The Reporting Persons are filing this Schedule 13D as a result of their status as shareholders of Roivant Sciences Ltd. (“Roivant”); by virtue of governance arrangements in Roivant’sbye-laws, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have dispositive power over and, therefore, beneficial ownership of, the Common Shares held by Roivant. The Reporting Persons do not directly own any Common Shares and are not party to any agreement with the Issuer. As disclosed in Roivant’s Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 10, 2017, Roivant was the majority shareholder of the Issuer’s Common Shares prior to its initial public offering, completed on October 26, 2016, and as such, Roivant, and, by virtue of their indirect beneficial ownership, the Reporting Persons, were eligible to file reports on Schedule 13G after the initial public offering pursuant to Rule13d-1(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Reporting Persons are filing this Schedule 13D because, following Roivant’s direct acquisition of 2,424,242 Common Shares on June 4, 2019, as reported in Item 3 of this Schedule 13D (which represented an increase in Roivant’s holdings of the Common Shares of more than 2% of the total number of Common Shares outstanding), Roivant and the Reporting Persons are no longer eligible to file reports on Schedule 13G with respect to the Issuer.
Item 1. Security and Issuer
This Schedule 13D relates to the Common Shares, $0.000017727 par value per share (the “Common Shares”), of Myovant Sciences Ltd. (the “Issuer”). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at Suite 1, 3rd Floor,11-12 St. James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LB, United Kingdom.
Item 2. Identity and Background
(a)-(c) This Schedule 13D is filed by QVT Financial LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“QVT Financial”), QVT Financial GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, QVT Financial Investment Cayman Ltd. (the “Fund”), a Cayman Islands limited company, and QVT Associates GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”).
The principal executive offices of QVT Financial, QVT Financial GP LLC and QVT Associates GP LLC are located at 444 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10022. The registered office of the Fund is 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand CaymanKY1-9005, Cayman Islands. QVT Financial GP LLC is the general partner of QVT Financial, and as such may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Shares reported as beneficially owned by QVT Financial. QVT Financial’s principal business is investment management, and it may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Shares reported as beneficially owned by the Fund. QVT Financial has the power to direct the vote and disposition of securities held by the Fund. QVT Associates GP LLC, as general partner of certain other funds managed by QVT Financial LP, may also be deemed to beneficially own the Common Shares reported as beneficially owned herein.
Daniel Gold, Nicholas Brumm, Arthur Chu and Tracy Fu are the managing members of QVT Financial GP LLC and QVT Associates GP LLC. Messrs. Gold, Brumm, Chu and Fu are referred to collectively herein as the “Covered Persons.” The business addresses and principal occupations of each of the Covered Persons are set forth in Appendix A attached hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference. The business address of each Covered Person is also the address of the principal employer of such Covered Person.
(d) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons nor any of the Covered Persons has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors, if any).
(e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons nor any of the Covered Persons was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
(f) See Item 2(a)-(c) above for citizenship of each of the Reporting Persons. Each of the Covered Persons is a citizen of the United States of America.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
The Reporting Persons do not directly own any Common Shares, and the 40,765,599 Common Shares reported herein are directly owned by Roivant.
Prior to the Issuer’s initial public offering on October 26, 2016, Roivant was the Issuer’s majority shareholder. On June 4, 2019, upon the closing of the Issuer’s underwritten public offering of Common Shares conducted pursuant to a registration statement on FormS-3 (the “Offering”), Roivant purchased an additional 2,424,242 Common Shares from the underwriters of the Offering at the public offering price of $8.25 per share. Roivant purchased the Common Shares using cash on hand.
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