UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE TO 

Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

RECEPTOS, INC. 

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 

STRIX CORPORATION

(Offeror)

A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of

 

CELGENE CORPORATION 

(Parent of Offeror)

(Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror, issuer or other person))

  

COMMON STOCK, $0.001 PAR VALUE

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

756207106

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

Robert J. Hugin
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Celgene Corporation

86 Morris Avenue

Summit, New Jersey 07901

(908) 673-9000

 

(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized

to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

 

Copies to:

Robert A. Cantone, Esq.

Daniel I. Ganitsky, Esq.

Ori Solomon, Esq.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Eleven Times Square

New York, New York 10036

(212) 969-3000

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE  

   
Transaction Valuation Amount of Filing Fee
N/A* N/A*

* A filing fee is not required in connection with this filing as it relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

oCheck the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

Amount Previously Paid: n/a Filing Party: n/a
Form of Registration No.: n/a Date Filed: n/a

 

xCheck the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

xthird-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

 

oissuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

 

ogoing-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

 

oamendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

 

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer. o

 

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

 

oRule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

 

oRule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

 

 

 
 

 

This filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a planned tender offer by Strix Corporation (“Purchaser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (“Celgene”), for all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Receptos, Inc. (“Receptos”), to be commenced pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 14, 2015, by and among Celgene, Purchaser and Receptos.

 

The tender offer described in the attached exhibits has not yet commenced. The description contained herein is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of Receptos. At the time the tender offer is commenced, Celgene and Purchaser intend to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO containing an offer to purchase, a form of letter of transmittal and other documents relating to the tender offer, and Receptos intends to file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer.  Celgene, Purchaser and Receptos intend to mail these documents to the stockholders of Receptos.  THESE DOCUMENTS, AS EACH MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE TENDER OFFER AND RECEPTOS STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THEM CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.  Stockholders of Receptos will be able to obtain a free copy of these documents (when they become available) and other documents filed by Receptos, Celgene or Purchaser with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit   Description
     
99.1   Transcript of Investor Conference Call with Investors of Celgene Corporation, held on July 14, 2015.