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
DEMANDWARE, INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
DEMANDWARE, INC.
(Name of Person Filing Statement)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
(Title Class of Securities)
24802Y 105
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Thomas Ebling
Chief Executive Officer
Demandware, Inc.
5 Wall Street
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
(888) 553-9216
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of the persons filing statement)
With Copies to:
Mark G. Borden, Esq.
Jay E. Bothwick, Esq.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(617) 526-6000
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This Schedule 14D-9 filing consists of the communications listed below related to the proposed acquisition of Demandware, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”), by Dynasty Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”), and a wholly-owned subsidiary of salesforce.com, inc., a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 31, 2016, by and among the Company, Purchaser and Parent:
A copy of the employee frequently asked questions was filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on 8-K filed with the SEC on June 1, 2016, and is incorporated herein by reference.
A copy of the transcript of the joint investor conference call held by the Company and Parent on June 1, 2016 was filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on June 1, 2016, and is incorporated herein by reference.
A copy of the blog post by Thomas D. Ebling, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, which was made available by the Company on June 1, 2016, was filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on June 1, 2016, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Additional Information
The tender offer has not yet commenced. This document is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. At the time the tender offer is commenced, Salesforce will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, and Demandware will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. Demandware stockholders and other investors are strongly advised to read the tender offer materials (including the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and certain other tender offer documents that have yet to be filed) and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement because they will contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the tender offer. The Tender Offer Statement and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement will be available for free at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Free copies of these materials and other tender offer documents will be made available by the information agent for the tender offer.
In addition to the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and certain other tender offer documents, Salesforce and Demandware file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information filed by the parties at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. The parties’ filings with the SEC are also available to the public from commercial document-retrieval services and at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains “forward-looking statements” relating to the acquisition of Demandware by Salesforce. All statements other than historical facts included in this document including, but not limited to, statements regarding the timing and the closing of the transaction, the financing for the transaction, the expected benefits of the transaction, prospective performance and future business plans, and any assumptions underlying any of the foregoing, are
forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown, or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the parties’ expectations and projections. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, uncertainties regarding the timing of the closing of the transaction; uncertainties as to how many of Demandware’s stockholders may tender their stock in the tender offer; the possibility that various closing conditions to the tender offer and merger transactions may not be satisfied or waived, including that a governmental entity may prohibit, delay, or refuse to grant approval for the consummation of the transaction; that there is a material adverse change to Demandware; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted in connection with the transaction; that the integration of Demandware’s business into Salesforce is not as successful as expected; the failure to realize anticipated synergies and cost savings; the failure of Salesforce to achieve the expected financial and commercial results from the transaction; other business effects, including effects of industry, economic or political conditions outside either company’s control; transaction costs; actual or contingent liabilities; as well as other cautionary statements contained elsewhere herein and in Salesforce’s and Demandware’s periodic reports filed with the SEC including the factors set forth in their most recent annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO and other tender offer documents to be filed by Salesforce, and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 to be filed by Demandware. These forward-looking statements reflect Salesforce’s expectations as of the date of this document. Salesforce undertakes no obligation to update the information provided herein.
