EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to Rule 13d-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Amendment No. 2 (Amendment No. 2) amends certain items of the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on June 14, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on July 16, 2019 (as so amended, the Original Schedule 13D) relating to the Common Shares, $0.000017727 par value per share (the Common Shares), of Myovant Sciences Ltd. (the Issuer), which are beneficially owned by Roivant Sciences Ltd. (Roivant or the Reporting Person). This Amendment No. 2 amends the Original Schedule 13D on behalf of the Reporting Person to furnish the information set forth herein. Except as set forth below, all Items of the Original Schedule 13D remain unchanged. All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Schedule 13D.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following:
Memorandum of Understanding
On September 6, 2019, Roivant and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (Sumitomo) entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (the MOU) related to the creation of a strategic alliance between the companies. Among other things, the MOU provides that, subject to completion of due diligence and the negotiation of definitive agreements, Roivant and Sumitomo plan to effect the following transactions: (i) Sumitomo will indirectly acquire all of the Common Shares of the Issuer that are beneficially owned by Roivant, along with the equity interests owned by Roivant in four of its other subsidiaries (collectively, the Strategic Alliance Entities), (ii) Roivant will grant Sumitomo options to purchase, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the MOU, Roivants existing equity interests in six other privately-held Roivant subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, the Option Entities) and (iii) Roivant will issue to Sumitomo common shares of Roivant. In exchange, the MOU provides that Sumitomo will make a $3.0 billion upfront cash payment to Roivant upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the MOU. The MOU contemplates that the foregoing transactions will be subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of certain required governmental approvals. In addition, as described in more detail therein, the MOU includes certain exclusivity obligations applicable to Roivant and Sumitomo that are binding as of the date of the MOU, including a restriction on discussing or entering into certain transactions that impact the Issuer, including the sale, license or disposition of a material portion of the Issuers assets or the sale of capital stock constituting more than 10% of the Issuers outstanding equity securities or voting interests.
Except for certain clauses as specified in the MOU (which do not include the provisions described above, except for those related to exclusivity), the MOU is non-binding and, as such, Roivant and Sumitomo have not made any final or contingent agreements, written or otherwise, in furtherance of any plan or purpose related to or in connection with the Issuer or its securities.
Roivant reserves its right to change its plans and intentions in connection with any of the actions discussed in this Item 4, and the terms of the MOU (including those described above) may change as a result of negotiation of the definitive agreements contemplated by the MOU. Any action taken by Roivant may be effected at any time, subject to any applicable limitations imposed thereon by any applicable laws.
Other than as described above or as would occur upon consummation of the transactions described herein, Roivant does not have current plans or proposals that relate to or that would result in any of the transactions or other matters specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. Roivant may, at any time, review or reconsider its position with respect to the Issuer and reserves the right to develop or modify such plans or proposals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Roivant does not intend to provide additional disclosures related to the matters related to the MOU described herein unless and until disclosure is required under applicable U.S. securities laws.
The foregoing description of the MOU and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the MOU, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 7.03 to this Schedule 13D and which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following:
The description of the MOU set forth in Item 4 is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 7. Materials to be Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit
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Description
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7.03*
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Memorandum of Understanding, dated September 6, 2019, between Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. and Roivant Sciences Ltd.
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* Certain schedules to the Memorandum of Understanding addressing matters unrelated to the securities of the Issuer have been omitted. The Reporting Person agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted schedule supplementally to the SEC upon request.
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