This Amendment No. 2 (this Amendment) amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Schedule 14D-9) filed by Icosavax, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (Icosavax or the Company), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on December 27, 2023, relating to the tender offer (the
Offer) by Isochrone Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (Merger Sub) and a wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca Finance and Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent), a wholly owned
subsidiary of AstraZeneca plc, to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the Shares), at a purchase price equal to (i) $15.00 per Share in cash, subject to applicable
withholding taxes and without interest, plus (ii) one non-transferable contingent value right per Share representing the right to receive a contingent payment of up to $5.00, in cash, subject to any
applicable withholding taxes and without interest, on the achievement of the specified milestones on or prior to the applicable outside date, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated December 27, 2023
(as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer to Purchase), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the
Offer). The Offer is described in a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Schedule TO) filed by Parent and Merger Sub with the SEC on December 27, 2023.
The Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal are filed as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively, to the Schedule 14D-9.
Except to the extent specifically provided in this Amendment, the information set forth in the Schedule 14D-9 remains
unchanged. Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 14D-9. This Amendment is being filed to reflect certain updates as
reflected below.
Unless stated otherwise, the new text in the supplemental information is bolded and underlined and any deleted text is bolded and
denoted with a strikethrough to highlight the supplemental information being disclosed.
Item 2. Identity and Background of
Filing Person.
The ninth paragraph under the heading entitled Item 2. Identity and Background of Filing Person Tender
Offer on page 3 of the Schedule 14D-9 is deleted and replaced with the following paragraph:
A more
complete description of the Merger Agreement can be found in the Offer to Purchase in Section 11 under the heading entitled The Merger Agreement; CVR Agreement Merger Agreement. The summary of the Merger Agreement
set forth in the Offer to Purchase and any summary of provisions of the Merger Agreement set forth herein (including the CVR Agreement) do not purport to be complete and each is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement and CVR
Agreement, copies of which are filed as Exhibits (e)(1) and (e)(2), respectively, hereto and are incorporated herein by reference. The expiration time of the Offer is one minute after 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on February 16 January 26, 2024, subject to extension in certain circumstances set forth in the Merger Agreement and described in the Offer to Purchase. The
depository for the Offer has advised Parent that, as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on January 18, 2024, approximately 9,274,277 Shares had been validly tendered and received, and not validly withdrawn, pursuant to the Offer, representing approximately
18.3% of the outstanding Shares as of such date and time.
Item 8. |
Additional Information. |
Item 8 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented by deleting the paragraphs under the
heading entitled Item 8. Additional Information Legal Proceedings on page 48 of the Schedule 14D-9 and replacing them with the following paragraphs:
Between January 2 and January 11, 2024, four complaints were filed against the Company and its directors by putative stockholders of the Company: two
were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Brent Peterson v. Icosavax, Inc., Case No. 1:24-cv-00017 and Steve Weiss
v. Icosavax, Inc., Case No. 1:24-cv-00160, one complaint was filed in the United States District Court District of Delaware, Anthony Malone v. Icosavax, Inc.,
Case 1:24-cv-00026-UNA, and one complaint was filed in the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for King County,
Margie Elstein v. Icosavax, Inc., Case No. 24-2-00535-8. The complaints name as defendants the Company and each
member of the Company Board and the Elstein complaint also names as defendants AstraZeneca Finance and Holdings Inc. and Isochrone Merger Sub Inc. and is accompanied by a motion for an injunction. The complaints all generally allege that the
Companys Schedule 14D-9 filed December 27, 2023,