Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Notes Payable

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Notes Payable
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Notes Payable
Notes Payable
 
In December 2011, we executed a Loan and Security Agreement (the Hercules Loan Agreement) with Hercules Technology II, L.P. (Hercules), providing for a maximum borrowing of $10 million by the Company in two advances. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, we issued Hercules: (1) a Secured Term Promissory Note in the principal amount of $7 million (the Hercules Note), bearing interest at the greater of either (a) the U.S. Prime Rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal plus 6.75%, or (b) 10.0% and (2) Series GG warrants to purchase 333,333 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.10 per share, expiring in December 2016 (the Series GG warrants). Additionally, the Hercules
Loan Agreement provided Navidea with the option to draw a second advance in the principal amount of $3 million if certain conditions were met by June 30, 2012. Such conditions were not met and Hercules no longer had an obligation to provide the additional $3 million. The Hercules Loan Agreement provided for an interest-only period beginning on December 29, 2011 and expiring on July 1, 2012. The principal and interest was to be repaid in 30 equal monthly installments, payable on the first of each month following the expiration of the interest-only period.
 
In accordance with current accounting standards, Hercules’ option to convert up to $1.5 million of the debt into stock was evaluated and determined to be a beneficial conversion feature. The beneficial conversion feature of $24,888 was recorded as a discount on the Hercules Note based on the market price of the Company’s stock on the date of the Loan Agreement. In addition, the Series GG warrants were accounted for as a liability at origination due to the existence of certain provisions in the instrument which remained in effect for the first 365 days the warrant was outstanding. As a result, we recorded a current derivative liability with an estimated fair value of $520,478 on the date of issuance of the Series GG warrants. The estimated fair value of the Series GG warrants was recorded as a discount on the Hercules Note. Navidea paid total debt issuance costs of $593,339 including origination, legal, and other costs related to the loan. The total aggregate discounts on the Hercules Note of $545,366 and the debt issuance costs of $593,339 were being amortized as non-cash interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Hercules Loan Agreement.
 
During 2012, we paid $1.3 million of principal payments on the Hercules Note. During the period from January 1, 2013 through June 24, 2013, we paid an additional $1.3 million of principal payments on the Hercules Note. On June 25, 2013, the Company used a portion of the proceeds from the GECC/MidCap Notes (discussed below) to pay the remaining $4.4 million of principal outstanding on the Hercules Note, as well as a $250,000 end-of-term fee and a $66,000 early payment penalty in accordance with the terms of the Hercules Loan Agreement. We recorded a loss on extinguishment of the Hercules Note of $429,000, consisting of the write-off of the remaining unamortized discount of $187,000 and unamortized debt issuance costs of $176,000, as well as the early payment penalty of $66,000. As of December 31, 2013, the Hercules Note was no longer outstanding.

In July 2012, we entered into an agreement with Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences, LLC (Platinum) to provide us with a credit facility of up to $50 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Platinum committed to extend up to $15 million in debt, which was available immediately, to the Company at an interest rate equal to the greater of (a) the U.S. Prime Rate as reported in the Wall Street Journal plus 6.75%; (b) 10.0%; or (c) the highest rate of interest then payable pursuant to the Hercules Loan Agreement plus 0.125%. In March 2013, the Company received FDA approval to market Lymphoseek. The approval of Lymphoseek resulted in an additional $20 million being made available to the Company under the Platinum credit facility. Another $15 million is potentially available on terms to be negotiated. Principal amounts were due the earlier of two years from the date of draw or June 30, 2016. No conversion features or warrants were initially associated with the facility. We drew a total of $4.0 million under the credit facility in each of the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

In June 2013, we executed a Loan and Security Agreement (the GECC/MidCap Loan Agreement) with General Electric Capital Corporation (GECC) and MidCap Financial SBIC, LP (MidCap), providing for a loan to the Company of $25 million. Pursuant to the GECC/MidCap Loan Agreement, we issued GECC and MidCap: (1) Term Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $25 million, bearing interest at 9.83%, (the GECC/MidCap Notes), and (2) Series HH warrants to purchase an aggregate of 301,205 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.49 per share, expiring in June 2023 (the Series HH Warrants). The GECC/MidCap Loan Agreement provides for an interest-only period beginning on June 25, 2013 and expiring on June 30, 2014. The principal and interest is to be repaid in 30 equal monthly installments, payable on the first of each month following the expiration of the interest-only period, and one final payment in an amount equal to the entire remaining principal balance of the GECC/MidCap Notes on the maturity date. The outstanding balance of the debt is due December 23, 2016. On the date upon which the outstanding principal amount of the loan is paid in full, the Company will be required to pay a non-refundable end-of-term fee equal to 4.0% of the original principal amount of the loan. The debt is collateralized by a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets except for intellectual property, as to which the security interest is in rights to income or proceeds from the sale or licensing thereof. The GECC/MidCap Loan Agreement also specifies certain covenants including the requirement that Navidea maintains a minimum cash balance greater than six times its monthly cash burn amount and provides certain information, such as financial statements and budgets, on a periodic basis. As of December 31, 2013, the minimum cash balance required was $22.6 million, and we were in compliance with all covenants of the Loan Agreement. As of December 31, 2013, the outstanding principal balance of the GECC/MidCap Loan Agreement was $25.0 million.

The Company recorded a debt discount related to the issuance of the Series HH warrants and other fees to the lenders totaling $1.9 million. Debt issuance costs directly attributable to the GECC/MidCap Loan Agreement, totaling $881,000, were recorded as other assets on the balance sheet on the closing date. The debt discount and debt issuance costs are being amortized as non-cash interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the GECC/MidCap Loan Agreement. As of December 31, 2013, the balance of the debt discount was $1.6 million and the net balance of the debt issuance costs was $691,000.

In June 2013, concurrent with entering into the GECC/MidCap Loan Agreement, the Company and Platinum entered into an Amendment to the July 2012 credit facility between the Company and Platinum (the Platinum Amendment). Navidea, Platinum, and GECC/MidCap also entered into a Subordination Agreement (the GECC/MidCap Subordination Agreement), providing for subordination of the Company’s indebtedness under the Platinum credit facility to the Company’s indebtedness under the GECC/MidCap Loan Agreement, among other customary terms and conditions.

In connection with the execution of the Platinum Amendment, the Company delivered an Amended and Restated Promissory Note (the Amended Platinum Note) to Platinum, which amends and restates the original promissory note, issued to Platinum, in the principal amount of up to $35.0 million. The Amended Platinum Note also adjusts the interest rate to the greater of (a) the U.S. Prime Rate as reported in the Wall Street Journal plus 6.75%; (b) 10%; or (c) the highest rate of interest then payable pursuant to the GECC/MidCap Loan Agreement plus 0.125% (effective interest rate at December 31, 2013 was 10%). In addition, the Platinum Amendment grants Platinum the right, at Platinum’s option, to convert all or any portion of the unpaid principal or unpaid interest accrued on any future draws (the Conversion Amount), beginning on a date two years from the date the draw was advanced, into the number of shares of Navidea’s common stock computed by dividing the Conversion Amount by a conversion price equal to the lesser of (i) 90% of the lowest VWAP for the 10 trading days preceding the date of such conversion request, or (ii) the average VWAP for the 10 trading days preceding the date of such conversion request. The Platinum Amendment also provides a conversion right on the same terms with respect to the amount of any mandatory repayment due following the Company achieving $2.0 million in cumulative revenues from sales or licensing of Lymphoseek. The conversion option applies to the Conversion Amount if the Company is prohibited from making such repayment under the terms of the GECC/MidCap Subordination Agreement.

In accordance with current accounting standards, the Platinum Amendment was treated as an extinguishment of debt. The difference between the fair value of the new debt and the carrying value of the original Platinum loan balance was recorded as loss on extinguishment of $943,000. Platinum’s option to convert future draws into common stock was determined to meet the definition of a liability. The fair value of the new debt includes the estimated fair value of the embedded conversion option, which was $943,000 on the date of issuance of the Amended Platinum Note. The net increase in the estimated fair value of the Amended Platinum Note of $106,000 was recorded as a non-cash change in fair value of financial instruments during the year ended December 31, 2013. The estimated fair value of the Amended Platinum Note was $4.3 million as of December 31, 2013.

Also in connection with the Platinum Amendment, the Company and Platinum entered into a Warrant Exercise Agreement (Exercise Agreement), pursuant to which Platinum exercised its Series X Warrant and Series AA Warrant for 2,364.9 shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series B Preferred Stock), convertible into 7,733,223 shares of our common stock in the aggregate (3,270 shares of common stock per preferred share). These warrants were exercised on a cashless basis by canceling a portion of the indebtedness outstanding under the Platinum Loan Agreement equal to $4.8 million, the aggregate exercise price of the warrants. As of December 31, 2013, the remaining outstanding principal balance of the Platinum Loan Agreement was approximately $3.2 million, with $31.8 million still available under the credit facility.

During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, we recorded interest expense of $2.8 million, $1.2 million and $10,000, respectively, related to our notes payable. Of those amounts, $765,000, $545,000 and $4,000, respectively, was non-cash in nature related to amortization of the debt discounts and deferred financing costs related to our notes payable.

Annual principal maturities of our notes payable are $4.8 million, $9.7 million and $13.7 million, in 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively.