MEMY Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp (MM)

 

 

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)

Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp.

(Name of Subject Company)

Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp.

(Name of Person Filing Statement)

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

58606R403
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Vaughn M. Kailian
Chief Executive Officer
Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp.
100 Philips Parkway
Montvale, New Jersey 07645
(201) 802-7100
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
Communications on Behalf of Person Filing Statement)

Copy to:

Ellen B. Corenswet, Esq.
J. D. Weinberg, Esq.
Covington & Burling LLP
The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
(212) 841-1000

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

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

This Amendment No. 4 (this “ Amendment ”) amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 initially filed on December 3, 2008, by Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Memory ”), as amended on December 4, 2008, December 5, 2008 and December 15, 2008 (the “ Schedule 14D-9 ”). The Schedule 14D-9 relates to the offer by 900 North Point Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“ Roche ”), to purchase, at a price of $0.61 per share in cash, net to the seller, without interest and less any required withholding taxes, all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Memory, on the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the offer to purchase dated December 3, 2008, and related letter of transmittal, each filed as an exhibit to the Schedule TO filed by Roche with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2008.

Except as otherwise set forth below, the information set forth in the Schedule 14D-9 remains unchanged and is incorporated herein by reference as relevant to the items in this Amendment. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 14D-9.

Item 9. Exhibits

Item 9 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibit:

Exhibit No.		Description
(a)(5)(B) *		Letter to Participants in the Second Amended and Restated 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, dated December 17, 2008.

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: December 17, 2008

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