This Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment No. 4”) amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Schedule 14D-9”) filed by Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Aimmune” or the “Company”), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 14, 2020, relating to the tender offer (the “Offer”) by SPN MergerSub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., a société anonyme organized under the laws of Switzerland (“Parent”), to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Shares”) owned by the stockholders of the Company other than Parent and its affiliates, at a price of $34.50 per Share, net to the seller thereof in cash, without interest and subject to any required withholding of taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated September 14, 2020 (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”). The Offer is described in a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Schedule TO”) filed by Parent and Purchaser with the SEC on September 14, 2020.
Except to the extent specifically provided in this Amendment No. 4, the information set forth in the Schedule 14D-9, as amended by the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement (Amendment No. 1) on Schedule 14D-9 filed by the Company with the SEC on September 21, 2020, the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement (Amendment No. 2) on Schedule 14D-9 filed by the Company with the SEC on September 24, 2020 and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement (Amendment No. 3) on Schedule 14D-9 filed by the Company with the SEC on September 29, 2020, remains unchanged. Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, in this Amendment No. 4 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 14D-9, as amended. This Amendment No. 4 is being filed to reflect certain updates as presented below.
Explanatory Note
This supplemental information should be read in conjunction with the Schedule 14D-9 in its entirety. The Company believes that no supplemental disclosure is required under applicable laws and that the Schedule 14D-9 disclosed all material information required to be disclosed therein. However, to mitigate the risk that lawsuits may delay or otherwise adversely affect the Offer and to minimize the expense of defending such actions, without admitting any liability or wrongdoing, the Company wishes to voluntarily make certain supplemental disclosures related to the Offer, all of which are set forth below and should be read in conjunction with the Schedule 14D-9, as amended. Nothing in these supplemental disclosures shall be deemed an admission of the legal necessity or materiality under applicable laws of any of the disclosures set forth herein. Paragraph references used herein refer to the Schedule 14D-9 before any additions or deletions resulting from this supplemental information.
Item 4. The Solicitation or Recommendation
Item 4. “The Solicitation or Recommendation” of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
| • | | The fourth paragraph under the section entitled “Background and Reasons for the Company Board’s Recommendation—Background of the Offer” is amended by adding the following to the end of the paragraph: |
The standstill restrictions placed on Nestlé Health Science set forth in the Standstill Agreement would terminate upon, among other things, (i) the Company’s entry into an alternative transaction with another third party involving a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or a transaction in which the beneficial ownership of at least 50% of the voting power of the Company was transferred to a third party or (ii) the submission of any bona fide offer by any third party to acquire all or a substantial portion of the securities or assets of the Company (excluding any offer with respect to which the Company elects not to engage in substantive negotiations).