0000315066-15-003187.txt : 20151023 0000315066-15-003187.hdr.sgml : 20151023 20151023172348 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-15-003187 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151023 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151023 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Coherus BioSciences, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001512762 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836] IRS NUMBER: 273615821 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-88402 FILM NUMBER: 151173502 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DENNIS M. LANFEAR STREET 2: 201 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, SUITE 200 CITY: REDWOOD CITY STATE: CA ZIP: 94065 BUSINESS PHONE: (650) 649-3530 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O DENNIS M. LANFEAR STREET 2: 201 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, SUITE 200 CITY: REDWOOD CITY STATE: CA ZIP: 94065 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BioGenerics, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110210 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 043532603 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717 SC 13G/A 1 20151026_5358521313GFMR97118.txt 13G FMR SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 2 COHERUS BIOSCIENCES INC COMMON STOCK Cusip #19249H103 Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: [ ] Rule 13d-1(b) [x] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) Cusip #19249H103 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC Item 2: (a) [ ] (b) [ ] Item 4: Delaware Item 5: 767,001 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 3,939,065 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 3,939,065 Item 11: 10.285% Item 12: HC Cusip #19249H103 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 2: (a) [ ] (b) [ ] Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 3,939,065 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 3,939,065 Item 11: 10.285% Item 12: IN Cusip #19249H103 Item 1: Reporting Person - Abigail P. Johnson Item 2: (a) [ ] (b) [ ] Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 3,939,065 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 3,939,065 Item 11: 10.285% Item 12: IN Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: COHERUS BIOSCIENCES INC Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: c/o Dennis M. Lanfear 201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 200 Redwood City, CA 94065 USA Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR LLC Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: COMMON STOCK Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 19249H103 Item 3. Not Applicable Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 3,939,065 (b) Percent of Class: 10.285% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 767,001 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 3,939,065 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 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. Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the COMMON STOCK of COHERUS BIOSCIENCES INC. No one other person's interest in the COMMON STOCK of COHERUS BIOSCIENCES INC is more than five percent of the total outstanding COMMON STOCK. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. See attached Exhibit A. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certifications. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my 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. 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. October 23, 2015 Date /s/ Marc R. Bryant Signature Marc R. Bryant Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of October 12, 2015, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries* * This power of attorney is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24 to the Form 3 filed by FMR LLC on October 21, 2015, accession number: 0000315066-15-003185. Exhibit A Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, the following table lists the identity and Item 3 classification, if applicable, of each relevant entity that beneficially owns shares of the security class being reported on this Schedule 13G. Entity ITEM 3 Classification FMR CO., INC * IA IMPRESA MANAGEMENT LLC IA PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY BK * Entity beneficially owns 5% or greater of the outstanding shares of the security class being reported on this Schedule 13G. Edward C. Johnson 3d is a Director and the Chairman of FMR LLC and Abigail P. Johnson is a Director, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer and the President of FMR LLC. Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, including Abigail P. Johnson, are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR LLC. Neither FMR LLC nor Edward C. Johnson 3d nor Abigail P. Johnson has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the various investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act ("Fidelity Funds") advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR Co"), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, which power resides with the Fidelity Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity Management & Research Company carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines established by the Fidelity Funds' Boards of Trustees. This filing reflects the securities beneficially owned, or that may be deemed to be beneficially owned, by FMR LLC, certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates, and other companies (collectively, the "FMR Reporters"). This filing does not reflect securities, if any, beneficially owned by certain other companies whose beneficial ownership of securities is disaggregated from that of the FMR Reporters in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998). RULE 13d-1(k)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on October 23, 2015, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the COMMON STOCK of COHERUS BIOSCIENCES INC at October 22, 2015. FMR LLC By /s/ Marc R. Bryant Marc R. Bryant Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of October 12, 2015, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries* Edward C. Johnson 3d By /s/ Marc R. Bryant Marc R. Bryant Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of October 12, 2015, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d* Abigail P. Johnson By /s/ Marc R. Bryant Marc R. Bryant Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of October 12, 2015, by and on behalf of Abigail P. Johnson* * This power of attorney is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24 to the Form 3 filed by FMR LLC on October 21, 2015, accession number: 0000315066-15-003185.