorized number of shares of common stock was not reduced and remains at 300.0 million.

The reverse stock split affected all issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. In addition, the reverse split reduced the number of shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options or warrants outstanding immediately prior to the reverse split, and the number of shares reserved for future issuance under the Company’s existing incentive compensation plan were proportionately reduced. The par value of the Company’s common stock remains unchanged at $0.001 per share after the reverse split. The reverse split affected all stockholders uniformly and did not alter any stockholder’s percentage interest in the Company’s equity, except to the extent that the reverse split resulted in some stockholders owning a fractional share as described below.

No fractional shares were issued in connection with the reverse stock split.  Stockholders who would have otherwise been entitled to receive a fractional share were instead entitled to receive a cash payment based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on April 25, 2019.  Cash-in-lieu payments totaling approximately $3,000 were made on May 6, 2019.

 


 

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends affecting the financial condition of our business. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, among other things:but not limited to:

 

 

our history of operating losses and uncertainty of future profitability;

 

 

our ability to successfully complete research and further development of our drug candidates;

 

 

the timing, cost and uncertainty of obtaining regulatory approvals of our drug candidates;

 

 

our ability to successfully commercialize our drug candidates;

 

 

our expectations and estimates concerning future financial performance, financing plans and the impact of competition;

our ability to raise capital sufficient to fund our development programs;

 

 

our dependence on royalties and grant revenue;

 

 

our limited product line and distribution channels;

 

 

advances in technologies and development of new competitive products;

 

 

our ability to maintain effective control over financial reporting;

the outcome of any pending litigation;

our ability to comply with NYSE American continued listing standards; and

 

 

other risk factors set forth in this report and detailed in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other SEC filings.

 

In addition, in this report, we use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “future,” “intend,” “estimate,” “project,” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements.

 

We undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this report. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this report may not occur and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.

 

The Company

 

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (NYSE American: NAVB), is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of precision immunodiagnostic agents and immunotherapeutics. Navidea is developing multiple precision-targeted products based on our Manocept™ platform to enhance patient care by identifying the sites and pathways of undetected disease and enable better diagnostic accuracy, clinical decision-making and targeted treatment.

 

Navidea’s Manocept platform is predicated on the ability to specifically target the CD206 mannose receptor expressed on activated macrophages. The Manocept platform serves as the molecular backbone of Tc99m tilmanocept, the first product developed and commercialized by Navidea based on the platform.

 

On March 3, 2017, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 23, 2016, the Company completed its previously announcedthe sale to Cardinal Health 414, LLC (“Cardinal Health 414”) of its assets used, held for use, or intended to be used in operating its business of developing, manufacturing and commercializing a product used for lymphatic mapping, lymph node biopsy, and the diagnosis of metastatic spread to lymph nodes for staging of cancer, including the Company’s radioactive diagnostic agent marketed under the Lymphoseek® trademark for current approved indications by the FDA and similar indications approved by the FDA in the future (the “Acquired Assets”), in Canada, Mexico and the United States (giving effect to the License-Back described below and excluding certain assets specifically retained by the Company). Such assets sold in the Asset Sale consist primarily of, without limitation, (i) intellectual property used in or reasonably necessary for the conduct of the Business, (ii) inventory of, and customer, distribution, and product manufacturing agreements related to, the Business, (iii) all product registrations related to the Product, including the new drug application approved by the FDA for the Product and all regulatory submissions in the United States that have been made with respect to the Product and all Health Canada regulatory submissions and, in each case, all files and records related thereto, (iv) all related clinical trials and clinical trial authorizations and all files and records related thereto, and (v) all rights, title and interest in and to the Product, as specified in the Purchase Agreement.


In connection with the closing of the Asset Sale, the Company entered into a License-Back Agreement (the “License-Back”) with Cardinal Health 414. Pursuant to the License-Back, Cardinal Health 414 granted to the Company a sublicensable (subject to conditions) and royalty-free license to use certain intellectual property rights included in the Acquired Assets and owned by Cardinal Health 414 as of the closing of the Asset Sale to the extent necessary for the Company to (i) on an exclusive basis, subject to certain conditions, develop, manufacture, market, sell and distribute new pharmaceutical and other products that are not Competing Products (as defined in the License-Back), and (ii) on a non-exclusive basis, develop, manufacture, market, sell and distribute the Product throughout the world other than in the Territory. Subject to the Company’s compliance with certain restrictions in the License-Back, the License-Back also restricts Cardinal Health 414 from using the intellectual property rights included in the Acquired Assets to develop, manufacture, market, sell, or distribute any product other than the Product or other product that (a) accumulates in lymphatic tissue or tumor-draining lymph nodes for the purpose of (1) lymphatic mapping or (2) identifying the existence, location or staging of cancer in a body, or (b) provides for or facilitates any test or procedure that is reasonably substitutable for any test or procedure provided for or facilitated by the Product. Pursuant to the License-Back and subject to rights under existing agreements, Cardinal Health 414 was given a right of first offer to market, sell and/or market any new products developed from the intellectual property rights licensed by Cardinal Health 414 to the Company by the License-Back.

As part of the Asset Sale, the Company and Cardinal Health 414 also entered into ancillary agreements providing for transitional services and other arrangements. The Company amended and restated its license agreement with UCSD pursuant to which UCSD granted a license to the Company to exploit certain intellectual property rights owned by UCSD and, separately, Cardinal Health 414 entered into a license agreement with UCSD pursuant to which UCSD granted a license to Cardinal Health 414 to exploit certain intellectual property rights owned by UCSD for Cardinal Health 414 to sell the Product in the Territory.

States. In exchange for the Acquired Assets, Cardinal Health 414 (i) made a cash payment to the Company at closing of approximately $80.6 million after adjustments based on inventory being transferred and an advance of $3.0 million of guaranteed earnout payments as part of the settlement with CRG (described below in Part II, Item 1 – Legal Proceedings),settlement, (ii) assumed certain liabilities of the Company associated with the Product as specified in the Purchase Agreement, and (iii) agreed to make periodic earnout payments (to consist of contingent payments and milestone payments which, if paid, will be treated as additionaladditions to the purchase price) to the Company based on net sales derived from the purchased Product subject, in each case,Product.

On April 2, 2018, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Asset Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, Cardinal Health 414’s right414 paid the Company approximately $6.0 million and agreed to off-set. In no event willpay the sum of all earnout payments, as further described inCompany an amount equal to the Purchase Agreement, exceed $230 million over a period of ten years, of which $20.1 million are guaranteed payments for the three years immediately after closingunused portion of the Asset Sale. Atletter of credit in favor of CRG (not to exceed approximately $7.1 million) promptly after the closingearlier of (i) the expiration of the Asset Sale, $3 millionletter of such earnout payments were advancedcredit and (ii) the receipt by Cardinal Health 414 to the Company, and paid to CRG as partof evidence of the Deposit Amount paid to CRG.

Upon closingreturn and cancellation of the Asset Sale,letter of credit. In exchange, the Supply and Distribution Agreement dated November 15, 2007, as amended, betweenobligation of Cardinal Health 414 and the Company was terminated and, as a result, the provisions thereof are of noto make any further force or effect (other than any indemnification, payment, notification or data sharing obligations which survive the termination). At the closing of the Asset Sale,contingent payments has been eliminated. Cardinal Health 414 paidis still obligated to make the Company $1.2 million, as an estimatemilestone payments in accordance with the terms of the accrued revenue sharing payments owed to the Company asearnout provisions of the closing date, netPurchase Agreement. On April 9, 2018, CRG drew approximately $7.1 million on the letter of prior payments.credit.

 

The Asset Sale to Cardinal Health 414 in March 2017 significantly improved our financial condition and our ability to continue as a going concern. The Company also continues working to establish new sources of non-dilutive funding, including collaborations and grant funding that can augment the balance sheet as the Company works to reduce spending to levels that can be supported by our revenues.


 

Other than Tc99m tilmanocept, which the Company has a license to distribute outside of Canada, Mexico and the United States, none of the Company’s drug product candidates have been approved for sale in any market.

 

We manage ourOur business basedis focused on two primary types of drug products: (i) diagnostic substances, including Tc99m tilmanocept and other diagnostic applications of our Manocept platform and NAV4694, and (ii) therapeutic development programs, including therapeutic applications of our Manocept platform and all development programs undertaken by Macrophage Therapeutics, Inc. (“MT”).MT. See Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements for more information about our business segments.

 

Technology and Product Line OverviewCandidates

 

Our primary development efforts over the last several years were focused on diagnostic products, including Lymphoseek which was sold to Cardinal Health 414 in March 2017. Our more recent initiatives have been focused exclusively on diagnostic and therapeutic line extensions based on our Manocept platform.

 

Manocept Platform - Diagnostics and Therapeutics Background

 

Navidea’s Manocept platform is predicated on the ability to specifically target the CD206 mannose receptor expressed primarily on activated macrophages. This flexible and versatile platform serves as a molecular enginebackbone for purpose-built targeted imaging molecules that may significantly impact patient care by providing enhanced diagnostic accuracy, clinical decision-making, and target-specific treatment. This CD206-targeted drug platform is applicable to a range of diagnostic modalities, including single photon emission computed tomography (“SPECT”), positron emission tomography (“PET”), gamma-scanning (both imaging and topical) and intra-operative and/or optical-fluorescence detection, as well as delivery of therapeutic compounds that target macrophages, and their role in a variety of immune- and inflammation-involved diseases. The FDA-approved sentinel node/lymphatic mapping agent, Tc99m tilmanocept, is representative of the ability to successfully exploit this mechanism to develop powerful new products and to expand this technology into additional diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

 


Activated macrophages play important roles in many disease states and are an emerging target in many diseases where diagnostic uncertainty exists. Impairment of the macrophage-driven disease mechanisms is an area of increasing and proven focus in medicine. The number of people affected by all the inflammatory diseases combined is estimated at more than 40 million in the United States and perhapsup to 700 million worldwide, making macrophage-mediated diseases an area of remarkable clinical importance. There are many recognized disorders having macrophage involvement, including rheumatoid arthritis (“RA”), atherosclerosis/vulnerable plaque, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (“NASH”), inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, Kaposi’s sarcoma (“KS”), leishmaniosis, and others that span general clinical areas in oncology, autoimmunity, infectious diseases, cardiology, CNS diseases, and inflammation. For the near term, we have selected target diseases that wouldmay, if successfully developed, benefit from this remarkable technology, most deriving improved clinical diagnosis and therapy.technology.

 

Manocept Platform – Immuno-Diagnostics Clinical Data

 

Rheumatoid Arthritis

 

Two Tc99m tilmanocept dose escalation studies in RA have been completed. The first study was completed and included 18 subjects (nine with active disease and nine healthy subjects) dosed subcutaneously (“SC”) with 50 and 200 µg/2mCi Tc99m tilmanocept (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02683421). The results of this study were presented at five international meetings, including Biotechnology Innovation Organization (“BIO”), Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (“SNMMI”), and The American College of Rheumatology (“ACR”). In addition, based on completion of extensive preclinical dosing studies pursuant to our dialog with the FDA, we have completed a Phase 1/2 study involving intravenous (“IV”) dosing of 39 subjects with IV-administered Tc99m tilmanocept (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02865434). In conjunction with this study, we have completed pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamics and radiation dosimetry phases in human subjects as well. The majority of the costs of these studies have been supported through a Small Business Innovation Research (“SBIR”) grant (NIH/NIAMSD Grant 1 R44 AR067583-01A1). Results were presented at the June 2018 SNMMI meeting. These studies have been combined and submitted for peer review publication and full published results will follow.

 

In April 2019, the Company received feedback from the FDA regarding the Company’s planned clinical studies that will evaluate joint disease in patients with RA and monitor patient response to therapy.  The Company’s proposed RA studies were discussed with the FDA during an in-person meeting and through follow-up collaborative efforts. The FDA has communicated that the first study, a Phase 2b trial, is aligned with expectations for the studies and that they will continue to work with Navidea as we progress into a second Phase 2b trial correlating Tc99m tilmanocept uptake in RA-involved joints with CD206 immunohistochemistry findings from synovial biopsies and into the planned Phase 3 clinical trials.  In May 2019, we began enrolling patients in the first Phase 2b study, entitled “Evaluation of the Precision and Sensitivity of Tilmanocept Uptake Value (“TUV”) on Tc99m Tilmanocept Planar Imaging” (ClinicalTrials.gov MCT03938636).  This study will provide confirmatory support necessary to initiate Navidea’s Phase 3 study program. The pivotal Phase 3 study program will assess joint disease status and monitor patient response to therapy.


Cardiovascular Disease (“CV”)

 

In collaboration with researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Navidea has completed one and has initiated a second clinical study evaluating Tc99m tilmanocept’s ability to enable imaging of atherosclerotic plaques. Results of ourthese studies to date provide strong preliminary evidence of the potential of Tc99m tilmanocept to accumulate specifically in high-risk morphologyand enable imaging of non-calcified atherosclerotic plaques. Non-calcified atherosclerotic plaques the ability to make preliminary comparisonsinclude plaques with morphologies indicating a high risk of rupture. Rupture of such plaques causes myocardial infarctions (heart attacks) and a significant portion of ischemic strokes. The studies compared aortic Tc99m tilmanocept uptake imaged by SPECT/CT in clinically symptomatic patients vs.asymptomatic subjects with intermediate Framingham Risk Scores (“FRS”) who were infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”) as compared to healthy, uninfected, FRS and age-matched subjects, and to evaluate the ability ofsubjects. Tc99m tilmanocept SPECT/CT images were compared to identifyaortic images of the same aortic atherosclerotic plaques that are identifiedsubjects obtained by contrast enhanced coronary computed tomography angiography and/or [18F]NaF PET/CT.

A nine-subject study to evaluate diagnostic imaging of emerging atherosclerosis plaque with the Tc99m tilmanocept product dosed subcutaneously is complete (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02542371). The results of this study were presented at two major international meetings (Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (“CROI”) and SNMMI, 2017) and published in early release in the Journal of Infectious Diseases in January 2017 (published in the circulated version, JournalJournal of Infectious DiseasesInfectious Diseases (2017) 215 (8): 1264-1269), confirming that the Tc99m tilmanocept product can both quantitatively and qualitatively target non-calcified plaque in the aortic arch of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (“AIDS”) patients (supported by NIH/NHLBI Grant 1 R43 HL127846-01).

 

We have also beguncommenced a second Phase1/2 study in cooperation with Massachusetts General Hospital in subjects with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”)HIV that expands the original study in both the scope of the drug administration as well as the diagnostic assessment of the subjects. This study will enroll up to 24 AIDS subjects and healthy controls in imaging softnon-calcified plaque using IV-administeredIV and SC-administered Tc99m tilmanocept and will expand the initial investigation to the assessment of aortic plaque as well as carotid and coronary arteries. We anticipate preliminary results by the end of the third quarter of 2018. In addition, we have applied for follow-on NIH/NHLBI support to fund additional clinical studies thatInitial images from this study are currently under development and design for Phase 2 trials.being evaluated.

 

Kaposi’s Sarcoma

 

KS is a serious and potentially life threatening illness in persons infected with HIV and the third leading cause of death in this population worldwide. The prognosis for patients with KS is poor with high probabilities for mortality and greatly diminished quality of life. We initiated and completed a study of KS in 2015 (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT022201420), and received additional funding from the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) in 2016 to continue diagnostic studies in this disease. The new support not only continues the imaging of the cutaneous form of this disease but expands this to imaging of visceral disease via IV administration of Tc99m tilmanocept (NIH/NCI 1 R44 CA192859-01A1; ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03157167). This now-escalated study includes a pathology/biopsy component as well as an imaging component to determine pathology concordance with image assessment. A manuscript with initial results has been submitted for peer review and publication, including both imaging and biological evaluation of KS correlates. We received Institutional Review Board approval of the clinical protocol and we initiated a Phase 1/2 clinical study in KS in 2017. This trial is currently ongoing with expected completion in late 2019.


 

Colorectal Cancer (“CRC”) and Synchronous Liver Metastases

 

During the first quarter of 2017, we initiated an imaging study in subjects with CRC and liver metastases via IV administration of Tc99m tilmanocept. This study iswas supported through a SBIR grant (NIH/NCI 1 R44 CA1962783-01A1; ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03029988) and continues. The trial intended to enroll subjects (upup to 12 subjects with dose modification; thismodification. After an interim analysis of the first three completed subjects, a decision was made to not continue with the trial and the study may also be expanded depending on NIH/NCI funding).is now closed. An initial presentation took place at SNMMI in June of 2018 and early results have been submitted for peer review publication.2018. An additional report has been submitted to the National Cancer Institute (“NCI”) on the early results of this study.

 

NonalcoholicNonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

 

We have initiatedconcluded a clinical study (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03332940) that iswas originally designed to enroll 12 subjects with IV administration of Tc99m tilmanocept and an imaging comparator to identify and quantify the extent of NASH lesions in human patients. ThisA semiquantitative evaluation of the images from the first six subjects indicated that imaging the remaining six subjects planned in the study may not sufficiently further our knowledge of Tc99m tilmanocept imaging in individuals with NASH to justify continuing the study using the current protocol. The study is ongoing and includes dose escalation modification for Tc99m tilmanocept.now complete. Ongoing quantitative analyses of the images from the first six subjects will determine if future studies in subjects with NASH are likely to be productive. Initial results were presented at the NASH Summit in Boston in April 2018, and the results are available on Navidea’s website. This study continues to enroll patients.

 

BasedTuberculosis (“TB”)

In April 2019, we announced that Professor Mike Sathekge, MBChB, M. Med (Nuclear Medicine), PhD, Professor and Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria/Steve Biko Academic Hospital, plans to initiate a comparative study evaluating the use of tilmanocept in patients with TB. The purpose of the study is to explore using 68Ga tilmanocept as an aid in TB patient management while contributing to the better understanding of the biology of TB granulomas. The TB granuloma plays multiple roles in tuberculous infection, although much remains unknown about its biology. Macrophages constitute one of the most abundant cell types in the TB granuloma. A molecular probe such as 68Ga-labeled tilmanocept targeting mannose receptor CD206 expressed on performancemacrophages, therefore, holds great promise not only in these very large market opportunities,understanding the Company anticipates continued investmentbehavior of TB granulomas, but may serve as a vehicle for delivering therapeutic interventions in these programs, including initiating studies designedthe future. Comparing findings on 68Ga tilmanocept PET/CT and FDG PET/CT will contribute to obtain new approvalsthe understanding of the biology of TB granuloma. Navidea would provide tilmanocept for the Tc99m tilmanocept product.use in this study. Successful completion of this study could lead to an extended claim of 68Ga-tilmanocept.


 

Biomarker Application and Qualification

 

In November 2017, the Company commenced the qualification of the biomarker CD206 with the FDA Biomarker Section of The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (“CDER”). As per FDA protocol, Navidea submitted a draft letter of intent (“LOI”) to CDER prior to the November 2017 meeting. According to the CDER directive, “the Biomarker Qualification Program was established to support the CDER’s work with external stakeholders to develop biomarkers that aid in the drug development process. Through the FDA’s Biomarker Qualification Program, an entity may request regulatory qualification of a biomarker for a particular context of use (“COU”) in drug development.” Post-meetingFollowing the meeting with the FDA, and because of Navidea’s data sets and the general external publication database, Navidea, in conjunction with FDA, is now reviewing the LOI with the FDA’s recommended consultants. Navidea has revised the LOI draft strategy in order to expedite the application process. In March 2018, Navidea had a follow-up meeting with the FDA’s assigned strategist, andduring which the potential to further narrowing ofnarrow the LOI elements werewas reviewed. Navidea is continuing the process of finalizing the COU LOI and providing the background data sets for qualification review with the FDA/CDER. Additional meetings have taken place and the pursuit of this qualification is progressing well.

 

Macrophage Therapeutics Background

 

In December 2014, the Company formed a new business unit to further explore therapeutic applications for the Manocept platform. In January 2015, Navidea incorporated the business unit as MT, a majority-owned subsidiary of Navidea. Navidea also granted MT an exclusive license for certain therapeutic applications of the Manocept technology.

MT has developed processes for producing the first two therapeutic Manocept immuno-constructs, MT-1002, designed to specifically target and kill activated CD206+ macrophages by delivering doxorubicin, and MT-2002, designed to inhibit the inflammatory activity of activated CD206+ macrophages by delivering a potent anti-inflammatory agent. MT has contracted with independent facilities to produce sufficient quantities of the MT-1002 and MT-2002 agents along with the concomitant analytical standards, to provide material for planned preclinical animal studies and future clinical trials.

See Notes 7 and 11 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

Manocept Platform – In-Vitro and Pre-Clinical Immunotherapeutics Data

 

MT has been set up to pursue the therapeutic drug delivery model. This model enables the Company to leverage its technology over many potential disease applications and with multiple partners simultaneously without significant capital outlays. To date, the Company has developed two lead families of therapeutic products. The MT-1000 class is designed to deplete activated macrophages via apoptosis. The MT-2000 class is designed to modulate activated macrophages from a classically activated phenotype to the alternatively activated phenotype. Both families have been tested in a number of disease models in rodents.

 

We have already reported on the peripheral infectious disease aspects of KS, including HIV and HHV8 (CROI, Boston 2016, and KS HHV8 Summit Miami 2015). As noted, we continue this work funded by the NIH/NIAID and NCI. The Company has completed preclinical studies employing both MT 1000-class and 2000-class therapeutic conjugates of Manocept. The positive results from these studies are indicative of Manocept’s specific targeting supported by its strong binding affinity to CD206 receptors. This high degree of specificity is a foundation of the potential for this technology to be useful in treating diseases linked to the over-activation of macrophages. This includes various cancers as well as autoimmune, infectious, CV, and central nervous system (“CNS”) diseases. We expect to publish results of these preclinical efforts later this year.

 

Kaposi’s Sarcoma

 

The novel MT-1002 construct isMT-1000 class constructs are designed to specifically deliver doxorubicin, a chemotoxin, which can kill KS tumor cells and their tumor-associated macrophages, potentially altering the course of cancer. We have received additional funding to continue therapeutic studies in this disease with the goal of completing an INDinvestigational new drug (“IND”) submission for a Manocept construct (MT-1000 class of compounds) consisting of tilmanocept linked to doxorubicin for the treatment of KS. The first part of the grant, now complete, supported analyses including in vitro and cell culture studies, to be followed by Parts 2 and 3 FDA-required preclinical animal testing studies. The information from these studies will be combined with other information in an IND application that will be submitted to the FDA requesting permission to begin testing the compound in selected KS subjects (supported by NIH/NCI 1 R44 CA206788-01).

 


 

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (“NAFLD”)

 

NAFLD is a spectrum of liver disorders and is defined by the presence of steatosis in more than 5% of hepatocytes with little or no alcohol consumption. NASH is the most extreme form of NAFLD. A major characteristic of NASH involves cells undergoing lipotoxicity, releasing endogenous signals prompting the accumulation of various macrophages to assess the damage. Studies have shown that levels of endogenous molecular inflammatory signals positively correlate with inflammation, hepatocyte ballooning, and other NAFLD symptoms. We have developed a molecular delivery technology capable of targeting only the disease-causing macrophages by selectively binding to the CD206 receptor. Selective binding and efficient delivery of this agent mitigates the potential of affecting the neighboring cells or interfering more broadly with the normal function of the immune system.

We have completed five in vivo studies employing our MT-1002 and MT-2002 Manocept conjugates in a well-established mouse model of NAFLD/NASH and liver fibrosis. The NALFD scores, which correlate to the agents’ effectiveness, were significantly reduced, with all the activity related to inflammation and “ballooning” scores. Fibrosis decreased significantly when compared to the control in the later dosing arm of the study. Liver weights did not differ during any phase of the study between control and agent-treated groups, nor was there any evidence of damage to the roughly 30% of the liver made up of un-activated macrophages called Kupffer cells. MT-1002 and MT-2002 both significantly reduced key disease assessment parameters in the in vivo STAMTM NASH model. We believe these agents present themselves as potential clinically effective candidates for further evaluation. We continue to use this model to further assess the activity of our agents.

 

Other Immunotherapeutic Applications

 

We have completed an expanded series of predictive in vitro screening tests of the MT-1002 and MT-2002 therapeutic conjugates against the Zika and Dengue viruses, which included infectivity and viral replication inhibition effectiveness as well as dose finding studies and mechanisms of action, the latter based on conjugate structures.  We have also completed a series of predictive in vivo screening tests of the MT-1002 and MT-2002 therapeutic conjugates against Leishmaniosis, which included host cell targeting and killing effectiveness as well as dose finding studies and mechanisms of action.  A portion of the results from the in vivo Leishmaniosis study, completed in conjunction with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, was recently published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine(published in the circulated version JournalJournal of Experimental MedicineExperimental Medicine 2018 Jan 2;215(1):357-375). The results from all evaluations were positive and have provided a basis for moving forward with additional in vivo testing of the selected conjugates.  We have selected collaborators for these in vivo studies, which we expect will take place over the next four to six months.  We will provide updates as information becomes available on future testing.

 

Navidea and MT continueThe Company continues to evaluate emerging data in other disease states to define areas of focus, development pathways and partnering options to capitalize on the Manocept platform, including ongoing studies in KS, RA and infectious diseases. The immuno-inflammatory process is remarkably complex and tightly regulated with indicators that initiate, maintain and shut down the process. Macrophages are immune cells that play a critical role in the initiation, maintenance, and resolution of inflammation. They are activated and deactivated in the inflammatory process. Because macrophages may promote dysregulation that accelerates or enhances disease progression, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions that target macrophages may open new avenues for controlling inflammatory diseases. There can be no assurance that further evaluation or development will be successful, that any Manocept platform product candidate will ultimately achieve regulatory approval, or if approved, the extent to which it will achieve market acceptance.

 

NAV4694 (Sublicensed)

NAV4694 is a fluorine-18 (“F-18”) labeled PET imaging agent being developed as an aid in the imaging and evaluation of patients with signs or symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease (“AD”) and mild cognitive impairment (“MCI”). NAV4694 binds to beta-amyloid deposits in the brain that can then be imaged in PET scans. Amyloid plaque pathology is a required feature of AD and the presence of amyloid pathology is a supportive feature for diagnosis of probable AD. Patients who are negative for amyloid pathology do not have AD. NAV4694 has been studied in rigorous pre-clinical studies and clinical trials in humans. Clinical studies through Phase 3 have included subjects with MCI, suspected AD patients, and healthy volunteers. Results suggest that NAV4694 has the potential ability to image patients quickly and safely with high sensitivity and specificity.

In May 2014, the Board of Directors made the decision to refocus the Company's resources to better align the funding of our pipeline programs with the expected growth in Tc99m tilmanocept revenue. This realignment primarily involved reducing our near-term support for our neurological product candidates, including NAV4694, as we sought a development partner or partners for these programs. Discussions related to the potential partnering or divestiture of NAV4694 were delayed due in large part to litigation brought by Sinotau, one of the potential partners. In August 2015, Sinotau filed a suit for damages, specific performance, and injunctive relief against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts alleging breach of a letter of intent for licensing to Sinotau of the Company’s NAV4694 product candidate and technology.  In September 2016, the Court denied the Company’s motion to dismiss. The Company filed its answer to the complaint and the parties have filed multiple joint motions to stay the case pending settlement discussion, which to date have been granted.


In October 2017, the Company executed a letter of intent with Sinotau and Cerveau, outlining a plan to sublicense to Cerveau the worldwide rights to conduct research using NAV4694, as well as grant to Cerveau an exclusive license for the development, marketing and commercialization of NAV4694 in Australia, Canada, China and Singapore. The letter of intent included a provision stating that Sinotau will release all claims in the Sinotau Litigation upon the parties’ execution of a definitive agreement; the commercial rights agreement contemplated by the letter of intent would also include a release of such claims and a covenant not to sue on such claims. In April 2018, the Company executed an agreement to provide Meilleur, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cerveau, worldwide rights to conduct research using NAV4694, as well as an exclusive license for the development and commercialization of NAV4694 in Australia, Canada, China, and Singapore. Meilleur also has an option to commercialize worldwide. As a result of the agreement, Navidea expects that the litigation initiated by Sinotau will be dismissed. See Part II, Item 1 – Legal Proceedings.

Outlook

 

Our operating expenses in recent years have been focused primarily on support of our Manocept platform, therapeutic product development, and Tc99m tilmanocept, and NAV4694 product development.tilmanocept. We incurred approximately $2.1 million$741,000 and $1.9 million$999,000 in total on research and development activities during the six-monththree-month periods ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, respectively. Of the total amounts we spent on research and development during those periods, excluding costs related to our internal research and development headcount and our general and administrative staff which we do not currently allocate among the various development programs that we have underway, we incurred out-of-pocket charges by program as follows:

 

  

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

Development Program (a)

 

2018

  

2017

 

Manocept Platform

 $737,286  $851,589 

Macrophage Therapeutics

  432,910   304,603 

Tc99m Tilmanocept (b)

  143,928   285,745 

NAV4694 (c)

  19,105   (469,111

)

  

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

Development Program (a)

 

2019

  

2018

 

Manocept Platform (b)

 $205,160  $189,279 

Macrophage Therapeutics (b)

  166,988   278,749 

Tc99m Tilmanocept

  9,750   115,122 

 

 

(a)

Certain development program expenditures were offset by grant reimbursement revenues totaling $511,000$21,000 and $1.1 million$233,000 during the six-monththree-month periods ended June 30,March 31, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, respectively.

 

(b)

Amounts in 2017 reflect projects included in discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations.

(c)

Changes in cost estimates resulted in the reversal of certain previously accrued expenses relatedCertain 2018 amounts have been reclassified from Manocept Platform to the NAV4694 development program during the six-month period ended June 30, 2017.Macrophage Therapeutics to conform to 2019 presentation.

 

We expect to continueThe divestiture of NAV4694 decreased our development costs over the advancement of our efforts with our Manocept platform during 2018. Wepast year, however we expect our total research and development expenses, including both out-of-pocket charges as well as internal headcount and support costs, to be higher in 20182019 than in 2017. The suspension of active patient accrual in our NAV4694 trials have decreased our development costs related to that program over the past year, however, we may continue to incur minimal costs while we complete our divestiture activities with Meilleur.2018.

 

Tc99m tilmanocept is approved by the European Medicines Agency for use in imaging and intraoperative detection of sentinel lymph nodes draining a primary tumor in adult patients with breast cancer, melanoma, or localized squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity in the EU. Following the January 2017 transfer of the Tc99m tilmanocept Marketing Authorization to SpePharm, we transferred responsibility for manufacturing the reduced-mass vial for the EU market to SpePharm. During the second quarter of 2017, SpePharm launched Tc99m tilmanocept in select EU markets, providing a number of early adopters with sample doses to provide exposure to the product. EU sales commenced during the third quarter of 2017. We anticipate that we will incur costs related to supporting our product, regulatory, manufacturing and commercial activities related to the potential marketing registration and sale of Tc99m tilmanocept in markets other than the EU. There can be no assurance that Tc99m tilmanocept will achieve regulatory approval

We expect to focus the majority of our efforts on the advancement of our efforts with our Manocept platform. In the near term, we plan to begin three clinical studies in any market other thanRA during the EU, or if approved incourse of 2019 and complete those markets, that it will achieve market acceptance inclinical trials by the EU or any other market.end of 2020.


 

We continue to evaluate existing and emerging data on the potential use of Manocept-related agents in the diagnosis, disease-staging and treatment of disorders in which macrophages are involved, such as RA, KS, RA, NASH and other disease states, to define areas of focus, development pathways and partnering options to capitalize on the Manocept platform. We will also be evaluating potential funding and other resources required for continued development, regulatory approval and commercialization of any Manocept platform product candidates that we identify for further development, and potential options for advancing development. There can be no assurance of obtaining funding or other resources on terms acceptable to us, if at all, that further evaluation or development will be successful, that any Manocept platform product candidate will ultimately achieve regulatory approval, or if approved, the extent to which it will achieve market acceptance.

 


Discontinued Operations

 

In March 2017, Navidea completed the Asset Sale to Cardinal Health 414, as discussed previously under “The Company.” In exchange for the Acquired Assets, Cardinal Health 414 (i) made a cash payment to the Company at closing of approximately $80.6 million after adjustments based on inventory being transferred and an advance of $3 million of guaranteed earnout payments as part of the CRG settlement, (ii) assumed certain liabilities of the Company associated with the Product as specified in the Purchase Agreement, and (iii) agreed to make periodic earnout payments (to consist of contingent payments and milestone payments which, if paid, will be treated as additional purchase price) to the Company based on net sales derived from the purchased Product subject, in each case, to Cardinal Health 414’s right to off-set. In no event will the sum of all earnout payments, as further described in the Purchase Agreement, exceed $230 million over a period of ten years, of which $20.1 million are guaranteed payments for the three years immediately after closing of the Asset Sale. At the closing of the Asset Sale, $3 million of such earnout payments were advanced by Cardinal Health 414 to the Company, and paid to CRG as part of the Deposit Amount paid to CRG.

In April 2018, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Asset Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, Cardinal Health 414 paid the Company approximately $6.0 million and agreed to pay the Company an amount equal to the unused portion of the letter of credit (not to exceed approximately $7.1 million) promptly after the earlier of (i) the expiration of the letter of credit and (ii) the receipt by Cardinal Health 414 of evidence of the return and cancellation of the letter of credit. In exchange, the obligation of Cardinal Health 414 to make any further contingent payments has been eliminated. Cardinal Health 414 is still obligated to make the milestone payments in accordance with the terms of the earnout provisions of the Purchase Agreement. CRG has drawn the entire $7.1 million available under the letter of credit.

We recorded a net gain on the sale of the Business of $86.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017, including $16.5 in guaranteed consideration, which was discounted to the present value of future cash flows. The proceeds were offset by $3.3 million in estimated fair value of warrants issued to Cardinal Health 414, $2.0 million in legal and other fees related to the sale, $800,000 in net balance sheet dispositions and write-offs, and $6.5 million in estimated taxes. We recorded an additional gain on the sale of the Business of $43,000 for the six month ended June 30, 2018, including $54,000 of payments by Cardinal Health 414 to Navidea in excess of receivables recognized related the Amendment, offset by $11,000 in estimated taxes. Our consolidated balance sheets and statements of operations have been reclassified, as required, for all periods presented to reflect the Business as a discontinued operation. Cash flows associated with the operation of the Business have been combined with operating, investing and financing cash flows, as appropriate, in our consolidated statements of cash flows.

Results of Operations

This discussion of our Results of Operations focuses on describing results of our operations as if we had not operated the discontinued operations discussed above during the periods being disclosed. In addition, since our remaining pharmaceutical product candidates are not yet generating commercial revenue, the discussion of our revenue focuses on the grant and other revenue and our operating variances focus on our remaining product development programs and the supporting general and administrative expenses.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

License Revenue. During the second quarter of 2018, we recognized license revenue of $258,000, primarily for a non-refundable upfront payment related to the sublicense of NAV4694 to Meilleur. During the second quarter of 2017, we recognized license revenue of $100,000 for a non-refundable upfront payment related to the Tc99m tilmanocept license and distribution agreement with Sayre Therapeutics in India.

Grant and Other Revenue. During the second quarter of 2018, we recognized $278,000 of grant and other revenue as compared to $512,000 in the second quarter of 2017. Grant revenue during the second quarter of 2018 was primarily related to SBIR grants from the NIH supporting Manocept development. Grant revenue during the second quarter of 2017 was primarily related to SBIR grants from the NIH supporting Manocept and Tc99m tilmanocept development.

Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses decreased $43,000, or 4%, to $1.1 million during the second quarter of 2018 from $1.2 million during the same period in 2017. The decrease was primarily due to net decreases in drug project expenses related to (i) decreased NAV4694 development costs of $75,000, primarily clinical trial costs; and (ii) decreased Manocept development costs of $5,000 including decreased clinical trial costs; offset by (iii) increased therapeutics development costs of $172,000 including increased manufacturing-related activities and research consulting costs; and (iv) increased Tc99m tilmanocept development costs of $75,000 including increased regulatory costs related to Europe, offset by decreased clinical testing and license fees. The net decrease in research and development expenses also included decreased compensation including incentive-based awards of $187,000 related to net decreased headcount.


Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $2.4 million, or 58%, to $1.8 million during the second quarter of 2018 from $4.2 million during the same period in 2017. The net decrease was primarily due to a loss on disposal of assets related to our previous office space of $706,000, decreased legal and professional services of $650,000, termination costs related to the arbitration award to Mr. Gonzalez of $478,000 and loss on termination of our previous office lease of $394,000, both during the second quarter of 2017, and decreased general office, depreciation, and rent expenses totaling $149,000.

Other Income (Expense). Other expense, net, was $21,000 during the second quarter of 2018 as compared to other income, net of $41,000 during the same period in 2017. During the second quarters of 2018 and 2017, $43,000 and $40,000, respectively, of interest expense was compounded and added to the balance of our note payable to Platinum. During the second quarters of 2018 and 2017, we recorded interest income of $21,000 and $103,000, respectively. Of the interest income recorded during the second quarter of 2017, $96,000 was related to the guaranteed consideration due from Cardinal Health 414, which was discounted to present value at the closing date of the Asset Sale. For the second quarter of 2017, we recorded non-cash income of $13,000 related to changes in the estimated fair value of financial instruments.

Gain (Loss) on Discontinued Operations. We recorded a net gain related to the Amendment to the sale of the Business to Cardinal Health 414 of $43,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, including $54,000 of payments by Cardinal Health 414 to Navidea in excess of receivables recognized, offset by $11,000 in estimated taxes. We recorded a net loss on the sale of the Business to Cardinal Health 414 of $2.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, primarily related to adjustments in estimated taxes on the sale of the Business. Operating losses from discontinued operations related to the sale of the Business to Cardinal Health 414 were $2,000 and $82,000 for the first quarters of 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

License Revenue. During the first six months of 2018, we recognized license revenue of $258,000, primarily for a non-refundable upfront payment related to the sublicense of NAV4694 to Meilleur. During the first six months of 2017, we recognized license revenue of $100,000 for a non-refundable upfront payment related to the Tc99m tilmanocept license and distribution agreement with Sayre Therapeutics in India.

Grant and Other Revenue. During the first six months of 2018, we recognized $553,000 of grant and other revenue as compared to $1.1 million in the same period in 2017. Grant revenue during the first six months of 2018 was primarily related to SBIR grants from the NIH supporting Manocept development. Grant revenue during the first six months of 2017 was primarily related to SBIR grants from the NIH supporting Manocept and Tc99m tilmanocept development. Other revenue for the first six months of 2018 and 2017 included $43,000 and $34,000, respectively, of revenue from our marketing partners in Europe related to development work performed at their request.

Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses increased $251,000, or 13%, to $2.1 million during the first six months of 2018 from $1.9 million during the same period in 2017. The increase was primarily due to net increases in drug project expenses related to (i) increased NAV4694 development costs of $488,000 due to reversal of certain previously accrued expenses during the first six months of 2017, offset by increased clinical testing; and (ii) increased therapeutics development costs of $128,000 including increased clinical testing, regulatory consulting, and research consulting costs, offset by decreased manufactuirng-related activities; offset by (iii) decreased Manocept development costs of $114,000 including decreased clinical trial costs; and (iv) decreased Tc99m tilmanocept development costs of $26,000 including decreased license fees, clinical testing, and manufacturing-related activities, offset by increased regulatory costs. The net increase in research and development expenses also included decreased compensation including incentive-based awards of $260,000 related to net decreased headcount.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $3.7 million, or 51%, to $3.6 million during the first six months of 2018 from $7.3 million during the same period in 2017. The net decrease was primarily due to decreased legal and professional services of $1.8 million, a loss on disposal of assets related to our previous office space of $717,000, termination costs related to the arbitration award to Mr. Gonzalez of $478,000 and loss on termination of our previous office lease of $438,000, both during the first six months of 2017, and decreased general office, depreciation, insurance and rent expenses totaling $304,000.

Other Income (Expense). Other expense, net, was $4.3 million during the first six months of 2018 as compared to other expense, net of $1.1 million during the same period in 2017. We recorded losses on extinguishment of the CRG debt of $4.3 million and $1.3 million during the first six months of 2018 and 2017, respectively. Also during the first six months of 2018 and 2017, we recognized interest income of $97,000 and $134,000, respectively, primarily related to the guaranteed consideration due from Cardinal Health 414, which was discounted to present value at the closing date of the Asset Sale. During the first six months of 2018 and 2017, $85,000 and $40,000, respectively, of interest expense was compounded and added to the balance of our note payable to Platinum. For the first six months of 2017, we recorded non-cash income of $153,000 related to changes in the estimated fair value of financial instruments.


Gain on Discontinued Operations. We recorded a net gain related to the Amendment to the sale of the Business to Cardinal Health 414 of $43,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2018, including $54,000 of payments by Cardinal Health 414 to Navidea in excess of receivables recognized, offset by $11,000 in estimated taxes. We recorded a net gain on the sale of the Business to Cardinal Health 414 of $86.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017, including $16.5 million in guaranteed consideration, which was discounted to the present value of future cash flows. The proceeds were offset by $3.3 million in estimated fair value of warrants issued to Cardinal Health 414, $2.0 million in legal and other fees related to the sale, $800,000 in net balance sheet dispositions and write-offs, and $6.5 million in estimated taxes. Operating losses from discontinued operations related to the sale of the Business to Cardinal Health 414 were $2,000 and $338,000 for the first six months of 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash balances increased to $4.7 million at June 30, 2018 from $2.8 million at December 31, 2017. The net increase was primarily due to accelerated receipt of the guaranteed earnout receivable from Cardinal Health 414 of $5.7 million, net of CRG’s draw on the letter of credit, and maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities of $1.0 million, offset by cash used to fund our operations of $4.6 million.

In connection with the closing of the Asset Sale to Cardinal Health 414, the Company repaid to PPCO an aggregate of approximately $7.7 million in partial satisfaction of the Company’s liabilities, obligations and indebtedness under the Platinum Loan Agreement between the Company and Platinum-Montaur, which were transferred by Platinum-Montaur to PPCO. The Company was informed by PPVA that it was the owner of additional amounts owed on the Platinum-Montaur loan. PPVA claims a balance of approximately $1.9 million was due upon closing of the Asset Sale. That amount is also subject to competing claims of ownership by Dr. Michael Goldberg, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The Company has not yet paid any amounts to PPVA or Dr. Goldberg given the pending dispute.

On November 2, 2017, Platinum-Montaur commenced an action against the Company in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, seeking damages of approximately $1.9 million purportedly due as of March 3, 2017, plus interest accruing thereafter.  The claims asserted are for breach of contract and unjust enrichment in connection with funds received by the Company under the Platinum Loan Agreement.  Said action was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on December 6, 2017.  An initial pretrial conference was held on January 26, 2018 and a follow up status conference was held on March 9, 2018, during which the Court set a briefing schedule and determined that Navidea’s motion to dismiss was due on April 6, 2018.  The Company filed its motion to dismiss in advance of the filing deadline and the motion has been fully briefed with a decision expected from the Court in the near future.

The Company has continued to accrue interest on the Platinum debt pending the outcome of the litigation, and the balance of the debt was approximately $2.1 million as of June 30, 2018.

On April 2, 2018, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Asset Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, Cardinal Health 414 paid the Company approximately $6.0 million and agreed to pay the Company an amount equal to the unused portion of the letter of credit in favor of CRG (not to exceed approximately $7.1 million) promptly after the earlier of (i) the expiration of the letter of credit and (ii) the receipt by Cardinal Health 414 of evidence of the return and cancellation of the letter of credit. In exchange, the obligation of Cardinal Health 414 to make any further contingent payments has been eliminated. Cardinal Health 414 is still obligated to make the milestone payments in accordance with the terms of the earnout provisions of the Purchase Agreement. On April 9, 2018, CRG drew approximately $7.1 million on the letter of credit.

 

Results of Operations

This discussion of our Results of Operations focuses on describing results of our operations as if we had not operated the discontinued operations discussed above during the periods being disclosed. In addition, since our remaining pharmaceutical product candidates are not yet generating commercial revenue, the discussion of our revenue focuses on the grant and other revenue and our operating variances focus on our remaining product development programs and the supporting general and administrative expenses.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

Sublease Revenue. During the first quarter of 2019, we recognized $94,000 of sublease revenue from the sublease of our former headquarters. No sublease revenue was recognized during the first quarter of 2018. The Company has experienced recurringincrease is due to the new lease accounting standards which were effective January 1, 2019.

Grant and Other Revenue. During the first quarter of 2019, we recognized $38,000 of grant and other revenue as compared to $276,000 in the first quarter of 2018. Grant revenue of $21,000 and $233,000 during the first quarters of 2019 and 2018, respectively, was primarily related to SBIR grants from the NIH supporting Manocept development.

Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses decreased $258,000, or 26%, to $741,000 during the first quarter of 2019 from $999,000 during the same period in 2018. The decrease was primarily due to net lossesdecreases in drug project expenses related to (i) decreased therapeutics development costs of $112,000 including decreased regulatory consulting costs and recent unfavorable court rulings,decreased clinical trial costs, offset by increased manufacturing-related activities; (ii) decreased Tc99m tilmanocept development costs of $105,000 including decreased manufacturing-related activities; and has(iii) decreased NAV4694 development costs of $25,000 including decreased clinical development costs; offset by (iv) increased Manocept development costs of $16,000 including increased manufacturing-related activities offset by decreased clinical trial costs. The net decrease in research and development expenses also included decreased compensation including incentive-based awards of $42,000 related to net decreased salaries and headcount.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses remained steady at $1.8 million during each of the first quarters of 2019 and 2018. Increased legal and professional services of $185,000 and increased lease expenses of $120,000 due to the new lease accounting standards which were effective January 1, 2019 were offset by decreased compensation of $119,000 and decreased investor relations costs of $47,000.

Other Income (Expense). Other income, net, was $9,000 during the first quarter of 2019 as compared to other expense, net of $4.2 million during the same period in 2018. We recorded a loss on extinguishment of the CRG debt of $4.3 million during the first quarter of 2018. During the first quarters of 2019 and 2018, we recognized interest income of $13,000 and $76,000, respectively. Interest income in the first quarter of 2018 was primarily related to the guaranteed consideration due from Cardinal Health 414, which was discounted to present value at the closing date of the Asset Sale. For the first quarter of 2018, we recorded non-cash interest expense of $42,000 related to interest that was compounded and added to the principal balance of the Platinum debt.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash balances decreased to $1.5 million at March 31, 2019 from $3.5 million at December 31, 2018. The net decrease was primarily due to cash used significant cash to fund itsour operations all of which are factors that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.  Our projected cash burn factors in certain cost cutting initiatives that have been approved$2.2 million and payments on notes payable of $117,000, offset by the boardmaturities of directorsavailable-for-sale securities of $200,000 and implemented, including reductions in the workforce and a reduction in facilities expenses.  Additionally, we have considerable discretion over the extent of development project expenditures and have the ability to curtail the related cash flows as needed.  The Company also has funds remaining under outstanding grant awards, and continues working to establish new sources of funding, including collaborations, potential equity investments, and additional grant funding that can augment the balance sheet as the Company works to reduce spending.  However, based on our current working capital and our projected cash burn, and without definitive agreements in place for additional funding, management believes that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months following theproceeds from issuance of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. common stock of $50,000.

 

Operating Activities. Cash provided byused in operations was $8.3$2.2 million during the first six monthsquarter of 20182019 compared to $62.0$2.3 million used during the same period in 2017.

Accounts and other receivables decreased to $374,000 at June 30, 2018 from $8.1 million at December 31, 2017, primarily related to Cardinal Health 414’s payment of the entire balance of the guaranteed earnout pursuant to the Amendment executed on April 2, 2018.

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets decreased to $737,000$1.1 million at June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 from $1.1$1.3 million at December 31, 2017. The decrease was2018, primarily due to normal amortization of prepaid insurance and decreased interest receivable related to the guaranteed earnout due from Cardinal Health 414.insurance.


 

Accounts payable decreasedincreased to $454,000$853,000 at June 30, 2018March 31, 2019 from $855,000$425,000 at December 31, 2017,2018, primarily driven by net decreased payables due to therapeutics, NAV4694, process and product development, and operations vendors, offset by increased payables due to Manocept development vendors.for legal and professional services. Accrued liabilities and other current liabilities remained steady at approximately $1.8decreased to $2.1 million at June 30, 2018 andMarch 31, 2019 from $2.5 million at December 31, 2017. Decreased accruals for legal and professional services were offset by increased2018, primarily related to decreased accruals for compensation and Manocept development costs. Our payable and accrual balances will continue to fluctuate but will likely decreaseincrease overall as we work to resolveincrease our legal disputes, offset by planned increases in development activity related to the Manocept platform.

 

Investing Activities. Investing activities provided $997,000$227,000 during the first six monthsquarter of 20182019 compared to $2.0 million used$400,000 during the same period in 2017. Investing activities2018. Maturities of available-for-sale securities provided $200,000 and $400,000 during the first six monthsquarters of 2019 and 2018, included maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities of $1.0 million and capital expenditures of $3,000, primarily for computer equipment. Investing activities during the first six months of 2017 included purchases of available-for-sale securities of $2.0 million and capital expenditures of $8,000, primarily for computer equipment and leasehold improvements.respectively.

 

Financing Activities. Financing activities used $7.4 million$67,000 during the first six monthsquarter of 20182019 compared to $60.9 million$118,000 during the same period in 2017.2018. The $7.4 million$67,000 used by financing activities in the first six monthsquarter of 20182019 consisted primarily of CRG’s draw on the letter of credit of $7.1 million and principal payments on financed insurance premiums of $238,000. The $60.9 million used by financing activities in the first six months of 2017 consisted primarily of principal payments on the CRG, Platinum and IPFS notes payable of $59.6 million and payment of CRG debt-related costs to CRG of $1.3 million,$117,000, offset by proceeds from issuance of common stock of $54,000.$50,000. The $118,000 used by financing activities in the first quarter of 2018 consisted primarily of principal payments on financed insurance premiums.

 

Cardinal Health 414 Asset SalePrivate Placement

 

On AprilSee Notes 2 2018, the Company entered into an Amendmentand 12 to the Asset Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, Cardinal Health 414 paid the Company approximately $6.0 million and agreed to pay the Company an amount equal to the unused portion of the letter of credit (not to exceed approximately $7.1 million) promptly after the earlier of (i) the expiration of the letter of credit and (ii) the receipt by Cardinal Health 414 of evidence of the return and cancellation of the letter of credit. In exchange, the obligation of Cardinal Health 414 to make any further contingent payments has been eliminated. Cardinal Health 414 is still obligated to make the milestone payments in accordance with the terms of the earnout provisions of the Purchase Agreement. On April 9, 2018, CRG drew approximately $7.1 million on the letter of credit.accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

Capital Royalty Group DebtCRG Litigation

 

As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSee Notes 2 and other filings, the Company has been engaged in ongoing litigation with CRG, in its capacity as a lender and as control agent for other affiliated lenders party11 to the CRG Loan Agreement, in the Texas Court relating to CRG’s claims of default under the terms the CRG Loan Agreement. Following a trial in December 2017, the Texas Court ruled that the Company’s total obligation to CRG was in excess of $66.0 million, limited to $66.0 million under the parties’ Global Settlement Agreement reached in 2017. The Texas Court acknowledged only the $59.0 million payment made in March 2017, concluding that the Company owed CRG another $7.0 million, however the Texas Court did not expressly take the Company’s June 2016 payment of $4.1 million into account and awarded, as part of the $66.0 million, amounts that had already been paid as part of the $4.1 million. The Company believes that this $4.1 million should be credited against the $7.0 million; CRG disagrees.

On January 16, 2018, the Company filed an emergency motion to set supersedeas bond and to modify judgment, describing the double recovery created by the $66.0 million award without taking into account the $4.1 million payment in June 2016, requesting that the judgment be modified to set the supersedeas amount at $2.9 million so that the Company could stay enforcement of the judgment pending appeal. The Texas Court refused to rule on this motion, and the court of appeals entered an order compelling the Texas Court to set a supersedeas amount. On March 26, 2018, the Texas Court ordered the Company to put up a supersedeas bond in the amount of $7.7 million. The Company filed for an emergency stay of the order in the appellate court in Harris County. On April 2, 2018, the appellate court denied the Company’s emergency stay motion. The Company continues to believe that the $4.1 million paid to CRG in June 2016 should be credited as payment toward the $66.0 million total, and the Company intends to further contest the matter through the appellate court in Texas. Navidea’s brief on the merits in this appeal is due on August 10, 2018, but this deadline is subject to potential extension. Navidea does not expect a ruling on this appeal until 2019 at the earliest.

On April 9, 2018, CRG drew approximately $7.1 million on the letter of credit. This was in addition to the $4.1 million and the $59.0 million that Navidea had previously paid to CRG.

On April 12, 2018 Navidea filed suit in the Ohio Court against the Lenders.  The suit asserts that the Lenders fraudulently induced Navidea to enter into a settlement agreement and breached the terms of the same through certain actions taken by the Lenders in connection with the Global Settlement Agreement reached in 2017, pursuant to which Navidea agreed to pay up to $66.0 million to Lenders, as well as through actions and misrepresentations by CRG after the Global Settlement Agreement was executed.  The suit also asserts claims for conversion and unjust enrichment against the Lenders for their collection of more than $66.0 million, the maximum permitted under the Global Settlement Agreement, and their double recovery of amounts paid as part of the $4.1 million paid in June 2016 and recovered again as part of the $66.0 million. CRG’s double recovery and recovery of more than $66.0 million are due to CRG drawing the entire $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit. On May 22, 2018 Navidea filed an amended complaint asserting additional claims, including claims for breach of confidentiality by CRG, and on June 26, 2018 CRG filed a motion seeking to dismiss the amended complaint. CRG’s motion to dismiss has been fully briefed and a decision on the motion is expected from the Court in the near future.


In a related proceeding before the Ohio Court, initially filed in 2016, and under which the Global Settlement Agreement was reached in 2017, the Ohio Court has issued preliminary findings that the settlement gave rise to a $66.0 million cap on amounts owed to Lenders by Navidea and that Navidea might not have been properly credited for certain funds in excess of $4.1 million previously swept by Lenders from a bank account owned by Navidea.  The Ohio Court also made a preliminary ruling that it possessed jurisdiction to interpret the settlement agreement at issue. The Company is pursuing recovery of the $4.1 million, and other damages, in the Ohio Court.

On April 11, 2018, CRG filed a new suit against the Company in the Texas Court. This new suit seeks a declaratory judgment that CRG did not breach the Global Settlement Agreement by drawing approximately $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit. On April 16, 2018, CRG moved the Texas Court to issue an anti-suit injunction barring the Company from litigating in the Ohio Court. The Texas Court denied that motion on April 27, 2018. The Company moved to dismiss these claims pursuant to the Texas Citizens Participation Act. This motion to dismiss will be heard by the Texas Court on August 20, 2018.

On July 11, 2018, CRG filed a first amended petition in the new suit. This amended petition includes the prior request for declaratory judgment that CRG did not breach the Global Settlement Agreement. In addition, the amended petition asserts a claim against Navidea for breach of contract. CRG alleges that Navidea breached the Global Settlement Agreement and its duty of good faith and fair dealing by seeking reconsideration in the original Texas suit, appealing the original Texas suit, and filing the Ohio suit. The Company is contesting this issue in the Ohio Court, the Texas Court, and on appeal in Texas.accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

Platinum Credit FacilityLitigation

 

In connection withSee Notes 2, 9 and 11 to the closing of the Asset Sale to Cardinal Health 414, the Company repaid to PPCO an aggregate of approximately $7.7 million in partial satisfaction of the Company’s liabilities, obligations and indebtedness under the Platinum Loan Agreement between the Company and Platinum-Montaur, which were transferred by Platinum-Montaur to PPCO. The Company was informed by PPVA that it was the owner of additional amounts owed on the Platinum-Montaur loan. PPVA claims a balance of approximately $1.9 million was due upon closing of the Asset Sale. That amount is also subject to competing claims of ownership by Dr. Michael Goldberg, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The Company has not yet paid any amounts to PPVA or Dr. Goldberg given the pending dispute.accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

On NovemberGoldberg Agreement and Litigation

See Notes 2, 2017, Platinum-Montaur commenced an action against the Company in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, seeking damages of approximately $1.9 million purportedly due as of March 3, 2017, plus interest accruing thereafter.  The claims asserted are for breach of contract7 and unjust enrichment in connection with funds received by the Company under the Platinum Loan Agreement.  Said action was removed11 to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on December 6, 2017.  An initial pretrial conference was held on January 26, 2018 and a follow up status conference was held on March 9, 2018, during which the Court set a briefing schedule and determined that Navidea’s motion to dismiss was due on April 6, 2018.  The Company filed its motion to dismiss in advance of the filing deadline and the motion has been fully briefed with a decision expected from the Court in the near future.

The Company has continued to accrue interest on the Platinum debt pending the outcome of the litigation, and the balance of the debt was approximately $2.1 million as of June 30, 2018.accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

Summary

 

Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend on a number of factors, including the ability of our distribution partners to achieve market acceptance of our products, our ability to complete the development and commercialization of new products, our ability to monetize our investment in non-core technologies, our ability to obtain milestone or development funds from potential development and distribution partners, regulatory actions by the FDA and international regulatory bodies, the ability to procure required financial resources, the outcome of any pending litigation, and intellectual property protection.

 

We plan to focus our resources forduring the remainder of 20182019 primarily on development of products based on the Manocept platform. Although management believes that it will be able to achieve these objectives, they arethis objective, it is subject to a number of variables beyond our control, including the nature and timing of any partnering opportunities, the ability to modify contractual commitments made in connection with these programs, and the timing and expense associated with suspension or alteration of clinical trials, and consequently there can be no assurance that we will be able to achieve our objective of bringing our expenses in line with our revenues, and we may need to seek additional financing if we cannot achieve that objective in a timely manner.


The Company has experienced recurring net losses and recent unfavorable court rulings, and has used significant cashorder to fund its operations, all of which are factors that raise substantial doubt aboutsupport our ability to continue as a going concern.  Our projected cash burn factors in certain cost cutting initiatives that have been approved by the board of directors and implemented, including reductions in the workforce and a reduction in facilities expenses.  Additionally, we have considerable discretion over the extent ofplanned development project expenditures and have the ability to curtail the related cash flows as needed.  The Company also has funds remaining under outstanding grant awards, and continues working to establish new sources of funding, including collaborations, potential equity investments, and additional grant funding that can augment the balance sheet as the Company works to reduce spending.  However, based on our current working capital and our projected cash burn, and without definitive agreements in place for additional funding, management believes that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months following the issuance of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. programs.

 

We will continue to evaluate our time lines, strategic needs, and balance sheet requirements. If we attempt to raise additional capital through debt, royalty, equity or otherwise, we may not be successful in doing so on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all. Further, we may not be able to gain access and/or be able to execute on securingsecure new sources of funding, identify new development opportunities, successfully obtain regulatory approval for and commercialize new products, achieve significant product revenues from our products, or achieve or sustain profitability in the future.

 

The Company is currently engaged in litigation with CRG, Platinum and Dr. Goldberg. In addition, the Company has experienced recurring net losses and has used significant cash to fund its operations. The Company has considerable discretion over the extent of development project expenditures and has the ability to curtail the related cash flows as needed. The recent Private Placement provides for up to $3.0 million of additional working capital. The Company also has funds remaining under outstanding grant awards, and continues working to establish new sources of funding, including collaborations, potential equity investments, and additional grant funding that can augment the balance sheet. However, based on our current working capital and our projected cash burn, and without definitive agreements in place for additional funding, management believes that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months following the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. See Note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of June 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Recent Accounting Standards

 

See NotesNote 1(d) and 1(e) to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for a summary of all recent accounting standards.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

We base our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, as well as disclosures included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, upon our consolidated financial statements, which we have prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. We describe our significant accounting policies in the notes to the audited consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. We include within these policies our “critical accounting policies.” Critical accounting policies are those policies that are most important to the preparation of our consolidated financial statements and require management’s most subjective and complex judgment due to the need to make estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. Changes in estimates and assumptions based upon actual results may have a material impact on our results of operations and/or financial condition.

 

Revenue Recognition. We currently generate revenue primarily from grants to support various product development initiatives. We generally recognize grant revenue when expenses reimbursable under the grants have been paid and payments under the grants become contractually due.

 

We also earn revenues related to our licensing and distribution agreements. The consideration we are eligible to receive under our licensing and distribution agreements typically includes upfront payments, reimbursement for research and development costs, milestone payments, and royalties. Each licensing and distribution agreement is unique and requires separate assessment in accordance with current accounting standards.

 

Research and Development. R&D expenses include both internal R&D activities and external contracted services. Internal R&D activity expenses include salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation, as well as travel, supplies, and other costs to support our R&D staff. External contracted services include clinical trial activities, chemistry, manufacturing and control-related activities, and regulatory costs. R&D expenses are charged to operations as incurred. We review and accrue R&D expenses based on services performed and rely upon estimates of those costs applicable to the stage of completion of each project.

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We base these estimates and assumptions upon historical experience and existing, known circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Specifically, management may make significant estimates in the following areas:

 

 

Stock-Based Compensation. Stock-based payments to employees and directors, including grants of stock options and restricted stock, are recognized in the statements of operations based on their estimated fair values on the date of grant, subject to an estimated forfeiture rate. The fair value of each option award with time-based vesting provisions is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value such stock-based payments and the portion that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as compensation expense over either (1) the requisite service period or (2) the estimated performance period. The determination of fair value using the Black-Scholes option pricing model is affected by our stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables, including expected stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate, expected dividends and projected employee stock option behaviors. The fair value of each option award with market-based vesting provisions is estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation to value such stock-based payments and the portion that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as compensation expense over either (1) the requisite service period or (2) the estimated performance period. The determination of fair value using a Monte Carlo simulation is affected by our stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables, including expected stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate, expected dividends and projected employee stock option behaviors.

 


 

We estimate the expected term based on the contractual term of the awards and employees' exercise and expected post-vesting termination behavior. Restricted stock awards are valued based on the closing stock price on the date of grant and amortized ratably over the estimated life of the award.

 

Since stock-based compensation is recognized only for those awards that are ultimately expected to vest, we have applied an estimated forfeiture rate to unvested awards for the purpose of calculating compensation cost. These estimates will be revised, if necessary, in future periods if actual forfeitures differ from estimates. Changes in forfeiture estimates impact compensation cost in the period in which the change in estimate occurs.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments.  Certain of our notes payable included an embedded conversion option which was required to be recorded at fair value.  The estimated fair value of the embedded conversion option was calculated using a probability-weighted Monte Carlo simulation.  This valuation method includes Level 3 inputs such as the estimated current market interest rate for similar instruments with similar creditworthiness.  Unrealized gains and losses on the fair value of the embedded conversion option are classified in other expenses as a change in the fair value of financial instruments in the consolidated statements of operations.

Fair Value of Warrants. We estimate the fair value of warrants using the Black-Scholes model, which is affected by our stock price and warrant exercise price, as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables, including expected stock price volatility and risk-free interest rate.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Interest Rate Risk. As of June 30, 2018, our $4.7 million in cash was primarily invested in interest-bearing money market accounts. DueNot applicable to the low interest rates being realized on these accounts, we believe that a hypothetical 10% increase or decrease in market interest rates would not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.smaller reporting companies.

We also have exposure to changes in interest rates on our variable-rate debt obligations. As of June 30, 2018, the interest rate on certain of our debt obligations was the greater of: (a) the U.S. prime rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal plus 6.75%, and (b) 10.0%; both of the above rates reduced by 600 basis points (effective interest rate as of June 30, 2018 was 8.125%). Based on the amount of our variable-rate borrowings at June 30, 2018, which totaled approximately $2.1 million, an immediate one percentage point increase (decrease) in the U.S. prime rate would increase (decrease) our annual interest expense by approximately $21,000. This estimate assumes that the amount of variable rate borrowings remains constant for an annual period and that the interest rate change occurs at the beginning of the period.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk. We do not currently have material foreign currency exposure related to our assets as the majority are denominated in U.S. currency and our foreign-currency based transaction exchange risk is not material. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, we recorded foreign currency transaction losses of approximately $2,000 and $33,000, respectively.

Equity Price Risk. We do not use derivative instruments for hedging of market risks or for trading or speculative purposes. Derivative instruments embedded in contracts, to the extent not already a free-standing contract, are bifurcated and accounted for separately. All derivatives are recorded on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value in accordance with current accounting guidelines for such complex financial instruments. The fair value of our warrant liabilities is determined using various inputs and assumptions, several of which are based on a survey of peer group companies since the warrants are exercisable for common stock of a non-public subsidiary company. As of June 30, 2018, we had approximately $63,000 of derivative liabilities recorded on our balance sheet related to outstanding MT warrants. Due to the relatively low valuation of the MT warrants, a hypothetical 50% change in our stock price would not have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the specified time periods. As a part of these controls, our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act.

 


Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including Mr. Latkin, who serves as our Chief Executive Officer, and our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of June 30,December 31, 2018, and concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Our management, including Mr. Latkin, who serves as our Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, understands that our disclosure controls and procedures do not guarantee that all errors and all improper conduct will be prevented. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, a design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefit of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of improper conduct, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments and decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more persons, or by management override of the control. Further, the design of any system of controls is also based in part upon assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations of a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and may not be detected.

 

Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and includes those policies and procedures that:

 

 

pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;

 

 

provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorization of management and directors of the Company; and

 

 

provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Changes in Control Over Financial Reporting

 

During the quarter ended June 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 


 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

Sinotau Litigation – NAV4694

On August 31, 2015, Sinotau filed a suit for damages, specific performance, and injunctive relief against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts alleging breach of a letter of intent for licensing to Sinotau of the Company’s NAV4694 product candidate and technology. In September 2016, the Court denied the Company’s motion to dismiss. The Company filed its answerSee Note 11 to the complaint and the parties have filed multiple joint motions to stay the case pending settlement discussion, which to date have been granted.accompanying consolidated financial statements.

In October 2017, the Company executed a letter of intent with Sinotau and Cerveau, outlining a plan to sublicense to Cerveau the worldwide rights to conduct research using NAV4694, as well as grant to Cerveau an exclusive license for the development, marketing and commercialization of NAV4694 in Australia, Canada, China and Singapore. The letter of intent included a provision stating that Sinotau will release all claims in the Sinotau Litigation upon the parties’ execution of a definitive agreement; the commercial rights agreement contemplated by the letter of intent would also include a release of such claims and a covenant not to sue on such claims.

In April 2018, the Company executed an agreement to provide Meilleur, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cerveau, worldwide rights to conduct research using NAV4694, as well as an exclusive license for the development and commercialization of NAV4694 in Australia, Canada, China, and Singapore. Meilleur also has an option to commercialize worldwide. As a result of the agreement, Navidea expects that the litigation initiated by Sinotau will be dismissed.

CRG Litigation

As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings, the Company has been engaged in ongoing litigation with CRG, in its capacity as a lender and as control agent for other affiliated lenders party to the CRG Loan Agreement, in the Texas Court relating to CRG’s claims of default under the terms the CRG Loan Agreement. Following a trial in December 2017, the Texas Court ruled that the Company’s total obligation to CRG is in excess of $66.0 million, limited to $66.0 million under the parties’ Global Settlement Agreement reached in 2017. The Texas Court acknowledged only the $59.0 million payment made in March 2017, concluding that the Company owed CRG another $7.0 million, however the Texas Court did not expressly take the Company’s June 2016 payment of $4.1 million into account and awarded, as part of the $66.0 million, amounts that had already been paid as part of the $4.1 million. The Company believes that this $4.1 million should be credited against the $7.0 million; CRG disagrees.

On January 16, 2018, the Company filed an emergency motion to set supersedeas bond and to modify judgment, describing the double recovery created by the $66.0 million award without taking into account the $4.1 million payment in June 2016, requesting that the judgment be modified to set the supersedeas amount at $2.9 million so that the Company could stay enforcement of the judgment pending appeal. The Texas Court refused to rule on this motion, and the court of appeals entered an order compelling the Texas Court to set a supersedeas amount. On March 26, 2018, the Texas Court ordered the Company to put up a supersedeas bond in the amount of $7.7 million. The Company filed for an emergency stay of the order in the appellate court in Harris County. On April 2, 2018, the appellate court denied the Company’s emergency stay motion. The Company continues to believe that the $4.1 million paid to CRG in June 2016 should be credited as payment toward the $66.0 million total, and the Company intends to further contest the matter through the appellate court in Texas. Navidea’s brief on the merits in this appeal is due on August 10, 2018, but this deadline is subject to potential extension. Navidea does not expect a ruling on this appeal until 2019 at the earliest.

On April 9, 2018, CRG drew approximately $7.1 million on the letter of credit. This was in addition to the $4.1 million and the $59.0 million that Navidea had previously paid to CRG.

On April 12, 2018 Navidea filed suit in the Ohio Court against the Lenders.  The suit asserts that the Lenders fraudulently induced Navidea to enter into a settlement agreement and breached the terms of the same through certain actions taken by the Lenders in connection with the Global Settlement Agreement reached in 2017, pursuant to which Navidea agreed to pay up to $66.0 million to Lenders, as well as through actions and misrepresentations by CRG after the Global Settlement Agreement was executed.  The suit also asserts claims for conversion and unjust enrichment against the Lenders for their collection of more than $66.0 million, the maximum permitted under the Global Settlement Agreement, and their double recovery of amounts paid as part of the $4.1 million paid in June 2016 and recovered again as part of the $66.0 million. CRG’s double recovery and recovery of more than $66.0 million are due to CRG drawing the entire $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit. On May 22, 2018 Navidea filed an amended complaint asserting additional claims, including claims for breach of confidentiality by CRG, and on June 26, 2018 CRG filed a motion seeking to dismiss the amended complaint. CRG’s motion to dismiss has been fully briefed and a decision on the motion is expected from the Court in the near future.

In a related proceeding before the Ohio Court, initially filed in 2016, and under which the Global Settlement Agreement was reached in 2017, the Ohio Court has issued preliminary findings that the settlement gave rise to a $66.0 million cap on amounts owed to Lenders by Navidea and that Navidea might not have been properly credited for certain funds in excess of $4.1 million previously swept by Lenders from a bank account owned by Navidea.  The Ohio Court also made a preliminary ruling that it possessed jurisdiction to interpret the settlement agreement at issue. The Company is pursuing recovery of the $4.1 million, and other damages, in the Ohio Court.


On April 11, 2018, CRG filed a new suit against the Company in the Texas Court. This new suit seeks a declaratory judgment that CRG did not breach the Global Settlement Agreement by drawing approximately $7.1 million on the Cardinal Health 414 letter of credit. On April 16, 2018, CRG moved the Texas Court to issue an anti-suit injunction barring the Company from litigating in the Ohio Court. The Texas Court denied that motion on April 27, 2018. The Company moved to dismiss these claims pursuant to the Texas Citizens Participation Act. This motion to dismiss will be heard by the Texas Court on August 20, 2018.

On July 11, 2018, CRG filed a first amended petition in the new suit. This amended petition includes the prior request for declaratory judgment that CRG did not breach the Global Settlement Agreement. In addition, the amended petition asserts a claim against Navidea for breach of contract. CRG alleges that Navidea breached the Global Settlement Agreement and its duty of good faith and fair dealing by seeking reconsideration in the original Texas suit, appealing the original Texas suit, and filing the Ohio suit. The Company is contesting this issue in the Ohio Court, the Texas Court, and on appeal in Texas.

Sinotau Litigation – Tc99m Tilmanocept

On February 1, 2017, Navidea filed suit against Sinotau in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The Company's complaint included claims seeking a declaration of the rights and obligations of the parties to an agreement regarding rights for the Tc99m tilmanocept product in China and other claims. The complaint sought a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and preliminary injunction to prevent Sinotau from interfering with the Company’s Asset Sale to Cardinal Health 414. On February 3, 2017, the Court granted the TRO and extended it until March 6, 2017. The Asset Sale closed on March 3, 2017. On March 6, the Court dissolved the TRO as moot. Sinotau also filed a suit against the Company and Cardinal Health 414 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware on February 2, 2017. On July 12, 2017, the District of Delaware case was transferred to the Southern District of Ohio. On July 27, 2017 the Ohio Court determined that both cases in the Southern District of Ohio are related and the case was stayed for 60 days pending settlement discussions. On February 8, 2018, Navidea and Sinotau executed an amendment to the agreement, modifying certain terms of the agreement and effectively resolving the legal dispute. On February 17, 2018, Navidea and Sinotau executed a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release, and on February 20, 2018, Navidea and Sinotau voluntarily dismissed their legal cases.

Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences LLC

On November 2, 2017, Platinum-Montaur commenced an action against the Company in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, seeking damages of approximately $1.9 million purportedly due as of March 3, 2017, plus interest accruing thereafter.  The claims asserted are for breach of contract and unjust enrichment in connection with funds received by the Company under the Platinum Loan Agreement.  Said action was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on December 6, 2017.  An initial pretrial conference was held on January 26, 2018 and a follow up status conference was held on March 9, 2018, during which the Court set a briefing schedule and determined that Navidea’s motion to dismiss was due on April 6, 2018.  The Company filed its motion to dismiss in advance of the filing deadline and the motion has been fully briefed with a decision expected from the Court in the near future.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

Except as set forth below, thereThere have been no material changes to the Company's risk factors as previously reported in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Form 10-K”),2018, filed with the SEC on March 15, 2018.

Our failure to maintain continued compliance with the listing requirements of the NYSE American exchange could result in the delisting of our common stock.

Our common stock has been listed on the NYSE American since February 2011. The rules of NYSE American provide that shares be delisted from trading in the event the financial condition and/or operating results of the Company appear to be unsatisfactory, the extent of public distribution or the aggregate market value of the common stock has become so reduced as to make further dealings on the NYSE American inadvisable, the Company has sold or otherwise disposed of its principal operating assets, or has ceased to be an operating company, or the Company has failed to comply with its listing agreements with the Exchange. For example, the NYSE American may consider suspending trading in, or removing the listing of, securities of an issuer that has stockholders’ equity of less than (i) $6.0 million if such issuer has sustained losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in its five most recent fiscal years, (ii) $4.0 million if such issuer has sustained losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in three of its four most recent fiscal years, and (iii) $2.0 million if such issuer has sustained losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in two of its three most recent fiscal years. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had stockholders’ equity of approximately $2.8 million. In addition, the Company had stockholders’ deficits for several years prior to December 31, 2017, and we may not be able to maintain stockholders’ equity in the future. Even if an issuer has a stockholders’ deficit, the NYSE American will not normally consider removing from the list securities of an issuer that fails to meet these requirements if the issuer has (1) total value of market capitalization of at least $50,000,000; or total assets and revenue of $50,000,000 each in its last fiscal year, or in two of its last three fiscal years; and (2) the issuer has at least 1,100,000 shares publicly held, a market value of publicly held shares of at least $15,000,000 and 400 round lot shareholders.  As of June 30, 2018, the Company’s total value of market capitalization was approximately $35,000,000. As such, we do not currently meet these exception criteria and there is a risk that our common stock may be delisted as a result of our failure to meet the minimum stockholders' equity requirement for continued listing. The NYSE American provides for an 18-month “cure period” for the Company to regain the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement, however if the Company is unable to do so, the NYSE American may delist the Company’s common stock.2019.

 


The NYSE American Company Guide also provides that the Exchange may suspend or remove from listing any common stock selling for a substantial period of time at a low price per share, if the issuer shall fail to effect a reverse split of such shares within a reasonable time after being notified that the Exchange deems such action to be appropriate under all the circumstances. The Company’s common stock has recently traded for a price as low as $0.15 per share, and if the low trading price persists, there is a risk that the Exchange may require the Company to effect a reverse split of its common stock in order to maintain its NYSE American listing. Accordingly, on July 9, 2018, the Company filed a definitive proxy statement in connection with its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), to be held on August 16, 2018. At the Annual Meeting, we are asking for stockholders to approve, among other things, a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, as determined by the Board of Directors at its discretion, of a ratio of not less than one-for-five and not more than one-for-twenty. The shareholders’ meeting notice is more fully described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on Schedule 14A on July 9, 2018.

There can be no assurance that stockholders will approve the proposal to effect a reverse split or that if such proposal is approved and implemented by the Board of Directors that such a reverse stock split will be sufficient to enable the Company to maintain its listing on the NYSE American. Therefore, there is a continued risk that the shares will be delisted if action is not taken to the satisfaction of the NYSE American.

The delisting of our common stock from the NYSE American likely would reduce the trading volume and liquidity in our common stock and may lead to decreases in the trading price of our common stock. The delisting of our common stock may also materially impair our stockholders’ ability to buy and sell shares of our common stock. In addition, the delisting of our common stock could significantly impair our ability to raise capital.


 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

3.1

Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 26, 2019).

10.1

Stock Purchase Agreement, dated March 22, 2019, between Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and John K. Scott, Jr.*

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

   

31.2

Certification of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Financial Reports pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.**

32.2

Certification of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Financial Reports pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.**

   

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document*

   

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*

   

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*

   

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*

   

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*

   

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*

 

*

Filed herewith.

**

Furnished herewith.

Items 2, 3, 43 and5, 4 and 5 are not applicable and have been omitted.

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

(the Company)

 

August 8, 2018May 9, 2019

  
 

By:

/s/ Jed A. Latkin

  
 

Jed A. Latkin

 

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and

Chief Financial Officer

 

(Authorized Officer;

Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer)

 


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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

31.2

Certification of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Financial Reports pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.**

32.2

Certification of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Financial Reports pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.**

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document*

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*

*

Filed herewith.

**

Furnished herewith.

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