Securities
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ashington,
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FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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June
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2019
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Commission File Number
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001-36458
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Neovasc
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(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
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Suite 5138 - 13562 Maycrest Way
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, V6V 2J7
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is
submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
DOCUMENTS INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS REPORT
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Document 1
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News Release dated June 25, 2019 - Neovasc Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Minimum Market Value Rule
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DOCUMENT 1
Neovasc Regains Compliance with Nasdaq
Minimum Market Value Rule
NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN
VANCOUVER, June 25, 2019 /CNW/ - Neovasc Inc.
("Neovasc" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NVCN) (TSX: NVCN), a leader in the development of minimally invasive transcatheter
mitral valve replacement technologies and in the development of minimally invasive devices for the treatment of refractory angina,
announced today that it has received written notification (the "Nasdaq Notice") from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq")
notifying the Company that it has regained compliance with the minimum market value requirement set forth in the rules for continued
listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the "Listing Rules").
The Company received a letter from the Nasdaq
in January 2019 notifying it that it was not in compliance with the minimum market value requirement set forth in Listing Rule
5550(b)(2). The Nasdaq Notice confirms that the Company has regained compliance with Listing Rule 5550(b)(2) pursuant to Listing
Rule 5810 as the Company's market value exceeded US$35 million for 10 consecutive business days between June 11, 2019 through June
24, 2019.
The Company must still regain compliance with
the minimum bid price requirement under Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) before July 15, 2019. In the event the Company does not regain
compliance by July 15, 2019, the Company may be eligible for additional time to regain compliance or may be delisted. To regain
compliance, the closing bid price of the common shares of the Company (the "Common Shares") on the Nasdaq Capital Market
will need to be at least US$1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days.
The Company is also listed on the Toronto Stock
Exchange (the "TSX") and the Company's noncompliance with the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement does not affect the
Company's compliance status with the TSX.
About Neovasc Inc.
Neovasc is a specialty medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets products for the rapidly growing cardiovascular
marketplace. Its products include the Neovasc Reducer (the "Reducer"), for the treatment of refractory angina, which
is not currently commercially available in the United States and has been commercially available in Europe since 2015, and the
Tiara™, for the transcatheter treatment of mitral valve disease, which is currently under clinical investigation in the United
States, Canada and Europe. For more information, visit: www.neovasc.com.
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
Certain statements in this news release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws that may not be based on historical fact, including without limitation
statements containing the words "believe", "may", "plan", "will", "estimate",
"continue", "anticipate", "intend", "expect" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements
may involve, but are not limited to, beliefs and expectations relating the Company's need to regain compliance with the Nasdaq
minimum bid price requirement within the prescribed grace period and the growing cardiovascular marketplace. Many factors and assumptions
could cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, risks relating to the possibility that the Company's common shares may
be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market or the Toronto Stock Exchange, including Nasdaq's discretionary public interest authority
to apply more stringent criteria for continued listing or suspend or delist securities, which could affect their market price and
liquidity; the substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern; risks relating to the senior secured
convertible notes (the "Notes") issued pursuant to the November 2017 private placement (the "2017 Financing"),
resulting in significant dilution to the Company's shareholders; risks relating to the Company's need for significant additional
future capital and the Company's ability to raise additional funding; risks relating to cashless exercise and adjustment provisions
in the Notes issued pursuant to the 2017 Financing, which could make it more difficult and expensive for the Company to raise additional
capital in the future and result in further dilution to investors; risks relating to the sale of a significant number of common
shares of the Company; risks relating to the conversion of the senior secured convertible Notes issued pursuant to the 2017 Financing,
which may encourage short sales by third parties; risks relating to the Company's conclusion that it did not have effective internal
control over financial reporting as at December 31, 2018; risks relating to the Company's Common Share price being volatile; risks
relating to the influence of significant shareholders of the Company over the Company's business operations and share price; risks
relating to the Company's significant indebtedness, and its effect on the Company's financial condition; risks relating to claims
by third parties alleging infringement of their intellectual property rights; risks relating to lawsuits that the Company is subject
to, which could divert the Company's resources and result in the payment of significant damages and other remedies; the Company's
ability to establish, maintain and defend intellectual property rights in the Company's products; risks relating to results from
clinical trials of the Company's products, which may be unfavorable or perceived as unfavorable; the Company's history of losses
and significant accumulated deficit; risks associated with product liability claims, insurance and recalls; risks relating to use
of the Company's products in unapproved circumstances, which could expose the Company to liabilities; risks relating to competition
in the medical device industry, including the risk that one or more of the Company's competitors may develop more effective or
more affordable products; risks relating to the Company's ability to achieve or maintain expected levels of market acceptance for
the Company's products, as well as the Company's ability to successfully build its in-house sales capabilities or secure third-party
marketing or distribution partners; the Company's ability to convince public payors and hospitals to include the Company's products
on their approved products lists; risks relating to new legislation, new regulatory requirements and the efforts of governmental
and third-party payors to contain or reduce the costs of healthcare; risks relating to increased regulation, enforcement and inspections
of participants in the medical device industry, including frequent government investigations into marketing and other business
practices; risks associated with the extensive regulation of the Company's products and trials by governmental authorities, as
well as the cost and time delays associated therewith; risks associated with post-market regulation of the Company's products;
health and safety risks associated with the Company's products and industry; risks associated with the Company's manufacturing
operations, including the regulation of the Company's manufacturing processes by governmental authorities and the availability
of two critical components of the Reducer; risk of animal disease associated with the use of the Company's products; risks relating
to the manufacturing capacity of third-party manufacturers for the Company's products, including risks of supply interruptions
impacting the Company's ability to manufacture its own products; risks relating to the Company's dependence on limited products
for substantially all of the Company's current revenues; risks relating to the Company's exposure to adverse movements in foreign
currency exchange rates; risks relating to the possibility that the Company could lose its foreign private issuer status under
U.S. federal securities laws; risks relating to breaches of anti-bribery laws by the Company's employees or agents; risks associated
with future changes in financial accounting standards and new accounting pronouncements; risks relating to the Company's dependence
upon key personnel to achieve its business objectives; the Company's ability to maintain strong relationships with physicians;
risks relating to the sufficiency of the Company's management systems and resources in periods of significant growth; risks associated
with consolidation in the health care industry, including the downward pressure on product pricing and the growing need to be selected
by larger customers in order to make sales to their members or participants; risks relating to the Company's ability to successfully
identify and complete corporate transactions on favorable terms or achieve anticipated synergies relating to any acquisitions or
alliances; risks relating to the Company's ability to successfully enter into fundamental transactions as defined in the Notes
issued pursuant to the 2017 Financings; anti-takeover provisions in the Company's constating documents which could discourage a
third party from making a takeover bid beneficial to the Company's shareholders; and risks relating to conflicts of interests among
the Company's officers and directors as a result of their involvement with other issuers. These risk factors and others relating
to the Company are discussed in greater detail in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F
and in the Management's Discussion and Analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2019 (copies of which may be obtained at www.sedar.com
or www.sec.gov). In particular, in addition to the specified criteria for continued listing, Nasdaq also has broad discretionary
public interest authority that it can exercise to apply additional or more stringent criteria for the continued listing of the
Company's common shares, or suspend or delist securities even if the securities meet all enumerated criteria for continued listing
on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Nasdaq could use this discretionary authority at any time to delist the Company's common shares.
There can be no assurance that Nasdaq will not exercise such discretionary authority. In addition, there is no assurance that the
Company will be able to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement prior to expiration of the prescribed compliance
period, or if it does, that the Company will be able to maintain such compliance as a result of the risks and uncertainties described
above. As previously disclosed, the Company sought and received shareholder approval at its Annual General and Special Meeting,
held on June 4, 2019, to carry out, at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors, a share consolidation of the issued
and outstanding Common Shares on the basis of up to 10 existing Common Shares for one new Common Share. There can also be no assurance
that the Company will be able to maintain compliance with the minimum market value requirement. The Company has no intention and
undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements beyond required periodic filings with securities regulators,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/neovasc-regains-compliance-with-nasdaq-minimum-market-value-rule-300874665.html
SOURCE Neovasc Inc.
View original content: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2019/25/c8550.html
%CIK: 0001399708
For further information:
Chris Clark, Chief Financial Officer,
Neovasc Inc., 604 248-4138, cclark@neovasc.com; Jeremy Feffer, LifeSci Advisors, LLC, 212-915-2568, jeremy@lifesciadvisors.com
CO: Neovasc Inc.
CNW 14:30e 25-JUN-19
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
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Neovasc
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(Registrant)
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Date:
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June 25, 2019
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By:
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Chris Clark
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Name: Chris Clark
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
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