Amended Statement of Ownership: Solicitation (sc 14d9/a)
October 03 2022 - 8:31AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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. 4)
F-STAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
F-STAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Name of Person Filing Statement)
Common Stock,
par value $0.0001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
30315R107
(CUSIP Number
of Class of Securities)
Eliot Forster, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Eddeva B920
Babraham
Research Campus
Cambridge, CB22 3AT, United Kingdom
+44-1223-497400
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications
on behalf of the person filing statement)
With copies to:
William C. Hicks, Esq.
Matthew J. Gardella, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 542-6000
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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a
tender offer. |
This Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 14D-9 (the
Amendment) amends and supplements the Solicitation/ Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Schedule 14D-9) previously filed by F-star Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 7, 2022 relating to the offer by invoX Pharma Limited, a private limited Company organized under the laws of England and Wales (Parent or invoX Pharma), Fennec Acquisition Incorporated, a Delaware
corporation (Purchaser) and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited, a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (Guarantor) to acquire any and all of the
issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (the Company Shares), at a purchase price of $7.12 per Company Share (the Offer Price), net to the seller thereof in cash, and less any required withholding taxes,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated July 7, 2022 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer to Purchase), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which,
together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the Offer).
Except as
otherwise set forth below, the information set forth in the Schedule 14D-9 remains unchanged and is incorporated by reference as relevant to the items in this Amendment. Capitalized terms used and not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Schedule 14D-9. This Amendment is being filed to reflect certain updates as reflected below.
Item 8. Additional Information.
Item 8 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
Under the subsections entitled Regulatory ApprovalsNational Security and Investment Act on page 49, the following sentence is
hereby added at the end of such subsection, as set forth below:
On September 29, 2022, the United Kingdoms Investment
Security Unit informed the parties that its investigation was complete and that the parties were cleared to proceed with the proposed transaction under the UKs National Security and Investment Act (NSIA).
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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.
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F-star Therapeutics, Inc. |
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By: |
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/s/ Eliot Forster, Ph.D. |
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Name: Eliot Forster, Ph.D. |
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
Dated: October 3, 2022
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