UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14D-9

(Rule 14d-101)

Solicitation/Recommendation Statement

Under Section 14(d)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 3)

 

 

MEDIVATION, INC.

(Name of Subject Company)

 

 

MEDIVATION, INC.

(Name of Person Filing Statement)

 

 

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

58501N101

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Andrew Powell

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Medivation, Inc.

525 Market Street, 36 th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

(415) 543-3470

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

on Behalf of the Person Filing Statement)

With copies to:

 

Jamie K. Leigh

Kenneth L. Guernsey

Cooley LLP

101 California Street, 5 th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

(415) 693-2000

 

Daniel A. Neff

Mark Gordon

Gregory E. Ostling

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52 nd Street

New York, New York 10019

(212) 403-1000

 

 

 

¨ Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

 

 


This Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 14D-9 amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 previously filed by Medivation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Medivation”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2016 (the “Schedule 14D-9”), relating to the offer by Montreal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”) and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”, or “Pfizer”), to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Medivation’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), at a purchase price of $81.50 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, subject to any required withholding of taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated August 30, 2016, and the related Letter of Transmittal, each of which may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

Item 3. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.

Item 3 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended by adding the following words immediately before the period at the end of the first paragraph under the heading “ Confidentiality Agreement ” on page 15 of the Schedule 14D-9: “(the termination provision comprised of clauses i, ii and iii above, the “Fall-Away Provision”)”.

Item 4. The Solicitation or Recommendation.

Item 4 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended by adding the words “, which included a six-month standstill provision with a fall-away provision identical to the Fall-Away Provision as defined under the heading “ Confidentiality Agreement ” under Item 3 on page 15 of the Schedule 14D-9,” in each of the following places under the heading “ Background of Offer and Merger ” of the Schedule 14D-9:

 

  i. after the words “confidentiality agreements” in the second to last paragraph on page 19 of the Schedule 14D-9, which paragraph begins with the words “On June 29, 2016”;

 

  ii. after the words “confidentiality agreement” in the fourth complete paragraph on page 20 of the Schedule 14D-9, which paragraph begins with the words “On July 9, 2016”; and

 

  iii. after the words “confidentiality agreement” in the fifth complete paragraph on page 20 of the Schedule 14D-9, which paragraph begins with the words “On July 13”.

Item 4 of the Schedule 14D-9 under the subheading “ Opinion of J.P. Morgan ” under the heading “ Opinions of Financial Advisors ” is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

  i. The following is hereby inserted at the end of page 32 of the Schedule 14D-9:

“Results of the analysis were presented for Medivation and the selected companies as indicated in the following table:

 

     FV / 2017E
Revenue
     FV / 2018E
Revenue
     FV / 2018E
EBITDA
 

Celgene Corporation

     7.6x         6.6x         12.8x   

Biogen Inc.

     5.8x         5.4x         10.5x   


Shire plc

     5.5x         5.1x         11.1x   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     7.6x         6.6x         16.7x   

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     8.8x         7.4x         14.6x   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

     10.1x         7.7x         18.7x   

Actelion Ltd.

     7.2x         6.3x         15.1x   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

     11.9x         9.8x         NM   

Incyte Corporation

     10.3x         9.2x         NM   

Seattle Genetics, Inc.

     12.0x         9.4x         NM   

Companies which had an EBITDA multiple of greater than 50.0x or less than 0.0x were excluded as outliers and are denoted in this section as “ NM ”).”

 

  ii. The sentence immediately preceding the table under the subheading “ Selected Transaction Analysis ” on page 33 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following sentence:

“The transactions and the resulting Two-Year Forward FV / Revenue multiples considered were as follows:”

 

  iii. The table under the subheading “ Selected Transaction Analysis ” on page 33 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following table:

 

Announcement Date

  

Acquiror

  

Target

   Two-Year
Forward FV
/ Revenue
 

March 4, 2015

  

AbbVie Inc.

  

Pharmacyclics, Inc.

     11.5x   

December 8, 2014

  

Merck & Co., Inc.

  

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     5.9x   

August 24, 2014

  

Roche Holding AG

  

InterMune, Inc.

     14.0x   

December 19, 2013

  

Bayer AG

  

Algeta ASA

     10.4x   

August 25, 2013

  

Amgen Inc.

  

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     7.9x   

June 29, 2012

  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca plc

  

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     7.8x   

November 21, 2011

  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

  

Pharmasset, Inc.

     NM   

February 16, 2011

  

Sanofi

  

Genzyme Corporation

     4.0x   

June 30, 2010

  

Celgene Corporation

  

Abraxis BioScience, Inc.

     5.8x   

May 16, 2010

  

Astellas Pharma Inc.

  

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     6.8x   

October 6, 2008

  

Eli Lilly and Company

  

ImClone Systems Inc.

     6.5x   

April 10, 2008

  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

  

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     12.0x   

December 10, 2007

  

Eisai Co., Ltd.

  

MGI PHARMA, INC.

     5.5x   

November 18, 2007

  

Celgene Corporation

  

Pharmion Corporation

     4.9x   

April 23, 2007

  

AstraZeneca plc

  

MedImmune Inc.

     9.1x   

Item 4 of the Schedule 14D-9 under the subheading “ Opinion of Evercore ” under the heading “ Opinions of Financial Advisors ” is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

  i. The following is hereby inserted after the sentence “The results of these calculations were as follows:” under the subheading “ Selected Peer Group Public Trading Analysis ” on page 39 of the Schedule 14D-9:


     Enterprise Values/ Net
Revenue Multiples
 
     2017E      2018E  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     8.80x         7.34x   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

     10.16x         7.75x   

Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

     7.24x         6.30x   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

     11.82x         9.75x   

Incyte, Corp.

     10.39x         9.31x   

Seattle Genetics, Inc.

     12.08x         9.58x   

 

  ii. The first table under the subheading “ Precedent Transaction Analysis ” on page 40 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following table:

 

Date

Announced

 

Target

 

Acquiror

   TV/NTM
Net
Revenue 
multiples
 

3/4/2015

 

Pharmacyclics, Inc.

 

Abbvie, Inc.

     16.61x   

12/8/2014

 

Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

     6.69x   

8/24/2014

 

InterMune, Inc.

 

Roche Holding AG

     29.86x   

12/19/2013

 

Algeta ASA

 

Bayer Nordic SE

     21.58x   

8/25/2013

 

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Amgen Inc.

     12.44x   

6/29/2012

 

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, LLC

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; AstraZeneca PLC

     8.91x   

2/16/2011

 

Genzyme Corporation

 

Sanofi-Aventis

     3.83x   

6/30/2010

 

Abraxis BioScience, Inc.

 

Celgene Corporation

     6.42x   

5/16/2010

 

OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

Astellas US Holding, Inc.

     7.29x   

10/6/2008

 

ImClone Systems LLC

 

Eli Lilly and Company

     7.87x   

4/10/2008

 

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company

     13.56x   

12/10/2007

 

MGI Pharma, Inc.

 

Eisai Co., Ltd.

     7.44x   

11/19/2007

 

Pharmion Corporation

 

Celgene Corporation

     7.01x   

4/23/2007

 

MedImmune, Inc.

 

AstraZeneca PLC

     9.52x   


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.

 

MEDIVATION, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Andrew Powell

Name:

  Andrew Powell

Title:

  General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: September 14, 2016

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