0000921895-19-000475.txt : 20190214 0000921895-19-000475.hdr.sgml : 20190214 20190214163639 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000921895-19-000475 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIVE PRIME THERAPEUTICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001175505 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 260038620 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-87623 FILM NUMBER: 19607285 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD CITY: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94080 BUSINESS PHONE: 415-365-5600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD CITY: SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94080 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND L P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000918923 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282] IRS NUMBER: 363924731 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 44 MONTGOMERY STREET STREET 2: 40TH FL CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94104 BUSINESS PHONE: 3125066500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 44 MONTGOMERY STREET STREET 2: 40TH FL CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94104 SC 13G/A 1 sc13ga207422fiv_02142019.htm AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE SCHEDULE 13G

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

(Rule 13d-102)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO RULES 13d-1(b), (c), AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED

PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b)

(Amendment No. 2)¹

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

33830X104

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2018

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

☐

Rule 13d-1(b)

☒

Rule 13d-1(c)

☐

Rule 13d-1(d)

1 The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ☒

(b) ☐

SEC USE ONLY

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

NUMBER OF

SOLE VOTING POWER

BENEFICIALLY

0 shares

OWNED BY

SHARED VOTING POWER

EACH

REPORTING

1,348,588

PERSON WITH

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0 shares

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,348,588

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

1,348,588

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

☐

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

3.8%

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ☒

(b) ☐

SEC USE ONLY

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

NUMBER OF

SOLE VOTING POWER

BENEFICIALLY

0 shares

OWNED BY

SHARED VOTING POWER

EACH

REPORTING

1,089,797

PERSON WITH

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0 shares

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,089,797

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

1,089,797

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

☐

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

3.1%

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Biotechnology Value Trading Fund OS LP

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ☒

(b) ☐

SEC USE ONLY

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Cayman Islands

NUMBER OF

SOLE VOTING POWER

BENEFICIALLY

0 shares

OWNED BY

SHARED VOTING POWER

EACH

REPORTING

191,418

PERSON WITH

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0 shares

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

191,418

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

191,418

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

☐

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

Less than 1%

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

BVF Partners OS Ltd.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ☒

(b) ☐

SEC USE ONLY

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Cayman Islands

NUMBER OF

SOLE VOTING POWER

BENEFICIALLY

0 shares

OWNED BY

SHARED VOTING POWER

EACH

REPORTING

191,418

PERSON WITH

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0 shares

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

191,418

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

191,418

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

☐

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

Less than 1%

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

BVF Partners L.P.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ☒

(b) ☐

SEC USE ONLY

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

NUMBER OF

SOLE VOTING POWER

BENEFICIALLY

0 shares

OWNED BY

SHARED VOTING POWER

EACH

REPORTING

2,781,346

PERSON WITH

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0 shares

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

2,781,346

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

2,781,346

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

☐

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

7.8%

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN, IA

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

BVF Inc.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ☒

(b) ☐

SEC USE ONLY

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

NUMBER OF

SOLE VOTING POWER

BENEFICIALLY

0 shares

OWNED BY

SHARED VOTING POWER

EACH

REPORTING

2,781,346

PERSON WITH

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0 shares

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

2,781,346

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

2,781,346

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

☐

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

7.8%

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Mark N. Lampert

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ☒

(b) ☐

SEC USE ONLY

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

United States

NUMBER OF

SOLE VOTING POWER

BENEFICIALLY

0 shares

OWNED BY

SHARED VOTING POWER

EACH

REPORTING

2,781,346

PERSON WITH

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0 shares

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

2,781,346

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

2,781,346

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

☐

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

7.8%

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

Item 1(a).

Name of Issuer:

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”).

Item 1(b).

Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

111 Oyster Point Boulevard

South San Francisco, California 94080

Item 2(a).

Name of Person Filing

Item 2(b).

Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence

Item 2(c).

Citizenship

Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P. (“BVF”)

44 Montgomery St., 40^th Floor

San Francisco, California 94104

Citizenship: Delaware

Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P. (“BVF2”)

44 Montgomery St., 40^th Floor

San Francisco, California 94104

Citizenship: Delaware

Biotechnology Value Trading Fund OS LP (“Trading Fund OS”)

PO Box 309 Ugland House

Grand Cayman, KY1-1104

Cayman Islands

Citizenship: Cayman Islands

BVF Partners OS Ltd. (“Partners OS”)

PO Box 309 Ugland House

Grand Cayman, KY1-1104

Cayman Islands

Citizenship: Cayman Islands

BVF Partners L.P. (“Partners”)

44 Montgomery St., 40^th Floor

San Francisco, California 94104

Citizenship: Delaware

BVF Inc.

44 Montgomery St., 40^th Floor

San Francisco, California 94104

Citizenship: Delaware

Mark N. Lampert (“Mr. Lampert”)

44 Montgomery St., 40^th Floor

San Francisco, California 94104

Citizenship: United States

Each of the foregoing is referred to as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as the “Reporting Persons.”

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

Item 2(d).

Title of Class of Securities:

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”).

Item 2(e).

CUSIP Number:

33830X104

Item 3.

If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:

	/x/	Not applicable.

(a)	/ /	Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

(b)	/ /	Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act.

(c)	/ /	Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Exchange Act.

(d)	/ /	Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.

(e)	/ /	An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).

(f)	/ /	An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).

(g)	/ /	A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).

(h)	/ /	A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

(i)	/ /	A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act.

(j)	/ /	Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

(k)	/ /	Group, in accordance with Rule 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution: ____

Item 4.

Ownership

(a)

Amount beneficially owned:

As of the close of business on December 31, 2018 (i) BVF beneficially owned 1,348,588 Shares, (ii) BVF2 beneficially owned 1,089,797 Shares, and (iii) Trading Fund OS beneficially owned 191,418 Shares.

Partners OS, as the general partner of Trading Fund OS, may be deemed to beneficially own the 191,418 Shares beneficially owned by Trading Fund OS.

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

Partners, as the general partner of BVF, BVF2, the investment manager of Trading Fund OS, and the sole member of Partners OS, may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,781,346 Shares beneficially owned in the aggregate by BVF, BVF2, Trading Fund OS, and a certain Partners managed account (the “Partners Managed Account”), including 151,543 Shares held in the Partners Managed Account.

BVF Inc., as the general partner of Partners, may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,781,346 Shares beneficially owned by Partners.

Mr. Lampert, as a director and officer of BVF Inc., may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,781,346 Shares beneficially owned by BVF Inc.

The foregoing should not be construed in and of itself as an admission by any Reporting Person as to beneficial ownership of any Shares owned by another Reporting Person. Partners OS disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares beneficially owned by Trading Fund OS. Each of Partners, BVF Inc. and Mr. Lampert disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares beneficially owned by BVF, BVF2, Trading Fund OS, and the Partners Managed Account, and the filing of this statement shall not be construed as an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of any such securities.

(b)

Percent of class:

The following percentages are based on 35,465,722 Shares outstanding, as of October 30, 2018, as disclosed in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2018.

As of the close of business on December 31, 2018 (i) BVF beneficially owned approximately 3.8% of the outstanding Shares, (ii) BVF2 beneficially owned approximately 3.1% of the outstanding Shares, (iii) Trading Fund OS beneficially owned less than 1% of the outstanding Shares, (iv) Partners OS may be deemed to beneficially own less than 1% of the outstanding Shares, and (v) each of Partners, BVF Inc. and Mr. Lampert may be deemed to beneficially own approximately 7.8% of the outstanding Shares (less than 1% of the outstanding Shares is held in the Partners Managed Account).

(c)

Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i)

Sole power to vote or to direct the vote

See Cover Pages Items 5-9.

(ii)

Shared power to vote or to direct the vote

See Cover Pages Items 5-9.

(iii)

Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

See Cover Pages Items 5-9.

(iv)

Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

See Cover Pages Items 5-9.

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

Item 5.

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

Not Applicable.

Item 6.

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

Partners, BVF Inc. and Mr. Lampert share voting and dispositive power over the Shares beneficially owned by BVF, BVF2, Trading Fund OS, and the Partners Managed Account.

Item 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary That Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.

Not Applicable.

Item 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

See Exhibit 99.1 to the Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 2018.

Item 9.

Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not Applicable.

Item 10.

Certifications.

By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

CUSIP NO. 33830X104

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: February 14, 2019

BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND, L.P.		BVF INC.
		BVF INC.
By:	BVF Partners L.P., its general partner	By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
By:	BVF Inc., its general partner		Mark N. Lampert
			President
By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
	Mark N. Lampert
	President	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
		MARK N. LAMPERT

BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND II, L.P.

By:	BVF Partners L.P., its general partner
By:	BVF Inc., its general partner

By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
	Mark N. Lampert
	President


BVF PARTNERS L.P.

By:	BVF Inc., its general partner

By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
	Mark N. Lampert
	President


BVF PARTNERS OS LTD.

By:	BVF Partners L.P., its sole member
By:	BVF Inc., its general partner

By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
	Mark N. Lampert
	President


Biotechnology Value Trading Fund OS LP

By:	BVF Partners L.P., its investment manager
By:	BVF Inc., its general partner

By:	/s/ Mark N. Lampert
	Mark N. Lampert
	President