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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
(To Prospectus dated September 17, 2020) Registration No. 333-248709

 

 

9,782,609 Shares

Common Stock

 

 

We are offering 9,782,609 shares of our common stock.

 

Our common stock is listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or “Nasdaq,” under the symbol “PAVM.” On February 22, 2021, the last reported sales price of our common stock was $5.55 per share. The trading price of our common shares has recently increased significantly, which we believe is attributable to general market conditions, various factors in our competitive landscape and recognition of our progress in obtaining regulatory approval and advancing the commercialization of our products. On February 1, 2021, the last reported sales price of our common stock was $2.12 per share.

 

The underwriter has agreed to purchase our common stock from us at a price of $4.25 per share, which will result in approximately $41,576,088 of proceeds to us, before offering expenses, and assuming no exercise by the underwriter of the option described below. The underwriter may offer the shares of common stock from time to time for sale in one or more transactions on Nasdaq, in the over-the-counter market, through negotiated transactions or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices subject to receipt and acceptance by it and subject to its right to reject any order in whole or in part.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus supplement and future filings.

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-8 of this prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference herein for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities.

 

We have granted the underwriter a 30-day option from the date of this prospectus supplement to purchase up to additional 1,467,391 shares of our common stock. If the underwriter exercises the option in full, the total proceeds to us, before offering expenses, will be approximately $47,812,500.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The underwriter expects to deliver the shares of common stock to purchasers on or about February 25, 2021.

 

Sole Book-Running Manager

 

Cantor

 

The date of this prospectus supplement is February 23, 2021.

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

 

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY S-1
THE OFFERING S-7
RISK FACTORS S-8
NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS S-34
USE OF PROCEEDS S-35
CAPITALIZATION S-36
DILUTION S-37
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK S-38
UNDERWRITING S-39
LEGAL MATTERS S-46
EXPERTS S-46
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION S-46
INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE S-46
   
BASE PROSPECTUS  
   
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS 1
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 1
INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 2
NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 2
OUR COMPANY 4
RISK FACTORS 6
USE OF PROCEEDS 6
SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER 6
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK 7
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS 11
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES 16
DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITS 22
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION OF SECURITIES 23
LEGAL MATTERS 26
EXPERTS 26

 

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

 

This prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus are part of a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-248709) we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “SEC,” using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may, from time to time, sell or issue any of the combination of securities described in the base prospectus in one or more offerings with a maximum aggregate offering price of up to $75,000,000. The base prospectus provides you with a general description of us and the securities we may offer, some of which may not apply to this offering. Each time we sell securities using the base prospectus, we provide a prospectus supplement that contains specific information about the terms of that offering. A prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in the base prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into the prospectus supplement or the base prospectus.

 

This prospectus supplement provides specific details regarding this offering of 9,782,609 shares of our common stock. To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus supplement and the base prospectus, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement. This prospectus supplement, the base prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference herein and therein include important information about us and our common stock, and other information you should know before investing. You should read both this prospectus supplement and the base prospectus, together with the additional information in “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Information Incorporated by Reference.”

 

You should not assume the information appearing in this prospectus supplement or the base prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front cover of the respective documents. You should not assume the information contained in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement or the base prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the respective dates of those documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may have changed since such date.

 

We have proprietary rights to the trademarks used herein, including, among others, PAVmed™, Lucid Diagnostics™, Caldus™, CarpX®, DisappEAR™, EsoCheck®, EsoGuard®, EsoCheck Cell Collection Device®, EsoCure Esophageal Ablation Device™, NextCath™, NextFlo™, PortIO™, and “Innovating at the Speed of Life”™. Solely as a matter of convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to herein may or may not be accompanied with the marks of “™” or “®”. However, the absence of such marks is not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, our rights to such trademarks and trade names.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY

 

This summary contains basic information about us and our business but does not contain all of the information that is important to your investment decision. You should read this summary together with the more detailed information contained elsewhere in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus and the documents incorporated herein and therein by reference before making an investment decision. Investors should carefully consider the information set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” appearing elsewhere in this prospectus supplement, including those described in documents incorporated by reference herein.

 

Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus supplement to “PAVmed,” the “Company” and “we,” “us” and “our” are to PAVmed Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries, including Lucid Diagnostics, Inc., or “Lucid,” and Solys Diagnostics, Inc., or “Solys.”

 

Our Company

 

PAVmed is a highly differentiated, multi-product, commercial-stage technology medical device company organized to advance a broad pipeline of innovative medical technologies from concept to commercialization, employing a business model focused on capital efficiency and speed to market. Since inception on June 26, 2014, the Company’s activities have focused on advancing its lead products towards regulatory approval and commercialization, protecting its intellectual property, and building its corporate infrastructure and management team. The Company operates in one segment as a medical device company with four operating divisions which include GI Health, Minimally Invasive Interventions, Infusion Therapy, and Emerging Innovations. As resources permit, we will continue to explore internal and external innovations that fulfill our project selection criteria without limiting ourselves to any target specialty or condition. PAVmed has ongoing operations conducted in two active majority owned subsidiaries: Lucid, incorporated in May 2018, and Solys, incorporated in October 2019.

 

PAVmed and its subsidiaries have proprietary rights to the trademarks used herein, including, among others, PAVmed™, Lucid Diagnostics™, Caldus™, CarpX®, DisappEAR™, EsoCheck®, EsoGuard®, EsoCheck Cell Collection Device®, EsoCure Esophageal Ablation Device™, NextCath™, NextFlo™, PortIO™, and “Innovating at the Speed of Life”™. Solely as a matter of convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to herein may or may not be accompanied with the requisite marks of “™” or “®”, however, the absence of such marks is not intended to indicate, in any way, PAVmed or its subsidiaries will not assert, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, their respective rights to such trademarks and trade names.

 

Our multiple products are in various phases of development, regulatory clearances, approvals, and commercialization.

 

  EsoCheck received 510(k) marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the “FDA,” in June 2019 as an esophageal cell collection device. EsoGuard has been established as a Laboratory Developed Test, or “LDT,” and became commercially available in December 2019 after Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment certification and College of American Pathologists accreditation of the test at Lucid Diagnostics commercial diagnostic contract laboratory, ResearchDx Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California.
     
  Our CarpX device is a patented, single-use, disposable, minimally invasive device designed as a precision cutting tool to treat carpal tunnel syndrome while reducing recovery times that was cleared by the FDA under section 510(k) in April 2020 with the first commercial procedure successfully performed in late December 2020.
     
  Our other products in development have not yet received clearance or approval to be marketed or sold in the U.S. or elsewhere.
     
  We have been granted patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for CarpX, PortIO, and Caldus and have acquired licenses to certain patents and intellectual property for DisappEAR from Tufts University and a group of academic centers, for EsoGuard and EsoCheck from Case Western Reserve University, or “CWRU,” and for patents covering a proprietary nondispersive infrared technology to non-invasively detect glucose in tissue within the in-patient field of use from Liquid Sensing, Inc.

 

 

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As discussed herein below, our current lines-of-business are as follows:

 

  GI HealthEsoGuard, an Esophageal DNA Laboratory Developed Test, EsoCheck, an Esophageal Cell Collection Device, and EsoCure, an Esophageal Ablation Device with Caldus Technology.
     
  Minimally Invasive InterventionsCarpX, a minimally Invasive Surgical Device for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
     
  Infusion TherapyPortIO, an implantable Intraosseous Vascular Access Device and NextFlo, a highly Accurate Disposable Intravenous Infusion Platform Technology.
     
  Emerging Innovations – Non-invasive laser-based glucose monitoring, single-use ventilators, resorbable pediatric ear tubes and mechanical circulatory support cannulas.

 

GI Health

 

EsoGuard, EsoCheck, and EsoCure

 

EsoGuard and EsoCheck are based on patented technology licensed from CWRU through our majority-owned subsidiary Lucid Diagnostics Inc. EsoGuard and EsoCheck have been developed to provide an accurate, non-invasive, patient-friendly screening test for the early detection of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, or “EAC,” and Barrett’s Esophagus, or “BE,”, including dysplasia and related pre-cursors to EAC in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux, or “GERD.” EsoCure is based on our patented Caldus Technology. EsoCure is being developed by us to treat BE.

 

EsoGuard is a molecular diagnostic esophageal DNA test shown in a published human study to be highly accurate at detecting BE, as well as EAC. EsoCheck is a non-invasive cell collection device designed to sample cells from a targeted region of the esophagus in a five-minute office-based procedure, without the need for endoscopy. Both EsoGuard and EsoCheck are commercially available, as separately marketed products, for physicians to prescribe for U.S. patients.

 

EsoCure is in development as an “Esophageal Ablation Device” with the intent to allow a clinician to treat dysplastic BE before it can progress to EAC, a highly lethal esophageal cancer, and to do so without the need for complex and expensive capital equipment. We have successfully completed a pre-clinical feasibility animal study of EsoCure demonstrating excellent, controlled circumferential ablation of the esophageal mucosal lining. We plan to conduct additional development work and animal testing of EsoCure to support a planned FDA 510(k) submission later in 2021.

 

We are currently marketing the EsoGuard LDT through a network of independent representatives working with our in-house sales management. The U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or “CMS,” finalized the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule determination for the EsoGuard Esophageal DNA Test (CPT code 0114U) in the amount of $1,938.10, with such reimbursement expected to be applicable from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023. In addition, we have entered into a manufacturing agreement with medical device contract manufacturer Coastline International Inc. to serve as a high-volume, lower-cost manufacturer of the EsoCheck device.

 

Our longer-term strategy is to secure a specific indication, based on published guidelines, for BE screening in certain at-risk populations using EsoGuard on samples collected with EsoCheck. This use of EsoGuard together with EsoCheck as a screening system must be cleared or approved by the FDA as an in vitro diagnostic, or “IVD”, device. The IVD trial consists of a screening study (ESOGUARD-BE-1) and a case control study (ESOGUARD-BE-2). In September 2019, we entered into an agreement with a clinical research organization to assist us with two ongoing clinical trials for EsoGuard as an IVD device. The IVD trial is now actively enrolling patients after months of delay related to the pandemic resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

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In February 2020, we received Breakthrough Device designation from the FDA for EsoGuard as an IVD device. The FDA Breakthrough Device Program was created to offer patients more timely access to breakthrough technologies which provide for more effective treatment or diagnosis of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating human disease or conditions by expediting their development, assessment and review through enhanced communications and more efficient and flexible clinical study design, including more favorable pre/post market data collection balance.

 

We have received ISO 13485:2016 certification for Lucid quality management system and filed a European Union CE Mark regulatory submission for EsoCheck in November 2020, having confirmed that EsoGuard falls under the self-declaration category of the European Union regulatory requirements. Also, in early 2021, we filed a special 510(k) submission with the FDA seeking clearance for a single-syringe version of EsoCheck.

 

Minimally Invasive Interventions

 

CarpX

 

CarpX, a minimally invasive surgical device for use in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome, received FDA 510(k) marketing clearance in April 2020. After months of restricted access to physicians’ offices and clinics principally due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first commercial procedure was successfully performed in late December 2020. We have received ISO 13485:2016 certification for our quality management system and filed European Union CE Mark regulatory submission for CarpX in December 2020.

 

We believe CarpX is designed to allow the physician to relieve the compression on the median nerve without an open incision or the need for endoscopic or other imaging equipment. To use CarpX, the operator first advances a guidewire through the carpal tunnel under the ligament, and then advanced over the wire and positioned in the carpal tunnel under ultrasonic and/or fluoroscopic guidance. When the CarpX balloon is inflated it creates tension in the ligament positioning the cutting electrodes underneath it and creates space within the tunnel, providing anatomic separation between the target ligament and critical structures such as the median nerve. Radiofrequency energy is briefly delivered to the electrodes, rapidly cutting the ligament, and relieving the pressure on the nerve. We believe CarpX will be significantly less invasive than existing treatments.

 

We are commercializing CarpX in the U.S. through a network of independent sales representatives and/or inventory-stocking medical distributors together with our in-house sales management and marketing teams.

 

We may eventually choose to build (or obtain through a strategic acquisition) our own sales and marketing team to commercialize CarpX, along with some or all of our products, if it is in our long-term interests. We may also choose to enter into distribution agreements with larger strategic partners whereby we take full responsibility for the manufacturing of CarpX but outsource some or all of its distribution to a partner, particularly outside the U.S., with its own robust distribution channels.

 

Infusion Therapy

 

PortIO

 

PortIO is a novel, patented, implantable, intraosseous vascular access device which does not require accessing the central venous system and does not have an indwelling intravascular component. It is designed to be highly resistant to occlusion and may not require regular flushing. It features simplified, near-percutaneous insertion and removal, without the need for surgical dissection or radiographic confirmation. It provides a near limitless number of potential access sites and can be used in patients with chronic total occlusion of their central veins. The absence of an intravascular component will likely result in a very low infection rate.

 

Based on encouraging animal data, and after months of delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we plan to initiate a long-term (60-day implant duration) first-in-human clinical study in dialysis patients or those with poor venous access in Colombia, South America and intend to fulfill the likely FDA request for human clinical data with a clinical safety study in the U.S. following FDA clearance of our Investigational Device Exemption, or “IDE,” submission to begin clinical testing in dialysis patients to support a future de novo regulatory submission.

 

 

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NextFlo

 

NextFlo is a patented, disposable, and highly accurate infusion platform technology including intravenous, or “IV,” infusion sets and disposable infusion pumps designed to eliminate the need for complex and expensive electronic infusion pumps for most of the estimated one million infusions of fluids, medications and other substances delivered each day in hospitals and outpatient settings in the U.S. NextFlo is designed to deliver highly accurate gravity-driven infusions independent of the height of the IV bag. It maintains constant flow by incorporating a proprietary, passive, pressure-dependent variable flow-resistor consisting entirely of inexpensive, easy-to-manufacture disposable mechanical parts. NextFlo testing has demonstrated constant flow rates across a wide range of IV bag heights, with accuracy rates comparable to electronic infusion pumps.

 

We are seeking a long-term strategic partnership or acquiror. As part of a formal M&A process for NextFlo we have been working with strategic partners to complete certain testing requirements and modifications suitable for the at-home infusion market. The process is currently active with ongoing discussion occurring with multiple parties while we are simultaneously progressing toward an initial FDA 510(k) submission for the NextFlo IV Infusion System planned for later in 2021.

 

Emerging Innovations

 

Emerging Innovations include a diversified and expanding portfolio of innovative products designed to address unmet clinical needs across a broad range of clinical conditions. We are evaluating a number of these product opportunities and intellectual property covering a wide spectrum of clinical conditions, which have either been developed internally or have been presented to us by clinician innovators and academic medical institutions for consideration of a partnership to develop and commercialize these products. This collection of products includes, without limitation, initiatives in non-invasive laser-based glucose monitoring, mechanical circulatory support cannulas, single-use ventilators and resorbable pediatric ear tubes. In June 2020, we announced the execution of a letter of intent to consummate a series of agreements to develop and utilize Canon Virginia’s commercial grade and scalable aqueous silk fibroin molding process to manufacture PAVmed’s DisappEAR molded pediatric ear tubes for commercialization. Furthermore, we are exploring other opportunities to grow our business and enhance shareholder value through the acquisition of pre-commercial or commercial stage products and/or companies with potential strategic corporate and commercial synergies.

 

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

 

In December 2019, there was an outbreak of a novel strain of a coronavirus. The coronavirus spread globally, including to the U.S. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic as a result of such spread, with the pandemic commonly referred to by its resulting illness, “COVID-19.” The COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, and we continue to monitor the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. national economy, the global economy, and our business.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic may have an adverse impact on our operations, supply chains, and distribution systems and/or those of our contractors of our laboratory partner, and increase our expenses, including as a result of impacts associated with preventive and precautionary measures being taken, restrictions on travel, quarantine polices, and social distancing. Such adverse impact may include, for example, the inability of our employees and /or those of our contractors or laboratory partner to perform their work or curtail their services provided to us.

 

We expect the significance of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the extent of its effect on our consolidated financial condition and consolidated operational results and cash flows, to be dictated by the success of U.S. and global efforts to mitigate the spread of and/or to contain the novel strain of coronavirus and the impact of such efforts.

 

In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the U.S. healthcare and healthcare regulatory systems which could divert healthcare resources away from, or materially delay FDA approval with respect to our products.

 

Furthermore, our clinical trials have been and may be further affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as site initiation and patient enrollment may be delayed, for example, due to prioritization of hospital resources toward the virus and /or illness response, as well as travel restrictions imposed by governments, and the inability to access clinical test sites for initiation and monitoring.

 

 

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The COVID-19 pandemic may have an adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many countries, including the USA, resulting in an economic downturn that could adversely affect demand for our products and services and /or our product candidates.

 

Although we are continuing to monitor and assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (or a similar health epidemic) is highly uncertain and subject to change, and therefore, its impact on our consolidated financial condition, consolidated results of operations, and /or consolidated cash flows, the adverse impact could be material.

 

Recent Developments

 

Unaudited Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Information

 

Our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 are not yet available. However, subject to the qualifications set forth in the paragraph below, we estimate that, for the year ended December 31, 2020, our (unaudited) net loss attributable to PAVmed Inc. common stockholders was approximately $34.6 million and our (unaudited) cash flows used in operating activities were approximately $21.9 million, and, as of December 31, 2020, our (unaudited) cash was approximately $17.3 million. Subsequent to December 31, 2020, in January 2021, we received net proceeds of approximately $12.4 million from the sale of shares of our common stock in a registered direct offering through Maxim Group LLC, as placement agent.

 

The (unaudited) consolidated financial statement amounts presented above are estimated and are subject to completion. As a result, these estimates may differ from the actual results that will be presented in our consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 when the consolidated financial statements are completed. The (unaudited) consolidated financial statement amounts presented above are based upon management estimates and are the responsibility of management. Our independent registered public accounting firm has not audited, reviewed, compiled or performed any procedures with respect to these (unaudited) consolidated financial statement amounts and, accordingly, does not express an opinion or any other form of assurance upon them.

 

Lucid Strategic Initiatives

 

PAVmed’s majority-owned subsidiary, Lucid, intends to spin off into a separate public company if favorable market conditions continue to hold, either through an initial public offering or a business combination with a healthcare special purpose acquisition corporation. PAVmed will remain Lucid’s largest shareholder following any spin-off transaction. There can be no assurance that either the initial public offering or business combination will occur.

 

In addition, Lucid is launching a new commercial initiative which seeks to accelerate EsoGuard commercialization by simultaneously targeting multiple sales and marketing channels and building Lucid’s own network of EsoCheck operators. Lucid plans to retain and train a network of full-time nurses or other clinical personnel to serve as EsoCheck operators deployed at different types of venues, including leased space in physician practices, and potentially at free-standing EsoGuard testing centers in locales where testing volume and economics can support them. Lucid also intends to seek joint-ventures with laboratory testing companies as well as pharmacy mini-clinic networks to establish EsoGuard testing capacity at their facilities. Once sufficient EsoGuard testing capacity and geographic coverage has been established in a specific locale, Lucid plans to initiate multiple new sales and marketing channels, while continuing to aggressively drive adoption by gastroenterologists. These new channels include direct-to-consumer marketing, as well as sales and marketing directly targeting primary care physicians. A pilot program in one major metropolitan area is planned for the second quarter.

 

Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring

 

In October 2019, Solys, a subsidiary of PAVmed, entered into a license agreement with Liquid Sensing, Inc., a subsidiary of Airware, Inc., each an unrelated third party, under which Solys was granted an exclusive worldwide license to develop and commercialize Liquid Sensing’s proprietary technology to non-invasively monitor tissue concentrations of glucose and other substances within a specified field of use. The parties also entered into separate shareholders agreements under which, subject to certain conditions, PAVmed and Airware Inc. caused its respective subsidiary to issue the other a minority equity interest.

 

In addition to advancing the R&D plan contemplated in the license agreement, Solys, with the full knowledge of Liquid Sensing and Airware, has been developing and advancing its own proprietary technology (which is not subject to the license agreement) to non-invasively monitor tissue concentrations of glucose and other substances. Although the R&D plan was completed by the milestone date specified in the license agreement and produced data in human volunteers and a diabetic rat model consistent with the milestone’s accuracy parameters, PAVmed and Solys have recently determined that it would be in the best interests of PAVmed’s shareholders for Solys to focus exclusively on its own proprietary technology, terminate the license agreement with Liquid Sensing and seek a mutually agreeable unwinding of the relationship.

 

Legal Matters

 

In November 2020, a stockholder of the Company, on behalf of himself and other similarly situated stockholders, filed a complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery alleging broker non-votes were not properly counted in accordance with the Company’s bylaws at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on July 24, 2020, and, as a result, asserted certain matters deemed to have been approved were not so approved (including matters relating to the increase in the size of the 2014 Equity Plan and the ESPP). The relief sought under the complaint includes certain corrective actions by the Company, but does not seek any specific monetary damages. The Company does not believe it is clear the prior approval of these matters is invalid or otherwise ineffective. However, on January 5, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors determined, in order to avoid any uncertainty and to avoid the cost and expense of further litigation of the issue, it would be advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to re-submit these proposals to the Company’s stockholders for ratification and/or approval. The Company has scheduled a special meeting of stockholders for March 4, 2021 in order to seek such ratification and/or approval. In January 2021, counsel for the Company and the plaintiff entered into a settlement term sheet pursuant to which the dispute would be resolved, subject to court approval.

 

 

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On December 23, 2020, Benchmark Investments, Inc. filed a complaint against the Company in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York alleging the registered direct offerings of shares of common stock of the Company completed in December 2020 were in violation of provisions set forth in an engagement letter between the Company and the plaintiff. The plaintiff is seeking monetary damages of up to $1.3 million. The Company believes the plaintiff claims are without merit and the Company intends to defend itself against the action vigorously.

 

Corporate History

 

We were incorporated on June 26, 2014 in the State of Delaware. Our business address is One Grand Central Place, Suite 4600, New York, New York 10165, and our telephone number is (212) 949-4319. Our corporate website is www.PAVmed.com. The information contained on, or that can be assessed through, our corporate website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and you should not consider information on our corporate website to be part of this prospectus supplement or in deciding whether to purchase our securities.

 

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the “JOBS Act.” As long as we are an emerging growth company, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. These include, but are not limited to:

 

  not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting;
     
  not being required to comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditors’ report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements;
     
  reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation; and
     
  exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

Additionally, Under the JOBS Act, an emerging growth company can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards, and, therefore, will not be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as public companies who are not emerging growth companies.

 

We may remain an emerging growth company until as late as December 31, 2021, the fiscal year-end following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering, though we may cease to be an emerging growth company earlier under certain circumstances, including if (a) we have more than $1.07 billion in annual gross revenue in any fiscal year, (b) the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 or (c) we issue more than $1.07 billion of non-convertible debt over a three-year period.

 

 

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THE OFFERING

 

The following summary contains basic terms about this offering and the common stock and is not intended to be complete. It may not contain all of the information that is important to you. You should read the more detailed information contained in this prospectus supplement, including but not limited to, the risk factors beginning on page S-8 and the other risks described in our base prospectus and the annual and quarterly reports incorporated by reference therein.

 

Issuer   PAVmed Inc.
     
Securities Offered   9,782,609 shares of common stock
     
Underwriter’s option   We have granted the underwriter an option to buy up to an additional 1,467,391 shares of common stock from us. The underwriter may exercise this option at any time and from time to time during the 30-day period from the date of this prospectus supplement
     
Common Stock to be outstanding after this offering   81,686,878 shares of common stock (or 83,154,269 shares of common stock if the underwriter exercises in full its option to purchase up to additional shares of common stock) (1)
     
Use of Proceeds   We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of our common stock in this offering to repay all our outstanding debt, including all our convertible notes (subject to our agreeing with the holder of such debt on the terms of repayment), with the balance to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” on page S-35.
     
Risk Factors   See the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-8 and in the documents incorporated by reference herein for a discussion of factors you should consider carefully before deciding to invest in our common stock.
     
Nasdaq Capital Market Symbol   PAVM

 

 

(1) Based on 71,904,269 outstanding shares of our common stock as of February 19, 2021. This amount does not include:

 

  761,353 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the Senior Convertible Note issued by us in April 2020, or the “April 2020 Senior Convertible Note,” assuming for the purposes hereof that the principal is converted into shares of our common stock at the fixed conversion price thereunder of $5.00 per share;
     
  1,550,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the Senior Secured Convertible Note issued by us in August 2020, or the “August 2020 Senior Convertible Note,” assuming for the purposes hereof that the principal is converted into shares of our common stock at the fixed conversion price thereunder of $5.00 per share;
     
  1,228,075 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the outstanding shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, or “Series B Preferred Stock,” assuming for purposes hereof that future dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock are not paid in kind;
     
  16,814,939 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of our outstanding Series Z Warrants to Purchase Common stock, or “Series Z Warrants”;
     
  381,818 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of our outstanding Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in our initial public offering and in private placements prior to our initial public offering, which we refer to collectively as the “Series W Warrants”;
     
  53,000 shares of our common stock and 53,000 Series Z Warrants issuable upon exercise of the unit purchase option, or “UPOs,” granted to the selling agents of our initial public offering, and 53,000 shares of our common stock underlying such Series Z Warrants;
     
  7,023,529 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options;
     
  1,778,406 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance and not subject to outstanding awards under our long-term incentive equity plan (assuming the increase in the size of the plan by an additional 2,000,000 shares is deemed to have been validly approved at our 2020 annual meeting and/or is re-approved at our special meeting scheduled for March 4, 2021); and
     
  360,673 shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under our employee stock purchase plan (assuming the increase in the size of the plan by an additional 500,000 shares is deemed to have been validly approved at our 2020 annual meeting and/or is re-approved at our special meeting scheduled for March 4, 2021).

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before you make a decision to invest in our common stock, you should consider carefully the risk factors described below and in the accompanying base prospectus, together with other information in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying base prospectus, and the information incorporated by reference herein and therein as set forth in our filings with the SEC, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business and results of operations. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be seriously harmed. In that event, the market price for our common stock could decline and you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

Risks Related to this Offering

 

Our management will have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from this offering and may not use them effectively.

 

Our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds from this offering, including using a portion of the net proceeds to repay outstanding indebtedness, and our stockholders will not have the opportunity as part of their investment decision to assess whether the net proceeds are being used appropriately. Because of the number and variability of factors that will determine our use of the net proceeds from this offering, their ultimate use may vary substantially from their currently intended use. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business. See “Use of Proceeds” on page S-35 of this prospectus supplement for a description of our proposed use of proceeds from this offering.

 

You will experience immediate and substantial dilution in the net tangible book value per share of the common stock you purchase.

 

If you purchase shares of our common stock in this offering, you will pay more for your shares than the pro forma net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2020 (as adjusted to give effect to certain transactions occurring after such date). If you purchase shares of common stock in this offering, you will incur immediate and substantial dilution in the pro forma net tangible book value per share of common stock (as adjusted to give further effect to the sale of shares in this offering) from the price per share that you pay for the common stock. The exercise or conversion of outstanding convertible securities, options and warrants into common stock may result in further dilution to your investment in our common stock. See “Dilution” on page S-37 of this prospectus supplement for a more detailed discussion of the dilution you will incur if you purchase shares in this offering.

 

A substantial number of shares of our common stock may be sold in this offering, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

 

The sale of shares to be issued in this offering in the public market, or any future sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales may occur, could adversely affect the price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market. We cannot predict the effect, if any, that market sales of those shares of common stock or the availability of those shares of common stock for sale will have on the market price of our common stock.

 

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We will require additional capital funding, the receipt of which may impair the value of our common stock.

 

Our future capital requirements depend on many factors, including our research, development, and sales and marketing activities. We intend to continue to make investments to support our business growth. Because we have not generated any revenue or cash flow to date, we will require additional funds to:

 

  Continue our research and development;
  Pursue clinical trials;
  Commercialize our new products and services;
  Achieve market acceptance of our products and services;
  Establish and expand our sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities for our products and services;
  protect our intellectual property rights or defend, in litigation or otherwise, any claims we infringe third-party patents or other intellectual property rights;
  invest in businesses, products and technologies, although we currently have no commitments or agreements relating to do so; and
  Otherwise fund our operations.

 

If we do not have, or are not able to obtain, sufficient funds, we may have to delay product development initiatives or license to third parties the rights to commercialize products or technologies we would otherwise seek to market. We also may have to reduce marketing, customer support or other resources devoted to our products.

 

We expect to need to raise additional capital through public or private equity or debt offerings or through arrangements with strategic partners or other sources in order to continue to develop and commercialize our products and product candidates. There can be no assurance that additional capital will be available when needed or on terms satisfactory to us, if at all. To the extent we raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience substantial dilution and the new equity securities may have greater rights, preferences or privileges than our existing common stock.

 

Our outstanding warrants, options and other convertible securities may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

 

As of February 19, 2021, we had outstanding securities that are exercisable for, or convertible into, a substantial number of shares of our common stock, including: (i) 761,353 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the April 2020 Senior Convertible Note, assuming for the purposes hereof that the principal is converted into shares of our common stock at the fixed conversion price thereunder of $5.00 per share; (ii) 1,550,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the August 2020 Senior Convertible Note, assuming for the purposes hereof that the principal is converted into shares of our common stock at the fixed conversion price thereunder of $5.00 per share; (iii) 1,228,075 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the outstanding shares of our Series B Preferred Stock, assuming for purposes hereof that future dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock are not paid in kind; (iv) 16,814,939 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of our outstanding Series Z Warrants; (v) 381,818 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of our outstanding Series W Warrants; (vi) 53,000 shares of our common stock and 53,000 Series Z Warrants issuable upon exercise of our UPOs, and 53,000 shares of our common stock underlying such Series Z Warrants; and (vii) 7,023,529 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options. In addition, as of February 19, 2021, we also had 1,778,406 shares reserved for issuance, but not subject to outstanding awards, under our long-term incentive equity plan (assuming the increase in the size of the plan by an additional 2,000,000 shares is deemed to have been validly approved at our 2020 annual meeting and/or is re-approved at our special meeting scheduled for March 4, 2021), and 360,673 shares reserved for issuance under our employee stock purchase plan (assuming the increase in the size of the plan by an additional 500,000 shares is deemed to have been validly approved at our 2020 annual meeting and/or is re-approved at our special meeting scheduled for March 4, 2021).

 

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The issuance of these shares will dilute our other equity holders, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline. In addition, the sale of these shares in the public market, or the perception that such sales may occur, could adversely affect the price of our common stock.

 

Our stock price may be volatile, and purchasers of our securities could incur substantial losses.

 

Our stock price is likely to be volatile. The stock market in general, and the market for life science companies, and medical device companies in particular, have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. As a result of this volatility, investors may experience losses on their investment in our common stock.

 

For example, on February 1, 2021, the price of our common stock closed at $2.12 per share while on February 22, 2021, the price of our common stock closed at $5.55 per share. Between February 1, 2021 and February 22, 2021, the intra-day sales price of our common stock fluctuated between a reported low sale price of $2.02 and a reported high sales price of $5.63. We may incur rapid and substantial increases or decreases in our stock price in the foreseeable future that do not coincide in timing with the disclosure of news or developments by us.

 

The market price for our common stock may be influenced by many factors, including the following:

 

  factors in the public trading market for our stock that may produce price movements that may or may not comport with macro, industry or company-specific fundamentals, including, without limitation, the sentiment of retail investors (including as may be expressed on financial trading and other social media sites and online forums), the direct access by retail investors to broadly available trading platforms, the amount and status of short interest in our securities, access to margin debt, trading in options and other derivatives on our common stock and any related hedging and other trading factors
     
  speculation in the press or investment community about our company or industry
     
  our ability to successfully commercialize, and realize revenues from sales of, any products we may develop;
     
  the performance, safety and side effects of any products we may develop;
     
  the success of competitive products or technologies;
     
  results of clinical studies of any products we may develop or those of our competitors;
     
  regulatory or legal developments in the U.S. and other countries, especially changes in laws or regulations applicable to any products we may develop;
     
  introductions and announcements of new products by us, our commercialization partners, or our competitors, and the timing of these introductions or announcements;
     
  actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to our products, clinical studies, manufacturing process or sales and marketing terms;
     
  variations in our financial results or those of companies that are perceived to be similar to us;
     
  the success of our efforts to acquire or in-license additional products or other products we may develop;
     
  developments concerning our collaborations, including but not limited to those with our sources of manufacturing supply and our commercialization partners;
     
  developments concerning our ability to bring our manufacturing processes to scale in a cost-effective manner;

 

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  announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;
     
  developments or disputes concerning patents or other proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters and our ability to obtain patent protection for our products;
     
  our ability or inability to raise additional capital and the terms on which we raise it;
     
  the recruitment or departure of key personnel;
     
  changes in the structure of healthcare payment systems;
     
  market conditions in the medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors;
     
  actual or anticipated changes in earnings estimates or changes in stock market analyst recommendations regarding our common stock, other comparable companies or our industry generally;
     
  trading volume of our common stock;
     
  sales of our common stock by us or our stockholders;
     
  general economic, industry and market conditions; and
     
  the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section and in our annual report on Form 10-K.

 

These broad market and industry factors may seriously harm the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against companies. Such litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.

 

Risks Related to Financial Position and Capital Resources

 

We have incurred operating losses since our inception and may not be able to achieve profitability.

 

We have incurred net losses since our inception.

 

To date, since our inception in June 2014, we have financed our operations principally through issuances of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, and debt, in both private placements and public offerings of our securities. Our ability to generate sufficient revenue from any of our products in development, and to transition to profitability and generate consistent positive cash flows is dependent upon factors that may be outside of our control. We expect our operating expenses will continue to increase as we continue to build our commercial infrastructure, develop, enhance and commercialize new products and incur additional operational and reporting costs associated with being a public company. As a result, we expect to continue to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future.

 

We have concluded there is substantial doubt of our ability to continue as a going concern and our independent registered public accounting firm’s report on our financial statements contains an explanatory paragraph describing our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

In our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019, we have concluded and stated our recurring losses from operations, recurring cash flows used in operations, accumulated deficit, and the requirement to raise additional capital to support our operating and capital expenditures, raise substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern. Correspondingly, our independent registered public accounting firm’s report on our consolidated financial statements also includes an explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our plans to address this going concern risk include, pursuing additional offerings of debt and/or equity securities. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments might result from our inability to consummate such offerings or our ability to continue as a going concern. Moreover, there is no assurance if we consummate additional offerings, we will raise sufficient proceeds in such offerings to pay our financial obligations as they become due. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Risks Associated with Our Business

 

Since we have a limited operating history, and have not generated any revenues, you will have little basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.

 

Since we have a limited operating history, and have not generated any revenues, you will have little basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective. We are subject to all of the problems, expenses, delays and other risks inherent in any new business, as well as problems inherent in establishing a name and business reputation.

 

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The markets in which we operate are highly competitive, and we may not be able to effectively compete against other providers of medical devices, particularly those with greater resources.

 

We face intense competition from companies with dominant market positions in the medical device industry. These competitors have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we have and may be better able to:

 

  respond to new technologies or technical standards;
  react to changing customer requirements and expectations;
  acquire other companies to gain new technologies or products may displace our products;
  manufacture, market and sell products;
  acquire, prosecute, enforce and defend patents and other intellectual property;
  devote resources to the development, production, promotion, support and sale of products; and
  deliver a broad range of competitive products at lower prices.

 

We expect competition in the markets in which we participate to continue to increase as existing competitors improve or expand their product offerings.

 

We have finite resources, which may restrict our success in commercializing our current products and other products we may develop, and we may be unsuccessful in entering into or maintaining third-party arrangements to support our internal efforts.

 

To grow our business as planned, we must expand our sales, marketing and customer support capabilities, which will involve developing and administering our commercial infrastructure and/or collaborative commercial arrangements and partnerships. We must also maintain satisfactory arrangements for the manufacture and distribution of our tests and other products. Also, we partner with CLIA-certified lab facilities to process our tests and provide patient results.

 

We have only three products, EsoGuard, EsoCheck and CarpX, that are commercially available for sale, and have not generated substantial revenue from product sales to date. We have limited experience managing a sales force, customer support operation, manufacturing and clinical laboratory operations for multiple products in multiple locations with divergent regulatory requirements. We may encounter difficulties retaining and managing the specialized workforce these activities require. We may seek to partner with others to assist us with any or all of these functions. Additionally, we may be unable to find appropriate third parties with whom to enter into these arrangements.

 

Our sales efforts are growing in size and complexity including recruiting and hiring selling resources throughout the U.S., supporting those efforts with marketing materials sufficient to attract physicians and patients to our products, and then duplicating those efforts outside the U.S. either with distributor relationships or hired employees. We must coordinate among our internal sales teams, as well as our partners’, to ensure that we are effectively marketing our tests and other products while being fully compliant with all relevant healthcare regulations.

 

If we are unable to deploy and maintain effective sales, marketing and medical affairs capabilities, we will have difficulty achieving market awareness and selling our tests and other products.

 

To achieve commercial success for our EsoGuard test and our EsoCheck and CarpX products, as well as any products we develop in the future, we must continue to develop and grow our sales, marketing and medical affairs organizations to effectively explain to healthcare providers the reliability, effectiveness and benefits of our current and future tests and other products as compared to alternatives. We may not be able to successfully manage our dispersed or inside sales forces or our sales force may not be effective. Because of the competition for their services, we may be unable to hire, partner with or retain additional qualified sales representatives or marketing or medical affairs personnel, either as our employees or independent contractors or through independent sales or other third-party organizations. Market competition for commercial, marketing and medical affairs talent is significant, and we may not be able to hire or retain such talent on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.

 

Establishing and maintaining sales, marketing and medical affairs capabilities will be expensive and time-consuming. Our expenses associated with maintaining our sales force may be disproportional compared to the revenues we may be able to generate on sales of our EsoGuard tests, our EsoCheck and CarpX products or any future tests or other products.

 

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We may be dependent on the sales and marketing efforts of third parties if we choose not to develop an extensive sales and marketing staff.

 

Initially, we will depend on the efforts of third parties (including sales agents and distributors) to carry out the sales and marketing of our products. We anticipate that each third party will control the amount and timing of resources generally devoted to these activities. However, these third parties may not be able to generate demand for our products. In addition, there is a risk that these third parties will develop products competitive to ours, which would likely decrease their incentive to vigorously promote and sell our products. If we are unable to enter into co-promotion agreements or to arrange for third-party distribution of our products, we will be required to expend time and resources to develop an effective internal sales force. However, it may not be economical for us to market our own products or we may be unable to effectively market our products. Therefore, our business could be harmed if we fail to enter into arrangements with third parties for the sales and marketing of our products or otherwise fail to establish sufficient marketing capabilities.

 

Our products may never achieve market acceptance.

 

To date, we have not generated sales revenues from our products and services. Our ability to generate sales revenues from product and services, and to achieve profitability will depend upon our ability to successfully commercialize our products and services. As we only recently began to market our first product and service for sale, we have no basis to predict whether our current product and service (or potential future products and services) will achieve market acceptance. A number of factors may limit the market acceptance of any of our products, including:

 

  the timing of regulatory approvals of our products and services and market entry compared to competitive products;
  the effectiveness of our products and services, including any potential side effects, as compared to alternative treatments;
  the rate of adoption of our products and services by hospitals, doctors and nurses and acceptance by the health care community;
  the labeling and /or inserts required by regulatory authorities for each of our products and services;
  the competitive features of our products and services, including price, as compared to other similar products and services;
  the availability of insurance or other third-party reimbursement, such as Medicare, for patients using our products and services;
  the extent and success of our marketing efforts and those of our collaborators; and
  unfavorable publicity concerning our products and services or similar products and services.

 

Recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations may significantly affect payers’ willingness to cover, and healthcare providers’ willingness to prescribe, our products.

 

Securing influential recommendations, inclusion in healthcare guidelines and inclusion in quality measures are keys to our healthcare provider and payer engagement strategies. These guidelines, recommendations and quality metrics may shape payers’ coverage decisions and healthcare providers’ cancer screening procedures.

 

As an example, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, or “USPSTF,” a panel of primary care providers and epidemiologists and other national experts funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, makes influential recommendations on clinical preventative services. We intend to seek a USPSTF recommendation in the future for our EsoGuard test. The process of USPSTF recommendation development is lengthy, requires high quality supporting evidence for a positive recommendation, and that the outcome of any USPSTF process is uncertain. A USPSTF recommendations may have the effect of reducing screening, may not include our test in a favorable manner, or may add new technologies could have a material adverse effect on our business. Failing to achieve a high USPSTF recommendation for our tests and other products may have certain other potentially significant collateral implications as well. For instance, the ACA mandates that certain non-grandfathered health insurers cover evidence-based items or services that have in effect a rating of “A” or “B” in the current recommendations of USPSTF without imposing any patient cost-sharing. Similarly, federal regulations require that Medicare Advantage plans cover “A” or “B” graded preventive services without patient cost-sharing.

 

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Furthermore, the healthcare industry in the U.S. has experienced a trend toward cost containment and value-based purchasing of healthcare services. Some government and private payers are adopting pay-for-performance programs that differentiate payments for healthcare services based on the achievement of documented quality metrics, cost efficiencies or patient outcomes. Payers may look to quality measures such as the National Committee for Quality Assurance, Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, or “HEDIS,” and the CMS Medicare Advantage Star Ratings to assess quality of care. These measures are intended to provide incentives to service providers to deliver the same or better results while consuming fewer resources. If our tests or other products are not included in HEDIS, the Star Ratings or other quality metrics, payers may be less inclined to reimburse our tests or other products at adequate levels, if at all, which could adversely impact our business. Additionally, if our tests or other products are not included in HEDIS, the Star Ratings or other quality metrics, healthcare providers may not earn quality credit for prescribing Cologuard and therefore may be less inclined to do so.

 

We or our third-party manufacturers may not have the manufacturing and processing capacity to meet the production requirements of clinical testing or consumer demand in a timely manner.

 

Our capacity to conduct clinical trials and commercialize our products will depend in part on our ability to manufacture or provide our products on a large scale, at a competitive cost and in accordance with regulatory requirements. We must establish and maintain a commercial scale manufacturing process for all of our products to complete clinical trials. We or our third-party manufacturers may encounter difficulties with these processes at any time that could result in delays in clinical trials, regulatory submissions or the commercialization of products.

 

For some of our products, we or our third-party manufacturers will need to have sufficient production and processing capacity in order to conduct human clinical trials, to produce products for commercial sale at an acceptable cost. We have no experience in large-scale product manufacturing, nor do we have the resources or facilities to manufacture most of our products on a commercial scale. We cannot guarantee that we or our third-party manufacturers will be able to increase capacity in a timely or cost-effective manner, or at all. Delays in providing or increasing production or processing capacity could result in additional expense or delays in our clinical trials, regulatory submissions and commercialization of our products.

 

The manufacturing processes for our products have not yet been tested at commercial levels, and it may not be possible to manufacture or process these materials in a cost-effective manner.

 

We will be dependent on third-party manufacturers since we will not initially directly manufacture our products.

 

Initially, we will not directly manufacture our products and will rely on third parties to do so for us. If our manufacturing and distribution agreements are not satisfactory, we may not be able to develop or commercialize products as planned. In addition, we may not be able to contract with third parties to manufacture our products in an economical manner. Furthermore, third-party manufacturers may not adequately perform their obligations, may delay clinical development or submission of products for regulatory approval or otherwise may impair our competitive position. We may not be able to enter into or maintain relationships with manufacturers that comply with good manufacturing practices. If a product manufacturer fails to comply with good manufacturing practices, we could experience significant time delays or we may be unable to commercialize or continue to market the products. Changes in our manufacturers could require costly new product testing and facility compliance inspections. In the U.S., failure to comply with good manufacturing practices or other applicable legal requirements can lead to federal seizure of violative products, injunctive actions brought by the federal government, and potential criminal and civil liability on the part of a company and its officers and employees. Because of these and other factors, we may not be able to replace our manufacturing capacity quickly or efficiently in the event that our manufacturers are unable to manufacture our products at one or more of their facilities. As a result, the sale and marketing of our products could be delayed or we could be forced to develop our own manufacturing capacity, which could require substantial additional funds and personnel and compliance with extensive regulations.

 

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We currently expect to perform our EsoGuard test in one laboratory facility. If demand for our EsoGuard test grows, we may lack adequate facility space and capabilities to meet increased processing requirements. Moreover, if these or any future facilities or our equipment were damaged or destroyed, or if we experience a significant disruption in our operations for any reason, our ability to continue to operate our business could be materially harmed.

 

We currently perform the EsoGuard test in a single laboratory facility in Irvine, California. The laboratory facility, without purchasing additional lab equipment applicable to our test, is expected to have an annual capacity of approximately 50,000 tests per year. If demand for the EsoGuard test outstrips this capacity, and the laboratory fails to add additional equipment and staff, or complete, or timely complete, an expansion of its available laboratory facilities, it may significantly delay our EsoGuard processing times and limit the volume of EsoGuard tests we can process, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operation. In addition, our financial condition may be adversely affected if they are unable to complete these expansion projects on budget and otherwise on terms and conditions acceptable to us. Finally, our financial condition will be adversely affected if demand for our products and services does not materialize in line with our current expectations and if, as a result, we end up building excess capacity that does not yield a reasonable return on our investment.

 

If our present, or any future, laboratory facilities were to be damaged, destroyed or otherwise unable to operate, whether due to fire, floods, storms, tornadoes, other inclement weather events or natural disasters, employee malfeasance, terrorist acts, power outages, or otherwise, our business could be severely disrupted. We may not be able to perform our EsoGuard test or generate test reports as promptly as patients and healthcare providers require or expect, or possibly not at all. If we are unable to perform our EsoGuard test or generate test reports within a timeframe that meets patient and healthcare provider expectations, our business, financial results and reputation could be materially harmed.

 

We currently maintain insurance against damage to our property and equipment and against business interruption, subject to deductibles and other limitations. If we have underestimated our insurance needs with respect to an interruption, or if an interruption is not subject to coverage under our insurance policies, we may not be able to cover our losses.

 

Our future performance will depend in part on the success of products we have not yet developed.

 

Technology is an important component of our business and growth strategy, and our success depends on the development, implementation and acceptance of our products. To date, only our EsoCheck and EsoGuard products have reached the marketing stage. Commitments to develop new products must be made well in advance of any resulting sales, and technologies and standards may change during development, potentially rendering our products outdated or uncompetitive before their introduction. Our ability to develop products to meet evolving industry requirements and at prices acceptable to our customers will be significant factors in determining our competitiveness. We may expend considerable funds and other resources on the development of our products without any guarantee these products will be successful. If we are not successful in bringing one or more products to market, whether because we fail to address marketplace demand, fail to develop viable technologies or otherwise, we may not generate any revenues and our results of operations could be seriously harmed.

 

Our products and services may become subject to unfavorable pricing regulations, third-party reimbursement practices or healthcare reform initiatives, thereby harming our business.

 

The regulations that govern marketing approvals, pricing and reimbursement for new products vary widely from country to country. Some countries require approval of the sale price of a product before it can be marketed. In many countries, the pricing review period begins after marketing approval is granted. In some foreign markets, pricing remains subject to continuing governmental control even after initial approval is granted. As a result, we might obtain regulatory approval for a product in a particular country, but then be subject to price regulations that delay our commercial launch of the product and negatively impact the revenue we are able to generate from the sale of the product in that country. Adverse pricing limitations may hinder our ability to recoup our investment in one or more other products we may develop, even if our other products we may develop obtain regulatory approval.

 

Our ability to commercialize any products we may develop successfully also will depend in part on the extent to which reimbursement for these products and related treatments becomes available from government health administration authorities, private health insurers and other organizations. Government authorities and third-party payors, such as private health insurers and health maintenance organizations, decide which treatments they will pay for and establish reimbursement levels. A primary trend in the U.S. healthcare industry and elsewhere is cost containment. Government authorities and these third-party payors have attempted to control costs by limiting coverage and the amount of reimbursement for particular treatments. We cannot be sure reimbursement will be available for any product we commercialize and, if reimbursement is available, what the level of reimbursement will be. Reimbursement may impact the demand for, or the price of, any product for which we obtain marketing approval. If reimbursement is not available or is available only to limited levels, we may not be able to successfully commercialize any product we successfully develop.

 

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Moreover, eligibility for reimbursement does not imply any product will be paid for in all cases or at a rate that covers our costs, including research, development, manufacture, sale and distribution. Payment rates may vary according to the use of the product and the clinical setting in which it is used, may be based on payments allowed for lower cost products that are already reimbursed and may be incorporated into existing payments for other services. Net prices for products may be reduced by mandatory discounts or rebates required by government healthcare programs or private payors and by any future relaxation of laws that presently restrict imports of products from countries where they may be sold at lower prices than in the U.S. Third-party payors often rely upon Medicare coverage policy and payment limitations in setting their own reimbursement policies. Our inability to promptly obtain coverage and profitable payment rates from both government funded and private payors could have a material adverse effect on our operating results, our ability to raise capital needed to commercialize products and our overall financial condition. To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct a clinical trial that compares the cost-effectiveness of our product to other available therapies. Our business could be materially harmed if reimbursement of any products we may develop, if any, is unavailable or limited in scope or amount or if pricing is set at unsatisfactory levels.

 

Our products and services may cause serious adverse side effects or even death or have other properties that could delay or prevent their regulatory approval, limit the commercial desirability of an approved label or result in significant negative consequences following any marketing approval.

 

The risk of failure of clinical development is high. It is impossible to predict when or if our current products and services or any we may develop will prove safe enough to receive regulatory approval. Undesirable side effects caused by our products and services or we may develop could cause us or regulatory authorities to interrupt, delay or halt clinical trials. They could also result in a more restrictive label or the delay or denial of regulatory approval by the FDA or other comparable foreign regulatory authority.

 

Additionally, even after receipt of marketing approval of our products and services, if we or others later identify undesirable side effects or even deaths caused by such product, a number of potentially significant negative consequences could result, including:

 

  we may be forced to recall such product and suspend the marketing of such product;
  regulatory authorities may withdraw their approvals of such product;
  regulatory authorities may require additional warnings on the label that could diminish the usage or otherwise limit the commercial success of such products;
  the FDA or other regulatory bodies may issue safety alerts, Dear Healthcare Provider letters, press releases or other communications containing warnings about such product;
  the FDA may require the establishment or modification of Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategies or a comparable foreign regulatory authority may require the establishment or modification of a similar strategy that may, for instance, restrict distribution of our products and impose burdensome implementation requirements on us;
  we may be required to change the way the product is administered or conduct additional clinical trials;
  we could be sued and held liable for harm caused to subjects or patients;
  we may be subject to litigation or product liability claims; and
  our reputation may suffer.

 

Any of these events could prevent us from achieving or maintaining market acceptance of the particular product.

 

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Product liability lawsuits against us could cause us to incur substantial liabilities and to limit commercialization of any products that we may develop.

 

We face an inherent risk of product liability exposure related to the sale of any products we may develop. The marketing, sale and use of our current products and services and any we may additionally develop could lead to the filing of product liability claims against us if someone alleges product failures, product malfunctions, manufacturing flaws, or design defects, resulted in injury to patients. We may also be subject to liability for a misunderstanding of, or inappropriate reliance upon, the information we provide. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against claims that any product, we may develop caused injuries, we may incur substantial liabilities. Regardless of merit or eventual outcome, liability claims may result in:

 

  decreased demand for our products;
  injury to our reputation and significant negative media attention;
  withdrawal of patients from clinical studies or cancellation of studies;
  significant costs to defend the related litigation and distraction to our management team;
  substantial monetary awards to patients;
  loss of revenue; and
  the inability to commercialize any products that we may develop.

 

In addition, insurance coverage is increasingly expensive. We may not be able to maintain insurance coverage at a reasonable cost or in an amount adequate to satisfy any liability that may arise.

 

We may not be able to protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, which could impair our competitive position.

 

Our success depends significantly on our ability to protect our rights to the patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights and all the other intellectual property rights used, or expected to be used, in our products. Protecting intellectual property rights is costly and time consuming. We rely primarily on patent protection and trade secrets, as well as a combination of copyright and trademark laws and nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements to protect our technology and intellectual property rights. However, these legal means afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights or permit us to gain or maintain any competitive advantage. Despite our intellectual property rights practices, it may be possible for a third party to copy or otherwise obtain and use our technology without authorization, develop similar technology independently or design around our patents.

 

We cannot be assured that any of our pending patent applications will result in the issuance of a patent to us. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or PTO, may deny or require significant narrowing of claims in our pending patent applications, and patents issued as a result of the pending patent applications, if any, may not provide us with significant commercial protection or be issued in a form that is advantageous to us. We could also incur substantial costs in proceedings before the PTO. Patents that may be issued to or licensed by us in the future may expire or may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, which could limit our ability to stop competitors from marketing related technologies. Upon expiration of our issued or licensed patents, we may lose some of our rights to exclude others from making, using, selling or importing products using the technology based on the expired patents. There is no assurance that competitors will not be able to design around our patents.

 

Further, we may not be able to obtain patent protection or secure other intellectual property rights in all the countries in which we operate, and under the laws of such countries, patents and other intellectual property rights may be unavailable or limited in scope. If any of our patents fails to protect our technology, it would make it easier for our competitors to offer similar products. Our trade secrets may be vulnerable to disclosure or misappropriation by employees, contractors and other persons. Any inability on our part to adequately protect our intellectual property may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We also rely on unpatented proprietary technology. We cannot assure you that we can meaningfully protect all our rights in our unpatented proprietary technology or that others will not independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary products or processes or otherwise gain access to our unpatented proprietary technology. We seek to protect our know-how and other unpatented proprietary technology, as trade secrets or otherwise, with confidentiality agreements and/or intellectual property assignment agreements with our team members, independent distributors and consultants. However, such agreements may not be enforceable or may not provide meaningful protection for our proprietary information in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure or other breaches of the agreements or in the event that our competitors discover or independently develop similar or identical designs or other proprietary information. Our trade secrets may be vulnerable to disclosure or misappropriation by employees, contractors and other persons.

 

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In addition, we intend to rely on the use of registered and common law trademarks with respect to the brand names of some of our products. Common law trademarks provide less protection than registered trademarks. Loss of rights in our trademarks could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We may be subject to intellectual property infringement claims by third parties which could be costly to defend, divert management’s attention and resources, and may result in liability.

 

The medical device industry is characterized by vigorous protection and pursuit of intellectual property rights. Companies in the medical device industry have used intellectual property litigation to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. From time to time, third parties may assert against us their patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights relating to technologies that are important to our business. Searching for existing intellectual property rights may not reveal important intellectual property and our competitors may also have filed for patent protection, which is not publicly-available information, or claimed trademark rights that have not been revealed through our availability searches. We may be subject to claims that our team members have disclosed, or that we have used, trade secrets or other proprietary information of our team members’ former employers. Our efforts to identify and avoid infringing on third parties’ intellectual property rights may not always be successful. Any claims that our products or processes infringe these rights, regardless of their merit or resolution, could be costly, time consuming and may divert the efforts and attention of our management and technical personnel. In addition, we may not prevail in such proceedings given the complex technical issues and inherent uncertainties in intellectual property litigation.

 

Any claims of patent or other intellectual property infringement against us, even those without merit, could:

 

  increase the cost of our products;
  be expensive and/or time consuming to defend;
  result in our being required to pay significant damages to third parties;
  force us to cease making or selling products that incorporate the challenged intellectual property;
  require us to redesign, reengineer or rebrand our products and technologies;
  require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements in order to obtain the right to use a third party’s intellectual property on terms that may not be favorable or acceptable to us;
  require us to develop alternative non-infringing technology, which could require significant effort and expense;
  require us to indemnify third parties pursuant to contracts in which we have agreed to provide indemnification for intellectual property infringement claims; and,
  result in our customers or potential customers deferring or limiting their purchase or use of the affected products impacted by the claims until the claims are resolved.

 

Any of the foregoing could affect our ability to compete or have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Competitors may violate our intellectual property rights, and we may bring litigation to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights, which may result in substantial expense and may divert our attention from implementing our business strategy.

 

We believe that the success of our business depends, in significant part, on obtaining patent protection for our products and technologies, defending our patents and preserving our trade secrets. Our failure to pursue any potential claim could result in the loss of our proprietary rights and harm our position in the marketplace. Therefore, we may be forced to pursue litigation to enforce our rights. Future litigation could result in significant costs and divert the attention of our management and key personnel from our business operations and the implementation of our business strategy.

 

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Our business may suffer if we are unable to manage our growth.

 

If we fail to effectively manage our growth, our ability to execute our business strategy could be impaired. The anticipated rapid growth of our business may place a strain on our management, operations and financial systems. We need to improve existing systems and controls or implement new systems and controls in response to anticipated growth.

 

Our officers will allocate their time to other businesses thereby potentially limiting the amount of time they devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our operations.

 

Our officers are not required to commit their full time to our affairs, which could create a conflict of interest when allocating their time between our operations and their other commitments. We presently expect each of our employees to devote such amount of time as they reasonably believe is necessary to our business. All of our officers are engaged in several other business endeavors and are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our affairs. If our officers’ other business affairs require them to devote more substantial amounts of time to such affairs, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs and could have a negative impact on our operations. We cannot assure you these conflicts will be resolved in our favor.

 

Our ability to be successful will be totally dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel.

 

Our ability to successfully carry out our business plan is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel. We cannot assure you that any of our key personnel will remain with us for the immediate or foreseeable future. The unexpected loss of the services of our key personnel could have a detrimental effect on us. We may also be unable to attract and retain additional key personnel in the future. An inability to do so may impact our ability to continue and grow our operations.

 

Our officers have fiduciary obligations to other companies and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.

 

Certain of our officers have fiduciary obligations to other companies engaged in medical device business activities, namely Saphena Medical, Kaleidoscope Medical and Cruzar Medsystems. Accordingly, they may participate in transactions and have obligations that may be in conflict or competition with our business. As a result, a potential business opportunity may be presented by certain members of our management team to another entity prior to its presentation to us and we may not be afforded the opportunity to engage in such a transaction.

 

Our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected by the political and economic conditions of the countries in which we conduct business.

 

Our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected by the political and economic conditions of the countries in which we conduct business. These factors include:

 

  challenges associated with cultural differences, languages and distance;
  differences in clinical practices, needs, products, modalities and preferences;
  longer payment cycles in some countries;
  credit risks of many kinds;
  legal and regulatory differences and restrictions;
  currency exchange fluctuations;
  foreign exchange controls that might prevent us from repatriating cash earned in certain countries;
  political and economic instability and export restrictions;
  variability in sterilization requirements for multi-usage surgical devices;
  potential adverse tax consequences;
  higher cost associated with doing business internationally;
  challenges in implementing educational programs required by our approach to doing business;
  negative economic developments in economies around the world and the instability of governments, including the threat of war, terrorist attacks, epidemic or civil unrest;
  adverse changes in laws and governmental policies, especially those affecting trade and investment;

 

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  health epidemics and /or pandemics, such as the epidemics resulting from the Ebola virus, or the enterovirus, or the avian influenza virus, or the COVID-19 pandemic resulting from a novel strain of a coronavirus, which may adversely affect our workforce as well as our local suppliers and customers;
  import or export licensing requirements imposed by governments;
  differing labor standards;
  differing levels of protection of intellectual property;
  the threat that our operations or property could be subject to nationalization and expropriation;
  varying practices of the regulatory, tax, judicial and administrative bodies in the jurisdictions where we operate; and
  potentially burdensome taxation and changes in foreign tax.

 

Any future products or services we may develop may not be approved for sale in the U.S. or in any other country.

 

Our only product for which we have obtained approval or clearance from the FDA or a comparable foreign regulatory authority is our EsoCheck cell sample collection device and our CarpX minimally invasive surgical device. In certain limited circumstances, we also may market our products without such approval or clearance, as is the case for the EsoGuard LDT. Generally, however, neither we nor any future collaboration partner can commercialize any products we may develop in the U.S. or in any foreign country without first obtaining regulatory approval for the product from the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities. The approval route in the U.S. for any products we may develop may be either via the PMA process, a de novo 510(k) pathway, or traditional 510(k). The PMA approval process is more complex, costly and time consuming than the 510(k) process. Additional randomized, controlled clinical trials may be necessary to obtain approval. The approval process may take several years to complete and may never be obtained. Before obtaining regulatory approvals for the commercial sale of any product we may develop in the U.S., we must demonstrate with substantial evidence, gathered in preclinical and well-controlled clinical studies, that the planned products are safe and effective for use for that target indication. We may not conduct such a trial or may not successfully enroll or complete any such trial. Any products we may develop may not achieve the required primary endpoint in the clinical trial and may not receive regulatory approval. We must also demonstrate that the manufacturing facilities, processes and controls for any products we may develop are adequate. Moreover, obtaining regulatory approval in one country for marketing of any products we may develop does not ensure we will be able to obtain regulatory approval in other countries, while a failure or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one country may have a negative effect on the regulatory process in other countries.

 

Even if we or any future collaboration partner were to successfully obtain a regulatory approval for any product we may develop, any approval might contain significant limitations related to use restrictions for specified age groups, warnings, precautions or contraindications, or may be subject to burdensome post-approval study or risk management requirements. If we are unable to obtain regulatory approval for any products, we may develop in one or more jurisdictions, or any approval contains significant limitations, we may not be able to obtain sufficient revenue to justify commercial launch. Also, any regulatory approval of a product, once obtained, may be withdrawn. If we are unable to successfully obtain regulatory approval to sell any products we may develop in the U.S. or other countries, our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects could be adversely affected.

 

Our business may be adversely affected by health epidemics and or pandemics, including the pandemic resulting from COVID-19 pandemic.

 

In December 2019, there was an outbreak of a novel strain of a coronavirus. The coronavirus spread globally, including to the U.S. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic as a result of such spread, with the pandemic commonly referred to by its resulting illness, “COVID-19.” The COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, and we continue to monitor the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. national economy, the global economy, and our business.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic may have an adverse impact on our operations, supply chains, and distribution systems and/or those of our contractors of our laboratory partner, and increase our expenses, including as a result of impacts associated with preventive and precautionary measures being taken, restrictions on travel, quarantine polices, and social distancing. Such adverse impact may include, for example, the inability of our employees and /or those of our contractors or laboratory partner to perform their work or curtail their services provided to us.

 

We expect the significance of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the extent of its effect on our consolidated financial condition and consolidated operational results and cash flows, to be dictated by the success of U.S. and global efforts to mitigate the spread of and/or to contain the novel strain of coronavirus and the impact of such efforts.

 

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In addition, the spread of the novel strain of coronavirus has disrupted the U.S. healthcare and healthcare regulatory systems which could divert healthcare resources away from, or materially delay FDA approval with respect to our products.

 

Furthermore, our clinical trials have been and may be further affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as site initiation and patient enrollment may be delayed, for example, due to prioritization of hospital resources toward the virus and /or illness response, as well as travel restrictions imposed by governments, and the inability to access clinical test sites for initiation and monitoring.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic may have an adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many countries, including the USA, resulting in an economic downturn that could adversely affect demand for our products and services and /or our product candidates.

 

Although we are continuing to monitor and assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (or a similar health epidemic) is highly uncertain and subject to change, and therefore, its impact on our consolidated financial condition, consolidated results of operations, and /or consolidated cash flows, the adverse impact could be material.

 

Failure in our information technology or storage systems could significantly disrupt our operations and our research and development efforts, which could adversely impact our revenues, as well as our research, development and commercialization efforts.

 

Our ability to execute our business strategy depends, in part, on the continued and uninterrupted performance of our information technology, or “IT,” systems that support our operations and our research and development efforts, and those IT systems within the control of our contract manufacturers and contract laboratories. The integrity and protection of our own data, and that of our customers and employees, is critical to our business. The regulatory environment governing information, security and privacy laws is increasingly demanding and continues to evolve. IT systems are vulnerable to damage from a variety of sources, including telecommunications or network failures, malicious human acts and natural disasters. Moreover, despite network security and back-up measures, some of our servers are potentially vulnerable to physical or electronic break-ins, computer viruses and similar disruptive problems. Despite the precautionary measures we have taken to prevent unanticipated problems that could affect our IT systems, and the precautionary measures taken by our contract parties, sustained or repeated system failures that interrupt our ability to generate and maintain data, could adversely affect our ability to operate our business. Furthermore, any breach in our IT systems could lead to the unauthorized access, disclosure and use of non-public information, including protected health information, which is protected by HIPAA and other laws. Any such access, disclosure, or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, and damage to our reputation.

 

System upgrades, enhancements and replacements, as well as new systems, are required from time to time, and require significant expenditures and allocation of valuable employee resources. Delays in integration or disruptions to our business from implementation of these new or upgraded systems could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and operating results. There can be no assurance that our process of improving existing systems, developing new systems to support our expanding operations, integrating new systems, protecting confidential patient information, and improving service levels will not be delayed or that additional systems issues will not arise in the future. Failure to adequately protect and maintain the integrity of our information systems issues and data may result in a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

We are and may become the subject of various claims, threats of litigation, litigation or investigations which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or price of our common stock.

 

We are and may become subject to various claims, threats of litigation, litigation or investigations, including commercial disputes and employee claims, and from time to time may be involved in governmental or regulatory investigations or similar matters. Any claims asserted against us or our management, regardless of merit or eventual outcome, could harm our reputation and have an adverse impact on our relationship with our clients, distribution partners and other third parties and could lead to additional related claims. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that we will be successful in defending ourselves in pending or future litigation or similar matters under various laws. Any judgments or settlements in any pending litigation or future claims, litigation or investigation could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and price of our common stock.

 

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Risks Related to Government Regulation

 

The regulatory approval process is expensive, time consuming and uncertain, and may prevent us or our partners from obtaining approval for the commercialization of any products we may develop. Approval of products in the U.S. or other territories may require that we, or a partner, conduct randomized, controlled clinical trials.

 

For many of the products we are currently developing, the regulatory pathway in the U.S. for approval of the product has not been determined. However, it is possible the FDA will require us to file for approval via the PMA pathway for one or more of our planned products. In this case, the FDA is likely to require that randomized, controlled clinical trials be conducted before an application for approval can be filed. These are typically expensive and time consuming and require substantial commitment of financial and personnel resources from the sponsoring company. These clinical trials also entail significant risk, and the resulting data may not be sufficient to support approval by the FDA or other regulatory bodies.

 

Furthermore, regulatory approval of a PMA or a 510(k) pathway is not guaranteed, and the filing and approval process itself is expensive and may take several years. The FDA also has substantial discretion in the approval process. Despite the time and expense exerted, failure may occur at any stage, and we could encounter problems that cause us to abandon or repeat clinical studies. The FDA can delay, limit, or deny approval of a future product for many reasons, including but not limited to:

 

  a future product may not be deemed to be safe and effective;
  FDA officials may not find the data from clinical and preclinical studies sufficient;
  the FDA may not approve our or our third-party manufacturer’s processes or facilities; or
  the FDA may change its approval policies or adopt new regulations.

 

If any products we may develop fail to demonstrate safety and efficacy in further clinical studies may be required, or do not gain regulatory approval, our business and results of operations will be materially and adversely harmed.

 

Even if we receive regulatory approval for any product we may develop, we will be subject to ongoing regulatory obligations and continued regulatory review, which may result in significant additional expense and subject us to penalties if we fail to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

 

Once regulatory approval has been obtained, the approved product and its manufacturer are subject to continual review by the FDA or non-U.S. regulatory authorities. Our regulatory approval for any products we may develop may be subject to limitations on the indicated uses for which the product may be marketed. Future approvals may contain requirements for potentially costly post-marketing follow-up studies to monitor the safety and efficacy of the approved product. In addition, we are subject to extensive and ongoing regulatory requirements by the FDA and other regulatory authorities with regard to the labeling, packaging, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion and recordkeeping for our products. In addition, we are required to comply with cGMP regulations regarding the manufacture of any products we may develop, which include requirements related to quality control and quality assurance as well as the corresponding maintenance of records and documentation. Further, regulatory authorities must approve these manufacturing facilities before they can be used to manufacture drug products, and these facilities are subject to continual review and periodic inspections by the FDA and other regulatory authorities for compliance with cGMP regulations. If we or a third party discover previously unknown problems with a product, such as adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, or problems with the facility where the product is manufactured, a regulatory authority may impose restrictions on that product, the manufacturer or us, including requiring withdrawal of the product from the market or suspension of manufacturing.

 

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Failure to obtain regulatory approvals in foreign jurisdictions will prevent us from marketing our products internationally.

 

We intend to seek distribution and marketing partners in foreign countries for our products and services and any we may develop in the future, if any. The approval procedures vary among countries and can involve additional clinical testing, and the time required to obtain approval may differ from that required to obtain FDA approval. Moreover, clinical studies or manufacturing processes conducted in one country may not be accepted by regulatory authorities in other countries. Approval by the FDA does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries, and approval by one or more foreign regulatory authorities does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other foreign countries or by the FDA. However, a failure or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one country may have a negative effect on the regulatory process in others. The foreign regulatory approval process may include all of the risks associated with obtaining FDA approval. We may not obtain foreign regulatory approvals on a timely basis, if at all. We may not be able to file for regulatory approvals and even if we file, we may not receive necessary approvals to commercialize our products in any market.

 

Healthcare reform measures could hinder or prevent our products’ commercial success.

 

In the U.S., there have been, and we expect there will continue to be, a number of legislative and regulatory changes to the healthcare system in ways that could affect our future revenue and profitability and the future revenue and profitability of our potential customers. Federal and state lawmakers regularly propose and, at times, enact legislation that could result in significant changes to the healthcare system, some of which are intended to contain or reduce the costs of medical products and services. For example, one of the most significant healthcare reform measures in decades, the PPACA, was enacted in 2010. The PPACA contains a number of provisions, including those governing enrollment in federal healthcare programs, reimbursement changes and fraud and abuse measures, all of which will impact existing government healthcare programs and will result in the development of new programs. The PPACA, among other things, could result in the imposition of injunctions.

 

While the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of most elements of the PPACA in June 2012, other legal challenges are still pending final adjudication in several jurisdictions. In addition, Congress has also proposed a number of legislative initiatives, including possible repeal of the PPACA. For instance, in December 2019, the 2.3% tax on sales of medical devices was repealed. At this time, it remains unclear whether there will be any changes made to the PPACA, whether to certain provisions or its entirety. We cannot assure you that the PPACA, as currently enacted or as amended in the future, will not adversely affect our business and financial results and we cannot predict how future federal or state legislative or administrative changes relating to healthcare reform will affect our business.

 

In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since the PPACA was enacted. For example, the Budget Control Act of 2011, among other things, created the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to recommend proposals for spending reductions to Congress. The Joint Select Committee did not achieve a targeted deficit reduction of at least $1.2 trillion for the years 2013 through 2021, which triggered the legislation’s automatic reduction to several government programs, including aggregate reductions to Medicare payments to providers of up to 2.0% per fiscal year, starting in 2013. In January 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, or the ATRA, which delayed for another two months the budget cuts mandated by the sequestration provisions of the Budget Control Act of 2011. The ATRA, among other things, also reduced Medicare payments to several providers, including hospitals, and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years. In March 2013, President Obama signed an executive order implementing sequestration, and in April 2013, the 2.0% Medicare reductions went into effect. We cannot predict whether any additional legislative changes will affect our business.

 

There likely will continue to be legislative and regulatory proposals at the federal and state levels directed at containing or lowering the cost of health care. We cannot predict the initiatives that may be adopted in the future or their full impact. The continuing efforts of the government, insurance companies, managed care organizations and other payors of healthcare services to contain or reduce costs of health care may adversely affect:

 

  our ability to set a price that we believe is fair for our products;
  our ability to generate revenue and achieve or maintain profitability; and
  the availability of capital.

 

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Further, changes in regulatory requirements and guidance may occur, both in the U.S. and in foreign countries, and we may need to amend clinical study protocols to reflect these changes. Amendments may require us to resubmit our clinical study protocols to IRB’s for reexamination, which may impact the costs, timing or successful completion of a clinical study. In light of widely publicized events concerning the safety risk of certain drug and medical device products, regulatory authorities, members of Congress, the Governmental Accounting Office, medical professionals and the general public have raised concerns about potential safety issues. These events have resulted in the recall and withdrawal of medical device products, revisions to product labeling that further limit use of products and establishment of risk management programs that may, for instance, restrict distribution of certain products or require safety surveillance or patient education. The increased attention to safety issues may result in a more cautious approach by the FDA or other regulatory authorities to clinical studies and the drug approval process. Data from clinical studies may receive greater scrutiny with respect to safety, which may make the FDA or other regulatory authorities more likely to terminate or suspend clinical studies before completion or require longer or additional clinical studies that may result in substantial additional expense and a delay or failure in obtaining approval or approval for a more limited indication than originally sought.

 

Given the serious public health risks of high profile adverse safety events with certain products, the FDA or other regulatory authorities may require, as a condition of approval, costly risk evaluation and mitigation strategies, which may include safety surveillance, restricted distribution and use, patient education, enhanced labeling, special packaging or labeling, expedited reporting of certain adverse events, preapproval of promotional materials and restrictions on direct-to-consumer advertising.

 

If we fail to comply with healthcare regulations, we could face substantial penalties and our business, operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

 

Even though we do not and will not control referrals of healthcare services or bill directly to Medicare, Medicaid or other third-party payors, certain federal and state healthcare laws and regulations pertaining to fraud and abuse and patients’ rights are and will be applicable to our business. We could be subject to healthcare fraud and abuse and patient privacy regulation by both the federal government and the states in which we conduct our business. The regulations that may affect our ability to operate include, without limitation:

 

  the federal healthcare program Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, any person from knowingly and willfully offering, soliciting, receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in exchange for or to induce either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service for which payment may be made under federal healthcare programs, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs;
  the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, which prohibits payments or the provision of anything of value to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or keeping business;
  the federal False Claims Act, or FCA, which prohibits, among other things, individuals or entities from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, false claims, or knowingly using false statements, to obtain payment from the federal government, and which may apply to entities like us which provide coding and billing advice to customers;
  federal criminal laws that prohibit executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program or making false statements relating to healthcare matters;
  the federal transparency requirements under the Health Care Reform Law requires manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics and medical supplies to report to the Department of Health and Human Services information related to physician payments and other transfers of value and physician ownership and investment interests;
  the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, which governs the conduct of certain electronic healthcare transactions and protects the security and privacy of protected health information; and
  state law equivalents of each of the above federal laws, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws which may apply to items or services reimbursed by any third-party payor, including commercial insurers.

 

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The PPACA, among other things, amends the intent requirement of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and criminal healthcare fraud statutes. A person or entity no longer needs to have actual knowledge of this statute or specific intent to violate it. In addition, the PPACA provides that the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the FCA.

 

If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other governmental regulations that apply to us, we may be subject to penalties, including civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Any penalties, damages, fines, curtailment or restructuring of our operations could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results. Any action against us for violation of these laws, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and divert our management’s attention from the operation of our business. Moreover, achieving and sustaining compliance with applicable federal and state privacy, security and fraud laws may prove costly.

 

If required, clinical trials necessary to support a FDA 510(k) notice or PMA application will be expensive and will require the enrollment of large numbers of patients, and suitable patients may be difficult to identify and recruit. Delays or failures in our clinical trials will prevent us from commercializing any modified or new products and will adversely affect our business, operating results and prospects.

 

Initiating and completing clinical trials necessary to support a FDA 510(k) notice or a PMA application will be time-consuming and expensive and the outcome uncertain. Moreover, the results of early clinical trials are not necessarily predictive of future results, and any product the Company advances into clinical trials may not have favorable results in early or later clinical trials.

 

Conducting successful clinical studies will require the enrollment of large numbers of patients, and suitable patients may be difficult to identify and recruit. Patient enrollment in clinical trials and completion of patient participation and follow-up depend on many factors, including the size of the patient population, the nature of the trial protocol, the attractiveness of, or the discomforts and risks associated with, the treatments received by patients enrolled as subjects, the availability of appropriate clinical trial investigators, support staff, and proximity of patients to clinical sites and ability to comply with the eligibility and exclusion criteria for participation in the clinical trial and patient compliance. For example, patients may be discouraged from enrolling in our clinical trials if the trial protocol requires them to undergo extensive post-treatment procedures or follow-up to assess the safety and effectiveness of our products or if they determine that the treatments received under the trial protocols are not attractive or involve unacceptable risks or discomforts. Patients may also not participate in our clinical trials if they choose to participate in contemporaneous clinical trials of competitive products. In addition, patients participating in clinical trials may die before completion of the trial or suffer adverse medical events unrelated to investigational products.

 

Development of sufficient and appropriate clinical protocols to demonstrate safety and efficacy may be required and the Company may not adequately develop such protocols to support clearance and approval. Further, the FDA may require the Company to submit data on a greater number of patients than it originally anticipated and/or for a longer follow-up period or change the data collection requirements or data analysis for any clinical trials. Delays in patient enrollment or failure of patients to continue to participate in a clinical trial may cause an increase in costs and delays in the approval and attempted commercialization of our products or result in the failure of the clinical trial. The FDA may not consider our data adequate to demonstrate safety and efficacy. Such increased costs and delays or failures could adversely affect our business, operating results and prospects.

 

The results of the Company’s clinical trials may not support our product candidate claims or may result in the discovery of adverse side effects.

 

Even if any of the Company’s clinical trials are completed as planned, it cannot be certain that study results will support product candidate claims or that the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities will agree with our conclusions regarding them. Success in pre-clinical evaluation and early clinical trials does not ensure that later clinical trials will be successful, and we cannot be sure that the later trials will replicate the results of prior trials and pre-clinical studies. The clinical trial process may fail to demonstrate that our product candidates are safe and effective for the proposed indicated uses, which could cause us to abandon a product candidate and may delay development of others. Any delay or termination of our clinical trials will delay the filing of our product submissions and, ultimately, our ability to commercialize our product candidates and generate revenues. It is also possible that patients enrolled in clinical trials will experience adverse side effects that are not currently part of the product candidate’s profile.

 

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The Company’s medical products may in the future be subject to product recalls that could harm its reputation, business and financial results.

 

The FDA has the authority to require the recall of commercialized medical device products in the event of material deficiencies or defects in design or manufacture. In the case of the FDA, the authority to require a recall must be based on an FDA finding that there is a reasonable probability that the device would cause serious injury or death. Manufacturers may, under their own initiative, recall a product if any material deficiency in a device is found. A government-mandated or voluntary recall by the Company or one of its distributors could occur as a result of component failures, manufacturing errors, design or labeling defects or other deficiencies and issues. Recalls of any of the Company’s products would divert managerial and financial resources and have an adverse effect on its financial condition and results of operations. The FDA requires that certain classifications of recalls be reported to the FDA within ten (10) working days after the recall is initiated. Companies are required to maintain certain records of recalls, even if they are not reportable to the FDA. The Company may initiate voluntary recalls involving its products in the future that the Company determines do not require notification of the FDA. If the FDA disagrees with the Company’s determinations, they could require the Company to report those actions as recalls. A future recall announcement could harm the Company’s reputation with customers and negatively affect its sales. In addition, the FDA could take enforcement action for failing to report the recalls when they were conducted. No recalls of the Company’s medical products have been reported to the FDA.

 

If the Company’s medical products cause or contribute to a death or a serious injury, or malfunction in certain ways, we will be subject to medical device reporting regulations, which can result in voluntary corrective actions or agency enforcement actions.

 

Under the FDA medical device reporting regulations, medical device manufacturers are required to report to the FDA information that a device has or may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or has malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to death or serious injury if the malfunction of the device or one of our similar devices were to recur. If the Company fails to report these events to the FDA within the required timeframes, or at all, the FDA could take enforcement action against the Company. Any such adverse event involving its products also could result in future voluntary corrective actions, such as recalls or customer notifications, or agency action, such as inspection or enforcement action. Any corrective action, whether voluntary or involuntary, as well as defending ourselves in a lawsuit, will require the dedication of the Company’s time and capital, distract management from operating our business, and may harm its reputation and financial results.

 

If the effectiveness and safety of the Company’s devices are not supported by long-term data, the Company’s future revenues could decline.

 

The Company’s products may not be accepted in the market if the Company does not produce clinical data supported by the independent efforts of clinicians, and if that data indicates that treatment with the Company’s products does not provide patients with sustained benefits or that treatment with the Company’s products is less effective or less safe than the Company’s current data suggests, the Company’s future revenues could decline. In addition, the FDA could then bring legal or regulatory enforcement actions against the Company and/or its products including, but not limited to, recalls or requirements for pre-market 510(k) authorizations. The Company can give no assurance that its data will be substantiated in studies involving more patients. In such a case, the Company may never achieve significant revenues or profitability.

 

If the Company is found to be promoting the use of its devices for unapproved or “off-label” uses or engaging in other noncompliant activities, the Company may be subject to recalls, seizures, fines, penalties, injunctions, adverse publicity, prosecution, or other adverse actions, resulting in damage to its reputation and business.

 

The Company’s labeling, advertising, promotional materials and user training materials must comply with the FDA and other applicable laws and regulations, including the prohibition of the promotion of a medical device for a use that has not been cleared or approved by the FDA. Obtaining 510(k) clearance or PMA approval only permits the Company to promote its products for the uses specifically cleared by the FDA. Use of a device outside its cleared or approved indications is known as “off-label” use. Physicians and consumers may use the Company’s products off-label because the FDA does not restrict or regulate a physician’s choice of treatment within the practice of medicine nor is there oversight on patient use of over-the-counter devices. Although the Company may request additional cleared indications for our current products, the FDA may deny those requests, require additional expensive clinical data to support any additional indications or impose limitations on the intended use of any cleared product as a condition of clearance. Even if regulatory clearance or approval of a product is granted, such clearance or approval may be subject to limitations on the intended uses for which the product may be marketed and reduce our potential to successfully commercialize the product and generate revenue from the product.

 

S-26
 

 

If the FDA determines that the Company’s labeling, advertising, promotional materials, or user training materials, or representations made by Company personnel, include the promotion of an off-label use for the device, or that the Company has made false or misleading or inadequately substantiated promotional claims, or claims that could potentially change the regulatory status of the product, the agency could take the position that these materials have misbranded the Company’s devices and request that the Company modifies its labeling, advertising, or user training or promotional materials and/or subject the Company to regulatory or legal enforcement actions, including the issuance of an Untitled Letter or a Warning Letter, injunction, seizure, recall, adverse publicity, civil penalties, criminal penalties, or other adverse actions. It is also possible that other federal, state, or foreign enforcement authorities might take action if they consider the Company’s labeling, advertising, promotional, or user training materials to constitute promotion of an unapproved use, which could result in significant fines, penalties, or other adverse actions under other statutory authorities, such as laws prohibiting false claims for reimbursement. In that event, we would be subject to extensive fines and penalties and the Company’s reputation could be damaged and adoption of the products would be impaired. Although the Company intends to refrain from statements that could be considered off-label promotion of its products, the FDA or another regulatory agency could disagree and conclude that the Company has engaged in off-label promotion. For example, the Company has made statements regarding some of its devices that the FDA may view as off-label promotion. In addition, any such off-label use of the Company’s products may increase the risk of injury to patients, and, in turn, the risk of product liability claims, and such claims are expensive to defend and could divert the Company’s management’s attention and result in substantial damage awards against the Company.

 

The Company may be subject, directly or indirectly, to federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse laws and regulations and could face substantial penalties if the Company is unable to fully comply with such laws.

 

While the Company does not control referrals of healthcare services or bill directly to Medicare, Medicaid or other third-party payors, many healthcare laws and regulations apply to the Company’s business. For example, the Company could be subject to healthcare fraud and abuse and patient privacy regulation and enforcement by both the federal government and the states in which the Company intends to conduct its business. The healthcare laws and regulations that may affect the Company’s ability to operate include:

 

  the federal healthcare programs’ Anti-Kickback Law, which prohibits, among other things, persons or entities from soliciting, receiving, offering or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in return for or to induce either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase order or recommendation of, any item or service for which payment may be made under a federal healthcare program such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs;
  federal false claims laws which prohibit, among other things, individuals or entities from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, claims for payment from Medicare, Medicaid, or other third-party payors that are false or fraudulent, or are for items or services not provided as claimed and which may apply to entities like the Company to the extent that the Company’s interactions with customers may affect their billing or coding practices;
  the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, which established new federal crimes for knowingly and willfully executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program or making false statements in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services, as well as leading to regulations imposing certain requirements relating to the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information; and
  state law equivalents of each of the above federal laws, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws which may apply to items or services reimbursed by any third-party payor, including commercial insurers, and state laws governing the privacy of health information in certain circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and often are not preempted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance efforts.

 

S-27
 

 

Recently, the medical device industry has been under heightened scrutiny as the subject of government investigations and regulatory or legal enforcement actions involving manufacturers who allegedly offered unlawful inducements to potential or existing customers in an attempt to procure their business, including arrangements with physician consultants. If the Company’s operations or arrangements are found to be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other governmental regulations that apply to the Company, the Company may be subject to penalties, including civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the curtailment or restructuring of its operations. Any penalties, damages, fines, exclusions, curtailment or restructuring of the Company’s operations could adversely affect its ability to operate its business and its financial results. The risk of the Company being found in violation of these laws is increased by the fact that many of these laws are broad and their provisions are open to a variety of interpretations. Any action against the Company for violation of these laws, even if the Company successfully defends against that action and the underlying alleged violations, could cause the Company to incur significant legal expenses and divert its management’s attention from the operation of its business. If the physicians or other providers or entities with whom the Company does business are found to be non-compliant with applicable laws, they may be subject to sanctions, which could also have a negative impact on the Company’s business.

 

The Company or its subsidiaries’ failure to obtain or maintain necessary FDA clearances or approvals, or equivalents thereof in the U.S. and relevant foreign markets, could hurt our ability to distribute and market our products.

 

In both the U.S. and foreign markets, the Company and its subsidiaries are affected by extensive laws, governmental regulations, administrative determinations, court decisions and similar constraints. Such laws, regulations and other constraints may exist at the federal, state or local levels in the U.S. and at analogous levels of government in foreign jurisdictions.

 

For example, as discussed above, certain of the Company’s planned product candidates may fall under the regulatory purview of various centers at the FDA and in other countries by similar health and regulatory authorities. Each medical device that the Company wishes to market in the U.S. must first receive either 510(k) clearance or premarket approval from the FDA unless an exemption applies. Either process can be lengthy and expensive. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance process may take from three to twelve months, or longer, and may or may not require human clinical data. The premarket approval process is much costlier and lengthier. It may take from eleven months to three years, or even longer, and will likely require significant supporting human clinical data. Delays in obtaining regulatory clearance or approval could adversely affect the Company’s revenues and profitability. Although the Company has obtained 510(k) clearance for EsoCheck, this clearance may be subject to revocation if post-marketing data demonstrates safety issues or lack of effectiveness. Similar clearance processes may apply in foreign countries. Further, more stringent regulatory requirements or safety and quality standards may be issued in the future with an adverse effect on the Company’s business.

 

In addition, the formulation, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, distribution, importation, sale and storage of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ products are subject to extensive regulation by various federal agencies, including, but not limited to, the FDA, the FTC, State Attorneys General in the U.S., the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan, as well as by various other federal, state, local and international regulatory authorities in the countries in which its products are manufactured, distributed or sold. If the Company or its manufacturers fail to comply with those regulations, the Company and its subsidiaries could become subject to significant penalties or claims, which could harm its results of operations or its ability to conduct its business. In addition, the adoption of new regulations or changes in the interpretations of existing regulations may result in significant compliance costs or discontinuation of product sales and may impair the marketing of its products, resulting in significant loss of net sales. The Company’s failure to comply with federal or state regulations, or with regulations in foreign markets that cover its product claims and advertising, including direct claims and advertising by the Company or its subsidiaries, may result in enforcement actions and imposition of penalties or otherwise harm the distribution and sale of its products. Further, the Company and its subsidiaries’ businesses are subject to laws governing our accounting, tax and import and export activities. Failure to comply with these requirements could result in legal and/or financial consequences that might adversely affect its sales and profitability.

 

S-28
 

 

Risks Associated with Ownership of Our Common Stock

 

We may issue shares of our common and /or preferred stock in the future which could reduce the equity interest of our stockholders and might cause a change in control of our ownership.

 

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 150,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.001 per share. We may issue a substantial number of additional shares of our common stock or preferred stock, or a combination of common and preferred stock, to raise additional funds or in connection with any strategic acquisition. The issuance of additional shares of our common stock or any number of shares of our preferred stock:

 

  may significantly reduce the equity interest of investors;
  may subordinate the rights of holders of common stock if preferred stock is issued with rights senior to those afforded to our common stockholders;
  may cause a change in control if a substantial number of our shares of common stock are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards, if any, and most likely also result in the resignation or removal of some or all of our present officers and directors; and
  may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.

 

We have incurred substantial indebtedness, and may incur additional indebtedness in the future, which could adversely affect our liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

As of December 31, 2020, we had an aggregate indebtedness with a face value principal of approximately $13.1 million, principally with respect to the issue in a private placement with an accredited investor of two (2) Senior Secured Convertible Notes and a Senior Convertible Note. Subsequent to December 31, 2020, such face value principal was approximately $11.8 million, as result of the repayment of remaining outstanding balance of one of the Senior Secured Convertible Notes of approximately $1.0 million was settled by the issue of 667,668 shares of our common stock; and a $0.3 million partial face value principal repayment in cash of the Senior Convertible Note.

 

Additionally, we may incur additional debt in the future. Our indebtedness could have important consequences on our business. To the extent new debt and/or new credit sources are added to our existing debt, the related risks for us could intensify. In particular, it could:

 

  require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund operating expenditures, capital expenditures, and for other general corporate purposes;
  limit, among other things, our ability to borrow additional funds and otherwise raise additional capital, and our ability to conduct acquisitions, joint, ventures or similar arrangements, as a result of our obligations to repay such indebtedness and as a result of restrictive covenants contained in the agreements governing our indebtedness;
  limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our businesses and the industries in which we operate;
  increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions; and
  place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt.

 

In addition, the agreements governing our indebtedness contain (and any agreements governing our future indebtedness may contain) financial and other restrictive covenants which may potentially be subject to factors beyond our control and negatively affect our ability to comply.

 

Despite our right to pay the interest and principal balance of our existing indebtedness by issuing shares of our common stock, we may be required to repay such indebtedness in cash, if we do not meet certain customary equity conditions (including minimum price and volume thresholds) or in certain other circumstances. For example, we may be required to repay the outstanding principal balance and accrued but unpaid interest, along with a premium, upon the occurrence of certain changes of control or an event of default. We also may be required to repay any future indebtedness incurred by us in cash. In such event, we may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service our existing indebtedness, or any future indebtedness incurred by us, as cash payments become due.

 

S-29
 

 

If we are unable to make payments as they come due or comply with the restrictions and covenants in our existing indebtedness, or any other agreements governing our future indebtedness, there could be a default under the terms of such agreements. In such event, or if we are otherwise in default under such agreements, including pursuant to any cross-default provisions of such agreements, the lenders could terminate any commitments to lend and/or accelerate the loans and declare all amounts borrowed due and payable. Furthermore, our existing secured lenders and any future lenders to whom we grant a security interest, could foreclose on their security interests in our assets, including our intellectual property. If any of those events occur, our assets might not be sufficient to repay in full all of our outstanding indebtedness and we may be unable to find alternative financing. Even if we could obtain alternative financing, it may not be on terms we deem favorable or acceptable to us. Additionally, we may not be able to amend the agreements governing our indebtedness, or obtain needed waivers, on satisfactory terms or without incurring substantial costs. Failure to maintain existing or secure new financing could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial position, and/or results of operations.

 

Our management and their affiliates control a substantial interest in us and thus may influence certain actions requiring a stockholder vote.

 

As of December 31, 2020, our management and their affiliates collectively own approximately 10% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock. Accordingly, these individuals would have considerable influence regarding the outcome of any transaction that requires stockholder approval. Furthermore, our Board of Directors is and will be divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve for a term of three years with only one class of directors being elected in each year. As a consequence of our “staggered” Board of Directors, only a minority of the Board of Directors will be considered for election in any given year and our initial stockholders, because of their ownership position, will have considerable influence regarding the outcome.

 

There can be no assurance that our common stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market or another national securities exchange.

 

There can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to meet Nasdaq standards. If we are unable to maintain compliance with the Nasdaq’s listing standards, our common stock may no longer be listed on the Nasdaq or another national securities exchange and the liquidity and market price of our common stock may be adversely affected.

 

A robust public market for our common stock may not be sustained, which could affect your ability to sell our common stock or depress the market price of our common stock.

 

We are unable to predict whether an active trading market for our common stock will be sustained. If an active market is not sustained for any reason, it may be difficult for you to sell your securities at the time you wish to sell them, at a price that is attractive to you, or at all.

 

We do not intend to pay any dividends on our common stock at this time.

 

We have not paid any cash dividends on our shares of common stock to date. The payment of cash dividends on our common stock in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition and will be within the discretion of our Board of Directors. It is the present intention of our Board of Directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, our Board of Directors does not anticipate declaring any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. As a result, any gain you will realize on our common stock (including common stock obtained upon exercise of our warrants) will result solely from the appreciation of such shares.

 

We are an “emerging growth company”, and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common stock less attractive to investors.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, which was enacted in April 2012. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

S-30
 

 

We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of  (1) December 31, 2021, which is the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to the effective SEC Registration Statement on Form S-1 in connection with our initial public offering of our common stock on April 14, 2016; (2) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion; (3) the date on which we have, during a previous three year period, issued more than $1.07 billion in non-convertible debt; or (4) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer”, which means the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700.0 million as of June 30 of the prior year.

 

We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may suffer or be more volatile.

 

Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date we (i) are no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period under the JOBS Act.

 

We incur significant costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to compliance initiatives.

 

As a public company, we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses. We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the other rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and the rules and regulations of Nasdaq or any other national securities exchange on which our securities are then trading. Compliance with the various reporting and other requirements applicable to public companies requires considerable time and attention of management. For example, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq have imposed various requirements on public companies, including requiring establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls. Our management and other personnel devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. These rules and regulations result in significant legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming and costlier.

 

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. In particular, we must perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In addition, we will be required to have our independent registered public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting beginning with our annual report on Form 10-K following the date on which we are no longer an emerging growth company. Our compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we incur substantial accounting expense and expend significant management efforts. We currently do not have an internal audit group, and as our business expands, we will need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge. If we are not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner, or if we or our independent registered public accounting firm identify deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, the market price of our stock could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources.

 

Our ability to successfully implement our business plan and comply with Section 404 requires us to be able to prepare timely and accurate financial statements. We expect that we will need to continue to improve existing, and implement new operational and financial systems, procedures and controls to manage our business effectively. Any delay in the implementation of, or disruption in the transition to, new or enhanced systems, procedures or controls, may cause our operations to suffer and we may be unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is effective and to obtain an unqualified report on internal controls from our auditors if required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This, in turn, could have an adverse impact on trading prices for our common stock, and could adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets.

 

S-31
 

 

We identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to remediate the material weakness, or if we experience additional material weaknesses in the future, our business may be harmed.

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting and for evaluating and reporting on the effectiveness of our system of internal control. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. As a public company, we are required to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other rules that govern public companies. In particular, we are required to certify our compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires us to furnish annually a report by management on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Management performed an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 and concluded our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2019 due to the material weakness related to the level of precision of our control environment. Specifically, we did not maintain documentation with an appropriate level of precision of the identified key internal control risk areas to conclude on the operating effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. We have taken and continue to take remedial steps to improve our internal control over financial reporting and expect to conclude that the material weakness has been remediated.

 

Remediation efforts place a significant burden on management and add increased pressure to our financial resources and processes. If we are unable to successfully remediate our existing material weakness or any additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that may be identified in the future in a timely manner, the accuracy and timing of our financial reporting may be adversely affected; our liquidity, our access to capital markets, the perceptions of our creditworthiness may be adversely affected; we may be unable to maintain or regain compliance with applicable securities laws, the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market; we may be subject to regulatory investigations and penalties; investors may lose confidence in our financial reporting; our reputation may be harmed; and our stock price may decline.

 

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research, or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research, about our business, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

 

The trading market for our common stock will depend, in part, on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. If any analyst who covers us downgrades our stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price would likely decline. In addition, if our operating results fail to meet the forecast of analysts, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company or fail to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our common stock could decrease, which might cause our stock price and trading volume to decline.

 

Provisions in our corporate charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.

 

Provisions in our corporate charter and our bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control of us that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock, thereby depressing the market price of our common stock. In addition, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our Board of Directors. Because our Board of Directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions could in turn affect any attempt by our stockholders to replace current members of our management team. Among others, these provisions include the following.

 

S-32
 

 

  our Board of Directors is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms which may delay or prevent a change of our management or a change in control;
  our Board of Directors has the right to elect directors to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of our Board of Directors or the resignation, death or removal of a director, which will prevent stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our Board of Directors;
  our certificate of incorporation prohibits cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates;
  our stockholders are required to provide advance notice and additional disclosures in order to nominate individuals for election to our Board of Directors or to propose matters that can be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting, which may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company; and
  our Board of Directors is able to issue, without stockholder approval, shares of undesignated preferred stock, which makes it possible for our Board of Directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to acquire us.

 

Moreover, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits a person who owns in excess of 15.0% of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person acquired in excess of 15.0% of our outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed manner.

 

S-33
 

 

NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this prospectus supplement, and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed or incorporated by reference in “Risk Factors.”

 

Important factors that may affect our actual results include:

 

  our limited operating history;
     
  our financial performance, including our ability to generate revenue;
     
  our ability to obtain regulatory approval for commercialization of our products;
     
  the ability of our products to achieve market acceptance;
     
  our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors;
     
  our potential ability to obtain additional financing when and if needed;
     
  our ability to sustain status as a going concern;
     
  our ability to protect our intellectual property;
     
  ability to complete strategic acquisitions;
     
  ability to manage growth and integrate acquired operations;
     
  the liquidity and trading of our securities;
     
  our regulatory and operational risks;
     
  cybersecurity risks;
     
  risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic;
     
  the impact of the material weakness identified by our management;
     
  our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; and
     
  the time during which we will be an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act.
     
  In addition, our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future financings, acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make.

 

We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions, and/or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not rely unduly on our forward-looking statements. You should read this prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, completely and with the understanding our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

 

S-34
 

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We estimate the net proceeds to us from the sale of the shares in this offering will be approximately $41,166,000 (or approximately $47,403,000 if the underwriter exercises in full its option to purchase up to 1,467,391 additional shares of common stock), after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of our common stock in this offering to repay all our outstanding debt, including all the April 2020 Senior Convertible Note and the August 2020 Senior Convertible Note (subject to our agreeing with the holder of such debt on the terms of repayment), with the balance to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

Each of the April 2020 Senior Convertible Note and the August 2020 Senior Convertible Note accrues interest at a rate of 7.875% per annum. The April 2020 Senior Convertible Note and the August 2020 Senior Convertible Note have outstanding face value principal balances as of February 19, 2021 of $3.80 million and $7.75 million, respectively, and have contractual maturity dates of April 30, 2022 and August 5, 2022, respectively (in each case, subject to acceleration or extension in certain circumstances). The August 2020 Senior Convertible Note is secured by substantially all of our assets and the April 2020 Senior Convertible Note is unsecured. The proceeds from the notes were used for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

 

The April 2020 Senior Convertible Note and the August 2020 Senior Convertible Note include a prepayment premium. The prepayment amount is equal to 115% of the greater of (i) the amount being prepaid and (ii) the amount being prepaid, divided by the conversion price of $5.00 per share, multiplied by the greatest closing sale price of the common stock on any trading day during the period commencing on the date immediately preceding the date we deliver notice of prepayment to the noteholder and ending on the trading day immediately prior to the date we make the prepayment (which will not be less than 10 trading days after the notice or more than 20 trading days after the notice).

 

We have not identified the amounts we will spend on any specific purpose. The amounts actually expended for any purpose may vary significantly depending upon numerous factors, including assessments of potential market opportunities, the results of clinical trials and regulatory developments.

 

In the event any net proceeds are not immediately applied, we may temporarily deposit them in our bank accounts as cash and cash equivalents or purchase short-term investments.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

 

The following table sets forth our cash position and capitalization as of September 30, 2020, as follows:

 

  on an unaudited historical actual basis,
     
  on an unaudited pro forma basis, after giving effect to (i) the conversion, after September 30, 2020 and through January 5, 2021, of a total of approximately $6,100,000 of installment principal repayments and corresponding interest thereon under the Senior Secured Convertible Notes issued by us in November 2019, or the “November 2019 Senior Convertible Notes,” settled by the issuance of 4,184,188 shares of our common stock, with an estimated fair value of approximately $8,752,000 (with such estimated fair value based on the closing price of our common stock on the applicable conversion date), and a fair value adjustment of approximately $800,000 resulting from the difference between the fair value of $6.9 million as of September 30, 2020 and the $6.1 million of installment repayments and interest thereon, (ii) the declaration by our board of directors, in October 2020, of approximately $74,000 of Series B Preferred Stock dividends, with such dividends settled by the issuance of an additional 24,587 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, (iii) the sale of 10,647,500 shares by us on December 15, 2020 and December 22, 2020 at a public offering price of $1.60 per share, pursuant to prospectus supplements dated December 11, 2020 and December 18, 2020, respectively, (iv) the sale of 6,000,000 shares of common stock by us on January 8, 2021 at a public offering price of $2.24 pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated January 5, 2021, and (v) the repayment of $350,000 of principal of the April 2020 Senior Convertible Note, and
     
  on an unaudited pro forma as adjusted basis, after giving further effect to the sale by us of all 9,872,609 shares of our common stock offered hereby at an indicative offering price to the public of $4.60 per share, and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

You should read this table together with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement from our SEC filings, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as well as “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the other financial information included therein.

 

   Historical       Pro Forma 
In Thousands of Dollars  Actual   Pro Forma   As Adjusted 
   (unaudited)   (unaudited)   (unaudited) 
Assets:               
Cash  $8,293   $36,314   $77,480 
Total assets  $10,504   $38,525   $79,691 
                
Liabilities:               
Senior secured convertible notes at fair value  $20,220   $12,970   $12,970 
Total liabilities  $25,265   $18,015   $18,015 
                
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit):               
Preferred stock, par value $0.001, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 1,203,488 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020  $2,463   $2,537   $2,537 
Common stock, par value $0.001; 150,000,000 shares authorized, 49,655,915 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020   50    71    81 
Additional paid-in capital   64,050    101,152    142,308 
Accumulated deficit   (79,461)   (81,387)   (81,387)
Total PAVmed Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit)  $(12,898)  $22,373   $63,539 
                
Noncontrolling interest   (1,863)   (1,863)   (1,863)
                
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)  $(14,761)  $20,510   $61,676 
                
Total liabilities and equity  $10,504   $38,525   $79,691 

 

The foregoing table does not take into account the exercise or conversion of our convertible securities, common stock purchase warrants, stock options and unit purchase options, or underlying our equity plans, as set forth in footnote 1 in “Prospectus Summary – The Offering.”

 

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DILUTION

 

If you invest in our shares, your ownership interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the price you paid per share of common stock in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of our common stock after this offering. Net tangible book value per share represents total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of our common stock outstanding.

 

Our unaudited historical actual net tangible book value as of September 30, 2020 was approximately $(14.8) million, or approximately $(0.30) per share of our common stock issued and outstanding on an unaudited historical actual basis as of such date.

 

Our unaudited pro forma net tangible book value as of September 30, 2020 would have been approximately $20.5 million, or approximately $0.29 per share of our common stock, after giving effect to (i) the conversion, after September 30, 2020 and through January 5, 2021, of a total of approximately $6,100,000 of installment principal repayments and corresponding interest thereon under the November 2019 Senior Convertible Notes, settled by the issuance of 4,184,188 shares of our common stock, with an estimated fair value of approximately $8,752,000 (with such estimated fair value based on the closing price of our common stock on the applicable conversion date), and a fair value adjustment of approximately $800,000 resulting from the difference between the fair value of $6.9 million as of September 30, 2020 and the $6.1 million of installment repayments and interest thereon, (ii) the declaration by our board of directors, in October 2020, of approximately $74,000 of Series B Preferred Stock dividends, with such dividends settled by the issuance of an additional 24,587 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, (iii) the sale of 10,647,500 shares by us on December 15, 2020 and December 22, 2020 at a public offering price of $1.60 per share, pursuant to prospectus supplements dated December 11, 2020 and December 18, 2020, respectively, (iv) the sale of 6,000,000 shares of common stock by us on January 8, 2021 at a public offering price of $2.24 pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated January 5, 2021, and (v) the repayment of $350,000 of principal of the April 2020 Senior Convertible Note.

 

Our unaudited pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of September 30, 2020 would have been approximately $61.7 million, or $0.77 per share of our common stock, after giving further effect to the sale by us of all 9,782,609 shares of our common stock offered hereby at an indicative offering price to the public of $4.60 per share, and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $0.48 per share of our common stock to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $3.83 per share of our common stock to new investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering at the indicative offering price to the public.

 

The following table illustrates the dilution on a per share of common stock basis for investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering:

 

Indicative public offering price per share in this offering      $4.60 
Pro forma net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2020  $0.29     
Increase in net tangible book value attributable to this offering  $0.48     
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2020      $0.77 
Dilution per share to new investors in this offering      $3.83 

 

The per share calculations above are based on the number of shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020, as follows: 49,655,915 shares on an unaudited historical actual basis, 70,487,603 shares on an unaudited pro forma basis, and 80,270,212 shares on an unaudited pro forma as adjusted basis (which excludes 1,416,666 of unvested restricted stock), each as described above.

 

If the underwriter exercises in full its option to purchase 1,467,391 additional shares of common stock in this offering, the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value after this offering would be approximately $0.83 per share, representing an increase in net tangible book value of approximately $0.54 per share to existing stockholders and immediate dilution in net tangible book value of approximately $3.77 per share to new investors purchasing our common stock in this offering at the indicative offering price to the public.

 

The foregoing information is based on the indicative offering price to the public of $4.60 per share. To the extent investors pay more than such price, the dilution to new investors purchasing shares in this offering will be greater.

 

The foregoing table does not take into account the exercise or conversion of our convertible securities, common stock purchase warrants, stock options and unit purchase options, or underlying our equity plans, as set forth in footnote 1 in “Prospectus Summary – The Offering.”

 

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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

 

Upon consummation of the offering, 81,686,878 shares of our common stock will be outstanding (or 83,154,269 shares of common stock if the underwriter exercises in full its option to purchase up to 1,467,391 additional shares of common stock). In addition, as of February 19, 2021, we had an aggregate of 30,004,793 shares of common stock underlying our convertible securities, common stock purchase warrants, stock options and unit purchase options, and underlying our equity plans, as set forth in footnote 1 in “Prospectus Summary – The Offering.” We presently are authorized to issue 150,000,000 shares of our common stock. For a more complete description of our common stock, please see “Description of Capital Stock” in the accompanying base prospectus.

 

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UNDERWRITING

 

We have entered into an underwriting agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as underwriter, with respect to the common stock being offered hereby. Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, the underwriter has agreed to purchase from us the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus supplement.

 

The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriter are subject to certain conditions precedent and that the underwriter has agreed to purchase all of the shares of common stock sold under the underwriting agreement if any of these shares are purchased.

 

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriter against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act,” and to contribute to payments the underwriter may be required to make in respect thereof.

 

The underwriter is offering the shares of common stock, subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by them, subject to approval of legal matters by their counsel and other conditions specified in the underwriting agreement. The underwriter reserves the right to withdraw, cancel or modify offers to the public and to reject orders in whole or in part.

 

Underwriting Discounts and Commissions and Offering Expenses

 

The underwriter is purchasing 9,782,609 shares of common stock from us at $4.25 per share, representing approximately $41,576,000 aggregate proceeds to us, before offering expenses. The underwriter may offer the shares of common stock from time to time to purchasers directly or through agents, or through brokers in brokerage transactions on The Nasdaq Capital Market, or to dealers in negotiated transactions or in a combination of such methods of sale, or otherwise, at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices subject to receipt and acceptance by it and subject to its right to reject any order in whole or in part. The difference between the price at which the underwriter purchases shares from us and the price at which the underwriter resells such shares may be deemed underwriting compensation. If the underwriter effects such transactions by selling shares of common stock to or through dealers, such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriter and/or purchasers of shares of common stock for whom they may act as agents or to whom they may sell as principal.

 

We estimate that the total expenses of the offering payable by us, other than the underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $360,000, which includes legal, accounting and financial advisory fees. The financial advisors retained by us are not acting as underwriters and will not sell or offer to sell any securities and will not identify, solicit or engage directly with potential investors. In addition, the financial advisors will not underwrite or purchase any of the offered shares or otherwise participate in any such undertaking.

 

Option to Purchase Additional Shares

 

We have granted the underwriter an option, exercisable for 30 days from the date of this prospectus supplement, to purchase, from time to time, in whole or in part, up to 1,467,391 additional shares from us at the price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus supplement.

 

Listing

 

Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol “PAVM.”

 

Transfer Agent

 

The transfer agent for our common stock to be issued in this offering is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, located at 17 Battery Place, New York, New York 10004.

 

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No Sales of Similar Securities

 

We, our executive officers and our directors have agreed, subject to certain specified exceptions, not to directly or indirectly, for a period of 90 days after the date of the underwriting agreement:

 

  sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including any short sale), pledge, transfer, establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-l(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the “Exchange Act,” or otherwise dispose of, any shares of common stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of common stock, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of common stock currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially,
     
  enter into any swap, hedge or other agreement or transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequence of ownership of common stock, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of common stock, or
     
  publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing for a period of 90 days after the date of this prospectus supplement without the prior written consent of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

 

In addition, we and each such person agrees that, without the prior written consent of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., we or such other person will not, during the restricted period, make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of common stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock.

 

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. may, in its sole discretion and at any time or from time to time before the termination of the 90-day period release all or any portion of the securities subject to lock-up agreements.

 

Stabilization

 

In connection with this offering, the underwriter may engage in stabilizing transactions, overallotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and purchases to cover positions created by short sales in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

 

  Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase shares of common stock so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum, and are engaged in for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the common stock while the offering is in progress.
     
  Overallotment transactions involve sales by the underwriter of shares of common stock in excess of the number of shares of common stock the underwriter is obligated to purchase. This creates a short position which may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares of common stock overallotted by the underwriter, if any, is not greater than the number of shares of common stock that it may purchase in the option to purchase additional shares. In a naked short position, the number of shares of common stock involved is greater than the number of shares of common stock in the option to purchase additional shares, if any. The underwriter may close out any short position by exercising its option to purchase additional shares, if any, and/or purchasing shares of common stock in the open market.
     
  Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of common stock in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of shares of common stock to close out the short position, the underwriter will consider, among other things, the price of shares of common stock available for purchase in the open market as compared with the price at which the underwriter may purchase shares of common stock through exercise of the option to purchase additional shares, if any. If the underwriter sells more shares of common stock than could be covered by exercise of the option to purchase additional shares, if any, and, therefore, has a naked short position, the position can be closed out only by buying shares of common stock in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriter is concerned that after pricing there could be downward pressure on the price of the shares of common stock in the open market that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.

 

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These stabilizing transactions and syndicate covering transactions may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock in the open market may be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of these transactions. Neither we nor the underwriter make any representation or prediction as to the effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our common stock. These transactions may be effected on The Nasdaq Capital Market, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

 

Passive Market Making

 

In connection with this offering, the underwriter may engage in passive market making transactions in our common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, during a period before the commencement of offers or sales of common stock and extending through the completion of the distribution. A passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid of that security. However, if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid that bid must then be lowered when specified purchase limits are exceeded.

 

Other Activities and Relationships

 

The underwriter and certain of its affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. The underwriter and certain of its affiliates may in the future perform various commercial and investment banking and financial advisory services for us and our affiliates, for which they will receive customary fees and expenses. In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the underwriter and certain of its affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments issued by us and our affiliates. If the underwriter or its affiliates have a lending relationship with us, they may routinely hedge their credit exposure to us consistent with their customary risk management policies. The underwriter and its affiliates may hedge such exposure by entering into transactions which consist of either the purchase of credit default swaps or the creation of short positions in our securities or the securities of our affiliates, including potentially the common stock offered hereby. Any such short positions could adversely affect future trading prices of the common stock offered hereby. The underwriter and its affiliates may also communicate independent investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

 

Notice to Investors

 

Canada

 

This prospectus supplement constitutes an “exempt offering document” as defined in and for the purposes of applicable Canadian securities laws. No prospectus has been filed with any securities commission or similar regulatory authority in Canada in connection with the offer and sale of the common stock. No securities commission or similar regulatory authority in Canada has reviewed or in any way passed upon this prospectus supplement or on the merits of the common stock and any representation to the contrary is an offence.

 

Canadian investors are advised that this prospectus supplement has been prepared in reliance on section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts, or “NI 33-105.” Pursuant to section 3A.3 of NI 33-105, this prospectus supplement is exempt from the requirement that we and the underwriter(s) provide investors with certain conflicts of interest disclosure pertaining to “connected issuer” and/or “related issuer” relationships that may exist between us and the underwriter(s) as would otherwise be required pursuant to subsection 2.1(1) of NI 33-105.

 

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Resale Restrictions

 

The offer and sale of the common stock in Canada is being made on a private placement basis only and is exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a prospectus under applicable Canadian securities laws. Any resale of the common stock acquired by a Canadian investor in this offering must be made in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws, which may vary depending on the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made in accordance with Canadian prospectus requirements, pursuant to a statutory exemption from the prospectus requirements, in a transaction exempt from the prospectus requirements or otherwise under a discretionary exemption from the prospectus requirements granted by the applicable local Canadian securities regulatory authority. These resale restrictions may under certain circumstances apply to resales of the common stock outside of Canada.

 

Representations of Purchasers

 

Each Canadian investor who purchases the common stock will be deemed to have represented to us and the underwriter(s) that the investor (i) is purchasing the common stock as principal, or is deemed to be purchasing as principal in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws, for investment only and not with a view to resale or redistribution; (ii) is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in section 1.1 of National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions, or “NI 45-106,” or, in Ontario, as such term is defined in section 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario); and (iii) is a “permitted client” as such term is defined in section 1.1 of National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations.

 

Taxation and Eligibility for Investment

 

Any discussion of taxation and related matters contained in this prospectus supplement does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to a Canadian investor when deciding to purchase the common stock and, in particular, does not address any Canadian tax considerations. No representation or warranty is hereby made as to the tax consequences to a resident, or deemed resident, of Canada of an investment in the common stock or with respect to the eligibility of the common stock for investment by such investor under relevant Canadian federal and provincial legislation and regulations.

 

Rights of Action for Damages or Rescission

 

Securities legislation in certain of the Canadian jurisdictions provides certain purchasers of securities pursuant to an offering memorandum (such as this prospectus supplement), including where the distribution involves an “eligible foreign security” as such term is defined in Ontario Securities Commission Rule 45-501 Ontario Prospectus and Registration Exemptions and in Multilateral Instrument 45-107 Listing Representation and Statutory Rights of Action Disclosure Exemptions, as applicable, with a remedy for damages or rescission, or both, in addition to any other rights they may have at law, where the offering memorandum, or other offering document that constitutes an offering memorandum, and any amendment thereto, contains a “misrepresentation” as defined under applicable Canadian securities laws. These remedies, or notice with respect to these remedies, must be exercised or delivered, as the case may be, by the purchaser within the time limits prescribed under, and are subject to limitations and defences under, applicable Canadian securities legislation. In addition, these remedies are in addition to and without derogation from any other right or remedy available at law to the investor.

 

Language of Documents

 

Upon receipt of this document, each Canadian investor hereby confirms that it has expressly requested that all documents evidencing or relating in any way to the sale of the securities described herein (including for greater certainty any purchase confirmation or any notice) be drawn up in the English language only. Par la réception de ce document, chaque investisseur Canadien confirme par les présentes qu’il a expressément exigé que tous les documents faisant foi ou se rapportant de quelque manière que ce soit à la vente des valeurs mobilières décrites aux présentes (incluant, pour plus de certitude, toute confirmation d’achat ou tout avis) soient rédigés en anglais seulement.

 

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Australia

 

This prospectus supplement is not a disclosure document for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia, or Corporations Act, and has not been lodged with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission and is only directed to the categories of exempt persons set out below. Accordingly, if you receive this prospectus supplement in Australia:

 

You confirm and warrant that you are either:

 

  a “sophisticated investor” under section 708(8)(a) or (b) of the Corporations Act;
     
  a “sophisticated investor” under section 708(8)(c) or (d) of the Corporations Act and that you have provided an accountant’s certificate to us which complies with the requirements of section 708(8)(c)(i) or (ii) of the Corporations Act and related regulations before the offer has been made; or
     
  a “professional investor” within the meaning of section 708(11)(a) or (b) of the Corporations Act.

 

To the extent that you are unable to confirm or warrant that you are an exempt sophisticated investor or professional investor under the Corporations Act any offer made to you under this prospectus supplement is void and incapable of acceptance.

 

You warrant and agree that you will not offer any of the shares issued to you pursuant to this prospectus supplement for resale in Australia within 12 months of those securities being issued unless any such resale offer is exempt from the requirement to issue a disclosure document under section 708 of the Corporations Act.

 

European Economic Area

 

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant State”), no shares have been offered or will be offered pursuant to the offering to the public in that Relevant State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the shares which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation, except that the shares may be offered to the public in that Relevant State at any time:

 

  (a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation;
     
  (b) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriter for any such offer; or
     
  (c) in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation,

 

provided that no such offer of the shares shall require us or the underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the Prospectus Regulation.

 

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to the shares in any Relevant State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any shares, and the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

 

Hong Kong

 

No securities have been offered or sold, and no securities may be offered or sold, in Hong Kong, by means of any document, other than to persons whose ordinary business is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as principal or agent; or to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32) of Hong Kong. No document, invitation or advertisement relating to the securities has been issued or may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance.

 

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This prospectus supplement has not been registered with the Registrar of Companies in Hong Kong. Accordingly, this prospectus may not be issued, circulated or distributed in Hong Kong, and the securities may not be offered for subscription to members of the public in Hong Kong. Each person acquiring the securities will be required, and is deemed by the acquisition of the securities, to confirm that he is aware of the restriction on offers of the securities described in this prospectus supplement and the relevant offering documents and that he is not acquiring, and has not been offered any securities in circumstances that contravene any such restrictions.

 

Japan

 

The offering has not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948 of Japan, as amended), or FIEL, and the Initial Purchaser will not offer or sell any securities, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means, unless otherwise provided herein, any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to a resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the FIEL and any other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.

 

Singapore

 

This prospectus supplement has not been and will not be lodged or registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus supplement and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or the invitation for subscription or purchase of the securities may not be issued, circulated or distributed, nor may the securities be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to the public or any member of the public in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore, or the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person as defined under Section 275(2), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of any other applicable provision of the SFA.

 

Where the securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is:

 

  a corporation (which is not an accredited investor as defined under Section 4A of the SFA) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or
     
  a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor,

 

shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the shares pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except:

 

  to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person pursuant to an offer that is made on terms that such shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or such rights and interest in that trust are acquired at a consideration of not less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction, whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets, and further for corporations, in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA;
     
  where no consideration is given for the transfer; or
     
  where the transfer is by operation of law.

 

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Switzerland

 

The securities may not be publicly offered in Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, or SIX, or on any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. This prospectus supplement has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issuance prospectuses under art. 652a or art. 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses under art. 27 ff. of the SIX Listing Rules or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. Neither this prospectus supplement nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the securities or the offering may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.

 

Neither this prospectus supplement nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the offering, us or the securities have been or will be filed with or approved by any Swiss regulatory authority. In particular, this prospectus supplement will not be filed with, and the offer of securities will not be supervised by, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, or FINMA, and the offer of securities has not been and will not be authorized under the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes, or CISA. The investor protection afforded to acquirers of interests in collective investment schemes under the CISA does not extend to acquirers of securities.

 

Israel

 

This document does not constitute a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968, or the Securities Law, and has not been filed with or approved by the Israel Securities Authority. In the State of Israel, this document is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, and any offer of the shares is directed only at, investors listed in the first addendum, or the Addendum, to the Israeli Securities Law, consisting primarily of joint investment in trust funds, provident funds, insurance companies, banks, portfolio managers, investment advisors, members of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, underwriters, venture capital funds, entities with equity in excess of NIS 50 million and “qualified individuals”, each as defined in the Addendum (as it may be amended from time to time), collectively referred to as qualified investors (in each case purchasing for their own account or, where permitted under the Addendum, for the accounts of their clients who are investors listed in the Addendum). Qualified investors will be required to submit written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the Addendum, are aware of the meaning of same and agree to it.

 

United Kingdom

 

No shares have been offered or will be offered pursuant to the offering to the public in the United Kingdom prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Shares which has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority, except that the shares may be offered to the public in the United Kingdom at any time:

 

  (a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation;
     
  (b) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriter for any such offer; or
     
  (c) in any other circumstances falling within Section 86 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, the “FSMA”;

 

provided that no such offer of the shares shall require us or the underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Section 85 of the FSMA or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the UK Prospectus Regulation.

 

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to the shares in the United Kingdom means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any shares and the expression “UK Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the securities offered will be passed upon for us by Graubard Miller, New York, New York. Graubard Miller and its partners own warrants to purchase shares of our common stock, which represent, in the aggregate, beneficial ownership of less than 1% of our common stock. Duane Morris LLP, New York, New York, is acting as counsel for the underwriter in connection with this offering.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements of PAVmed Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and for the year then ended, which are incorporated in this prospectus supplement by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2019, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph to our ability to continue as a going concern) of Marcum LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

The consolidated financial statements of PAVmed Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018 and for the year then ended, which are incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2019, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph about the existence of substantial doubt concerning our ability to continue as a going concern) of Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the public reference room.

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the offering of these securities. The registration statement, including the attached exhibits, contains additional relevant information about us and the securities. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. You can obtain a copy of the registration statement, at prescribed rates, from the SEC at the address listed above.

 

The registration statement and our SEC filings, including the documents referred to below under “Information Incorporated by Reference,” are also available on our website, www.pavmed.com. We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus the information on our website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus.

 

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below, and all filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the sale of all of the shares offered hereby:

 

  our Annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (filed with the SEC on April 14, 2020) and Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (filed with the SEC on April 24, 2020);
     
  our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 28, 2020; for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on August 14, 2020; and, for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 6, 2020;

 

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  our current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2020, May 1, 2020, May 15, 2020, July 27, 2020, August 6, 2020, December 11, 2020, December 18, 2020, December 22, 2020, January 6, 2021, and January 15, 2021;
     
  our definitive proxy statements on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on January 27, 2021 and June 11, 2020; and
     
  our registration statement on Form 8-A effective on January 28, 2016, registering our common stock and Series W Warrants under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and our registration statement on Form 8-A effective April 5, 2018, registering our Series Z Warrants under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

Any statement contained in a document filed before the date of this prospectus and incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus. Any information that we file after the date of this prospectus with the SEC and incorporated by reference herein will automatically update and supersede the information contained in this prospectus and in any document previously incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are not incorporating any document or portion thereof or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rule.

 

We will provide you with a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in this prospectus, without charge, upon written or oral request directed to PAVmed Inc., One Grand Central Place, Suite 4600, New York, New York 10165, telephone number (212) 949-4319. You may also access the documents incorporated by reference as described under “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

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Prospectus

 

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PAVmed Inc.

 

$75,000,000

 

COMMON STOCK, PREFERRED STOCK, WARRANTS, DEBT SECURITIES AND UNITS

 

We will offer and sell from time to time shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock, warrants, debt securities and/or units comprised of one or more of the other classes of securities offered hereby, at an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $75,000,000. The securities may be offered separately, together, or in series, and in amounts, at prices and on other terms to be determined at the time of each offering. We will specify the terms of the securities being offered in one or more prospectus supplements, which may also supplement, update or amend information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

We may sell the securities directly to investors, to or through underwriters or dealers or through agents designated from time to time, among other methods. The prospectus supplement for each offering will describe in detail the specific plan of distribution for the securities. The prospectus supplement also will set forth the price to the public of such securities, any placement agent’s fees or underwriter’s discounts and commissions, and the net proceeds we expect to receive from the sale of the securities.

 

Our common stock is listed for trading on the Capital Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, or “Nasdaq,” under the symbol “PAVM.” Our Series W Warrants and Series Z Warrants are listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “PAVMW” and “PAVMZ.” On September 8, 2020, the last reported sale prices of our common stock, Series W Warrants and Series Z Warrants were $1.83, $0.98 and $0.90, respectively. As of the date of this prospectus, none of the other securities that we may offer by this prospectus are listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” on page 6 in this prospectus and elsewhere in any supplements for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this prospectus is September 17, 2020

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS 1
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 1
INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 2
NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 2
OUR COMPANY 4
RISK FACTORS 6
USE OF PROCEEDS 6
SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER 6
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK 7
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS 11
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES 16
DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITS 22
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION OF SECURITIES 23
LEGAL MATTERS 26
EXPERTS 26

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement under the Securities Act on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “SEC” using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may, from time to time, sell or issue any of the combination of securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings with a maximum aggregate offering price of up to $75,000,000.

 

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in that prospectus supplement. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, together with the additional information described below under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Information Incorporated by Reference.”

 

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or issuer free writing prospectus relating to a particular offering. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information and, if provided, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. Neither this prospectus nor any prospectus supplement nor any issuer free writing prospectus shall constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy offered securities in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offering or solicitation. This prospectus does not contain and any prospectus supplement or issuer free writing prospectus will not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. For a more complete understanding of the offering of the securities, you should refer to the registration statement, including its exhibits.

 

You should not assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front cover of this prospectus. You should not assume that the information contained in any prospectus supplement or in the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein or in any issuer free writing prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the respective dates of those documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may have changed since that date.

 

We have proprietary rights to trademarks used in this prospectus, including PAVmedTM, Lucid DiagnosticsTM, PortIOTM, CaldusTM, CarpXTM, EsoCheckTM, EsoGuardTM, EsoCheck Cell Collection Device™, EsoCure Esophageal Ablation Device™, NextCathTM, DisappEARTM, NextFloTM and “Innovating at the Speed of Life”TM. Solely for our convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the “®” or “™” symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, our rights or the rights to these trademarks and trade names.

 

Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus to “PAVmed,” the “Company,” and “we,” “us” and “our” refer to PAVmed Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the public reference room.

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the offering of these securities. The registration statement, including the attached exhibits, contains additional relevant information about us and the securities. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. You can obtain a copy of the registration statement, at prescribed rates, from the SEC at the address listed above.

 

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The registration statement and our SEC filings, including the documents referred to below under “Information Incorporated by Reference,” are also available on our website, www.pavmed.com. We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus the information on our website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus.

 

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below, all filings we make under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the initial filing date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part and prior to effectiveness of such registration statement, and all filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after effectiveness of such registration statement and prior to the sale of all of the securities offered hereby:

 

  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (filed on April 14, 2020) and Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (filed on April 24, 2020).
     
  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2020 (filed on May 28, 2020) and June 30, 2020 (filed on August 14, 2020).
     
  Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2020, May 1, 2020, May 15, 2020, July 27, 2020 and August 6, 2020.
     
  Form 8-A filed on January 29, 2016 registering our common stock and Series W Warrants, and Form 8-A filed on April 5, 2018 registering our Series Z Warrants, under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

Any statement contained in a document filed before the date of this prospectus and incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus. Any information that we file after the date of this prospectus with the SEC and incorporated by reference herein will automatically update and supersede the information contained in this prospectus and in any document previously incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are not incorporating any document or portion thereof or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rule.

 

We will provide you with a copy of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, without charge, upon written or oral request directed to PAVmed Inc., One Grand Central Place, Suite 4600, New York, New York 10165, telephone number (212) 949-4319. You may also access the documents incorporated by reference as described under “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including statements regarding our future consolidated results of operations and consolidated financial position, our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital and operating expenditure requirements and needs for additional financing, our business strategy and plans and the objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.

 

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The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus are based on current expectations, beliefs and assumptions concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual events and results may differ significantly from the events and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to the following:

 

  our limited operating history;
     
  our ability to generate revenue;
     
  the ability of our products to achieve regulatory approval and market acceptance;
     
  our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors;
     
  our ability to obtain additional financing when and if needed;
     
  our ability to protect our intellectual property rights;
     
  our ability to complete strategic acquisitions;
     
  our ability to manage growth and integrate acquired operations;
     
  cybersecurity risks;
     
  risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic;
     
  the liquidity and trading of our securities;
     
  regulatory or operational risks; and
     
  the other risks and uncertainties incorporated by reference under “Risk Factors.”

 

In addition, our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future financings, acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures, or investments we may make.

 

You should not rely on our forward-looking statements. You should read prospectus, and the documents incorporated herein by reference, completely and with the understanding actual events and results may be materially different from what we expect. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by applicable law.

 

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OUR COMPANY

 

Overview

 

We are a highly-differentiated multi-product commercial-stage medical device company organized to advance a broad pipeline of innovative medical technologies from concept to commercialization, employing a business model focused on capital efficiency and speed to market. Since inception on June 26, 2014, our activities have focused on advancing our lead products towards regulatory approval and commercialization, protecting our intellectual property, and building our corporate infrastructure and management team. We operate in one segment as a medical device company with four operating divisions, which include GI Health, Minimally Invasive Interventions, Infusion Therapy, and Emerging Innovations. As resources permit, we will continue to explore internal and external innovations that fulfill our project selection criteria without limiting ourselves to any target specialty or condition. We have ongoing operations conducted in two active majority owned subsidiaries: Lucid Diagnostics Inc., or “Lucid,” which was incorporated in May 2018, and Solys Diagnostics Inc., or “Solys,” which was incorporated in October 2019.

 

A brief description of our key divisions and products is as follows:

 

GI Health

 

EsoGuard, EsoCheck and EsoCure

 

EsoCheck and EsoGuard are based on a patented platform technology licensed from Case Western Reserve University to Lucid, which was developed to provide an accurate, non-invasive, patient-friendly screening test for the early detection of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, or “EAC,” and of Barrett’s Esophagus, including dysplasia, pre-cursors to EAC in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux. EsoGuard is a molecular diagnostic esophageal DNA test shown in a published human study to be highly accurate at detecting Barrett’s Esophagus, as well as EAC. EsoCheck is a non-invasive cell collection device designed to sample cells from a targeted region of the esophagus in a five-minute office-based procedure, without the need for endoscopy.

 

EsoCure is a technology developed by PAVmed to treat Barrett’s Esophagus. EsoCure is in development to provide an Esophageal Ablation Device using Caldus Technology to allow a clinician to treat dysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus before it can progress to EAC, a highly lethal esophageal cancer, and to do so without the need for complex and expensive capital equipment.

 

Both EsoGuard and EsoCheck are commercially available, as separately marketed products, for physicians to prescribe for U.S. patients. On June 9, 2020, the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicare Services published its preliminary gapfill payment recommendations for the current review cycle. For EsoGuard, Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA recommended a payment of $1,938.01 in 38 states and $2,690.00 in 12 states (including Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) and two U.S. territories. Our longer-term strategy is to secure a specific indication, based on published guidelines, for Barrett’s Esophagus screening in certain at-risk populations using EsoGuard on samples collected with EsoCheck. This use of EsoGuard together with EsoCheck as a screening system must be cleared or approved by the FDA as an in vitro device. We are conducting two concurrent clinical trials, an EsoGuard screening study and an EsoGuard case control study, to support a future premarket approval filing with the FDA. In February 2020, we received FDA Breakthrough Device designation for our EsoGuard esophageal DNA test on esophageal samples collected using our EsoCheck cell collection device in a prevalent well-defined group of patients at elevated risk for esophageal dysplasia due to chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease.

 

Minimally Invasive Interventions

 

CarpX

 

CarpX is a minimally invasive surgical device for use in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. We believe CarpX will allow the physician to relieve the compression on the median nerve without an open incision or the need for endoscopic or other imaging equipment. To use CarpX, the operator first advances a guidewire through the carpal tunnel under the ligament, and then advanced over the wire and positioned in the carpal tunnel under ultrasonic and/or fluoroscopic guidance. When the CarpX balloon is inflated it creates tension in the ligament positioning the cutting electrodes underneath it and creates space within the tunnel, providing anatomic separation between the target ligament and critical structures such as the median nerve. Radiofrequency energy is briefly delivered to the electrodes, rapidly cutting the ligament, and relieving the pressure on the nerve. We believe CarpX will be significantly less invasive than existing treatments.

 

In April 2020, we received FDA market clearance under section 510(k) for our CarpX minimally invasive surgical device for use in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome.

 

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Infusion Therapy

 

PortIO

 

PortIO is a novel, patented, implantable, intraosseous vascular medical device which does not require accessing the central venous system and does not have an indwelling intravascular component. It is designed to be highly resistant to occlusion and may not require regular flushing. It features simplified, near-percutaneous insertion and removal, without the need for surgical dissection or radiographic confirmation. It provides a near limitless number of potential access sites and can be used in patients with chronic total occlusion of their central veins. We believe the absence of an intravascular component will likely result in a very low infection rate.

 

Based on encouraging animal data, once the COVID-19 outbreak allows for resumption of clinical trial activities, we are planning a long-term (60-day implant duration) first-in-human clinical study in dialysis patients or those with poor venous access in Colombia, South America and intend to fulfill the likely FDA request for human clinical data with a clinical safety study in the United States following FDA clearance of our Investigational Device Exemption submission to begin clinical testing. In addition, we plan to file for FDA Breakthrough Device designation for PortIO.

 

NextFlo

 

NextFlo is a patented, disposable, and highly accurate infusion platform technology including intravenous infusion sets and disposable infusion pumps designed to eliminate the need for complex and expensive electronic infusion pumps for most of the estimated one million infusions of fluids, medications and other substances delivered each day in hospitals and outpatient settings in the United States. NextFlo is designed to deliver highly accurate gravity-driven infusions independent of the height of the intravenous bag. It maintains constant flow by incorporating a proprietary, passive, pressure-dependent variable flow-resistor consisting entirely of inexpensive, easy-to-manufacture disposable mechanical parts. NextFlo testing has demonstrated constant flow rates across a wide range of intravenous bag heights, with accuracy rates comparable to electronic infusion pumps. We are seeking a long-term strategic partnership or acquiror for NextFlo. We have been running a formal M&A process for NextFlo targeting strategic and financial partners. The process is active with ongoing discussion with multiple parties and we are simultaneously progressing toward an initial section 510(k) submission to the FDA.

 

Emerging Innovations

 

Emerging innovations refers to a diversified and expanding portfolio of innovative products designed to address unmet clinical needs across a broad range of clinical conditions. We are evaluating a number of these product opportunities and intellectual property covering a spectrum of clinical conditions, which have either been developed internally or have been presented to us by clinician innovators and academic medical centers for consideration of a partnership to develop and commercialize these products. This collection of products includes, without limitation, initiatives in noninvasive laser-based glucose monitoring, mechanical circulatory support, and pediatric ear tubes. In June 2020, we announced the execution of a letter of intent to consummate a series of agreements to develop and utilize Canon Virginia’s commercial grade and scalable aqueous silk fibroin molding process to manufacture our DisappEAR molded pediatric ear tubes for commercialization. Furthermore, we are exploring other opportunities to grow our business and enhance shareholder value through the acquisition of pre-commercial or commercial stage products and/or companies with potential strategic corporate and commercial synergies.

 

Corporate History

 

We were incorporated on June 26, 2014 in the State of Delaware under the name PAXmed Inc. In April 2015, we changed our name to PAVmed Inc.

 

Our business address is One Grand Central Place, 60 East 42nd Street, Suite 4600, New York, New York 10165, and our telephone number is (212) 949-4319. Our corporate website is www.PAVmed.com. The information contained on, or that can be assessed through, our corporate website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and you should not consider information on our corporate website to be part of this prospectus supplement or in deciding whether to purchase our securities.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Any investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Potential investors are urged to read and consider the risks and uncertainties relating to an investment in our company set forth under “Risk Factors” in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular offering, together with all of the other information contained or incorporated by reference in the prospectus supplement or contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Potential investors also should read and consider the risks and uncertainties discussed under the item “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, all of which are incorporated herein by reference, as they may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the SEC in the future and any prospectus supplement related to a particular offering. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business and results of operations. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be seriously harmed. In that event, the market price for our common stock could decline and you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered hereby will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes. Any specific allocation of the net proceeds of an offering of securities to a specific purpose will be determined at the time of a particular offering and will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such offering. Pending the application of such proceeds, we expect to invest the proceeds in short-term, interest bearing, investment-grade marketable securities or money market obligations.

 

SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER

 

This prospectus contains summary descriptions of the securities we may offer from time to time. These summary descriptions are not meant to be complete descriptions of each security. The particular terms of any security will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

In the discussion that follows, we have summarized selected provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the “DGCL,” relating to our capital stock. This summary is not complete, is subject to the relevant provisions of Delaware law and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws. You should read the provisions of our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws as currently in effect for provisions that may be important to you.

 

Authorized Capital Stock

 

We are authorized to issue 150,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001. On March 23, 2018, we filed a certificate of designation of preferences, rights and limitations for a series of preferred stock designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, or the “Series B Preferred Stock.”

 

As of September 8, 2020, 50,101,954 shares of our common stock and 1,203,488 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. In addition, as of September 8, 2020:

 

  17,196,857 shares were issuable upon exercise of our outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $1.68 per share;
     
  6,673,529 shares were issuable upon exercise of our outstanding employee stock options at a weighted average exercise price of $2.57 per share;
     
  53,000 units were issuable upon exercise of our outstanding unit purchase options at an exercise price of $5.50 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of our common stock and one Series Z Warrant, and each Series Z Warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.60 per share;
     
  1,203,488 shares were estimated to be issuable upon conversion of our outstanding Series B Preferred Stock (assuming all outstanding shares were converted in full on such date at the conversion price of $3.00 per share). The number of shares of common stock to be issued under the Series B Preferred Stock may be substantially greater than this amount, because dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock are payable in kind;
     
  4,490,541 shares were estimated to be issuable upon conversion our senior secured convertible notes issued on November 4, 2019 (assuming such notes were converted in full on such date at the fixed conversion price of $1.60 per share). The number of shares of common stock to be issued under these notes may be substantially greater than this amount, if the interest and the installments of principal due under such notes are paid in shares of our common stock, because in such cases the number of shares issued will be determined based on the then current market price, but in any event at a price not more than fixed conversion price per share or less than a floor price specified in the notes;
     
  2,372,222 shares were estimated to be issuable upon conversion our senior convertible notes issued on April 30, 2020 and on August 6, 2020 (assuming such notes were converted in full on such date at the fixed conversion price of $5.00 per share). In certain limited circumstances, the number of shares of common stock to be issued under these notes may be substantially greater than this amount, because such notes may be converted at a price based on the then current market price, but in any event at a price not more than fixed conversion price per share or less than a floor price specified in the notes, upon the occurrence of certain events of default or if we enter into a variable price transaction.

 

As of September 8, 2020, we also had 2,128,406 shares reserved for issuance, but not subject to outstanding awards, under our long-term incentive equity plan, and 513,012 shares reserved for issuance under our employee stock purchase plan.

 

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Common Stock

 

Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on matters on which our stockholders vote. There are no cumulative voting rights. Subject to any preferential dividend rights of any outstanding shares of preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends, if declared by our board of directors, out of funds that we may legally use to pay dividends. If we liquidate or dissolve, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in our assets once our debts and any liquidation preference owed to any then-outstanding preferred stockholders is paid. Our certificate of incorporation does not provide the common stock with any redemption, conversion or preemptive rights, and there are no sinking fund provisions with respect to our common stock. All shares of common stock that are outstanding are fully-paid and non-assessable.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of blank check preferred stock. Accordingly, our board of directors is empowered, without stockholder approval, to issue shares of preferred stock with dividend, liquidation, redemption, voting or other rights which could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of shares of our common stock. In addition, shares of preferred stock could be utilized as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of us.

 

Series B Preferred Stock

 

The Series B Preferred stock is senior to our common stock with respect to dividends and, as described below, assets distributed in liquidation. The Series B Preferred Stock has no voting rights. The stated value of the Series B Preferred Stock is $3.00 per share. All shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are outstanding are fully-paid and non-assessable.

 

The Series B Preferred Stock provides for dividends at a rate of 8% per annum of the stated value per share of the Series B Preferred Stock. Dividends are payable in arrears on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, 2021. Dividends accrue and cumulate whether or not declared by our board of directors. All accumulated and unpaid dividends compound quarterly at the rate of 8% of the stated value per annum. Dividends through October 1, 2021 are payable in additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Dividends after October 1, 2021 are payable at our election in any combination of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, cash or shares of our common stock.

 

In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company or Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in the certificate of designations for the Series B Preferred Stock), the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of our assets available for distribution to our stockholders, before any payment shall be made to the holders of our common stock by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to the greater of (i) the stated value of the Series B Preferred Stock, plus any dividends accrued but unpaid thereon, or (ii) such amount per share as would have been payable had all shares of Series B Preferred Stock been converted into our common stock immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution, winding up or Deemed Liquidation Event.

 

At the holders’ election, a share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into a number of shares of our common stock determined by dividing the stated value of such share by the conversion price. The conversion price is $3.00, subject to adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits or similar events affecting our common stock.

 

Dividends

 

We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date. Any future decisions regarding dividends will be made by our board of directors. We do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future but expect to retain earnings to finance the growth of our business. Our board of directors has complete discretion on whether to pay dividends. Even if our board of directors decides to pay dividends, the form, frequency and amount will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors the board of directors may deem relevant.

 

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Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

Provisions of the DGCL and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could make it more difficult to acquire us by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise, or to remove incumbent officers and directors. These provisions, summarized below, are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and takeover bids that our board of directors may consider inadequate and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging takeover or acquisition proposals because, among other things, negotiation of these proposals could result in improved terms for our stockholders.

 

Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute. We are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, an anti-takeover statute. In general, Section 203 of the DGCL prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years following the time the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination or the acquisition of shares that resulted in a stockholder becoming an interested stockholder is approved in a prescribed manner. Generally, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Generally, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns (or within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status did own) 15% or more of a corporation’s voting stock. The existence of this provision would be expected to have an anti-takeover effect with respect to transactions not approved in advance by the board of directors, including discouraging attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of common stock held by stockholders.

 

Classified Board. Our board of directors is divided into three classes, with staggered three-year terms. The number of directors in each class is as nearly equal as possible. Directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms expire are elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election. The existence of a classified board may extend the time required to make any change in control of the board when compared to a corporation with an unclassified board. It may take two annual meetings for our stockholders to effect a change in control of the board, because in general less than a majority of the members of the board will be elected at a given annual meeting. Because our board is classified and our certificate of incorporation does not otherwise provide, under Delaware law, our directors may only be removed for cause.

 

Vacancies in the Board of Directors. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that, subject to limitations, any vacancy occurring in our board of directors for any reason may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of our board of directors then in office, even if such majority is less than a quorum. Each director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a director shall hold office until the expiration of the term of the director whose death, resignation or removal created the vacancy.

 

Advance Notice of Nominations and Shareholder Proposals. Our stockholders are required to provide advance notice and additional disclosures in order to nominate individuals for election to our board of directors or to propose matters that can be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting, which may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company.

 

Special Meetings of Stockholders. Under our bylaws, special meetings of stockholders may be called by the directors, or the president or the chairman, and shall be called by the secretary at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

No Cumulative Voting. The DGCL provides that stockholders are denied the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless our certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our certificate of incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting.

 

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Limitation on Directors’ Liability and Indemnification

 

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that no director of ours will be personally liable to us or any of our stockholders for monetary damages arising from the director’s breach of fiduciary duty as a director. However, this does not apply (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for liability under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

Our certificate of incorporation provides that all directors shall be entitled to be indemnified by the company to the fullest extent permitted by law and our bylaws contain comparable provisions. Our certificate of incorporation also provides that we shall pay the expenses incurred by our directors in defending any action for which indemnification may be available, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified. We have entered into, and intend to continue to enter into, separate indemnification agreements with our directors, in addition to the indemnification provided for in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws. We also maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.

 

These provisions could have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against our directors and may discourage or deter our stockholders or management from bringing a lawsuit against our directors for breach of their duty of care, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise have benefited us and our stockholders.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or person controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Listing

 

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PAVM.”

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company located at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

 

We may issue warrants for the purchase of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities or any other security offered hereby. Warrants may be issued in one or more series and may be issued independently or together with other securities and may be attached to or separate from any offered securities. We may issue the warrants directly or under warrant agreements to be entered into between a warrant agent and us. Any warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not have any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders or beneficial owners of warrants.

 

The following outlines some of the general terms and provisions of the warrants that we may issue. A prospectus supplement will describe the particular terms of any warrants offered from time to time, and may supplement or change the terms outlined below. We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the SEC, a form of the warrant or form of the warrant agreement and warrant certificate that sets forth the terms of the particular warrants we are offering. The summary of such terms contained in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such warrant or warrant agreement and warrant certificate. We urge you to read the warrant or warrant agreement and warrant certificate and the additional description of the terms of the warrants included in the prospectus supplement.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, we have two series of warrants outstanding: warrants to purchase our common stock issued in our initial public offering and in private placements prior thereto, which we refer to as the “Series W Warrants,” and Series Z warrants to purchase our common stock, which we refer to as the “Series Z Warrants.”

 

General

 

The prospectus supplement relating to a particular issue of warrants will describe the terms of the warrants, including the following:

 

  the title of the warrants;
     
  the offering price for the warrants, if any;
     
  the aggregate number of the warrants;
     
  the designation and terms of the common stock, preferred stock or other class of security that may be purchased upon exercise of the warrants;
     
  if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities that the warrants are issued with and the number of warrants issued with each security;
     
  if applicable, the date from and after which the warrants and any securities issued with the warrants will be separately transferable;
     
  the number of shares and price of common stock or preferred stock, or the designation and number or amount of debt or other securities, that may be purchased upon exercise of a warrant;
     
  the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants commence and expire;
     
  if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of the warrants that may be exercised at any one time;
     
  if applicable, a discussion of material U.S. federal income tax considerations;
     
  anti-dilution provisions of the warrants, if any;
     
  redemption or call provisions, if any, applicable to the warrants; and
     
  any additional terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants.

 

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In the case of warrants issued under a warrant agreement, we and the warrant agent generally may amend or supplement the warrant agreement for a series of warrants without the consent of the holders of the warrants issued thereunder to effect changes that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the warrants and that do not materially and adversely affect the interests of the holders of the warrants.

 

Holders may exercise warrants as set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the warrants being offered. In general, holders may exercise warrants at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the expiration time, unexercised warrants will be void.

 

Until a holder exercises the warrants to purchase any securities underlying the warrants, the holder will not have any rights as a holder of the underlying securities by virtue of ownership of warrants.

 

Series W Warrants

 

The Series W Warrants are issued under a warrant agreement, dated April 28, 2016, between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. In the discussion that follows, we have summarized selected provisions of the warrant agreement. This summary is not complete. This discussion is subject to the provisions the warrant agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the warrant agreement. You should read the warrant agreement as currently in effect for provisions that may be important to you.

 

General

 

We currently have 381,818 Series W Warrants outstanding. Each Series W Warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of our common stock at a price of $5.00 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below. Each warrant is currently exercisable and expires on January 29, 2022 at 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Series W Warrants will be exercisable for cash unless we have an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of common stock. If a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Series W Warrants is not effective when the warrants become exercisable, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise the Series W Warrants on a cashless basis in the same manner as if we called the warrants for redemption and required all holders to exercise their warrants on a “cashless basis.” In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” for this purpose will mean the average reported last sale price of the shares of common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the trading day prior to the date of exercise.

 

Redemption

 

We may redeem the outstanding Series W Warrants (other than those outstanding prior to this offering held by certain of our senior managers, our founders and members thereof), at our option, in whole or in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant:

 

  at any time while the warrants are exercisable,
     
  upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption,
     
  if, and only if, the volume weighted average price of our common stock equals or exceeds $10.00 (subject to adjustment) for any 20 consecutive trading days ending three business days before we send the notice of redemption, provided that the average daily trading volume in the stock is at least 20,000 shares per day, and
     
  if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying such warrants.

 

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The right to exercise will be forfeited unless the Series W Warrants are exercised prior to the date specified in the notice of redemption. On and after the redemption date, a record holder of a Series W Warrant will have no further rights except to receive the redemption price for such holder’s warrant upon surrender of such warrant.

 

If we call the Series W Warrants for redemption as described above, we will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. In this case, the “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the shares of common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants.

 

Exercise

 

The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable on exercise of the Series W Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, extraordinary dividend or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the Series W Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of shares of common stock at a price below their respective exercise prices.

 

The Series W Warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the warrant agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price, by certified or official bank check payable to us, for the number of warrants being exercised. The warrant holders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of shares of common stock and any voting rights until they exercise their warrants and receive shares of common stock.

 

Except as described above, no Series W Warrants will be exercisable and we will not be obligated to issue shares of common stock unless at the time a holder seeks to exercise such warrant, a prospectus relating to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Series W Warrants is current and the shares of common stock have been registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the holder of the warrants. Under the terms of the warrant agreement, we have agreed to use our commercially reasonable best efforts to meet these conditions and to maintain a current prospectus relating to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the warrants.

 

No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Series W Warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round up to the nearest whole number the number of shares of common stock to be issued to the warrant holder.

 

Listing, Warrant Agent and Warrant Agreement

 

Our Series W Warrants are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PAVMW.”

 

The warrant agent and registrar for our Series W Warrants is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company located at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

 

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The Series W Warrants are issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between the warrant agent and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the Series W Warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval, by written consent or vote, of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding warrants in order to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may lower the exercise price or extend the duration of the Series W Warrants without the consent of the holders.

 

Series Z Warrants

 

The Series Z Warrants are issued under an amended and restated warrant agreement, dated June 8, 2018, between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. In the discussion that follows, we have summarized selected provisions of the amended and restated warrant agreement. This summary is not complete. This discussion is subject to the provisions the amended and restated warrant agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the amended and restated warrant agreement. You should read the amended and restated warrant agreement as currently in effect for provisions that may be important to you.

 

General

 

We currently have 16,815,039 Series Z Warrants outstanding. Each Series Z Warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of our common stock at a price of $1.60 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below. Each warrant is currently exercisable and expires on April 30, 2024 at 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Series Z Warrants will be exercisable for cash unless we have an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of common stock. If a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Series Z Warrants is not effective when the warrants become exercisable, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise the Series Z Warrants on a cashless basis in the same manner as if we called the warrants for redemption and required all holders to exercise their warrants on a “cashless basis.” In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” for this purpose will mean the average daily volume weighted average price for our common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the trading day prior to the date of exercise.

 

Redemption

 

We may redeem the outstanding Series Z Warrants (other than those outstanding prior to this offering held by certain of our senior managers, our founders and members thereof), at our option, in whole or in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant:

 

  at any time while the warrants are exercisable,
     
  upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption,
     
  if, and only if, the volume weighted average closing price of our common stock equals or exceeds $9.00 (subject to adjustment) for any 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days ending three business days before we send the notice of redemption, provided that the average daily trading volume in the stock during such 30-day period is at least 20,000 shares per day, and
     
  if and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying such warrants.

 

The right to exercise will be forfeited unless the Series Z Warrants are exercised prior to the date specified in the notice of redemption. On and after the redemption date, a record holder of a Series Z Warrant will have no further rights except to receive the redemption price for such holder’s warrant upon surrender of such warrant.

 

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If we call the Series Z Warrants for redemption as described above, we will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. In this case, the “fair market value” shall mean the average daily volume weighted average price the shares of common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants.

 

Exercise

 

The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable on exercise of the Series Z Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, extraordinary dividend or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the Series Z Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of shares of common stock at a price below their respective exercise prices.

 

If a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the amended and restated warrant agreement for the Series Z Warrants) is completed, then, upon any subsequent exercise of a Series Z Warrant, the holders of the Series Z Warrants shall have the right to receive, for each share of our common stock that would have been issuable upon exercise of a Series Z Warrant immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of each holder (without regard to the beneficial ownership limitation described below), the number of shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of us, if we are the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of our common stock for which the Series Z Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to the beneficial ownership limitation described below).

 

The Series Z Warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the warrant agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as indicated. Within two trading days following the exercise, the holder will pay in full the exercise price, by certified or official bank check payable to us, for the number of warrants being exercised. The warrant holders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of shares of common stock and any voting rights until they exercise their warrants.

 

Except as described above, no Series Z Warrants will be exercisable and we will not be obligated to issue shares of common stock unless at the time a holder seeks to exercise such warrant, a prospectus relating to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Series Z Warrants is current and the shares of common stock have been registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the holder of the warrants. Under the terms of the amended and restated warrant agreement, we have agreed to use our commercially reasonable best efforts to meet these conditions and to maintain a current prospectus relating to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the warrants.

 

No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Series Z Warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round up to the nearest whole number the number of shares of common stock to be issued to the warrant holder.

 

We will not effect any exercise of a Series Z Warrant, and a holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of a Series Z Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable subscription form, the holder (together with the holder’s affiliates, and any other persons acting as a group together with the holder or any of the holder’s affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% or 9.99% (at the election of the holder) of our common stock outstanding.

 

Listing, Warrant Agent and Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement

 

Our Series Z Warrants are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “PAVMZ.”

 

The warrant agent and registrar for our Series Z Warrants is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company located at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

 

The Series Z Warrants are issued in registered form under an amended and restated warrant agreement between the warrant agent and us. The amended and restated warrant agreement provides that the terms of the Series Z Warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval, by written consent or vote, of the holders of two-thirds of the then outstanding warrants in order to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may lower the exercise price or extend the duration of the Series Z Warrants without the consent of the holders.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

We may offer any combination of senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities. We may issue the debt securities under one or more indentures or without the use of an indenture to the extent such issuance without an indenture is exempt under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. If we issue the debt securities under one or more indentures, the senior debt securities will be issued under one form of indenture and the subordinated debt securities will be issued under another form of indenture, in each case, between us, as issuer, and the trustee or trustees identified in a prospectus supplement. The form for each type of indenture is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Further information regarding the trustee or trustees may be provided in the prospectus supplement.

 

The following outlines some of the general terms and provisions of the debt securities that we may issue. A prospectus supplement will describe the particular terms of any debt securities offered from time to time, and may supplement or change the terms outlined below. If we issue the debt securities under an indenture, we will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the SEC, a form of the indenture supplement that sets forth the terms of the particular debt securities we are offering. If we issue the debt securities without an indenture, we will so file or incorporate by reference a form of the instrument evidencing the debt securities that sets forth such terms. The summary of such debt securities contained in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the indentures and the applicable indenture supplement, or to the other applicable instrument evidencing the debt securities. We urge you to read the indentures and the applicable indenture supplement, or the other applicable instrument evidencing the debt securities, and the additional description of the debt securities in the prospectus supplement.

 

General

 

Within the total dollar amount of this shelf registration statement, we may issue an unlimited principal amount of debt securities in separate series. We may specify a maximum aggregate principal amount for the debt securities of any series. However, the indentures, or other applicable instruments, might not limit the amount of other debt that we may incur or whether that debt is senior to the debt securities offered by this prospectus, and might not contain financial or similar restrictive covenants. The indentures, or other applicable instruments, might not contain any provision to protect holders of debt securities against a sudden or dramatic decline in our ability to pay our debt.

 

Senior debt securities will be unsubordinated obligations and will rank equal with all our other unsubordinated debt. Subordinated debt securities will be paid only if all payments due under our senior indebtedness, including any outstanding senior debt securities, have been made.

 

The prospectus supplement will describe the debt securities and the price or prices at which we will offer the debt securities. The description also will include:

 

  the title and form of the debt securities;
     
  any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities or the series of which they are a part;
     
  the date or dates on which we must repay the principal, the maturity date and the principal amount due at maturity and whether the securities will be offered at a price such that they will be deemed an “original issue discount”;
     
  the person to whom any interest on a debt security of the series will be paid;
     
  the rate or rates at which the debt securities will bear interest;
     
  if any, the date or dates from which interest will accrue, and the dates on which we must pay interest;

 

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  the place or places where we must pay the principal and any premium or interest on the debt securities;
     
  the terms and conditions on which we may redeem any debt security, if at all;
     
  any obligation to redeem or purchase any debt securities, and the terms and conditions on which we must do so;
     
  the denominations in which we may issue the debt securities;
     
  the currency in which we will pay the principal of and any premium or interest on the debt securities and whether we may pay in property other than cash, including our securities;
     
  the principal amount of the debt securities that we will pay upon declaration of acceleration of their maturity;
     
  whether and under what circumstances, if any, we will pay additional amounts on any debt securities held by a person who is not a United States person for tax purposes, and whether we can redeem the debt securities if we have to pay such additional amounts;
     
  if applicable, that the debt securities are defeasible and the terms of such defeasance;
     
  if applicable, the terms of any right to convert debt securities into, or exchange debt securities for, common stock, preferred stock. other debt securities and/or other securities or property;
     
  whether we will issue the debt securities in the form of one or more global securities and, if so, the respective depositaries for the global securities and the terms of the global securities;
     
  the subordination provisions that will apply to any subordinated debt securities;
     
  the events of default applicable to the debt securities and the rights of the trustee, if applicable, or the holders to declare the principal amount of any of the debt securities due and payable; and
     
  the covenants that will apply to the debt securities.

 

We may sell the debt securities at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount. We will describe U.S. federal income tax considerations, if any, applicable to debt securities sold at an original issue discount in the prospectus supplement. An “original issue discount security” is any debt security sold for less than its face value, and which provides that the holder cannot receive the full face value if maturity is accelerated. The prospectus supplement relating to any original issue discount securities will describe the particular provisions relating to acceleration of the maturity upon the occurrence of an event of default. In addition, we will describe U.S. federal income tax or other considerations applicable to any debt securities that are denominated in a currency or unit other than U.S. dollars in the prospectus supplement. If we issue debt securities at a discount from their stated principal amount, then, for purposes of calculating the aggregate offering price of the offered securities issued under this prospectus, we will include only the offering price of the debt securities and not the principal amount of the debt securities.

 

The prospectus supplement will describe, if applicable, the terms on which you may convert debt securities into or exchange them for common stock, preferred stock, other debt securities and/or other securities or property. The conversion or exchange may be mandatory or may be at our option or at your option. The prospectus supplement will describe how the number of shares of preferred stock and common stock or amount of debt securities or other securities or property to be received upon conversion or exchange would be calculated.

 

The Indentures

 

The following outlines some of the general terms and provisions of the indentures for the senior debt securities and the subordinated debt securities. Forms of the indentures are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. The summary of the indentures contained in this prospectus is qualified in its entirety by reference to such forms, which we urge you to read in full.

 

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Subordinated Debt Securities

 

The indebtedness underlying any subordinated debt securities will be payable only if all payments due under our senior indebtedness, as defined in the applicable indenture and any indenture supplement, including any outstanding senior debt securities, have been made. If we distribute our assets to creditors upon any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings, we must first pay all amounts due or to become due on all senior indebtedness before we pay the principal of, or any premium or interest on, the subordinated debt securities. In the event the subordinated debt securities are accelerated because of an event of default, we may not make any payment on the subordinated debt securities until we have paid all senior indebtedness or the acceleration is rescinded. If the payment of subordinated debt securities accelerates because of an event of default, we must promptly notify holders of senior indebtedness of the acceleration.

 

If we experience a bankruptcy, dissolution or reorganization, holders of senior indebtedness may receive more, ratably, and holders of subordinated debt securities may receive less, ratably, than our other creditors. The indenture for subordinated debt securities may not limit our ability to incur additional senior indebtedness.

 

Form, Exchange and Transfer

 

We will issue debt securities only in fully registered form, without coupons, and only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, unless the prospectus supplement provides otherwise. The holder of a debt security may elect, subject to the terms of the indentures and the limitations applicable to global securities, to exchange them for other debt securities of the same series of any authorized denomination and of similar terms and aggregate principal amount.

 

Holders of debt securities may present them for exchange as provided above or for registration of transfer, duly endorsed or with the form of transfer duly executed, at the office of the transfer agent we designate for that purpose. We will not impose a service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange of debt securities, but we may require a payment sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the transfer or exchange. We will name the transfer agent in the prospectus supplement. We may designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts, but we must maintain a transfer agent in each place where we will make payment on debt securities.

 

If we redeem the debt securities, we will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any debt security during a specified period prior to mailing a notice of redemption. We are not required to register the transfer of or exchange of any debt security selected for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of the debt security being redeemed.

 

Global Securities

 

The debt securities may be represented, in whole or in part, by one or more global securities that will have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of all debt securities of that series. Each global security will be registered in the name of a depositary identified in the prospectus supplement. We will deposit the global security with the depositary or a custodian, and the global security will bear a legend regarding the restrictions on exchanges and registration of transfer.

 

No global security may be exchanged in whole or in part for debt securities registered, and no transfer of a global security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any person other than the depositary or any nominee or successor of the depositary unless:

 

  the depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary; or
     
  the depositary is no longer in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or “Exchange Act,” or other applicable statute or regulation.

 

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The depositary will determine how all securities issued in exchange for a global security will be registered.

 

As long as the depositary or its nominee is the registered holder of a global security, we will consider the depositary or the nominee to be the sole owner and holder of the global security and the underlying debt securities. Except as stated above, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to have the global security or any debt security registered in their names, will not receive physical delivery of certificated debt securities and will not be considered to be the owners or holders of the global security or underlying debt securities. We will make all payments of principal, premium and interest on a global security to the depositary or its nominee. The laws of some jurisdictions require that some purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. These laws may prevent you from transferring your beneficial interests in a global security.

 

Only institutions that have accounts with the depositary or its nominee and persons that hold beneficial interests through the depositary or its nominee may own beneficial interests in a global security. The depositary will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts of debt securities represented by the global security to the accounts of its participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security will be shown only on, and the transfer of those ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary or any such participant.

 

The policies and procedures of the depositary may govern payments, transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to beneficial interests in a global security. We and the trustee will assume no responsibility or liability for any aspect of the depositary’s or any participant’s records relating to, or for payments made on account of, beneficial interests in a global security.

 

Payment and Paying Agents

 

We will pay principal and any premium or interest on a debt security to the person in whose name the debt security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest.

 

We will pay principal and any premium or interest on the debt securities at the office of our designated paying agent. Unless the prospectus supplement indicates otherwise, the corporate trust office of the trustee will be the paying agent for the debt securities.

 

Any other paying agents we designate for the debt securities of a particular series will be named in the prospectus supplement. We may designate additional paying agents, rescind the designation of any paying agent or approve a change in the office through which any paying agent acts, but we must maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for the debt securities.

 

The paying agent will return to us all money we pay to it for the payment of the principal, premium or interest on any debt security that remains unclaimed for a specified period. Thereafter, the holder may look only to us for payment, as an unsecured general creditor.

 

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets

 

Under the terms of the indentures, so long as any securities remain outstanding, we may not consolidate or enter into a share exchange with or merge into any other person, in a transaction in which we are not the surviving corporation, or sell, convey, transfer or lease our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person, unless:

 

  the successor assumes our obligations under the debt securities and the indentures; and
     
  we meet the other conditions described in the indentures.

 

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Events of Default

 

Each of the following will constitute an event of default under each indenture:

 

  failure to pay any interest on any debt security when due, for more than a specified number of days past the due date;
     
  failure to pay any principal or deposit any sinking fund payment when due;
     
  failure to perform any covenant or agreement in the indenture that continues for a specified number of days after written notice has been given by the trustee or the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series;
     
  events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization; and
     
  any other event of default specified in the prospectus supplement.

 

If an event of default occurs and continues, both the trustee and holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series may declare the principal amount of the debt securities of that series to be immediately due and payable. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series may rescind and annul the acceleration if all events of default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, have been cured or waived.

 

Except for its duties in case of an event of default, the trustee will not be obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers at the request or direction of any of the holders, unless the holders have offered the trustee reasonable indemnity. If they provide this indemnification and subject to conditions specified in the applicable indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the debt securities of that series.

 

No holder of a debt security of any series may institute any proceeding with respect to the indentures, or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee, or for any other remedy, unless:

 

  the holder has previously given the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default;
     
  the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series have made a written request upon the trustee, and have offered reasonable indemnity to the trustee, to institute the proceeding;
     
  the trustee has failed to institute the proceeding for a specified period of time after its receipt of the notification; and
     
  the trustee has not received a direction inconsistent with the request within a specified number of days from the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding securities of that series.

 

Modification and Waiver

 

We and the trustee may change an indenture without the consent of any holders with respect to specific matters, including:

 

  to fix any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the indenture; and
     
  to change anything that does not materially adversely affect the interests of any holder of debt securities of any series.

 

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In addition, under the indentures, the rights of holders of a series of notes may be changed by us and the trustee with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series that is affected. However, we and the trustee may only make the following changes with the consent of the holder of any outstanding debt securities affected:

 

  extending the fixed maturity of the series of notes;
     
  reducing the principal amount, reducing the rate of or extending the time of payment of interest, or any premium payable upon the redemption, of any debt securities; or
     
  reducing the percentage of debt securities the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment.

 

The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may waive any past default under the indenture with respect to debt securities of that series, except a default in the payment of principal, premium or interest on any debt security of that series or in respect of a covenant or provision of the indenture that cannot be amended without each holder’s consent.

 

Except in limited circumstances, we may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the holders of outstanding debt securities of any series entitled to give or take any direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action under the indentures. In limited circumstances, the trustee may set a record date. To be effective, the action must be taken by holders of the requisite principal amount of such debt securities within a specified period following the record date.

 

Defeasance

 

To the extent stated in the prospectus supplement, we may elect to apply the provisions in the indentures relating to defeasance and discharge of indebtedness, or to defeasance of restrictive covenants, to the debt securities of any series. The indentures provide that, upon satisfaction of the requirements described below, we may terminate all of our obligations under the debt securities of any series and the applicable indenture, known as legal defeasance, other than our obligation:

 

  to maintain a registrar and paying agents and hold monies for payment in trust;
     
  to register the transfer or exchange of the notes; and
     
  to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes.

 

In addition, we may terminate our obligation to comply with any restrictive covenants under the debt securities of any series or the applicable indenture, known as covenant defeasance.

 

We may exercise our legal defeasance option even if we have previously exercised our covenant defeasance option. If we exercise either defeasance option, payment of the notes may not be accelerated because of the occurrence of events of default.

 

To exercise either defeasance option as to debt securities of any series, we must irrevocably deposit in trust with the trustee money and/or obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the United States that will provide money in an amount sufficient in the written opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and each installment of interest on the debt securities. We may only establish this trust if, among other things:

 

  no event of default shall have occurred or be continuing;
     
  in the case of legal defeasance, we have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that we have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or there has been a change in law, which in the opinion of our counsel, provides that holders of the debt securities will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;
     
  in the case of covenant defeasance, we have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the debt securities will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred; and
     
  we satisfy other customary conditions precedent described in the applicable indenture.

 

Title

 

We may treat the person in whose name a debt security is registered as the absolute owner, whether or not such debt security may be overdue, for the purpose of making payment and for all other purposes.

 

Governing Law

 

The indentures and the debt securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITS

 

We may issue units comprised of one or more of the other classes of securities offered hereby in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security.

 

The units may be, but are not required to be, issued under unit agreements to be entered into between us and a unit agent, as detailed in the prospectus supplement relating to the units being offered. We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the SEC, a form of the unit agreement and unit certificate, if any, that sets forth the terms of the particular units we are offering. The summary of such terms contained in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such unit agreement and unit certificate. We urge you to read the unit agreement and unit certificate, if any, and the additional description of the terms of the units included in the prospectus supplement.

 

The prospectus supplement will describe the units and the price or prices at which we will offer the units. The description will include:

 

  the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be held or transferred separately;
     
  a description of the terms of any unit agreement governing the units;
     
  a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units;
     
  a discussion of material federal income tax considerations, if applicable; and
     
  whether the units if issued as a separate security will be issued in fully registered or global form.

 

The descriptions of the units in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement are summaries of the material provisions of the applicable agreements.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION OF SECURITIES

 

We may sell or issue the securities offered by this prospectus from time to time in any one or more of the following ways:

 

  through underwriters or dealers;
     
  through agents;
     
  directly to purchasers or a single purchaser; or
     
  through a combination of any of these methods.

 

The manner in which we may sell some or all of the securities covered by this prospectus includes, without limitation, through:

 

  a rights offering;
     
  exercises of warrants or other rights;
     
  an “at the market” offering, within the meaning of Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act,” to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market on an exchange or otherwise;
     
  a block trade in which a broker-dealer will attempt to sell as agent, but may position or resell a portion of the block, as principal, in order to facilitate the transaction;
     
  purchases by a broker-dealer, as principal, and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
     
  ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker solicits purchasers; and
     
  privately negotiated transactions.

 

The distribution of the securities may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions:

 

  at a fixed price, or prices, which may be changed from time to time;
     
  at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;
     
  at varying prices determined at the time of sale; or
     
  at negotiated prices.

 

For each offering of securities hereunder, we will describe the method of distribution of such securities, among other things, in a prospectus supplement. A prospectus supplement will set forth the terms of the offering of the securities, including:

 

  the name or names of any agents or underwriters;
     
  the purchase price of the securities being offered and the proceeds we will receive from the sale;
     
  any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase additional securities from us;
     
  any agency fees or underwriting discounts and other items constituting agents’ or underwriters’ compensation;
     
  any initial public offering price;
     
  any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and
     
  any securities exchanges or markets on which such securities may be listed.

 

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Sales Through Underwriters or Dealers

 

If underwriters are used in the sale of the securities, the securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions. The securities may be either offered to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or by underwriters without a syndicate. Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions precedent and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the securities if any are purchased. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

 

If a dealer is used in the sale of the securities, we will sell such securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell such securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealer at the time of resale. We may negotiate and pay dealers’ commissions, discounts or concessions for their services. Any such dealer may be deemed to be an underwriter, as such term is defined in the Securities Act, of our securities so offered and sold.

 

Direct Sales and Sales Through Agents

 

We may sell the securities directly, in which case no underwriters or agents would be involved, or we may sell the securities through agents designated by us from time to time. If agents are used in the sale of the securities, the agent will not purchase any securities for its own account, but will arrange for the sale of the securities. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment. We may negotiate and pay agent’s fees or commissions for their services. If the securities are sold directly by us, we may sell the securities to institutional investors or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act, with respect to any sale of those securities.

 

Delayed Delivery Contracts

 

We may authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers by institutional investors, such as commercial banks and investment companies, to purchase the securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. The conditions to these contracts and the commissions payable for solicitation of the contracts will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

At-the-Market Offerings

 

Underwriters, dealers or agents could make sales in an “at-the-market” offering, directly on the Nasdaq Capital Market, the existing trading market for our common stock, Series W Warrants and Series Z Warrants, or such other exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities trade, or to or through a market maker other than on an exchange.

 

Rights Offerings

 

We may issue the securities as a dividend or distribution or in a subscription rights offering to our existing security holders. If we offer securities in a subscription rights offering to our existing security holders, we may enter into a standby underwriting agreement with dealers, acting as standby underwriters. We may pay the standby underwriters a commitment fee for the securities they commit to purchase on a standby basis. If we do not enter into a standby underwriting arrangement, we may retain a dealer-manager to manage a subscription rights offering for us.

 

Compensation

 

In compliance with the guidelines of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, all discounts, commissions or agency fees or other items constituting underwriting compensation to be received by any FINRA member or independent broker-dealer will be disclosed in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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Indemnification

 

Any underwriters and agents may be entitled to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments which the agents or underwriters may be required to make in respect of their liabilities.

 

Stabilization Activities

 

During and after an offering through underwriters, the underwriters may purchase and sell the securities in the open market. These transactions may include over allotment and stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover syndicate short positions created in connection with the offering. The underwriters may also impose a penalty bid, whereby selling concessions allowed to syndicate members or other broker-dealers for the offered securities sold for their account may be reclaimed by the syndicate if such offered securities are repurchased by the syndicate in stabilizing or covering transactions. These activities may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the offered securities, which may be higher than the price that might otherwise prevail in the open market. If commenced, these activities may be discontinued at any time.

 

Passive Market Making

 

Any underwriters who are qualified market makers may engage in passive market making transactions in the securities in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M.

 

Trading Markets

 

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, securities offered under this prospectus will be a new issue and, other than the common stock, which is quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market, will have no established trading market. We may elect to list any other class or series of securities on an exchange, and in the case of the common stock, on any additional exchange, but, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we shall not be obligated to do so. Any underwriters to whom securities are sold for public offering and sale may make a market in the securities, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. The securities may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange or a foreign securities exchange. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for any of the securities.

 

Other Matters

 

Any underwriters, dealers and agents, and their associates and affiliates may be customers of, have borrowing relationships with, engage in other transactions with, or perform services, including investment banking services, for us or one or more of our respective affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

 

We will bear all costs, expenses and fees associated with the registration of the securities offered.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The legality of the common stock offered by this prospectus has been passed upon by Graubard Miller, New York, New York. Graubard Miller and its partners own warrants to purchase shares of our common stock, which represent, in the aggregate, beneficial ownership of less than 1% of our common stock.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements of PAVmed Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and for the year then ended, which are incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2019, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph to our ability to continue as a going concern) of Marcum LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. The consolidated financial statements of PAVmed Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018 and for the year then ended, which are incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2019, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements) of Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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