• | commercially launched VTAMA® (tapinarof) cream 1% for the treatment of plaque psoriasis in adults; |
• | conducted nine international Phase 3 trials, the last eight of which have been successful; |
• | consummated a $3 billion upfront partnership with Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Sumitomo”); |
• | received six FDA approvals for drugs developed by Vants launched by Roivant, including VTAMA and four drugs that received FDA approval after their transfer to Sumitomo; |
• | built a broad and differentiated pipeline of drugs and drug candidates ranging from early discovery to commercial stage; and |
• | launched Roivant Discovery, our small molecule discovery engine, consisting of a collection of advanced computational physics capabilities, integrated with an in-house wet lab facility. |
• | 157,844,194 common shares issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of June 30, 2022, having a weighted average exercise price of $7.82 per share; |
• | 30,690,240 common shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants as of June 30, 2022, having a weighted average exercise price of $11.50 per share; and |
• | 64,391,867 common shares issuable upon settlement of outstanding restricted stock units and capped value appreciation rights as of June 30, 2022. |
• | our limited operating history and risks involved in biopharmaceutical product development; |
• | our limited experience as a commercial-stage company and ability to successfully commercialize VTAMA® (tapinarof); |
• | our ability to raise additional capital to fund our business on acceptable terms or at all; |
• | the receipt of proceeds from the sale of the Myovant Top-Up Shares to Sumitomo in connection with the previously announced acquisition of Myovant by Sumitomo, expected to close in the first quarter of calendar year 2023; |
• | the fact that we will likely incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future; |
• | the impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics (such as the COVID-19 pandemic) on our business (including our clinical trials and preclinical studies), operations and financial condition and results; |
• | our ability to acquire, in-license or discover new product candidates; |
• | our Vant structure and the potential that we may fail to capitalize on certain development opportunities; |
• | clinical trials and preclinical studies, which are very expensive, time-consuming, difficult to design and implement and involve uncertain outcomes; |
• | the unproven nature of our approach to the discovery and development of product candidates from our small molecule discovery engine; |
• | the novelty, complexity and difficulty of manufacturing certain of our products and product candidates, including any manufacturing problems that result in delays in development or commercialization of our products and product candidates; |
• | difficulties we may face in enrolling and retaining patients in clinical trials and/or clinical development activities; |
• | the results of our clinical trials not supporting our proposed claims for a product candidate; |
• | changes in interim, top-line and/or preliminary data from our clinical trials changing as more data becoming available or being delayed due to audit and verification process; |
• | changes in product manufacturing or formulation that could lead to the incurrence of costs or delays; |
• | the failure of any third-party we contract with to conduct, supervise and monitor our clinical trials to perform in a satisfactory manner or to comply with applicable requirements; |
• | the fact that obtaining approvals for new drugs is a lengthy, extensive, expensive and unpredictable process that may end with our inability to obtain regulatory approval by the FDA or other regulatory agencies in other jurisdictions; |
• | the failure of our clinical trials to demonstrate substantial evidence of the safety and efficacy of our products and product candidates, including, but not limited to, scenarios in which our products and product candidates may cause adverse effects that could delay regulatory approval, discontinue clinical trials, limit the scope of approval or generally result in negative media coverage of us; |
• | our inability to obtain regulatory approval for a product or product candidate in certain jurisdictions, even if we are able to obtain approval in certain other jurisdictions; |
• | our ability to effectively manage growth and to attract and retain key personnel; |
• | any business, legal, regulatory, political, operational, financial and economic risks associated with conducting business globally; |
• | our ability to obtain and maintain patent and other intellectual property protection for our technology, products and product candidates; |
• | the inadequacy of patent terms and their scope to protect our competitive position; |
• | the failure to issue (or the threatening of their breadth or strength of protection) or provide meaningful exclusivity for our current and future products and product candidates of our patent applications that we hold or have in-licensed; |
• | the fact that we do not currently and may not in the future own or license any issued composition of matter patents covering certain of our products and product candidates and our inability to be certain that any of our other issued patents will provide adequate protection for such products and product candidates; |
• | the fact that our largest shareholders (and certain members of our management team) own a significant percentage of our shares and will be able to exert significant control over matters subject to shareholder approval; |
• | the outcome of any pending or potential litigation, including but not limited to our expectations regarding the outcome of any such litigation and costs and expenses associated with such litigation; |
• | changes in applicable laws or regulations; |
• | the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; and |
• | other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in filings made with the SEC. |
• | certain banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions; |
• | regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts; |
• | corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax; |
• | dealers or traders in securities that use mark-to-market method of tax accounting; |
• | persons holding the common shares as part of a straddle, wash sale, hedging transaction, conversion transaction or integrated transaction or entering into a constructive sale with respect to such securities; |
• | persons whose functional currency for U.S. federal income tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar; |
• | entities classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes and their partners; |
• | tax-exempt entities, “individual retirement accounts” or “Roth IRAs”; |
• | persons actually or constructively owning ten percent or more of the combined voting power or value of our common shares; |
• | persons owning shares in connection with a trade or business conducted outside of the United States; and |
• | persons subject to special tax accounting rules as a result of any item of gross income with respect to common shares being taken into account in an applicable financial statement. |
• | a citizen or individual resident of the United States; |
• | a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state therein or the District of Columbia; |
• | an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or |
• | a trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and all substantial decisions of which are under the control of one or more “United States persons” (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) or (2) has a valid election in effect to be treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
• | the U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the common shares; |
• | the amount allocated to the U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the U.S. Holder recognized the gain or received the excess distribution, or to the period in the U.S. Holder’s holding period before the first day of Roivant’s first taxable year in which Roivant is a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income; |
• | the amount allocated to other taxable years (or portions thereof) of the U.S. Holder and included in its holding period will be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and applicable to the U.S. Holder without regard to the U.S. Holder’s other items of income and loss for such year; and |
• | an additional tax equal to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the U.S. Holder with respect to the tax attributable to each such other taxable year of the U.S. Holder. |
| | Common Shares | ||||||||||
Name | | | Number Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering | | | Number Offered for Sale Hereby | | | Number Beneficially Owned After Offering | | | Percent Owned After Offering |
SVF Investments(1) | | | 99,375,586 | | | 4,343,919 | | | | | ||
QVT Entities(2) | | | 129,393,817 | | | 5,656,081 | | | | |
(1) | Securities held of record by SVF Investments (UK) Limited (“SVF Investments”). SVF GP (Jersey) Limited is the general partner of Softbank Vision Fund LP, which is the managing member of SVF Holdings (UK) LLP (“SVF Holdings”), which is the sole owner of SVF Investments. SB Investment Advisers (UK) Limited (“SBIA UK”) has been appointed by SVF GP (Jersey) Limited as the alternative investment fund manager (“AIFM”) of SoftBank Vision Fund LP. SBIA UK is authorized and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and is exclusively responsible for making all decisions related to the acquisition, structuring, financing and disposal of SoftBank Vision Fund LP’s investments. Voting and investment determinations with respect to the securities held of record by SVF Investments are made by the board of directors of SBIA UK, which consists of Rajeev Misra, Saleh Romeih, Kalika Jayasekera and Neil Hadley. Accordingly, each of the foregoing entities and individuals may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by SVF Investments. Each of them disclaims any such beneficial ownership. The registered address for Softbank Vision Fund LP and SVF GP (Jersey) Limited is Aztec Group House 11-15 Seaton Place, St. Helier, Y9 JE40QH. The principal address of SVF Investments, SVF Holdings, and SBIA UK is 69 Grosvenor Street, London, United Kingdom W1K 3JP. |
(2) | Consists of Common Shares held by QVT Financial Investment Cayman Ltd., QVT Roiv Hldgs Offshore Ltd., QVT Roiv Hldgs Onshore Ltd., QVT Deferred Compensation Holdings Ltd., QVT P&E Roiv Hldgs Ltd. and Fourth Avenue Capital Partners LP (together, the “QVT Entities”). Fourth Avenue Capital Partners GP LLC may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Common Shares held by Fourth Avenue Capital Partners LP. Each of QVT Financial LP and QVT Financial GP LLC may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Common Shares held by the QVT Entities. The Managing Members of QVT Financial GP LLC and Fourth Avenue Capital Partners GP LLC are Daniel Gold, Nicholas Brumm, Arthur Chu and Tracy Fu, each of whom disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the QVT Entities. The principal business address for the QVT Entities, QVT Financial LP, QVT Financial GP LLC, Fourth Avenue Capital Partners GP LLC and the Managing Members is 888 Seventh Avenue, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10106. |
Name of Underwriter | | | Shares |
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. | | | |
Total | | |
• | to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation; |
• | to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriter for any such offer; or |
• | in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation, |
• | to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation; |
• | to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriter for any such offer; or |
• | in any other circumstances falling within Section 86 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”), |
• | does not constitute a disclosure document or a prospectus under Chapter 6D.2 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), or the Corporations Act; |
• | has not been, and will not be, lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, or ASIC, as a disclosure document for the purposes of the Corporations Act and does not purport to include the information required of a disclosure document for the purposes of the Corporations Act; and |
• | may only be provided in Australia to select investors who are able to demonstrate that they fall within one or more of the categories of investors, available under section 708 of the Corporations Act, or Exempt Investors. |
(a) | to an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289) of Singapore, as modified or amended from time to time, or the SFA) pursuant to Section 274 of the SFA; |
(b) | to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA) pursuant to Section 275(1) of the SFA, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA; or |
(c) | otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. |
(a) | a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or |
(b) | a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities or securities-based derivatives contracts (each term as defined in Section 2(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the common shares pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: |
(i) | to an institutional investor or to a relevant person, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; |
(ii) | where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; |
(iii) | where the transfer is by operation of law; |
(iv) | as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA; or |
(v) | as specified in Regulation 37A of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Securities and Securities-based Derivatives Contracts) Regulations 2018. |
• | our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on June 28, 2022; |
• | our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022; |
• | the information specifically incorporated by reference in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022 from our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A relating to our 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the SEC on July 26, 2022; |
• | our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 28, 2022 (solely with respect to Item 5.02), September 21, 2022 and September 28, 2022 (excluding Item 7.01); and |
• | the description of our common shares in our registration statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the SEC on September 30, 2021, including any amendments thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
• | commercially launched VTAMA® (tapinarof) cream 1% for the treatment of plaque psoriasis in adults; |
• | conducted nine international Phase 3 trials, the last eight of which have been successful; |
• | consummated a $3 billion upfront partnership with Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Sumitomo”); |
• | received six FDA approvals for drugs developed by Vants launched by Roivant, including VTAMA and four drugs that received FDA approval after their transfer to Sumitomo; |
• | built a broad and differentiated pipeline of drugs and drug candidates ranging from early discovery to commercial stage; and |
• | launched Roivant Discovery, our small molecule discovery engine, consisting of a collection of advanced computational physics capabilities, integrated with an in-house wet lab facility. |
• | our limited operating history and risks involved in biopharmaceutical product development; |
• | our limited experience as a commercial-stage company and ability to successfully commercialize VTAMA® (tapinarof); |
• | our ability to raise additional capital to fund our business on acceptable terms or at all; |
• | the fact that we will likely incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future; |
• | the impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics (such as the COVID-19 pandemic) on our business (including our clinical trials and preclinical studies), operations and financial condition and results; |
• | our ability to acquire, in-license or discover new product candidates; |
• | our Vant structure and the potential that we may fail to capitalize on certain development opportunities; |
• | clinical trials and preclinical studies, which are very expensive, time-consuming, difficult to design and implement and involve uncertain outcomes; |
• | the unproven nature of our approach to the discovery and development of product candidates from our small molecule discovery engine; |
• | the novelty, complexity and difficulty of manufacturing certain of our products and product candidates, including any manufacturing problems that result in delays in development or commercialization of our products and product candidates; |
• | difficulties we may face in enrolling and retaining patients in clinical trials and/or clinical development activities; |
• | the results of our clinical trials not supporting our proposed claims for a product candidate; |
• | changes in interim, top-line and/or preliminary data from our clinical trials changing as more data becoming available or being delayed due to audit and verification process; |
• | changes in product manufacturing or formulation that could lead to the incurrence of costs or delays; |
• | the failure of any third-party we contract with to conduct, supervise and monitor our clinical trials to perform in a satisfactory manner or to comply with applicable requirements; |
• | the fact that obtaining approvals for new drugs is a lengthy, extensive, expensive and unpredictable process that may end with our inability to obtain regulatory approval by the FDA or other regulatory agencies in other jurisdictions; |
• | the failure of our clinical trials to demonstrate substantial evidence of the safety and efficacy of our products and product candidates, including, but not limited to, scenarios in which our products and product candidates may cause adverse effects that could delay regulatory approval, discontinue clinical trials, limit the scope of approval or generally result in negative media coverage of us; |
• | our inability to obtain regulatory approval for a product or product candidate in certain jurisdictions, even if we are able to obtain approval in certain other jurisdictions; |
• | our ability to effectively manage growth and to attract and retain key personnel; |
• | any business, legal, regulatory, political, operational, financial and economic risks associated with conducting business globally; |
• | our ability to obtain and maintain patent and other intellectual property protection for our technology, products and product candidates; |
• | the inadequacy of patent terms and their scope to protect our competitive position; |
• | the failure to issue (or the threatening of their breadth or strength of protection) or provide meaningful exclusivity for our current and future products and product candidates of our patent applications that we hold or have in-licensed; |
• | the fact that we do not currently and may not in the future own or license any issued composition of matter patents covering certain of our products and product candidates and our inability to be certain that any of our other issued patents will provide adequate protection for such products and product candidates; |
• | the fact that our largest shareholders (and certain members of our management team) own a significant percentage of our shares and will be able to exert significant control over matters subject to shareholder approval; |
• | the outcome of any pending or potential litigation, including but not limited to our expectations regarding the outcome of any such litigation and costs and expenses associated with such litigation; |
• | changes in applicable laws or regulations; |
• | the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; and |
• | other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in filings made with the SEC. |
• | prior to the date of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, our board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder; |
• | upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder owned at least 85% of our issued and voting shares outstanding at the time the transaction commenced; or |
• | after the date of the transaction that resulted in the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder, the business combination is approved by our board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders by the affirmative vote of at least 662∕3% of our issued and outstanding voting shares that are not owned by the interested shareholder. |
• | classification as senior or subordinated debt securities; |
• | ranking of the specific series of debt securities relative to other outstanding indebtedness, including subsidiaries’ debt; |
• | if the debt securities are subordinated, the aggregate amount of outstanding indebtedness, as of a recent date, that is senior to the subordinated securities, and any limitation on the issuance of additional senior indebtedness; |
• | the designation, aggregate principal amount and authorized denominations; |
• | the maturity date; |
• | the interest rate, if any, and the method for calculating the interest rate; |
• | the interest payment dates and the record dates for the interest payments; |
• | any mandatory or optional redemption terms or prepayment, conversion, sinking fund or exchangeability or convertibility provisions; |
• | the place where we will pay principal and interest; |
• | if other than denominations of $1,000 or multiples of $1,000, the denominations the debt securities will be issued in; |
• | whether the debt securities will be issued in the form of global securities or certificates; |
• | additional provisions, if any, relating to the defeasance of the debt securities; |
• | the currency or currencies, if other than the currency of the United States, in which principal and interest will be paid; |
• | any United States federal income tax consequences; |
• | the dates on which premium, if any, will be paid; |
• | our right, if any, to defer payment interest and the maximum length of this deferral period; |
• | any listing on a securities exchange; |
• | the initial public offering price; and |
• | other specific terms, including any additional events of default or covenants. |
• | any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings which concern us or a substantial part of our property; |
• | a default having occurred for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on or other monetary amounts due and payable on any senior indebtedness or any other default having occurred concerning any senior indebtedness, which permits the holder or holders of any senior indebtedness to accelerate the maturity of any senior indebtedness with notice or lapse of time, or both. Such an event of default must have continued beyond the period of grace, if any, provided for such event of default, and such an event of default shall not have been cured or waived or shall not have ceased to exist; or |
• | the principal of, and accrued interest on, any series of the subordinated debt securities having been declared due and payable upon an event of default pursuant to the subordinated debt indenture. This declaration must not have been rescinded and annulled as provided in the subordinated debt indenture. |
(i) | we default in the payment of principal of such debt securities when it becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or mandatory repurchase, including as a sinking fund installment or otherwise; |
(ii) | we default in the payment of interest on such debt securities when it becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days or more; |
(iii) | we default in the performance of, or breach, any other covenant or agreement in the indenture with respect to such debt securities or in such debt securities (other than defaults specified in clause (i) or (ii) above) and such default or breach continues for a period of 30 days or more after written notice to |
(iv) | certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, administration or similar proceedings with respect to us or any material subsidiary has occurred; or |
(v) | any other Events of Default set forth in the prospectus supplement. |
• | cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; provided that such amendments or supplements do not materially and adversely affect the interests of the holders; |
• | provide for the assumption of our obligations in the case of a merger or consolidation; |
• | comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; |
• | evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee and add to or change any of the provisions of the indenture; |
• | establish the form or forms or terms of debt securities of any series or of the coupons appertaining to such debt securities; |
• | provide for uncertificated or unregistered debt securities and make all appropriate changes for such purpose; and |
• | make any change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any holder. |
• | change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any sinking fund obligation or any installment of interest on, such holder’s debt security; |
• | reduce the principal amount of such holder’s debt security or the rate of interest thereon (including any amount in respect of original issue discount); |
• | reduce the percentage of outstanding debt securities the consent of whose holders is necessary to modify or amend the indenture with respect to the debt securities; and |
• | reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding debt securities the consent of whose holders is required for any supplemental indenture or for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the indenture or certain defaults and their consequences provided for in the indenture. |
• | we have paid or caused to be paid the principal of and interest on such series of debt securities as and when such debt securities become due and payable; |
• | we have delivered to the trustee for cancellation all debt securities of such series that have been authenticated; or |
• | all debt securities of such series not delivered to the trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, or by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and we have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the trustee the entire amount in cash or |
• | rights of registration of transfer and exchange, and our right of optional redemption; |
• | substitution of apparently mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen debt securities; |
• | rights of holders to receive payments of principal of the debt securities and interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates (but not upon acceleration); |
• | the rights, obligations and immunities of the trustee; and |
• | the rights of the holders of debt securities of such series as beneficiaries with respect to the property deposited with the trustee payable to all or any of them. |
• | we have deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of the debt securities of such series, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. government obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide not later than one day before the due date of any payment money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, sufficient to pay and discharge without consideration of the reinvestment of such interest and after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable by the trustee (x) the principal of, premium, if any, and each installment of interest on the outstanding debt securities of such series on the due dates thereof and (y) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the debt securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of debt securities of such series and the indenture; |
• | we have delivered to the trustee (i) an opinion of counsel to the effect that holders of debt securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of our exercise of legal defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred, or a ruling directed to the trustee received from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to the same effect as such opinion of counsel and (ii) an opinion of counsel to the effect that the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940 and after the passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust fund will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law; |
• | immediately after giving effect to such deposit on a pro forma basis, no event of default, or event that after the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would become an event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of such deposit, and such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which we are a party or by which we are bound; |
• | if at such time the debt securities of such series are listed on a national securities exchange, we have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the debt securities of such series will not be delisted as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge; |
• | we have delivered to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge have been complied with; and |
• | in the case of covenant defeasance, if the debt securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to the final maturity thereof (other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to the indenture. |
• | in whole and not in part; |
• | at a price of $0.01 per warrant; |
• | upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each Warrant holder; and |
• | if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Common Shares for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three business days before Roivant sends to the notice of redemption to the Warrant holders (which Roivant refers to as the “Reference Value”) equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like). |
• | in whole and not in part; |
• | at $0.10 per Warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption; provided that holders will be able to exercise their Warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares determined by reference to the table below, based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of Common Shares (as defined below); |
• | if, and only if, the Reference Value (as defined above under-”Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Common Share Equals or Exceeds $18.00”) equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like); and |
• | if the Reference Value is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) the private placement Warrants must also be concurrently called for redemption on the same terms (except as described above with respect to a holder’s ability to cashless exercise its Warrants) as the outstanding Public Warrants, as described above. |
| | Fair Market Value of Common Shares | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Redemption Date (period to expiration of Warrants) | | | ≤$10.00 | | | $11.00 | | | $12.00 | | | $13.00 | | | $14.00 | | | $15.00 | | | $16.00 | | | $17.00 | | | ≥$18.00 |
60 months | | | 0.261 | | | 0.281 | | | 0.297 | | | 0.311 | | | 0.324 | | | 0.337 | | | 0.348 | | | 0.358 | | | 0.361 |
57 months | | | 0.257 | | | 0.277 | | | 0.294 | | | 0.310 | | | 0.324 | | | 0.337 | | | 0.348 | | | 0.358 | | | 0.361 |
54 months | | | 0.252 | | | 0.272 | | | 0.291 | | | 0.307 | | | 0.322 | | | 0.335 | | | 0.347 | | | 0.357 | | | 0.361 |
51 months | | | 0.246 | | | 0.268 | | | 0.287 | | | 0.304 | | | 0.320 | | | 0.333 | | | 0.346 | | | 0.357 | | | 0.361 |
48 months | | | 0.241 | | | 0.263 | | | 0.283 | | | 0.301 | | | 0.317 | | | 0.332 | | | 0.344 | | | 0.356 | | | 0.361 |
45 months | | | 0.235 | | | 0.258 | | | 0.279 | | | 0.298 | | | 0.315 | | | 0.330 | | | 0.343 | | | 0.356 | | | 0.361 |
42 months | | | 0.228 | | | 0.252 | | | 0.274 | | | 0.294 | | | 0.312 | | | 0.328 | | | 0.342 | | | 0.355 | | | 0.361 |
39 months | | | 0.221 | | | 0.246 | | | 0.269 | | | 0.290 | | | 0.309 | | | 0.325 | | | 0.340 | | | 0.354 | | | 0.361 |
36 months | | | 0.213 | | | 0.239 | | | 0.263 | | | 0.285 | | | 0.305 | | | 0.323 | | | 0.339 | | | 0.353 | | | 0.361 |
33 months | | | 0.205 | | | 0.232 | | | 0.257 | | | 0.280 | | | 0.301 | | | 0.320 | | | 0.337 | | | 0.352 | | | 0.361 |
30 months | | | 0.196 | | | 0.224 | | | 0.250 | | | 0.274 | | | 0.297 | | | 0.316 | | | 0.335 | | | 0.351 | | | 0.361 |
27 months | | | 0.185 | | | 0.214 | | | 0.242 | | | 0.268 | | | 0.291 | | | 0.313 | | | 0.332 | | | 0.350 | | | 0.361 |
24 months | | | 0.173 | | | 0.204 | | | 0.233 | | | 0.260 | | | 0.285 | | | 0.308 | | | 0.329 | | | 0.348 | | | 0.361 |
21 months | | | 0.161 | | | 0.193 | | | 0.223 | | | 0.252 | | | 0.279 | | | 0.304 | | | 0.326 | | | 0.347 | | | 0.361 |
18 months | | | 0.146 | | | 0.179 | | | 0.211 | | | 0.242 | | | 0.271 | | | 0.298 | | | 0.322 | | | 0.345 | | | 0.361 |
15 months | | | 0.130 | | | 0.164 | | | 0.197 | | | 0.230 | | | 0.262 | | | 0.291 | | | 0.317 | | | 0.342 | | | 0.361 |
12 months | | | 0.111 | | | 0.146 | | | 0.181 | | | 0.216 | | | 0.250 | | | 0.282 | | | 0.312 | | | 0.339 | | | 0.361 |
9 months | | | 0.090 | | | 0.125 | | | 0.162 | | | 0.199 | | | 0.237 | | | 0.272 | | | 0.305 | | | 0.336 | | | 0.361 |
6 months | | | 0.065 | | | 0.099 | | | 0.137 | | | 0.178 | | | 0.219 | | | 0.259 | | | 0.296 | | | 0.331 | | | 0.361 |
3 months | | | 0.034 | | | 0.065 | | | 0.104 | | | 0.150 | | | 0.197 | | | 0.243 | | | 0.286 | | | 0.326 | | | 0.361 |
0 months | | | — | | | — | | | 0.042 | | | 0.115 | | | 0.179 | | | 0.233 | | | 0.281 | | | 0.323 | | | 0.361 |
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• | commercially launched VTAMA® (tapinarof) cream 1% for the treatment of plaque psoriasis in adults; |
• | conducted nine international Phase 3 trials, the last eight of which have been successful; |
• | consummated a $3 billion upfront partnership with Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Sumitomo”); |
• | received six FDA approvals for drugs developed by Vants launched by Roivant, including VTAMA and four drugs that received FDA approval after their transfer to Sumitomo; |
• | built a broad and differentiated pipeline of drugs and drug candidates ranging from early discovery to commercial stage; and |
• | launched Roivant Discovery, our small molecule discovery engine, consisting of a collection of advanced computational physics capabilities, integrated with an in-house wet lab facility. |
• | our limited operating history and risks involved in biopharmaceutical product development; |
• | our limited experience as a commercial-stage company and ability to successfully commercialize VTAMA® (tapinarof); |
• | our ability to raise additional capital to fund our business on acceptable terms or at all; |
• | the fact that we will likely incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future; |
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• | the fact that obtaining approvals for new drugs is a lengthy, extensive, expensive and unpredictable process that may end with our inability to obtain regulatory approval by the FDA or other regulatory agencies in other jurisdictions; |
• | the failure of our clinical trials to demonstrate substantial evidence of the safety and efficacy of our products and product candidates, including, but not limited to, scenarios in which our products and product candidates may cause adverse effects that could delay regulatory approval, discontinue clinical trials, limit the scope of approval or generally result in negative media coverage of us; |
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| | Common Shares | ||||||||||
Name | | | Number Beneficially Owned Prior to Offering | | | Number Registered for Sale Hereby | | | Number Beneficially Owned After Offering | | | Percent Owned After Offering |
SVF Investments(1) | | | 99,375,586 | | | 99,375,586 | | | — | | | — |
QVT Entities(2) | | | 129,393,817 | | | 129,393,817 | | | — | | | — |
Dexxon Holdings(3)(**) | | | 98,849,443 | | | 98,849,443 | | | — | | | — |
Viking Global Entities(4) | | | 88,238,700 | | | 88,238,700 | | | — | | | — |
Sumitomo Pharma(5) | | | 86,367,360 | | | 86,367,360 | | | — | | | — |
Vivek Ramaswamy(**) | | | 79,322,818 | | | 58,409,211 | | | 20,913,607 | | | 2.9% |
Parkway Limited(6) | | | 595,400 | | | 197,036 | | | 398,364 | | | * |
Chengwei Capital HK Limited(7) | | | 11,575,980 | | | 3,830,829 | | | 7,745,151 | | | 1.1% |
Sequoia Capital China(8) | | | 5,205,418 | | | 1,639,419 | | | 3,565,999 | | | * |
Junson Development International Limited(9) | | | 2,161,562 | | | 680,773 | | | 1,480,789 | | | * |
* | Less than 1%. |
** | Each of these holders continues to be subject to an extended lock-up covering their equity securities, including those registered hereby, as follows: (i) 25% of holdings are subject to a one year lock-up, measured from the closing of our business combination with Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp. (the “Business Combination”) (which will expire on September 30, 2022) and (ii) 50% of holdings are subject to a three year lock-up, measured from the closing of the Business Combination. 25% of the holdings were subject to a six-month lock-up, measured from the closing of the Business Combination and the lock-up of such shares expired on March 30, 2022. |
(1) | Securities held of record by SVF Investments (UK) Limited (“SVF Investments”). SVF GP (Jersey) Limited is the general partner of Softbank Vision Fund LP, which is the managing member of SVF Holdings (UK) LLP (“SVF Holdings”), which is the sole owner of |
(2) | Consists of Common Shares held by QVT Financial Investment Cayman Ltd., QVT Roiv Hldgs Offshore Ltd., QVT Roiv Hldgs Onshore Ltd., QVT Deferred Compensation Holdings Ltd., QVT P&E Roiv Hldgs Ltd. and Fourth Avenue Capital Partners LP (together, the “QVT Entities”). Fourth Avenue Capital Partners GP LLC may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Common Shares held by Fourth Avenue Capital Partners LP. Each of QVT Financial LP and QVT Financial GP LLC may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Common Shares held by the QVT Entities. The Managing Members of QVT Financial GP LLC and Fourth Avenue Capital Partners GP LLC are Daniel Gold, Nicholas Brumm, Arthur Chu and Tracy Fu, each of whom disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the QVT Entities. The principal business address for the QVT Entities, QVT Financial LP, QVT Financial GP LLC, Fourth Avenue Capital Partners GP LLC and the Managing Members is 888 Seventh Avenue, 43rd Floor, New York, NY 10106. |
(3) | Consists of Common Shares held by Dexxon Holdings Ltd. (“Dexxon Holdings”) and Dexcel Pharma Technologies Ltd. (“Dexcel Pharma”). Dan Oren is the sole shareholder and sole director of Dexxon Holdings and the ultimate (indirect) sole shareholder and the Executive Chairman of Dexcel Pharma. As such, each of Dexxon Holdings, Dexcel Pharma and Dan Oren may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Common Shares. The principal business address of Dexxon Holdings and Dan Oren is 1 Dexcel Street, Or Akiva, 3060000, Israel. The principal business address of Dexcel Pharma is 21 Nahum Haftzadi Street, Jerusalem, 9548402, Israel. |
(4) | Consists of Common Shares held by Viking Global Equities Master Ltd. (“VGEM”), Viking Global Equities II LP (“VGEII”), Viking Long Fund Master Ltd. (“VLFM”) and Viking Global Opportunities Illiquid Investments Sub-Master LP (“Opportunities Fund,” and together with all of the preceding entities, the “Viking Global Entities”). VGEM has the power to dispose of and vote the shares directly owned by it, which power may be exercised by its investment manager, Viking Global Performance LLC (“VGP”), and by Viking Global Investors LP (“VGI”), which provides managerial services to VGEM. VGEII has the authority to dispose of and vote the shares directly owned by it, which power may be exercised by its general partner, VGP, and by VGI, which provides managerial services to VGEII. VLFM has the authority to dispose of and vote the shares directly owned by it, which power may be exercised by its investment manager, Viking Long Fund GP LLC (“VLFGP”), and by VGI, which provides managerial services to VLFM. Opportunities Fund has the authority to dispose of and vote the shares directly owned by it, which power may be exercised by its general partner, Viking Global Opportunities Portfolio GP LLC (“Opportunities GP”), and by VGI, which provides managerial services to Opportunities Fund. O. Andreas Halvorsen, David C. Ott and Rose Shabet, as Executive Committee members of Viking Global Partners LLC (the general partner of VGI), VGP, VLFGP and Viking Global Opportunities Parent GP LLC (the sole member of Viking Global Opportunities GP LLC, which is the sole member of Opportunities GP) have shared authority to direct the voting and disposition of investments beneficially owned by VGI, VGP, VLFGP and Opportunities GP. The business address of each of the Viking Global Entities is 55 Railroad Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830. |
(5) | Consists of Common Shares held by Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Sumitomo”). The principal business address of Sumitomo is 6-8 Doshomachi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0045 Japan. |
(6) | Xie Yi Jing is a director of Parkway Limited and has voting and dispositive power over the Common Shares. The address of each of Mr. Jing and Parkway Limited is 25F East Tower, Raffles City, the Bund, No. 1089 East Daming Road, Shanghai, China. |
(7) | Chengwei Capital HK Limited is wholly owned by Chengwei Evergreen Capital, LP. Chengwei Evergreen Management, LLC is the general partner and wholly controls Chengwei Evergreen Capital, LP. Chengwei Evergreen Management, LLC in return is controlled by EXL Holdings, LLC, which is controlled by Eric X. Li. Eric X. Li is a Director of Chengwei Capital HK Limited and has voting and dispositive power over the Common Shares. The address of each of Eric X. Li and Chengwei Capital HK Limited is Room 3303A The Centrium, 60 Wyndham Street Central, Hong Kong. |
(8) | SCC Venture VII Holdco H, Ltd. is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the law of the Cayman Islands, and is wholly owned by Sequoia Capital China Venture Fund VII, L.P. The general partner of Sequoia Capital China Venture Fund VII, L.P. is SC China Venture VII Management, L.P., whose general partner is SC China Holding Limited. SC China Holding Limited is wholly owned by SNP China Enterprises Limited, which in turn is wholly owned by Mr. Neil Nanpeng Shen. The registered address of SCC Venture VII Holdco H, Ltd. is Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands. |
(9) | Mr. Kui CAI is a director of Junson Development International Limited and has voting and dispositive power over the Common Shares. The address of each of Mr. Kui CAI and Junson Development International Limited is Units 4607-11, 46/F, The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong. |
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• | through a combination of any of the above methods of sale; or |
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• | our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on June 28, 2022; |
• | our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022; |
• | the information specifically incorporated by reference in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022 from our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A relating to our 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the SEC on July 26, 2022; |
• | our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 28, 2022 (solely with respect to Item 5.02), September 21, 2022 and September 28, 2022 (solely with respect to Item 8.01); and |
• | the description of our Common Shares in our registration statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the SEC on September 30, 2021, including any amendments thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |