
BioCardia, Inc. (925741) 10-Q published on May 15, 2020 at 7:26 am
Under the terms of the Funding Agreement, the Funder agreed to fund the legal fees and costs incurred by the Company in connection with the Litigation on and after March 1, 2020 on a non-recourse basis. The Company agreed to repay the Funder from any proceeds arising from the Litigation (the “Litigation Proceeds”), (i) any taxes paid by or imposed upon Funder (other than taxes imposed upon Funder as a consequence of Funder’s income) with respect to the claims, the litigation proceeds or as a consequence of any settlement in connection with the Litigation, if any, plus (ii) an amount, without reduction, set-off or counterclaim, equal to the amount actually paid by the Funder pursuant to the Funding Agreement (the “Actual Funding Amount”) plus (iii) the greater of:
In accordance with the requirements of the CARES Act, the Borrower will use the proceeds from the Note in accordance with the requirements of the PPP to cover certain qualified expenses, including payroll costs, rent and utility costs. Interest accrues on the Note at the rate of 1.00% per annum. The Borrower may apply for forgiveness of amount due under the Note, in an amount equal to the sum of qualified expenses under the PPP, which include payroll costs, rent obligations, and covered utility payments incurred during the eight weeks following disbursement under the Note. The Borrower intends to use the entire proceeds under the Note for such qualifying expenses.
Subject to any forgiveness under the PPP, the Note mature two years following the date of issuance of the Note and includes a period for the first six months during which time required payments of interest and principal are deferred. Beginning on the seventh month following the date of the Note, the Borrower is required to make 18 monthly payments of principal and interest. The Note may be prepaid at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. The Note provides for customary events of default, including, among others, those relating to breaches of the Borrower’s obligations under the Note, including a failure to make payments, any bankruptcy or similar proceedings involving the Borrower, and certain material effects on the Borrower’s ability to repay the Note.
In accordance with the requirements of the CARES Act, we intend to use the proceeds from the Note in accordance with the requirements of the PPP to cover certain qualified expenses, including payroll costs, rent and utility costs. Interest accrues on the Note at the rate of 1.00% per annum. We may apply for forgiveness of amount due under the Note, in an amount equal to the sum of qualified expenses under the PPP, which include payroll costs, rent obligations, and covered utility payments incurred during the eight weeks following disbursement under the Note. We intend to use the entire proceeds under the Note for such qualifying expenses.
Subject to any forgiveness under the PPP, the Note mature two years following the date of issuance of the Note and includes a period for the first six months during which time required payments of interest and principal are deferred. Beginning on the seventh month following the date of the Note, the Borrower is required to make 18 monthly payments of principal and interest. The Note may be prepaid at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties.
We have a legal proceeding currently pending under the case captioned Boston Scientific Corp., et al., v. BioCardia Inc., Case No. 3:19-05645-VC, U.S.D.C., N. D. Cal (the “Litigation”). The Litigation relates to matters we raised in a letter to Ms. Surbhi Sarna, nVision Medical and Boston Scientific based on BioCardia’s discovery in January 2019 that Ms. Sarna had assigned to a company she founded, nVision Medical, a patent and patent applications she had filed while a BioCardia employee. nVision subsequently was acquired by Boston Scientific. BioCardia made various claims, including that the patent and patent application rightfully belonged to BioCardia pursuant to Ms. Sarna’s invention assignment agreement, that the proceeds from the sale of nVision to Boston Scientific rightfully belonged to BioCardia because they were the direct result of Ms. Sarna’s breach of her obligation to assign to BioCardia the patent and patent applications and the use of misappropriated BioCardia trade secrets. On September 6, 2019, Boston Scientific Corporation, Boston Scientific Scimed Inc, and Fortis Advisors LLC (the “Boston Scientific Parties”) filed a complaint against BioCardia in the United States District Court Northern District of California, Case no. 3:19-05645-VC, seeking declarations that the claims made in BioCardia’s correspondence were without basis. On October 31, 2019, BioCardia filed a counterclaim against the Boston Scientific Parties and Ms. Sarna for breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets and correction of inventorship on the patents naming Ms. Sarna as an inventor. BioCardia seeks imposition of constructive trusts both on the patents naming Ms. Sarna as an inventor and the proceeds received from the sale of nVision to Boston Scientific, as well as damages, including unjust enrichment damages measured by the proceeds received from the sale of nVision to Boston Scientific. On April 9, 2020, we entered into a Litigation Funding Agreement with BSLF, L.L.C., an entity owned and controlled by Andrew Blank, a member of our board of directors, for the purpose of funding the Litigation.
If we fail to satisfy all applicable Nasdaq continued listing requirements, including the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement of $2.5 million, our common stock and warrants may be delisted from Nasdaq, which could have an adverse impact on the liquidity and market price of our securities.
Our common stock is currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, which has qualitative and quantitative continued listing requirements, including corporate governance requirements, public float requirements and a minimum stockholders’ equity requirement of $2.5 million under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). On April 15, 2020, we received written notice (the “Notice”) from Nasdaq notifying us that, based on our stockholders’ equity of $2.37 million as of December 31, 2019, we are no longer in compliance with such minimum stockholders’ equity requirement. We have until June 1, 2020 to provide Nasdaq with a specific plan to achieve and sustain compliance with the foregoing listing requirement. If our plan to regain compliance is accepted, Nasdaq may grant an extension of up to 180 calendar days from April 15, 2020 for the Company to evidence compliance. If Nasdaq does not accept our plan, we may request a hearing, at which hearing we would present our plan to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.