UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

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

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

September 13, 2018

 

 

NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

001-35076

31-1080091

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

 

4995 Bradenton Avenue, Suite 240, Dublin, Ohio

43017

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

(614) 793-7500

 

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Item 1.01     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 13, 2018, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (the “Company”) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with John K. Scott, Jr. (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Company will issue to the Investor in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) 18,320,610 shares (the “Securities”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $3,000,000 (the “Purchase Price”).

 

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.

 

The Securities to be issued to the Investor pursuant to the Private Placement will represent approximately 10% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock after such issuance. The Securities are subject to a 180-day lock-up and there are no registration rights.

 

The foregoing summary of the Purchase Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which the Company expects to file as an exhibit to a future periodic report, to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

On September 17, 2018 the Company issued a press release relating to the foregoing matters, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

99.1

Press release, dated September 17, 2018.

 

 

 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: September 17, 2018

By:

/s/ Jed A. Latkin

 

 

 

Jed A. Latkin

Interim Chief Executive Officer