Affimed N.V. (AFMD): OrbiMed Advisors Cuts Its Position

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The Reporting Persons from time to time intend to review their investment in the Issuer on the basis of various factors, including the Issuer’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, general economic and industry conditions, the securities markets in general and those for the Issuer’s Common Stock in particular, as well as other developments and other investment opportunities.  Based upon such review, the Reporting Persons will take such actions in the future as the Reporting Persons may deem appropriate in light of the circumstances existing from time to time.  If the Reporting Persons believe that further investment in the Issuer is attractive, whether because of the market price of the Common Stock or otherwise, they may acquire shares or other securities of the Issuer either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.  Similarly, depending on market and other factors, the Reporting Persons may determine to dispose of some or all of the Shares currently owned by the Reporting Persons or otherwise acquired by the Reporting Persons either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.

Except as set forth in this Amendment No. 6 to the Statement, the Reporting Persons have not formulated any plans or proposals which relate to or would result in:  (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer or the disposition of securities of the Issuer, (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of the assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, (d) any change in the present Board of Directors or management of the Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board, (e) any material change in the Issuer’s capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer, (f) any other material change in the Issuer’s business or corporate structure, (g) any change in the Issuer’s charter or bylaws or other instrument corresponding thereto or other action which may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person, (h) causing a class of the Issuer’s securities to be deregistered or delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association, (i) a class of equity securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act or (j) any action similar to any of those enumerated above.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer

(a)-(b)   As of the date of this filing, Advisors, GP III and Isaly may be deemed, for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Act, directly or indirectly, including by reason of their mutual affiliation, to be the beneficial owners of the Common Stock described in Item 6 below.  Based upon information contained in the most recent available filing by the Issuer with the SEC, such Common Stock deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by GP III constitutes approximately 10.05% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock, and such Common Stock deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Advisors and Isaly constitutes approximately 10.15% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock.  Advisors, pursuant to its authority as the sole managing member of GP III, which is the sole general partner of OPI III, and as the sole general partner of Associates III, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Common Stock held by OPI III and Associates III.  GP III, pursuant to its authority as the general partner of OPI III, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Common Stock held by OPI III.  Isaly, pursuant to his authority as the managing member of Advisors and owner of a controlling interest in Advisors, pursuant to its limited liability company agreement, may be deemed to also indirectly beneficially own the Common Stock attributable to Advisors.  As a result, Isaly, Advisors and GP III share the power to direct the vote and the disposition of the Shares held by OPI III described in Item 6 below, and Isaly and Advisors share the power to direct the vote and the disposition of the Shares held by Associates III described in Item 6 below.

In addition, Advisors and GP III, pursuant to their authority under the limited partnership agreements of OPI III and/or Associates III, as more particularly referred to in Item 6 below, prior to the date of this filing, caused OPI III and Associates III, as applicable, together with certain other shareholders of the Issuer (collectively with OPI III and Associates III, the “Selling Shareholders”) to enter into agreements substantially in the form filed as Exhibit 4 to Amendment No. 1 to the Statement (the “Amended and Restated Carve-Out Agreements”) with the Issuer’s managing directors and certain of the Issuer’s supervisory directors and consultants (the “Beneficiaries”), as described in Item 6 below.