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This Amendment No.
2 (this “Amendment”) to Schedule 13D amends the Schedule 13D (as previously amended, the “Schedule
13D”) filed by (i) Deerfield Mgmt, L.P. (“Deerfield Mgmt”), (ii) Deerfield Management Company, L.P.
(“Deerfield Management”), (iii) Deerfield Mgmt III, L.P. (“Deerfield Mgmt III”), (iv) Deerfield
Special Situations Fund, L.P. (“Deerfield Special Situations Fund”), (v) Deerfield Partners, L.P. (“Deerfield
Partners”), (vi) Deerfield International Master Fund, L.P. (“Deerfield International Master Fund”),
(vii) Deerfield Private Design Fund III, L.P. (“Deerfield Private Design Fund III”), (viii) Deerfield Private
Design Fund IV, L.P. (“Deerfield Private Design Fund IV”), (ix) Deerfield Mgmt, L.P. (“Deerfield Mgmt
IV”) and (x) James E. Flynn (“Flynn” and, collectively with Deerfield Mgmt, Deerfield Management,
Deerfield Mgmt III, Deerfield Special Situations Fund, Deerfield Partners, Deerfield International Master Fund, Deerfield Private
Design Fund III, Deerfield Private Design Fund IV and Deerfield Mgmt IV, the “Reporting Persons”), with respect
to the securities of Proteon Therapeutics, Inc., as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed on August 4, 2017. Deerfield
Special Situations Fund, Deerfield Partners, Deerfield International Master Fund, Deerfield Private Design Fund III and Deerfield
Private Design Fund IV are collectively referred to herein as the “Funds”.
Capitalized terms used
herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D.
| Item 2. | Identity and Background. |
Item 2(e) of the Schedule 13D is hereby
amended by adding the following:
On August 21, 2017, Deerfield Management
voluntarily agreed to settle an SEC administrative proceeding relating to alleged violations of Section 204A of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”), without admitting or denying the SEC’s allegations, pursuant to an
order under Section 203(e) and 203(k) of the Advisers Act (the “Order”). The Order resolved the SEC’s allegations
that Deerfield Management, from 2012 through 2014, violated Section 204A of the Advisers Act by failing to establish, maintain,
and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material, nonpublic information, particularly
taking into consideration the nature of Deerfield Management’s business. The Order alleged that, as part of Deerfield
Management’s research in the healthcare sector, Deerfield Management engaged third party consultants and research firms,
including firms that specialized in providing “political intelligence” regarding upcoming regulatory and legislative
decisions, that Deerfield Management employees based certain trading recommendations on such information, and that hedge funds
advised by Deerfield Management then made those trades. The Order required Deerfield Management to cease and desist from
committing or causing any violations and any future violations of Section 204A of the Advisers Act, censured Deerfield Management
and provided that Deerfield Management will pay disgorgement and interest of $811,695 and a civil money penalty of $3,946,267.
