Securities and Exchange Commission
washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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February | 2019 | |
Commission File Number |
001-36458 | ||
Neovasc Inc. | |||
(Translation of registrant’s name into English) | |||
Suite 5138 - 13562 Maycrest Way Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, V6V 2J7 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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Document 1 | News Release dated February 28, 2019 - Neovasc announces closing of $5 million public offering of common shares | |
DOCUMENT 1
Neovasc announces closing of $5 million public offering of common shares
NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN
VANCOUVER, Feb. 28, 2019 /CNW/ - Neovasc Inc. ("Neovasc" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NVCN / TSX: NVCN) announced today that it has closed its previously announced underwritten public offering (the "Offering") of 11,111,111 common shares of the Company (the "Common Shares") at a price to the public of US$0.45 per Common Share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately US$5 million, before deducting the underwriting commission and Offering expenses payable by the Company.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. (the "Underwriter") acted as sole book-running manager for the Offering.
After deducting the underwriting discounts, commissions, and other offering expenses payable by Neovasc, the Company received net proceeds of approximately US$4.050 million. Neovasc intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for the development and commercialization of the Neovasc Reducer™ (the "Reducer"), development of the Tiara™ (the "Tiara") and general corporate and working capital purposes.
The Common Shares were offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 13, 2018 and were qualified for distribution in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario by way of a final prospectus supplement to the Company's base shelf prospectus dated July 12, 2018. The Underwriter offered and sold the Common Shares in the United States either directly or through its duly registered U.S. broker dealer affiliates or agents. No Common Shares were offered or sold to Canadian purchasers.
A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering have been filed as have a final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering with the SEC and are available for free on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and are also available on the Company's profile on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering may be obtained from H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Avenue 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by calling (646) 975-6996 or by emailing placements@hcwco.com.
The Company relied upon the exemption set forth in Section 602.1 of the TSX Company Manual, which provides that the Toronto Stock Exchange will not apply its standards to certain transactions involving eligible interlisted issuers on a recognized exchange, such as the Nasdaq Capital Market.
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About Neovasc Inc.
Neovasc is a specialty medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets products for the rapidly growing cardiovascular
marketplace. Its products include the Reducer, for the treatment of refractory angina, which is not currently commercially available
in the United States and has been commercially available in Europe since 2015, and the Tiara, for the transcatheter treatment of
mitral valve disease, which is currently under clinical investigation in the United States, Canada and Europe. For more information,
visit: www.neovasc.com.
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
Certain statements in this news release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws that may not be based on historical fact, including
without limitation statements containing the words "believe", "may", "plan", "will", "estimate",
"continue", "anticipate", "intend", "expect" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements
may involve, but are not limited to, comments with respect to the intended use of proceeds of the Offering and the growing cardiovascular
marketplace. Many factors and assumptions could cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the substantial doubt about the
Company's ability to continue as a going concern; risks relating to the warrants (the "Warrants") and senior secured
convertible notes (the "Notes") issued pursuant to the November 2017 underwritten public offering and concurrent private
placement (together, the "2017 Financings"), resulting in significant dilution to the Company's shareholders; risks relating
to the Company's need for significant additional future capital and the Company's ability to raise additional funding; risks relating
to cashless exercise and adjustment provisions in the Warrants and Notes issued pursuant to the 2017 Financings, which could make
it more difficult and expensive for the Company to raise additional capital in the future and result in further dilution to investors;
risks relating to the sale of a significant number of common shares of the Company; risks relating to the exercise of Warrants
or conversion of Notes issued pursuant to the 2017 Financings, which may encourage short sales by third parties; risks relating
to the possibility that the common shares of the Company may be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market or the Toronto Stock Exchange,
which could affect their market price and liquidity; risks relating to the Company's common share price being volatile; risks relating
to the influence of significant shareholders of the Company over the Company's business operations and share price; risks relating
to the Company's significant indebtedness, and its effect on the Company's financial condition; risks relating to claims by third
parties alleging infringement of their intellectual property rights; risks relating to lawsuits that the Company is subject to,
which could divert the Company's resources and result in the payment of significant damages and other remedies; the Company's ability
to establish, maintain and defend intellectual property rights in the Company's products; risks relating to results from clinical
trials of the Company's products, which may be unfavorable or perceived as unfavorable; the Company's history of losses and significant
accumulated deficit; risks associated with product liability claims, insurance and recalls; risks relating to use of the Company's
products in unapproved circumstances, which could expose the Company to liabilities; risks relating to competition in the medical
device industry, including the risk that one or more of the Company's competitors may develop more effective or more affordable
products; risks relating to the Company's ability to achieve or maintain expected levels of market acceptance for the Company's
products, as well as the Company's ability to successfully build its in-house sales capabilities or secure third-party marketing
or distribution partners; the Company's ability to convince public payors and hospitals to include the Company's products on their
approved products lists; risks relating to new legislation, new regulatory requirements and the efforts of governmental and third-party
payors to contain or reduce the costs of healthcare; risks relating to increased regulation, enforcement and inspections of participants
in the medical device industry, including frequent government investigations into marketing and other business practices; risks
associated with the extensive regulation of the Company's products and trials by governmental authorities, as well as the cost
and time delays associated therewith; risks associated with post-market regulation of the Company's products; health and safety
risks associated with the Company's products and industry; risks associated with the Company's manufacturing operations, including
the regulation of the Company's manufacturing processes by governmental authorities and the availability of two critical components
of the Reducer; risk of animal disease associated with the use of the Company's products; risks relating to the manufacturing capacity
of third-party manufacturers for the Company's products, including risks of supply interruptions impacting the Company's ability
to manufacture its own products; risks relating to the Company's dependence on limited products for substantially all of the Company's
current revenues; risks relating to the Company's exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates; risks relating
to the possibility that the Company could lose its foreign private issuer status under U.S. federal securities laws; risks relating
to breaches of anti-bribery laws by the Company's employees or agents; risks associated with future changes in financial accounting
standards and new accounting pronouncements; risks relating to the Company's dependence upon key personnel to achieve its business
objectives; the Company's ability to maintain strong relationships with physicians; risks relating to the sufficiency of the Company's
management systems and resources in periods of significant growth; risks associated with consolidation in the health care industry,
including the downward pressure on product pricing and the growing need to be selected by larger customers in order to make sales
to their members or participants; risks relating to the Company's ability to successfully identify and complete corporate transactions
on favorable terms or achieve anticipated synergies relating to any acquisitions or alliances; risks relating to the Company's
ability to successfully enter into fundamental transactions as defined in the Series C warrants issued pursuant to the 2017 Financings;
anti-takeover provisions in the Company's constating documents which could discourage a third party from making a takeover bid
beneficial to the Company's shareholders; and risks relating to conflicts of interests among the Company's officers and directors
as a result of their involvement with other issuers. These risk factors and others relating to the Company are discussed in greater
detail in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and in the Amended and Restated Management's
Discussion and Analysis for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 (copies of which may be obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov).
The Company has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements beyond required periodic
filings with securities regulators, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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SOURCE Neovasc Inc.
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For further information: Chris Clark, Chief Financial Officer, Neovasc Inc., 604-248-4138, cclark@neovasc.com
CO: Neovasc Inc.
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
Neovasc Inc. | |||||
(Registrant) | |||||
Date: |
February 28, 2019 |
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By: |
/s/ Chris Clark | |
Name: Chris Clark Title: Chief Financial Officer
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