Neovasc (NSDQ:NVCN) said today that it inked an exchange deal for the last of the warrants it issued as part of a $65 million funding round to cover the damages from litigation with Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) subsidiary CardiAQ Valve.
The Vancouver-based replacement heart valve developer said it plans to exchange the Series A and Series E warrants it issued in November 2017 to cover the $42 million balance from its loss in the CardiAQ lawsuit. The deals call for Neovasc to issue more than 496,000 shares in exchange for nearly 58.4 million warrants, which works out to 0.0085 shares per warrant.
“We are delighted to be able to continue our stepwise approach to clearing the remaining elements of the 2017 financings,” CEO Fred Colen said in prepared remarks.
A jury in May 2016 awarded $70 million to CardiAQ after finding that Neovasc misappropriated trade secrets in developing its Tiara transcatheter mitral valve replacement device (Edwards inherited the lawsuit when it acquired CardiAQ Valve for $400 million in August 2014). A federal judge in Massachusetts added $21 million in enhanced damages to the decision in November 2016.
Last month Neovasc priced a $5 million offering, saying it plans to use the $4.1 million in net proceeds for continued development of its Reducer device and Tiara valve, and settled a spat with Micro Interventional Devices for $3 million.
