CUSIP: G637AM102
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Item 1. | Security and Issuer |
The Statement on Schedule 13D (this “Statement”) relates to the Common Shares, par value $0.000017727 per share (“Common Shares”), issued by Myovant Sciences Ltd. (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is Suite 1, 3rd Floor,11-12 St. James’s Square, London, SW1Y 4LB, United Kingdom.
Item 2. | Identity and Background |
(a) The persons filing this statement are Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., a Japanese corporation (“Sumitomo Chemical”), Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., a Japanese corporation (“Sumitomo Dainippon”), and Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd. (formerly known as Vant Alliance Ltd.), a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares (“Sumitovant”) (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”). The Common Shares are owned directly by Sumitovant, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Dainippon, which is a 51.76% owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical. Sumitomo Dainippon and Sumitomo Chemical are indirect beneficial owners of the Common Shares.
(b) Sumitomo Chemical’s principal office address is27-1, Shinkawa2-chome,Chuo-ku, Tokyo104-8260, Japan. Sumitomo Dainippon’s principal office address is6-8, Doshomachi2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka541-0045, Japan. Sumitovant’s principal office address is11-12 St. James’s Square Suite 1, 3rd Floor London, United Kingdom SW1Y 4LB.
(c) Sumitomo Chemical’s principal business is operating around the world in five business sectors: petrochemicals and plastics, energy and functional materials,IT-related chemicals, health and crop sciences, and pharmaceuticals. Sumitomo Dainippon’s principal business is the research, development, manufacture, purchase, sale, importation and exportation of pharmaceutical products. Sumitovant’s principal business is to act as a holding company and directly own the Common Shares.
(d) The Reporting Persons have not, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) The Reporting Persons have not, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which it 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) Sumitomo Chemical and Sumitomo Dainippon are Japanese corporations and Sumitovant is a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares.
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
On December 27, 2019, Sumitomo Dainippon paid $2.0 billion to acquire its interest in Sumitovant and, indirectly, the Common Shares of the Issuer as part of the Transactions (defined below), which purchase price was funded by a 270.0 billion yen loan facility (the “Loan Facility”). The Loan Facility was entered into between Sumitomo Dainippon and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (the “Bank”).
Before Sumitomo Dainippon acquired its interest in Sumitovant, the Common Shares of the Issuer were transferred from Roivant Sciences Ltd. (“Roivant”) to Sumitovant.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
Transaction Agreement