SEC Form SC 13D/A filed by BioCardia Inc. (Amendment)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Schedule 13D/A

(Rule 13d-101)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO

RULE 13d-2(a)

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 4)*

BioCardia, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

09060U507

(CUSIP Number)

Phillip Frost, M.D.

Frost Gamma Investments Trust

4400 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 1500

Miami, Florida 33137

(305) 575-6015

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

January 19, 2024

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. ¨

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

(Continued on following pages)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 4 (the “Amendment”) to Schedule 13D is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on behalf of Phillip Frost, M.D. (“Dr. Frost”), and Frost Gamma Investments Trust (“FGIT”) and relates to the common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of BioCardia, Inc. (the “Issuer”). This Amendment amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed by OPKO, Dr. Frost and FGIT with the SEC on June 12, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated October 23, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 2, dated November 19, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 3, dated December 28, 2022 (the “June 2019 Schedule 13D”), which amended and restated the Schedule 13D filed on February 14, 2019. As noted in the June 2019 Schedule 13D, any group between Dr. Frost and OPKO that may have existed with respect to securities of the Issuer prior to the June 2019 Schedule 13D has ceased to exist. Dr. Frost and FGIT (the “Reporting Persons”) are the reporting persons with respect to this Amendment. Except as set forth herein, this Amendment does not modify any of the information previously reported by the Reporting Persons in the June 2019 Schedule 13D. Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the June 2019 Schedule 13D.

This statement on Schedule 13D relates to the Common Stock of the Issuer. The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at: 320 Soquel Way Sunnyvale, California 94085. 

No change.

No change.

Item 4 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

The information set forth or incorporated under the heading “Explanatory Note” and in Items 2, 3 and 5 is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 4.

Each of the Reporting Persons may, at any time or from time to time, formulate plans or proposals regarding the Issuer or its securities to the extent deemed advisable by the Reporting Persons in light of each of their general investment policies, market conditions, subsequent developments affecting the Issuer, the general business and future prospects of the Issuer, or other factors. The Reporting Persons intend to review their investments in the Issuer on a continuing basis. Depending on various factors, including, without limitation, the Issuer’s financial position and strategic direction, actions taken by the board of directors, price levels of shares of the Common Stock, other investment opportunities available to the Reporting Persons, concentration of positions in the portfolios managed by the Reporting Persons, market conditions and general economic and industry conditions, the Reporting Persons may in the future take such actions with respect to their investments in the Issuer as they deem appropriate, including, without limitation, purchasing additional shares of the Common Stock or other financial instruments related to the Issuer or selling some or all of their beneficial or economic holdings, engaging in hedging or similar transactions with respect to the securities relating to the Issuer and/or otherwise changing their intention with respect to any and all matters referred to in Item 4 of Schedule 13D.

Except as disclosed herein, none of the Reporting Persons has any plans or proposals which relate to or which would result in any of the actions specified in this paragraph of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.

Items 5(a)-(b) are hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

(a)(b)

FGIT holds 1,896,025 shares of Common Stock, or approximately 8.8% of the Issuer’s issued and outstanding shares, based on 21,619,432 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 31, 2023, as reported by the Issuer on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 8, 2023. On January 19, 2024, Dr. Frost disposed of 129,802 shares of Common Stock in multiple trades at prices ranging from $0.38 to $0.57 in the open market. The previously disclosed warrants held by FGIT with an exercise price of $6.75 and 111,111 shares of Common Stock underlying such warrants expired on December 24, 2023. Dr. Frost is the sole trustee of FGIT. On June 6, 2019, the Issuer effected a 1-9 reverse stock split of its common stock (the "Reverse Stock Split"). The amount of securities reported on this Schedule 13D have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split.

Dr. Frost and FGIT’s reported ownership does not include securities owned by OPKO. In addition to serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OPKO, Dr. Frost and entities controlled by Dr. Frost (including FGIT) beneficially own approximately 35% of the outstanding common stock of OPKO. Dr. Frost and FGIT each disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities of the Issuer owned by OPKO.

Dr. Frost is the trustee of FGIT. Frost Gamma Limited Partnership is the sole and exclusive beneficiary of FGIT. Dr. Frost is one of two limited partners of Frost Gamma Limited Partnership. The general partner of Frost Gamma Limited Partnership is Frost Gamma, Inc. and the sole shareholder of Frost Gamma, Inc. is Frost-Nevada Corporation. Dr. Frost is the sole shareholder of Frost-Nevada Corporation. As a result of the foregoing, Dr. Frost is also considered beneficial owner of the securities owned by FGIT. Dr. Frost disclaims beneficial ownership in the securities except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.

No change. 

Exhibit 1     Joint Filing Agreement

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the undersigned’s knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: February 6, 2024