Item 1(a). | Name of Issuer: |
Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”).
Item 1(b). | Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: |
502 West Office Center Drive
Fort Washington, PA 19034
Item 2(a). | Name of Person Filing |
Item 2(b). | Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence |
Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P. (“BVF”)
1 Sansome Street, 30th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Citizenship: Delaware
Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P. (“BVF2”)
1 Sansome Street, 30th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Citizenship: Delaware
Investment 10, L.L.C. (“ILL10”)
900 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Citizenship: Illinois
MSI BVF SPV, LLC (“MSI”)
c/o Magnitude Capital, LLC
200 Park Avenue, 56th Floor
New York, NY 10166
Citizenship: Delaware
BVF Partners L.P. (“Partners”)
1 Sansome Street, 30th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Citizenship: Delaware
BVF Inc.
1 Sansome Street, 30th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Citizenship: Delaware
Mark N. Lampert (“Mr. Lampert”)
1 Sansome Street, 30th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Citizenship: United States
Each of the foregoing is referred to as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as the “Reporting Persons.”
Item 2(d). | Title of Class of Securities: |
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”)
92847N103
Item 3. | If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a: |
| (a) | / / | Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. |
| (b) | / / | Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act. |
| (c) | / / | Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Exchange Act. |
| (d) | / / | Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act. |
| (e) | / / | An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E). |
| (f) | / / | An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F). |
| (g) | / / | A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G). |
| (h) | / / | A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. |
| (i) | / / | A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act. |
| (j) | / / | Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J). |
| (k) | / / | Group, in accordance with Rule 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution: ____ |
| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: |
As of the close of business on September 30, 2015 (i) BVF beneficially owned 1,042,881 shares of Common Stock, (ii) BVF2 beneficially owned 599,514 shares of Common Stock, (iii) ILL10 beneficially owned 189,985 shares of Common Stock, and (iv) MSI beneficially owned 304,053 shares of Common Stock.
Partners, as the general partner of BVF and BVF2, and the investment adviser of each of ILL10 and MSI, may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,375,933 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned in the aggregate by BVF, BVF2, ILL10 and MSI and a certain Partners management account (the “Partners Management Account”), including 239,500 shares of Common Stock held in the Partners Management Account.
BVF Inc., as the general partner of Partners, may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,375,933 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Partners.
Mr. Lampert, as a director and officer of BVF Inc., may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,375,933 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by BVF Inc.
The foregoing should not be construed in and of itself as an admission by any Reporting Person as to beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock owned by another Reporting Person. Each of Partners, BVF Inc. and Mr. Lampert disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by BVF, BVF2, ILL10 MSI, and the Partners Management Account and the filing of this statement shall not be construed as an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of any such securities.
The following percentages are based on 21,851,663 shares of Common Stock reported to be outstanding as of July 31, 2015, based on the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2015.
As of the close of business on September 30, 2015 (i) BVF beneficially owned approximately 4.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (ii) BVF2 beneficially owned approximately 2.7% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iii) ILL10 beneficially owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iv) MSI beneficially owned approximately 1.4% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, and (v) each of Partners, BVF Inc. and Mr. Lampert may be deemed to beneficially own approximately 10.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (approximately 1.1% of which is held in the Partners Management Account).
| (c) | Number of shares as to which such person has: |
| (i) | Sole power to vote or to direct the vote |
See Cover Pages Items 5-9.
| (ii) | Shared power to vote or to direct the vote |
See Cover Pages Items 5-9.
| (iii) | Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of |
See Cover Pages Items 5-9.
| (iv) | Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of |
See Cover Pages Items 5-9.
Item 5. | Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. |
Not Applicable.
Item 6. | Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. |
Partners, BVF Inc. and Mr. Lampert share voting and dispositive power over the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by BVF, BVF2, ILL10, MSI and the Partners Management Account.
Item 7. | Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary That Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person. |
Not Applicable.
Item 8. | Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. |
See Exhibit 99.1 to the Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2015.
Item 9. | Notice of Dissolution of Group. |
Not Applicable.
By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: September 30, 2015
BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND, L.P. | | INVESTMENT 10, L.L.C. |
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By: | BVF Partners L.P., its general partner | | By: | BVF Partners L.P., its investment adviser |
By: | BVF Inc., its general partner | | By: | BVF Inc., its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | | By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert |
| Mark N. Lampert | | | Mark N. Lampert |
| President | | | President |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND II, L.P. | | MSI BVF SPV, LLC |
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By: | BVF Partners L.P., its general partner | | By: | BVF Partners L.P., its investment adviser |
By: | BVF Inc., its general partner | | By: | BVF Inc., its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | | By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert |
| Mark N. Lampert | | | Mark N. Lampert |
| President | | | President |
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| | | BVF INC. |
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BVF PARTNERS L.P. | | By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert |
| | | | Mark N. Lampert |
By: | BVF Inc., its general partner | | | President |
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By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | | | |
| Mark N. Lampert | | | /s/ Mark N. Lampert |
| President | | | MARK N. LAMPERT |