| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MERRIMACK PHARMACEUTICALS INC [ MACK ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 07/22/2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 07/22/2020 | P | 62,775 | A(3) | $3.202 | 755,543 | I | See footnote(1) | ||
| Common Stock | 07/22/2020 | P | 63,903 | A(3) | $3.0419 | 819,446 | I | See footnote(1) | ||
| Common Stock | 07/22/2020 | P | 17,404 | A(3) | $3.202 | 193,990 | I | See footnote(2) | ||
| Common Stock | 07/22/2020 | P | 33,192 | A(3) | $3.0419 | 227,182 | I | See footnote(2) | ||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. The shares are directly held by WSP. The general partner of the Funds is Western Standard. The managing member of Western Standard and the portfolio manager to the Funds is Mr. Andersen. Each of Western Standard and Mr. Andersen disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that it or he is the beneficial owner of such shares. |
| 2. The shares are directly held by WSP QP. The general partner of the Funds is Western Standard. The managing member of Western Standard and the portfolio manager to the Funds is Mr. Andersen. Each of Western Standard and Mr. Andersen disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that it or he is the beneficial owner of such shares. |
| 3. The purchase of the securities referenced in this Form 4 were conducted in a private transaction between Gary Crocker and certain family members and affiliates as the sellers and each of Western Standard Partners, L.P., Western Standard Partners QP, L.P., Newtyn Partners, LP, and Newton Partners TE, LP as the purchasers. Gary Crocker is President and Chairman of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company"). Eric Andersen, a member of the Company's Board of Directors, is Managing Member of Western Standard LLC, the investment manager for each of Western Standard Partners L.P. and Western Standard Partners QP L.P. Noah Levy, a member of the Company's Board of Directors, is Managing Member of Newtyn Management, LLC, the investment manager for Newtyn Partners, LP, and Newton Partners TE, LP. |
| Remarks: |
| As a result of an agreement among the persons listed below to vote their respective shares of Common Stock jointly, such persons have formed a "group" under Section 13(d)(1) of the Exchange Act. In addition to Mr. Andersen, Western Standard, LLC ("Western Standard"), Western Standard Partners, L.P. ("WSP") and Western Standard Partners QP, L.P. ("WSP QP" and together with WSP, the "Funds") (collectively, the "Western Standard Parties"), the members of this group are Noah G. Levy, Newtyn Management, LLC, Newtyn Partners, Newtyn TE Partners, LP, Newtyn Capital Partners, LP, and Ledo Capital, LLC (collectively, the "Newtyn Parties" and collectively with the Western Standard Parties, the "13D Group"). As a member of the 13D Group, each Western Standard Party would be deemed to beneficially own the aggregate amount of the Common Stock that each of the 13D Group members beneficially owns, in which case it or he would be deemed to beneficially own 2,423,508 shares of Common Stock. However, none of the Western Standard Parties have the ability to direct the acquisition or disposition or, except through the Cooperation Agreement, voting of the securities held by Newtyn Parties, and none of the Newtyn Parties have the ability to direct the acquisition or disposition or, except through the Cooperation Agreement, voting of the securities held by the Western Standard Parties. As members of the 13D Group, the combined holdings of the Western Standard Parties and the Newtyn Parties would result in each Western Standard Party having voting power equivalent to a combined beneficial ownership of 18.1% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock for voting purposes. Each Western Standard Party disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares beneficially owned by the 13D Group except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that it or he is the beneficial owner of such shares. |
| /s/ Eric D. Andersen | 07/24/2020 | |
| Western Standard, LLC; /s/ Eric D. Andersen, Managing Member | 07/24/2020 | |
| Western Standard Partners, L.P.; By: Western Standard, LLC, General Partner; /s/ Eric D. Andersen, Managing Member | 07/24/2020 | |
| Western Standard Partners QP, L.P.; By: Western Standard, LLC, General Partner; /s/ Eric D. Andersen, Managing Member | 07/24/2020 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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