Amended Statement of Ownership: Solicitation (sc 14d9/a)
October 26 2017 - 7:55AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
SCHEDULE
14D-9
(Rule 14d-101)
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement
Under Section 14(d)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Amendment No. 5
Dimension
Therapeutics, Inc.
(Name of Subject Company)
Dimension
Therapeutics, Inc.
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
25433V105
(CUSIP Number
of Class of Securities)
Annalisa Jenkins, M.B.B.S, F.R.C.P
President and Chief Executive Officer
840 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617)
401-0011
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notice and Communications
on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)
With
copies to:
Kingsley L. Taft, Esq.
Andrew H. Goodman, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 570-1000
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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.
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This Amendment No. 5 (this
Amendment
) amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule
14D-9
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC
) on October 10, 2017 (together with the exhibits thereto and as
amended or supplemented from time to time, the
Schedule
14D-9
) by Dimension Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Company
). The Schedule
14D
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9
relates to the cash tender offer by Mystic River Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (
Purchaser
), a subsidiary of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., a Delaware corporation (
Ultragenyx
), to purchase all of the
issued and outstanding shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the
Shares
) at a price per Share equal to $6.00, net to the holder in cash, without interest thereon and subject to any required tax
withholding. The tender offer is disclosed in the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed by Ultragenyx and Purchaser with the SEC on October 10, 2017, and is made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase dated October 10, 2017, and in the related Letter of Transmittal, which were filed as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B) to the Schedule
14D-9,
respectively.
Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule
14D-9.
The information in the Schedule
14D-9
is incorporated into this Amendment by reference to all applicable items in the Schedule
14D-9,
except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.
Item 8. Additional Information.
Item 8 of the Schedule
14D-9
is hereby amended and supplemented by replacing the last paragraph of the
subsection entitled
Regulatory Approvals. U.S. Antitrust Laws,
which begins on page 51 of the Schedule
14D-9,
as such paragraph was added by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule
14D-9
on October 11, 2017, with the following paragraph:
On October 10, 2017, each of
Ultragenyx and the Company filed a Premerger Notification and Report Form with the FTC and the Antitrust Division in connection with the purchase of Shares in the Offer. The required waiting period under the HSR Act with respect to the Offer
expired at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on October 25, 2017. Accordingly, the HSR Condition (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in Section 13Conditions of the Offer of the Offer to Purchase has been satisfied.
Item 9. Exhibits
Item 9
of the Schedule
14D-9
is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibit:
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(a)(5)(B)
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Joint Press Release of Ultragenyx and the Company, dated October 26, 2017, announcing expiration of the waiting period under the HSR Act.
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SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: October 26, 2017
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Dimension Therapeutics, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Mary Thistle
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Name:
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Mary Thistle
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Title:
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Chief Operating Officer
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