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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FORM 8-K</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>CURRENT REPORT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:35.2pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">March 5<font style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">, 2018</font></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Delaware</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">001-35076</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">31-1080091</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">4995 Bradenton Avenue, Suite 240, Dublin, Ohio</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">43017</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:35.2pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">(614) 793-7500</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Emerging growth company &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">On <font style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">March 8, 2018, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (the &ldquo;<i>Company</i>&rdquo;) issued a press release regarding its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017. A copy of the Company&rsquo;s March 8, 2018 press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">The information contained in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K<font style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be treated as &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Effective March 5, 2018, the Company appointed Dr. Claudine Bruck <font style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">as a director, effective immediately. Dr.&nbsp;Bruck was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors in the class with terms expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2018. Dr. Bruck was not appointed to serve on a committee of the Board, although she may be appointed to a committee at a later date.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Similar to<font style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;"> other non-employee directors, Dr. Bruck will receive compensation for her service as director in accordance with the Company&rsquo;s non-employee director compensation program. </font></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">There is no arrangement or understanding between <font style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">Dr. Bruck and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as a director of the Company and there are no family relationships between Dr. Bruck and any of the Company&rsquo;s directors or executive officers. There are no transactions to which the Company is a party and in which Dr. Bruck has a direct or indirect material interest that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">In connection with her appointment, Dr. Bruck entered <font style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">into a standard Director Agreement with the Company, a form of which was previously filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2016, and which is incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>(d) Exhibits.</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="ex_107345.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Press Release<font style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;">, dated March 8, 2018.</font></a></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">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 hereunto duly authorized.</p>

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
March 5
, 2018
NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-35076
31-1080091
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
4995 Bradenton Avenue, Suite 240, Dublin, Ohio
43017
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(614) 793-7500
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 2.02.
Results of Oper
ations and Financial Condition.
On
March 8, 2018, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "
Company
") issued a press release regarding its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017. A copy of the Company's March 8, 2018 press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K
, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be treated as "filed" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 5.02
.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Effective March 5, 2018, the Company appointed Dr. Claudine Bruck
as a director, effective immediately. Dr. Bruck was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors in the class with terms expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2018. Dr. Bruck was not appointed to serve on a committee of the Board, although she may be appointed to a committee at a later date.
Similar to
other non-employee directors, Dr. Bruck will receive compensation for her service as director in accordance with the Company's non-employee director compensation program.
There is no arrangement or understanding between
Dr. Bruck and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as a director of the Company and there are no family relationships between Dr. Bruck and any of the Company's directors or executive officers. There are no transactions to which the Company is a party and in which Dr. Bruck has a direct or indirect material interest that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
In connection with her appointment, Dr. Bruck entered
into a standard Director Agreement with the Company, a form of which was previously filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2016, and which is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01.
Fin
ancial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
99.1
Press Release
, dated March 8, 2018.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date:
March 8, 2018
By:
/s/ Jed A. Latkin
Jed A. Latkin
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer