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Exhibit 4.3

 

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

 

General

 

The following description of our capital stock is only a summary and is subject to the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws, which are filed as exhibits to the report to which this exhibit is attached.

 

Our authorized capital stock consists of:

 

 

300,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share; and

 

5,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share.

 

Common Stock

 

Dividends

 

Subject to the rights and preferences of any outstanding preferred stock, each share of common stock is entitled to receive, when and as declared by the board of directors, out of our available assets at such time, such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the board of directors. We have never paid dividends on our common stock and do not intend to do so in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain any future earnings to finance our growth.

 

Liquidation

 

If our company is liquidated, any assets that remain after the creditors are paid, and the owners of preferred stock receive any liquidation preferences, will be distributed to the owners of our common stock pro-rata. Neither the merger or consolidation by us into or with any other corporation, nor the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into or with us, nor the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition (for cash, shares of stock, securities, or other consideration) of all or substantially all our assets, will be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of our business, whether voluntary or involuntary.

 

Voting Rights

 

Each share of our common stock entitles the owner to one vote. There is no cumulative voting. Our directors are elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at meetings of our stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of directors.

 

Preemptive Rights

 

Owners of our common stock do not have any preemptive rights. We may sell shares of our common stock to third parties without first offering it to current stockholders.

 

Redemption Rights

 

We do not have the right to buy back shares of our common stock except in extraordinary transactions such as mergers and court approved bankruptcy reorganizations. Owners of our common stock do not ordinarily have the right to require us to buy their common stock. We do not have a sinking fund to provide assets for any buy back.

 

Conversion Rights

 

Shares of our common stock cannot be converted into any other kind of stock except in extraordinary transactions, such as mergers and court approved bankruptcy reorganizations.

 

Market Information

 

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “NAVB.”

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.3

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent for our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, located at One State Street, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004. Their telephone number is (212) 509-4000.

 

Blank Check Preferred Stock

 

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to issue “blank check” preferred stock. The board of directors may divide this stock into series and set their rights.

 

Under the terms of our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors has the authority, without further action by our stockholders, to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to determine and alter all rights, preferences, and privileges and qualifications, limitations, and restrictions thereof (including, without limitation, voting rights and the limitation and exclusion thereof).

 

The purpose of authorizing our board of directors to issue preferred stock and determine its rights and preferences is to eliminate delays associated with a stockholder vote on specific issuances. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions, future financings and other corporate purposes, could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or could adversely affect the rights of our common stockholders by restricting dividends on the common stock, diluting the voting power of the common stock, impairing the liquidation rights of the common stock or delaying or preventing a change in control without further action by the stockholders. As a result of these or other factors, the issuance of preferred stock could have an adverse impact on the market price of our common stock.

 

As of March 2, 2020, no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding. All shares of preferred stock offered hereby will, when issued, be fully paid and non-assessable and, unless otherwise stated in a prospectus supplement relating to the series of preferred stock being offered, will not have any preemptive or similar rights. We will set forth in a prospectus supplement relating to the class or series of preferred stock being offered the specific terms of each series of our preferred stock, including the price at which the preferred stock may be purchased, the number of shares of preferred stock offered, and the terms, if any, on which the preferred stock may be convertible into common stock or exchangeable for other securities.

 

Anti-Takeover Charter Provisions and Laws

 

Some features of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), which are further described below, may have the effect of deterring third parties from making takeover bids for control of our company or may be used to hinder or delay a takeover bid. This would decrease the chance that our stockholders would realize a premium over market price for their shares of common stock as a result of a takeover bid. See the section entitled “Risk Factors”.

 

Limitations on Stockholder Actions

 

Our certificate of incorporation provides that stockholder action may only be taken at a meeting of the stockholders. Thus, an owner of a majority of the voting power could not take action to replace the board of directors, or any class of directors, without a meeting of the stockholders, nor could he amend the bylaws without presenting the amendment to a meeting of the stockholders. Furthermore, under the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, only the board of directors has the power to call a special meeting of stockholders. Therefore, a stockholder, even one who owns a majority of the voting power, may neither replace sitting board of directors members nor amend the bylaws before the next annual meeting of stockholders.

 

Advance Notice Provisions

 

Our bylaws establish advance notice procedures for the nomination of candidates for election as directors by stockholders, as well as for other stockholder proposals to be considered at annual meetings. Generally, we must receive a notice of intent to nominate a director or raise any other matter at a stockholder meeting not less than 120 days before the first anniversary of the mailing of our proxy statement for the previous year’s annual meeting. The notice must contain required information concerning the person to be nominated or the matters to be brought before the meeting and concerning the stockholder submitting the proposal.

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.3

 

Delaware Law

 

We are incorporated in Delaware, and as such are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, which provides that a corporation may not engage in any business combination with an interested stockholder during the three years after the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder unless:

 

 

the corporation’s board of directors approved in advance either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

 

 

the interested stockholder owned at least 85 percent of the corporation’s voting stock at the time the transaction commenced; or

 

 

the business combination is approved by the corporation’s board of directors and the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

An interested stockholder is anyone who owns 15% or more of a corporation’s voting stock, or who is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock at any time within the previous three years; and the affiliates and associates of any those persons. Section 203 of the DGCL makes it more difficult for an interested stockholder to implement various business combinations with our Company for a three-year period, although our stockholders may vote to exclude it from the law’s restrictions.

 

Classified Board

 

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws divide our board of directors into three classes with staggered three-year terms. There are currently four directors. Two classes are comprised of two directors each and a third class is currently vacant. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the terms of one class of directors will expire and the newly nominated directors of that class will be elected for a term of three years. The board of directors will be able to determine the total number of directors constituting the full board of directors and the number of directors in each class, but the total number of directors may not exceed nine nor may the number of directors in any class exceed six. No reduction in the total number of directors or in the number of directors in a given class will have the effect of removing a director from office or reducing the term of any then-sitting director. Stockholders may only remove directors for cause. If the board of directors increases the number of directors in a class, it will be able to fill the vacancies created for the full remaining term of a director in that class even though the term may extend beyond the next annual meeting. The directors will also be able to fill any other vacancies for the full remaining term of the director whose death, resignation or removal caused the vacancy.

 

A person who has a majority of the voting power at a given meeting will not in any one year be able to replace a majority of the directors since only one class of the directors will stand for election in any one year. As a result, at least two annual meeting elections will be required to change the majority of the directors by the requisite vote of stockholders. The purpose of classifying the board of directors is to provide for a continuing body, even in the face of a person who accumulates a sufficient amount of voting power, whether by ownership or proxy or a combination, to have a majority of the voting power at a given meeting and who may seek to take control of our Company without paying a fair premium for control to all of the owners of our common stock. This will allow the board of directors time to negotiate with such a person and to protect the interests of the other stockholders who may constitute a majority of the shares not actually owned by that person. However, it may also have the effect of deterring third parties from making takeover bids for control of our Company or may be used to hinder or delay a takeover bid.