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Ownership Summary Table
Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baker Bros. Advisors | 4,898,337 | 0 | 4,898,337 | 0 | 4,898,337 | 27.3% |
Baker Bros. Advisors (GP) | 4,898,337 | 0 | 4,898,337 | 0 | 4,898,337 | 27.3% |
Julian C. Baker | 4,898,337 | 0 | 4,898,337 | 0 | 4,898,337 | 27.3% |
Felix J. Baker | 4,898,337 | 0 | 4,898,337 | 0 | 4,898,337 | 27.3% |
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Page 1 of 10 – SEC Filing
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
(Amendment No. )*
ERYTECH Pharma S.A.
(Name of Issuer)
Ordinary Shares, nominal value €0.10
per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
29604W108
(CUSIP number)
Alexandra A. Toohey
Chief Financial Officer
Baker Bros. Advisors LP
860 Washington Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10014
(212) 339-5690
(Name, address and telephone number of person
authorized to receive notices and communications)
November 10, 2017
(Date of event which requires filing of
this statement)
If
the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule
13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. ¨
(Continued on the following pages)
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a
signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to
be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for
a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any
subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”)
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
see the Notes).
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Page 2 of 10 – SEC Filing
CUSIP No. 29604W108 | Page 2 of 10 Pages |
1. | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS Baker Bros. Advisors LP |
2. | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) (b) |
3. | SEC USE ONLY |
4. | SOURCE OF FUNDS* OO |
5. | CHECK ¨ |
6. | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7. | SOLE VOTING POWER: 4,898,337 (1) |
8. | SHARED VOTING POWER: 0 | |
9. | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: 4,898,337 (1) | |
10. | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: 0 |
11. | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: 4,898,337 (1) |
12. | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨ |
13. | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 27.3% (1)(2) |
14. | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IA, PN |
(1) | Includes 3,090,069 of the Ordinary Shares of ERYTECH Pharma S.A. (the “Issuer”) reported as beneficially owned that are beneficially owned through American Depositary Shares (“ADS”). Each ADS represents 1 Ordinary Shares of the Issuer. |
(2) | Based on 17,119,681 Ordinary Shares that will be outstanding following the Offering (as defined below) plus 806,104 additional ADS and/ or ordinary shares issued as part of the Underwriters option (as defined below) according to information published by the Issuer on November 10, 2017 and November 15, 2017. |
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Page 3 of 10 – SEC Filing
CUSIP No. 29604W108 | Page 3 of 10 Pages |
1. | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS Baker Bros. Advisors (GP) LLC |
2. | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) (b) |
3. | SEC USE ONLY |
4. | SOURCE OF FUNDS* OO |
5. | CHECK ¨ |
6. | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7. | SOLE VOTING POWER: 4,898,337 (1) |
8. | SHARED VOTING POWER: 0 | |
9. | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: 4,898,337 (1) | |
10. | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: 0 |
11. | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: 4,898,337 (1) |
12. | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨ |
13. | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 27.3% (1)(2) |
14. | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* HC, OO |
(1) | Includes 3,090,069 of the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer reported as beneficially owned that are beneficially owned through ADS. Each ADS represents 1 Ordinary Shares of the Issuer. |
(2) | Based on 17,119,681 Ordinary Shares that will be outstanding following the Offering (as defined below) plus 806,104 additional ADS and/ or ordinary shares issued as part of the Underwriters option (as defined below) according to information published by the Issuer on November 10, 2017 and November 15, 2017. |
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CUSIP No. 29604W108 | Page 4 of 10 Pages |
1. | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS Julian C. Baker |
2. | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) (b) |
3. | SEC USE ONLY |
4. | SOURCE OF FUNDS* OO |
5. | CHECK ¨ |
6. | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7. | SOLE VOTING POWER: 4,898,337 (1) |
8. | SHARED VOTING POWER: 0 | |
9. | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: 4,898,337 (1) | |
10. | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: 0 |
11. | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: 4,898,337 (1) |
12. | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨ |
13. | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 27.3% (1)(2) |
14. | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN, HC |
(1) | Includes 3,090,069 of the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer reported as beneficially owned that are beneficially owned through ADS. Each ADS represents 1 Ordinary Shares of the Issuer. |
(2) | Based on 17,119,681 Ordinary Shares that will be outstanding following the Offering (as defined below) plus 806,104 additional ADS and/ or ordinary shares issued as part of the Underwriters option (as defined below) according to information published by the Issuer on November 10, 2017 and November 15, 2017. |
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CUSIP No. 29604W108 | Page 5 of 10 Pages |
1. | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS Felix J. Baker |
2. | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) (b) |
3. | SEC USE ONLY |
4. | SOURCE OF FUNDS* OO |
5. | CHECK ¨ |
6. | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7. | SOLE VOTING POWER: 4,898,337 (1) |
8. | SHARED VOTING POWER: 0 | |
9. | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: 4,898,337 (1) | |
10. | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: 0 |
11. | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON: 4,898,337 (1) |
12. | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨ |
13. | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 27.3% (1)(2) |
14. | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN, HC |
(1) | Includes 3,090,069 of the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer reported as beneficially owned that are beneficially owned through ADS. Each ADS represents 1 Ordinary Shares of the Issuer. |
(2) | Based on 17,119,681 Ordinary Shares that will be outstanding following the Offering (as defined below) plus 806,104 additional ADS and/ or ordinary shares issued as part of the Underwriters option (as defined below) according to information published by the Issuer on November 10, 2017 and November 15, 2017. |
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Page 6 of 10 – SEC Filing
CUSIP No. 29604W108 | Page 6 of 10 Pages |
Schedule 13D
Item 1. | Security and Issuer |
The
class of equity security to which this statement on Schedule 13D relates is the ordinary shares, nominal value €0.10
per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) of ERYTECH Pharma S.A.,
a Société Anonyome, incorporated under the laws of France (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal
executive offices of the Issuer is Bâtiment Adénine, 60 Avenue Rockefeller 69008 Lyon France. Information
given in response to each item shall be deemed incorporated by reference in all other items, as applicable.
Item 2. | Identity and Background. |
(a) | The Reporting Persons are: |
1. | Baker Bros. Advisors LP (the “Adviser”) |
2. | Baker Bros. Advisors (GP) LLC (the “Adviser GP”) |
3. | Felix J. Baker |
4. | Julian C. Baker |
(b) | The business address of each of the Reporting Persons is: |
c/o
Baker Bros. Advisors LP
860
Washington Street, 3rd Floor
New
York, NY 10014
(212)
339-5690
(c) The Adviser is an entity engaged in investment activities,
and the Adviser GP is in the business of acting as its general partner and, through the Adviser, investment activities. The principal
business of each of Julian C. Baker and Felix J. Baker is to serve as a managing member of the Adviser GP.
(d) and (e) During the past five years, none of the Reporting
Persons nor any of the Funds (as defined below) has been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or
similar misdemeanors) or (ii) 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.
(f) The Adviser GP is a limited liability company organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Adviser is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
The citizenship of each of Julian C. Baker and Felix J. Baker is the United States of America.
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
The disclosure in Item 4 below is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. | Purpose of the Transaction. |
Item 4 of Schedule 13D is supplemented and amended, as the case
may be, as follows:
On November 10, 2017, ERYTECH Pharma S.A. (“the Issuer”)
entered into a placement and underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Jefferies International Limited,
JPM Securities LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC and Oddo BHF SCA (the “Underwriters”), related to a public offering (the
“Offering”) of 4,686,106 American Depositary Shares (“ADS”) of the Issuer at a price to the public of
$23.26 per ADS and 687,927 Ordinary Shares (as defined below) at a price to the public of €20.00
per ordinary share. Each ADS represents 1 ordinary share of the Issuer (“Ordinary shares”). The Offering is
expected to close on November 14, 2017. In addition, the Issuer granted the Underwriters an option exercisable for 30 days from
the date of the Underwriting Agreement to purchase, at the public offering price less any underwriting discounts and commissions,
up to an additional 806,104 ADS and/or Ordinary Shares to cover overallotments, if any (“Underwriters Option”), expected
to close on November 16, 2017.
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Page 7 of 10 – SEC Filing
CUSIP No. 29604W108 | Page 7 of 10 Pages |
Pursuant to the Offering, on November 10, 2017, 667, L.P. and
Baker Brothers Life Sciences, L.P. (“Life Sciences” and together with 667, the “Funds”) purchased 308,928
and 2,781,141 ADS of the Issuer, respectively, at the offering price of $23.26 per share, totaling 3,090,069 shares in the aggregate.
Each of the Funds purchased ADS of the Issuer with their working capital.
Prior to the Offering, the Funds held securities of the Issuer
previously purchased in open market transactions directly with a broker dealer and in underwritten public offerings using working
capital of the Funds. The aggregate purchase price of the 1,808,268 Ordinary Shares directly held by Funds was approximately $47.5MM.
The Funds hold securities of the Issuer for investment purposes.
The Reporting Persons or their affiliates may purchase additional securities or dispose of securities in varying amounts and at
varying times depending upon the Reporting Persons’ continuing assessments of pertinent factors, including the availability
of Ordinary Shares or other securities for purchase at particular price levels, the business prospects of the Issuer, other business
investment opportunities, economic conditions, stock market conditions, money market conditions, the attitudes and actions of the
Board and management of the Issuer, the availability and nature of opportunities to dispose of securities of the Issuer and other
plans and requirements of the particular entities. The Reporting Persons may discuss items of mutual interest with the Issuer,
which could include items in subparagraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
Depending upon their assessments of the above factors, the Reporting
Persons or their affiliates may change their present intentions as stated above and may make suggestions to the management of the
Issuer regarding corporate financing and strategy, and may acquire or dispose of securities of the Issuer (by means of open market
purchases, privately negotiated purchases, or otherwise).
Except as otherwise disclosed herein, at the present time, the
Reporting Persons do not have any plans or proposals with respect to any extraordinary corporate transaction involving the Issuer
including, without limitation, those matters described in subparagraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer. |
(a) and (b) Items 7 through 11 and 13 of each
of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D are incorporated herein by reference. Set forth below is the aggregate number of Ordinary
Shares of the Issuer directly held by each of the Funds, including Ordinary Shares owned through American Depositary Shares held
by each of the Funds, and the percentage of the Issuer’s outstanding Ordinary Shares such holdings represent. Each American
Depositary Share represents one Ordinary Shares of the Issuer. The information set forth below is based upon 17,119,681 Ordinary
Shares that will be outstanding following the Offering plus 806,104 additional ADS and/ or ordinary shares issued as part of the
Underwriters option according to information published by the Issuer on November 10, 2017 and November 15, 2017. Such percentage
figures are calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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CUSIP No. 29604W108 | Page 8 of 10 Pages |
Holder | Number of Ordinary Shares we own or have the right to acquire within 60 days | Percent of Class Outstanding | ||||||
667, L.P. | 487,031 | 2.7 | % | |||||
Baker Brothers Life Sciences, L.P. | 4,411,306 | 24.6 | % | |||||
Total | 4,898,337 | 27.3 | % |
Pursuant to the management agreements, as amended, among the
Adviser, the Funds and their respective general partners, the Funds’ respective general partners relinquished to the Adviser
all discretion and authority with respect to the investment and voting power of the securities held by the Funds, and thus the
Adviser has complete and unlimited discretion and authority with respect to the Funds’ investments and voting power over
investments.
The Adviser GP, Felix J. Baker and Julian C. Baker as principals
of the Adviser GP, and the Adviser may be deemed to be beneficial owners of securities of the Issuer directly held by the Funds,
and may be deemed to have the power to vote or direct the vote of and the power to dispose or direct the disposition of such securities.
The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities
of the Issuer held by each of the Funds, and this Schedule 13D shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are
the beneficial owners of such securities for purposes of Section 13(d) or for any other purpose, except to the extent that any
such Reporting Person actually exercises voting or dispositive power with respect to such securities.
(c) The disclosure regarding the purchase of ADS of the Issuer
in the Offering described in Item 4 are incorporated by reference herein. Except as described in this Schedule 13D, none of the
Reporting Persons has effected any transaction in the securities of the Issuer during the past 60 days.
(d) Certain securities of the Issuer are held directly by 667,
a limited partnership the sole general partner of which is Baker Biotech Capital, L.P., a limited partnership the sole general
partner of which is Baker Biotech Capital (GP), LLC. Julian C. Baker and Felix J. Baker are the controlling members of Baker Biotech
Capital (GP), LLC.
Certain securities of the Issuer are held directly by Life Sciences,
a limited partnership the sole general partner of which is Baker Brothers Life Sciences Capital, L.P., a limited partnership the
sole general partner of which is Baker Brothers Life Sciences Capital (GP), LLC. Julian C. Baker and Felix J. Baker are the controlling
members of Baker Brothers Life Sciences Capital (GP), LLC.
(e) Not applicable.
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CUSIP No. 29604W108 | Page 9 of 10 Pages |
Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer. |
The information
in Item 4 is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 7. | Material to Be Filed as Exhibits. |
Exhibit | Description |
99.1 | Agreement Regarding the Joint Filing of Schedule 13D by and among the Reporting Persons. |
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CUSIP No. 29604W108 | Page 10 of 10 Pages |
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: November 16, 2017
BAKER BROS. ADVISORS LP | ||
By: | Baker Bros. Advisors (GP) LLC, its general partner | |
By: | /s/ Scott L. Lessing | |
Name: Scott L. Lessing Title: President | ||
BAKER BROS. ADVISORS (GP) LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Scott L. Lessing | |
Name: Scott L. Lessing Title: President | ||
/s/ Julian C. Baker | ||
Julian C. Baker | ||
/s/ Felix J. Baker | ||
Felix J. Baker |