Amended Statement of Ownership: Solicitation (sc 14d9/a)
09 April 2021 - 2:26PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
SCHEDULE 14D-9
(RULE 14d-101)
(Amendment No. 4)
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION
STATEMENT
UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Wanda Sports Group
Company Limited
(Name of Subject
Company)
Wanda Sports Group
Company Limited
(Names of Persons
Filing Statement)
Class A Ordinary
Shares, no par value*
(Title of Class
of Securities)
93368R 101**
(CUSIP Number of
Class of Securities)
Hengming Yang
Chief Executive Officer
Wanda Sports Group Company
Limited
9/F, Tower B, Wanda Plaza
93 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang
District
100022, Beijing, People’s
Republic of China
+86-10-8558-8813
(Name, address, and
telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of the persons filing statement)
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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.
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Not for trading, but only in connection with the prior listing on the Nasdaq Global Select
Market of the American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), with every two ADSs representing three class
A ordinary shares, no par value, of the issuer.
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This CUSIP number applies to the issuer’s ADSs.
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This Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment
No. 4”) amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended or supplemented
from time to time, the “Schedule 14D-9”) filed on December 23, 2020 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) by Wanda Sports Group Company Limited, a company limited by shares incorporated under
the laws of Hong Kong. The Schedule 14D-9 relates to the tender offer (the “Offer”) by Wanda Sports & Media
(Hong Kong) Holding Co. Ltd. (“Purchaser”), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong
Kong and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wanda Culture Holding Co., Ltd., a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of
Hong Kong (“Parent”), to acquire all of the outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares (including Class A Ordinary
Shares represented by ADSs) at an offer price of $1.70 per Class A Ordinary Share or $2.55 per ADS in cash (the “Offer Price”),
without interest, upon terms, and subject to conditions, set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Letters of Transmittal (each as defined
below). Parent is indirectly owned by Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd, which is ultimately controlled by Mr. Jianlin Wang, its chairman and
president. The Offer is disclosed in the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed by Purchaser and Parent with the SEC on December
23, 2020 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, including by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO filed on January 11,
2021, Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule TO filed on February 1, 2021, Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule TO filed on March 1, 2021, and Amendment
No. 4 of the Schedule TO filed on April 9, 2021, the “Schedule TO”), and is made upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated December 23, 2020 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
including by Amendment No. 1 to the Offer to Purchase dated January 11, 2021, the “Offer to Purchase”) and
in the related letter of transmittal for Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Share Letter of Transmittal”) and the
related letter of transmittal for ADSs (the “ADS Letter of Transmittal,” together with the Share Letter of
Transmittal, “Letters of Transmittal”).
The information in the Schedule 14D-9, including all exhibits and
annexes that were previously filed with the Schedule 14D-9, is incorporated in this Amendment No. 3 by reference, except that such information
is hereby amended or supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 14D-9 and heading references herein refer to the Schedule 14D-9.
Item 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF FILING
PERSON.
(d) Tender Offer and the Transaction.
The following paragraph is added to the
end of the section:
“Following the expiration of the subsequent
offering period on February 26, 2021, the Purchaser and the Depositary entered on March 31, 2021 into a share sale and purchase agreement
for the acquisition by the Purchaser of 903,690 Class A Ordinary Shares held by the Depositary at a purchase price of $1.70 in cash per
Class A Ordinary Share. The sale and purchase, which has been completed on April 9, 2021, constitutes a Depositary Sale and has reduced
the number of holders of Class A Ordinary Shares to below 300.
As a result of the Depositary Sale and consummation
of the Offer, the Company expects to file a Form 15 with the SEC to undertake the SEC Deregistration, meaning that Company will terminate
the registration of the Class A Ordinary Shares under Section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act, suspend its reporting obligations under Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act and cease to make filings with the SEC and comply with the SEC’s other rules relating to public companies.”
SIGNATURE
After due 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: April 9, 2021
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Wanda Sports Group Company Limited
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By:
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/s/ Hengming Yang
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Name: Hengming Yang
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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Signature page to Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 14D-9
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