Item 1. Security and Issuer
This statement relates to the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), issued by Prevail Therapeutics Inc. (the “Issuer”). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at 430 E 29th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Item 2. Identity and Background
This statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1 under the Exchange Act, by Eli Lilly and Company, an Indiana corporation (“Lilly”), and Tyto Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Lilly (“Purchaser” and, together with Lilly, the “Reporting Persons”). The address of the principal business and the principal office of each of the Reporting Persons is Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285. The principal business of Lilly is discovering, developing, manufacturing, and selling pharmaceutical products.
The name, business address, present principal occupation or employment and citizenship of each director and executive officer (including a director and officer who may be a controlling person) of the Reporting Persons is set forth on Schedule A.
During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons or, to the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, any of the persons listed on Schedule A attached hereto have been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or been 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.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
The total amount of funds required by the Reporting Persons to consummate the Offer (as defined below) and purchase all of the outstanding Shares in the Offer and provide funding in connection with the Merger (as defined below) is approximately $1.0 billion, plus related fees and expenses. The Reporting Persons expect to fund these payments out of cash on hand and borrowings at prevailing effective rates under Lilly’s commercial paper program.
The information set forth or incorporated by reference in Item 4 is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
This statement is being filed in connection with the Merger Agreement (defined below) and the Tender and Support Agreements (defined below).
On December 14, 2020, Lilly, the Issuer and Purchaser entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which Lilly has agreed to cause Purchaser to commence a cash tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase all of the Shares, at a price of (a) $22.50 per Share (the “Closing Amount”), net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding, plus (b) one non-tradable contingent value right (a “CVR”), which CVR represents the contractual right to receive a contingent payment of up to $4.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding, which amount (or such lesser amount as determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of such contingent value rights agreement to be entered into with a rights agent mutually agreeable to Lilly and the Issuer) will become payable, if at all, if a specified milestone is achieved prior to December 1, 2028 (the “Offer Price”). The obligations of Purchaser to accept for payment and pay for any Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer is subject to various conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including (i) that there shall have been validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) prior to the expiration of the Offer that number of Shares that, when added to the Shares then beneficially owned by Lilly, Purchaser or any other subsidiary of Lilly, would represent a majority of the Shares outstanding as of the consummation of the Offer, (ii) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, (iii) the accuracy of the Issuer’s representations and warranties set forth in the Merger Agreement, and the performance of the Issuer’s covenants set forth in the Merger Agreement, in each case in certain respects, to specified standards of materiality, (iv) that no order, decree or ruling by any court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental authority or other action restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Offer or the Merger will be in effect and (v) the other conditions set forth in Annex I to the Merger Agreement as of one minute past 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, on January 21, 2021 unless extended in accordance with the terms of the Offer and the Merger Agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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