Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Liquidity

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Liquidity
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Liquidity [Abstract]  
Liquidity

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Liquidity

All of our material assets, except our intellectual property, have been pledged as collateral for our borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement (the CRG Loan Agreement) with Capital Royalty Partners II L.P. (CRG).  In addition to the security interest in our assets, the CRG Loan Agreement carries covenants that impose significant requirements on us, including, among others, requirements that we (1) pay all principal, interest and other charges on the outstanding balance of the borrowed funds when due; (2) maintain liquidity of at least $5 million during the term of the CRG Loan Agreement; and (3) meet certain annual EBITDA or revenue targets ($22.5 million of Lymphoseek sales revenue in 2016) as defined in the CRG Loan Agreement.  The events of default under the CRG Loan Agreement also include a failure of Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences LLC, an affiliate of Platinum Management (NY) LLC, Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund L.P., Platinum Partners Liquid Opportunity Master Fund L.P., Platinum Liquid Opportunity Management (NY) LLC, and Montsant Partners LLC (collectively, Platinum) to perform its funding obligations under the Platinum Loan Agreement (as defined below) at any time as to which the Company had negative EBITDA for the most recent fiscal quarter, as a result either of Platinum’s repudiation of its obligations under the Platinum Loan Agreement, or the occurrence of an insolvency event with respect to Platinum.

It appears likely that we will need to draw on the Platinum line of credit in order to maintain compliance with the $5 million liquidity covenant of the CRG Loan Agreement beginning in the second quarter of 2016.  Our inability to meet the liquidity covenant would be an event of default under the CRG Loan Agreement.  In addition, if we are unable to reach the 2016 annual Lymphoseek sales revenue target of $22.5 million, this would also be an event of default under the CRG Loan Agreement; however, potential shortfalls to this revenue covenant are curable by the Company depositing 2.5 times the amount of the shortfall in a bank account controlled by CRG.  Our ability to comply with these provisions may be affected by changes in our business condition or results of our operations, or other events beyond our control.  An event of default would entitle CRG to accelerate the maturity of our indebtedness, increase the interest rate to the default rate of 18% per annum, and invoke other remedies available to it under the loan agreement and the related security agreement, which could raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.  See Notes 8 and 9.

In addition, our Loan Agreement with Platinum (the Platinum Loan Agreement) carries standard non-financial covenants typical for commercial loan agreements, many of which are similar to those contained in the CRG Loan Agreement, that impose significant requirements on us.  Our ability to comply with these provisions may be affected by changes in our business condition or results of our operations, or other events beyond our control.  The breach of any of these covenants would result in a default under the Platinum Loan Agreement, permitting Platinum to terminate our ability to obtain additional draws under the Platinum Loan Agreement and accelerate the maturity of the debt, subject to the limitations of the Subordination Agreement with CRG.  Such actions by Platinum could materially adversely affect our operations, results of operations and financial condition, including causing us to substantially curtail our product development activities.  We are currently in compliance with all covenants under the Platinum Loan Agreement.  See Note 8.