SC 13D/A 1 sch13damd9112408.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 9)* ImClone Systems Incorporated (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (Title of Class of Securities) 45245W109 (CUSIP Number) Marc Weitzen, Esq. General Counsel Icahn Associates Corp. & affiliated companies 767 Fifth Avenue, 47th Floor New York, New York 10153 (212) 702-4388 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) NOVEMBER 21, 2008 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box / /. NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. *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). SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 9) CUSIP No. 45245W109 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON High River Limited Partnership S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) / / (b) / / 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / / 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 0 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 9) CUSIP No. 45245W109 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Hopper Investments LLC S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) / / (b) / / 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / / 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 0 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 9) CUSIP No. 45245W109 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Barberry Corp. S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) / / (b) / / 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / / 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 0 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 9) CUSIP No. 45245W109 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) / / (b) / / 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS 0 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / / 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 0 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 9) CUSIP No. 45245W109 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Icahn Enterprises G.P., Inc. S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) / / (b) / / 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / / 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 0 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 9) CUSIP No. 45245W109 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Beckton Corp. S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) / / (b) / / 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / / 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 0 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON CO SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 9) CUSIP No. 45245W109 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Gail Golden S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) / / (b) / / 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS PF 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / / 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States of America NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 0 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 9) CUSIP No. 45245W109 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Carl C. Icahn S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) / / (b) / / 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS AF 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) / / 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States of America NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 25,644 (See Item 5) 8 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 (See Item 5) 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 25,644 (See Item 5) 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 (See Item 5) 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 25,644 (See Item 5) 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / / 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) .03% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 9) Item 1. Security and Issuer This statement constitutes Amendment No. 9 to the Schedule 13D relating to the Common Shares, $0.001 par value, (the "Shares"), of ImClone Systems Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), and amends the Schedule 13D relating to the Shares filed on February 14, 2006, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on April 24, 2006, Amendment No. 2 filed on August 14, 2006, Amendment No. 3 filed on August 22, 2006, Amendment No. 4 filed on September 20, 2006 and Amendment No. 5 filed on September 28, 2006, Amendment No. 6 filed on October 25, 2006, Amendment No. 7 filed on October 7, 2008 and Amendment No. 8 filed on October 8, 2008 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, Amendment No. 7 and Amendment No. 8, the "Original 13D"), on behalf of the Registrants (as defined in the Original 13D). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Original 13D. The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 180 Varick Street, New York, New York 10014. Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction On November 21, 2008, Mr. Icahn resigned as Chairman of the Board and as a director of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of the previously announced Merger Agreement by and among Lilly, Alaska Acquisition Corporation ("Alaska") and the Issuer. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer Item 5 is hereby amended and restated as follows: (a) As of the time of this filing Mr. Icahn may be deemed to beneficially own the 25,644 shares underlying the 25,644 options Mr. Icahn received on September 20, 2006, as payment for outside director fees, as further described on Form 4, filed on September 22, 2006, with the SEC by Mr. Icahn and incorporated by reference hereto, and which represents approximately .03% of the Issuer's outstanding Shares (based upon the 88,612,596 Shares stated to be outstanding as of September 30, 2008 by the Issuer in the Issuer's Schedule 14D-9 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2008). (c) On November 21, 2008, pursuant to the previously announced Tender Offer by Lilly and Alaska for all of the outstanding shares of the Issuer at a price of $70 per share net to the seller in cash, Alaska Acquisition Corporation accepted for payment: (i) 11,669,544 Shares owned by the Icahn Group; and (ii) the 15,000 Shares owned by Ms Golden. (d) On November 21, 2008, the Icahn Group ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Issuer. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the undersigned knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: November 21, 2008 /s/ Carl C. Icahn ----------------- CARL C. ICAHN [Signature Page of Schedule 13D Amendment No. 9 Re: ImClone] Dated: November 21, 2008 /s/ Gail Golden --------------- GAIL GOLDEN [Signature Page of Schedule 13D Amendment No. 9 Re: Imclone] ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P. By: Icahn Enterprises G.P., Inc., general partner By: /s/ Keith A. Meister -------------------- Name: Keith A. Meister Title: Vice Chairman ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P., INC. By: /s/ Keith A. Meister -------------------- Name: Keith Meister Title: Vice Chairman BECKTON CORP. By: /s/ Keith Cozza --------------- Name: Keith Cozza Title: Secretary BARBERRY CORP. By: /s/ Keith Cozza --------------- Name: Keith Cozza Title: Secretary HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC By: Barberry Corp., sole member By: /s/ Keith Cozza --------------- Name: Keith Cozza Title: Secretary [Signature Page of Schedule 13D Amendment No. 9 Re: ImClone] HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP By: Hopper Investments LLC, general partner By: Barberry Corp., sole member By: /s/ Keith Cozza --------------- Name: Keith Cozza Title: Secretary [Signature Page of Schedule 13D Amendment No. 9 Re: ImClone]