SC TO-T/A 1 dp61951_sctota3.htm FORM SC TO-T/A

 

 
 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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SCHEDULE TO

Tender Offer Statement Under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

(Amendment No. 3)

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ZS PHARMA, INC.

(Name of Subject Company)

 

ZANZIBAR ACQUISITION CORP.

ZENECA, INC.

ASTRAZENECA PLC

(Names of Filing Persons – Offeror)

 

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share

(Title of Class of Securities)

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98979G 105

(Cusip Number of Class of Securities)

 

Adiah Ferron Reid

1800 Concord Pike 

Wilmington, DE 19850-5437

Telephone: (302) 886-3000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

 

Copies to:

 

Marc O. Williams, Esq.

Brian Wolfe, Esq.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Telephone: (212) 450-4000

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¨Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

xthird-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

 

¨issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

 

¨going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

 

¨amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

 

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer. ¨

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

This Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment No. 3”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed by AstraZeneca PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Ultimate Parent”), Zeneca Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Ultimate Parent (“Parent”), and Zanzibar Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2015 (the “Schedule TO”). This Amendment No. 3 and the Schedule TO relate to the offer by Purchaser to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of ZS Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation, at $90.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any required withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated November 18, 2015 (as it may be amended or supplemented, 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, constitute the “Offer”), copies of which are attached as Exhibits (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii), respectively, to the Schedule TO. The expiration date of the Offer was at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on December 16, 2015.

 

Except as otherwise set forth in this Amendment, the information set forth in the Schedule TO remains unchanged and is incorporated herein by reference to the extent relevant to the items in this Amendment No. 3. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule TO.

 

Items 1 through 9 and Item 11.

 

Items 1 through 9 and Item 11 of the Schedule TO are hereby amended and supplemented by replacing “21,948,939 Shares” with “21,950,539 Shares” and “984,853 Shares” with “983,253 Shares” in the first sentence of the first paragraph of Section 19 of the Offer to Purchase.

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

After due inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, each of the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: December 17, 2015

 

     
ZANZIBAR ACQUISITION CORP.
   
By:

/s/ David E. White

 
  Name: David E. White
  Title: Director

 

     
ZENECA INC.
   
By:

/s/ David E. White

 
  Name: David E. White
  Title: Director

 

 

ASTRAZENECA PLC
   
By:

/s/ Adrian Kemp

 
  Name: Adrian Kemp
  Title: Company Secretary