UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO-C

(Rule 14d-100)

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

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

OLINK HOLDING AB (PUBL)

 (Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

 (Ultimate Parent of Offeror)

American Depositary Shares, each representing one Common Share,

quota value SEK 2.431906612623020 per share

Common Shares, quota value SEK 2.431906612623020 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

680710100*

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) 

Michael A. Boxer

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

168 Third Avenue

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

Telephone: (781) 622-1000

(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

Copies to:

Ting S. Chen Bethany A. Pfalzgraf Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 +1 (212) 474-1000 Erik Sjöman Jonas Bergström Dain Hård Nevonen Advokatfirman Vinge KB Box 1703, Smålandsgatan 20 SE-111 87 Stockholm, Sweden +46 (0) 10-614 30 00

 

* Pursuant to General Instruction D to Schedule TO, a filing fee is not required in connection with this filing because it relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

☐ Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:  None	Filing Party:  N/A
Form of Registration:  N/A	Date Filed:  N/A

☒ 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:

☒	third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
☐	issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13de-4.
☐	going-private transactions subject to Rule 13e-3.
☐	amendments 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: ☐

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

☐	Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)
☐	Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO-C (“Schedule TO-C”) relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a planned tender offer by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Thermo Fisher”), to directly or indirectly purchase any and all of the issued and outstanding common shares, quota value SEK 2.431906612623020 per share (the “Shares”), and any American Depositary Shares representing the Shares (the “ADSs”), of Olink Holding AB (publ), a company organized under the laws of Sweden (“Olink”), for $26.00 per Share, in cash, without interest, representing $26.00 per ADS, in cash, without interest, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2023, by and between Thermo Fisher and Olink.

Forward-looking Statements

This communication contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but other statements that are not historical facts may also be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties relating to: the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to develop new products and adapt to significant technological change; implementation of strategies for improving growth; general economic conditions and related uncertainties; dependence on customers’ capital spending policies and government funding policies; the effect of economic and political conditions and exchange rate fluctuations on international operations; use and protection of intellectual property; the effect of changes in governmental regulations; any natural disaster, public health crisis or other catastrophic event; and the effect of laws and regulations governing government contracts, as well as the possibility that expected benefits related to recent or pending acquisitions, including the proposed acquisition, may not materialize as expected; the proposed acquisition not being timely completed, if completed at all; regulatory approvals required for the transaction not being timely obtained, if obtained at all, or being obtained subject to conditions; prior to the completion of the transaction, Olink’s business experiencing disruptions due to transaction-related uncertainty or other factors making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, licensees, other business partners or governmental entities; difficulty retaining key employees; the outcome of any legal proceedings related to the proposed acquisition; and the parties being unable to successfully implement integration strategies or to achieve expected synergies and operating efficiencies within the expected time-frames or at all. Additional important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are set forth in Thermo Fisher’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and available in the “Investors” section of Thermo Fisher’s website, ir.thermofisher.com, under the heading “SEC Filings”, and in any subsequent documents Thermo Fisher files or furnishes with the SEC, and in Olink’s Annual Report on Form 20-F and subsequent interim reports on Form 6-K, which are on file with the SEC and available in the “Investor Relations” section of Olink’s website, https://investors.olink.com/investor-relations, under the heading “SEC Filings”, and in any subsequent documents Olink files or furnishes with the SEC. While Thermo Fisher or Olink may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Thermo Fisher and Olink specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even if estimates change and, therefore, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing either Thermo Fisher’s or Olink’s views as of any date subsequent to today.

Additional Information and Where to Find it

The tender offer referenced herein has not yet commenced. This communication is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of Olink or any other securities, nor is it a substitute for the tender offer materials that Thermo Fisher or its acquisition subsidiary will file with the SEC. The terms and conditions of the tender offer will be published in, and the offer to purchase ordinary shares of Olink will be made only pursuant to, the offer document and related offer materials prepared by Thermo Fisher and its acquisition subsidiary and filed with the SEC in a tender offer statement on Schedule TO at the time the tender offer is commenced.  Olink intends to file a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC with respect to the tender offer.

THE TENDER OFFER MATERIALS (INCLUDING AN OFFER TO PURCHASE, A RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CERTAIN OTHER TENDER OFFER DOCUMENTS) AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 14D-9, AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.  INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF OLINK ARE URGED TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY, AND NOT THIS DOCUMENT, WILL GOVERN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE TENDER OFFER, AND BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT SUCH PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING TENDERING THEIR COMMON SHARES AND AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES.

The tender offer materials, including the offer to purchase and the related letter of transmittal and certain other tender offer documents, and the solicitation/recommendation statement (when they become available) and other documents filed with the SEC by Thermo Fisher or Olink, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or at Olink’s website at investors.olink.com/investor-relations or at Thermo Fisher’s website at www.thermofisher.com or by contacting Thermo Fisher’s investor relations department at 781-622-1111. In addition, Thermo Fisher’s tender offer statement and other documents it will file with the SEC will be available at https://ir.thermofisher.com/investors.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Letter to Employees from Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
99.2	Letter to Employees from Executive Vice President
99.3	Corporate Social Media Posts
99.4	Letter to Partners / Suppliers
99.5	Letter to Customers