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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 4)*

 

 

Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd.

(Name of Issuer)

Ordinary Shares, no par value

American Depositary Shares, each of which represents five Ordinary Shares, no par value,

evidenced by American Depositary Receipts

(Title of Class of Securities)

03280X102*

(CUSIP Number)

Alejandro Moreno

c/o Access Industries, Inc.

40 West 57th Street, 28th Floor

New York, New York 10019

(212) 247-6400

with copies to:

Matthew E. Kaplan

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

919 Third Avenue New York,

New York 10022

(212) 909-6000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

December 14, 2020

(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 Rules 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box.   ☐

 

*	The CUSIP number applies to the American Depositary Shares. No CUSIP number has been assigned to the Ordinary Shares.

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 03280X102

 

1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON.     Access Industries Holdings LLC
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     AF
5		CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)     ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION     State of Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES   BENEFICIALLY   OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH				7		SOLE VOTING POWER     6,521,735 shares
				8		SHARED VOTING POWER     9,307,662 shares
				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER     6,521,735 shares
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER     9,307,662 shares

11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON     15,829,397 shares
12		CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     ☐
13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11);     42.7%(1)
14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     OO (Limited Liability Company)

 

(1)

All percentages of ownership of the Ordinary Shares by Reporting Persons presented in this Schedule 13D are based on an aggregate of 37,099,352 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, as of November 16, 2020, as reported in the Issuers Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2020.

CUSIP No. 03280X102

 

1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON.     Access Industries, LLC
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     AF
5		CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)     ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION     State of Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES   BENEFICIALLY   OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH				7		SOLE VOTING POWER     0 shares
				8		SHARED VOTING POWER     15,829,397 shares
				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER     0 shares
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER     15,829,397 shares

11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON     15,829,397 shares
12		CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     ☐
13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11);     42.7%(1)
14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     OO (Limited Liability Company)

 

(1)

All percentages of ownership of the Ordinary Shares by Reporting Persons presented in this Schedule 13D are based on an aggregate of 37,099,352 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, as of November 16, 2020, as reported in the Issuers Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2020.

CUSIP No. 03280X102

 

1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON.     Access Industries Management, LLC
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     AF
5		CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)     ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION     State of Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES   BENEFICIALLY   OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH				7		SOLE VOTING POWER     0 shares
				8		SHARED VOTING POWER     15,829,397 shares
				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER     0 shares
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER     15,829,397 shares

11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON     15,829,397 shares
12		CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     ☐
13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11);     42.7%(1)
14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     OO (Limited Liability Company)

 

(1)

All percentages of ownership of the Ordinary Shares by Reporting Persons presented in this Schedule 13D are based on an aggregate of 37,099,352 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, as of November 16, 2020, as reported in the Issuers Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2020.

CUSIP No. 03280X102

 

1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON.     Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd.
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     WC, OO (see Item 3)
5		CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)     ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION     Israel

NUMBER OF SHARES   BENEFICIALLY   OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH				7		SOLE VOTING POWER     9,307,662 shares
				8		SHARED VOTING POWER     0 shares
				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER     9,307,662 shares
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER     0 shares

11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON     9,307,662 shares
12		CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     ☒(1)
13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11);     25.1%(2)
14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     CO

 

(1)	Excludes 6,521,735 Ordinary Shares, represented by 1,304,347 ADSs that are owned directly by Access Industries Holdings LLC.

(2)

All percentages of ownership of the Ordinary Shares by Reporting Persons presented in this Schedule 13D are based on an aggregate of 37,099,352 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, as of November 16, 2020, as reported in the Issuers Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2020.

CUSIP No. 03280X102

 

1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON.     Len Blavatnik
2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
3		SEC USE ONLY
4		SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     AF
5		CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)     ☐
6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION     United States of America

NUMBER OF SHARES   BENEFICIALLY   OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH				7		SOLE VOTING POWER     0 shares
				8		SHARED VOTING POWER     15,829,397 shares
				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER     0 shares
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER     15,829,397 shares

11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON     15,829,397 shares
12		CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     ☐
13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11);     42.7%(1)
14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)     IN

 

(1)

All percentages of ownership of the Ordinary Shares by Reporting Persons presented in this Schedule 13D are based on an aggregate of 37,099,352 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, as of November 16, 2020, as reported in the Issuers Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2020.

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO SCHEDULE 13D

This amendment to Schedule 13D is being filed by Access Industries Holdings LLC (AIH), Access Industries Management, LLC (AIM), Access Industries, LLC (Access LLC), Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. (CBI) and Len Blavatnik (collectively, the Reporting Persons, and each, a Reporting Person) relating to the American Depositary Shares, no par value (ADSs), evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each of which represents five ordinary shares, no par value per share (the Ordinary Shares), of Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd. (the Issuer). As a result of CBIs relationships with the other Reporting Persons, it is possible that CBI may be deemed a member of a group, within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), with such other Reporting Persons. CBI is making this filing as a precautionary matter and this filing shall not be deemed an admission that CBI is a member of a group or is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Exchange Act.

The Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2019 (the Schedule), as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 filed on December 31, 2019, Amendment No. 2 filed on January 13, 2020 and Amendment No. 3 filed on March 31, 2020, is hereby amended and supplemented by the Reporting Persons as set forth below in this Amendment No. 4. This amendment is filed by the Reporting Persons in accordance with Rule 13d-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and refers only to information that has materially changed since the filing of the Schedule. The items identified below, or the particular paragraphs of such items which are identified below, are amended as set forth below. Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Schedule.

Item 2 Identity and Background

 

Name		Address of Business/Principal Office		Principal Business/Occupation		Jurisdiction of Organization/ Citizenship
Access Industries Holdings LLC		c/o Access Industries, Inc. 40 West 57th Street, 28th Fl. New York, NY 10019		Holding strategic investments in a variety of industries worldwide		Delaware
Access Industries, LLC		c/o Access Industries, Inc. 40 West 57th Street, 28th Fl. New York, NY 10019		Holding strategic investments in a variety of industries worldwide		Delaware
Access Industries Management, LLC		c/o Access Industries, Inc. 40 West 57th Street, 28th Fl. New York, NY 10019		Manager of holdings of strategic investments in a variety of industries worldwide		Delaware
Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd.		3 Azrieli Center Triangle Tower, 45th Floor, 132 Menachem Begin St. Tel Aviv, 6702301		Investing in life sciences companies and ventures		Israel
Len Blavatnik		c/o Access Industries, Inc. 40 West 57th Street, 28th Fl. New York, NY 10019		Chairman of Access Industries, Inc., the principal business of which is holding strategic investments in a variety of industries worldwide		United States of America

The agreement among the Reporting Persons relating to the joint filing of this Schedule 13D is filed as Exhibit 99.14 hereto.

None of the Reporting Persons, or to the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, any person listed on Annex A hereto, has, during the last five years: (i) been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors); or (ii) been 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.

Please see Annex A for information regarding the directors and executive officers of CBI.

As a result of CBIs relationships with the other Reporting Persons, it is possible that CBI may be deemed a member of a group, within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under Act, with such other Reporting Persons. CBI is making this filing as a precautionary matter and this filing shall not be deemed an admission that CBI is a member of a group or is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Exchange Act.

Item 4 Purpose of Transaction

The disclosure in Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following to the end thereof:

On May 20, 2020, Ofer Gonen informed the Issuers board of directors of his resignation from the Issuers board of directors, effective immediately.

On December 14, 2020, the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with Chemomab Ltd., an Israeli limited company (Chemomab), and CMB Acquisition Ltd., an Israeli limited company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer (Merger Sub). Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions described in the Merger Agreement, including approval of the transaction by the Issuers shareholders and Chemomabs shareholders, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Chemomab (the Merger), with Chemomab surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer. At the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time): (a) each Chemomab ordinary share outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding shares held by Merger Sub or Chemomab) will be converted solely into the right to receive a number of ADSs equal to the exchange ratio described in the Merger Agreement, and each outstanding Chemomab option will be assumed by the Issuer, based on the same exchange ratio. Under the exchange ratio formula in the Merger Agreement, following the closing of the Merger (the Closing), the former Chemomab securityholders immediately before the Merger are expected to own approximately 90% of the aggregate number of the outstanding securities of the Issuer, and the securityholders of the Issuer immediately before the Merger are expected to own approximately 10% of the aggregate number of the outstanding securities of the Issuer, subject to certain assumptions (on a fully diluted basis) and subject to adjustment pre-closing of the Merger based on the Issuers net cash balance at the time of the Closing.

In connection with the Merger Agreement, on December 14, 2020, AIH and CBI entered into a Shareholder Support Agreement with Chemombab (the Support Agreement). Pursuant to the Support Agreement, AIH and CBI will vote all of the Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) held by them in favor of the issuance of the ADSs in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, AIH, CBI and certain other investors in the Issuer entered into lock-up agreements (the Lock-up Agreements) with the Issuer, pursuant to which they accepted certain restrictions on transfers of Ordinary Shares held, or to be held, by them (including Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) for the 180-day period following the Effective Time.

In connection with the Merger Agreement, on December 14, 2020, CBI and certain other investors in the Issuer executed a Cashless Exercise Notice, Amendment, Waiver, Release and Termination (the Waiver) in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2018 (the 2018 Purchase Agreement), and the warrants issued thereunder among the Issuer, CBI and certain other investors of the Issuer. As an inducement for the Issuer and Chemomab to enter into the Merger Agreement, pursuant to the Waiver, CBI and the other investors agreed to exercise all of their warrants of the Issuer upon the Closing, reduce the number of Ordinary Shares to which they are entitled as a result of the Merger pursuant to the price protection provisions of the 2018 Purchase Agreement and waive their rights to the balance of the price protection, and upon the Closing, release the Issuer from any further obligations under the 2018 Purchase Agreement and terminate the price protection rights and the Investors Rights Agreement, dated June 29, 2018, related to the Ordinary Shares and warrants held by such investors.

The foregoing descriptions of the Support Agreement, the Lock-up Agreements and the Waiver do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Form of Support Agreement, the Form of Lock-up Agreement and the Waiver, which are filed as exhibits and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 6 Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer

The disclosure in Item 6 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

The Reporting Persons response to Item 4 is incorporated by reference into this Item 6.

Item 7 Materials to Be Filed as Exhibits

 

Exhibit		Description
99.11		Form of Shareholder Support Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2020, by and between Chemomab Ltd. and each of the parties named in each agreement thereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Issuers Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 15, 2020).
99.12		Form of Lock-up Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2020, by and between Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd. and each of the parties named in each agreement thereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Issuers Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 15, 2020).
99.13		Cashless Exercise Notice, Amendment, Waiver, Release and Termination, dated as of December 14, 2020, by and among Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd., Shavit Capital Fund III (US), L.P., Shavit Capital Fund IV (US), L.P., Shaving Capital Fund 3 (Israel), L.P., Shavit Capital Fund 4 (Israel), L.P., Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. and other investors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Issuers Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 15, 2020).
99.14		Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2020.

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.

Date: December 21, 2020

 

ACCESS INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS LLC		/s/ Alejandro Moreno
		Alejandro Moreno
ACCESS INDUSTRIES MANAGEMENT, LLC		/s/ Alejandro Moreno
		Alejandro Moreno
ACCESS INDUSTRIES, LLC		/s/ Alejandro Moreno
		Alejandro Moreno
CLAL BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES LTD.		/s/ Ofer Gonen
		Ofer Gonen
		/s/ Assaf Segal
		Assaf Segal
		*
		Len Blavatnik

 

*	The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, executes this Schedule 13D pursuant to the Limited Power of Attorney executed on behalf of Mr. Blavatnik and filed herewith.

 

Annex A

 

Directors and Officers of Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd.
Name		Principal Business/Occupation		Citizenship
Ofer Gonen		Chief Executive Officer of CBI		Israel
Assaf Segal		Chief Financial Officer of CBI		Israel
Avi Fischer		Chairman of CBI; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clal Industries Ltd., the controlling shareholder of CBI; Chairman of Claltech Investments (2016) LLP; Chairman of Mashav Initiating and Development Ltd.; Chairman of Nesher Ltd.; Chairman of Clal Sun Ltd.		Israel
Yuval Yanai		Consulting and accompanying medical firms at Yuval Yanai Consulting and Management Ltd.		Israel
Prof. Gabi Barbash		Chairman of Nara Medical Center Ltd.; Chief Executive of Consilium Isreal; Director, Bench to Bedside program, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel		Israel
Prof. Gad Keren		Professor of Cardiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University; Head of Cardiology department, Assuta		Israel
Sigalia Heifetz		Business consultant		Israel
Nufar Malovani		Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Human Resources Manager at Clal Industries Ltd.		Israel
Tomer Babai		Senior analyst at Clal Industries Ltd.; Vice President and United States of America of Claltech Investments (2016) LLP		Israel

The address for each director and officer is c/o Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd., 3 Azrieli Center Triangle Tower, 45 Floor, 132 Menachem Begin St. Tel Aviv 6702301, Israel.