Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 2 - Liquidity

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Note 2 - Liquidity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Substantial Doubt about Going Concern [Text Block]
2.
Liquidity
 
The Company has been engaged in litigation with Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences LLC (“Platinum-Montaur”), an affiliate of Platinum Management (NY) LLC, Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund L.P., Platinum Partners Capital Opportunity Fund, Platinum Partners Liquid Opportunity Master Fund L.P., Platinum Liquid Opportunity Management (NY) LLC, and Montsant Partners LLC (collectively, “Platinum”), in which Platinum-Montaur was seeking damages of approximately
$1.9
million plus interest.  See Notes
12
and
14.
 
In addition, the Company is engaged in ongoing litigation with our former President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Michael Goldberg. See Notes
10
and
14.
 
The Company has also been engaged in ongoing litigation with Capital Royalty Partners II L.P. (“CRG”) and pursuing recovery of approximately
$4.3
million and other damages. On
November 27, 2019,
the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio (the “Ohio Court”) entered a judgment in the amount of
$4.3
million to Navidea, plus statutory interest from
April 9, 2018 (
the “Judgment”).  See Notes
12
and
14.
 
In
February 2020,
the Company executed a binding term sheet to sell the Judgment for
$4.2
million of proceeds to Navidea. The Company has the option, within
45
days of the sale, to repurchase the Judgment for a
10%
premium. Such repurchase option
may
be in the form of the Company’s Common Stock at a
10%
discount to the then-current market price.
 
In
June 2019,
the Company completed an underwritten public offering of
8,000,000
shares (the “Shares”) of our Common Stock pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price to the public of
$0.75
per share.  Of the
8,000,000
total Shares,
4,000,000
shares were placed with existing investor John K. Scott, Jr. at a price of
$0.75
per share. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriter purchased the remaining
4,000,000
Shares from the Company at a price of
$0.69375
per share.  After underwriting discounts, commissions, fees and expenses paid to the Underwriter, the Company received net proceeds from the offering of
$5,555,000.
 
 
In
December 2019,
the Company executed a Stock Purchase Agreement with the investors named therein. Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the investors agreed to purchase approximately
2.1
million shares of the Company’s Common Stock in a private placement for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately
$1.9
million. Of this amount, approximately
$1.1
million was received during
2019,
resulting in approximately
$812,000
of stock subscriptions receivable as of
December 31, 2019.
The remaining
$812,000
of proceeds were received and the related Common Stock was issued in
January 2020.
 
In
February 2020,
the Company executed agreements with
two
existing investors to purchase approximately
4.0
million shares of the Company’s Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds to Navidea of approximately
$3.4
million.
 
Navidea intends to use the net proceeds from these transactions to fund its research and development programs, including continued advancement of its
two
Phase
2b
and Phase
3
clinical trials of
Tc99m
tilmanocept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and for general working capital purposes and other operating expenses. See Notes
15
and
21.
 
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
December 2019
and
February 2020
transactions described above provided approximately
$9.5
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 Annual Report on Form
10
-K.