SEC Form SC 13D/A filed by Tricida Inc. (Amendment)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 3)*

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 §§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 §240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

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).

*This percentage is calculated based upon 58,028,254 outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Shares”), of Tricida, Inc. (the “Issuer”), as set forth in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2022 and gives effect to the additional 666,667 Shares that would be outstanding following the exercise of warrants to purchase Shares held by the Reporting Person.

*This percentage is calculated based upon 58,028,254 outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Shares”), of Tricida, Inc. (the “Issuer”), as set forth in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2022 and gives effect to the additional 666,667 Shares that would be outstanding following the exercise of warrants to purchase Shares held by the Reporting Person.

Item 1.  Security and Issuer

This Amendment No. 3 (“Amendment No. 3”) to Schedule 13D supplements and amends the Statement on Schedule 13D of OrbiMed Advisors LLC and OrbiMed Capital GP V LLC originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 11, 2018 (the “Statement”) as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on April 9, 2019 and Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on December 12, 2019. This Amendment No. 3 relates to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of Tricida, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Issuer”), with its principal executive offices located at 7000 Shoreline Court, Suite 201, South San Francisco, CA 94080. The Shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “TCDA”. Information given in response to each item shall be deemed incorporated by reference in all other items, as applicable.

As a result of the transactions described in Item 5(c) below, the Reporting Persons (as defined below) may no longer be deemed the beneficial owners of more than 5% of the outstanding Shares. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 3 constitutes the final amendment to the Statement and an exit filing for the Reporting Persons.

Item 2. Identity and Background

(a) This Schedule 13D is being filed by OrbiMed Advisors LLC (“OrbiMed Advisors”) and OrbiMed Capital GP V LLC (“OrbiMed GP”) (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”).

 (b) — (c), (f) OrbiMed Advisors, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware and a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, is the managing member or general partner of certain entities as more particularly described in Item 6 below. OrbiMed Advisors has its principal offices at 601 Lexington Avenue, 54th Floor, New York, New York 10022.

OrbiMed GP, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware, is the general partner of a limited partnership as more particularly described in Item 6 below. OrbiMed GP has its principal offices at 601 Lexington Avenue, 54th Floor, New York, New York 10022.

The directors and executive officers of OrbiMed Advisors and OrbiMed GP are set forth on Schedules I and II, respectively, attached hereto. Schedules I and II set forth the following information with respect to each such person:

(i)          name;

(ii)         business address;

(iii)        present principal occupation of employment and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted; and

(iv)        citizenship.

(d) — (e) During the last five years, neither the Reporting Persons nor any Person named in Schedules I through III has been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

Not applicable.

Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction

The Shares were initially acquired for the purpose of making an investment in the Issuer and not with the intention of acquiring control of the Issuer’s business on behalf of the Reporting Persons’ respective advisory clients.

The Reporting Persons from time to time intend to review their investment in the Issuer on the basis of various factors, including the Issuer’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, general economic and industry conditions, the securities markets in general and those for the Issuer’s Shares in particular, as well as other developments and other investment opportunities. Based upon such review, the Reporting Persons will take such actions in the future as the Reporting Persons may deem appropriate in light of the circumstances existing from time to time. If the Reporting Persons believe that further investment in the Issuer is attractive, whether because of the market price of Shares or otherwise, they may acquire Shares or other securities of the Issuer either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Similarly, depending on market and other factors, the Reporting Persons may determine to dispose of some or all of the Shares currently owned by the Reporting Persons or otherwise acquired by the Reporting Persons either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.

Except as set forth in this Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons have not formulated any plans or proposals which relate to or would result in:  (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer or the disposition of securities of the Issuer, (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of the assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, (d) any change in the present Board of Directors or management of the Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board, (e) any material change in the Issuer’s capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer, (f) any other material change in the Issuer’s business or corporate structure, (g) any change in the Issuer’s charter or bylaws or other instrument corresponding thereto or other action which may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person, (h) causing a class of the Issuer’s securities to be deregistered or delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association, (i) a class of equity securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act or (j) any action similar to any of those enumerated above.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 (a) — (b) The following disclosure is based upon 58,028,254 outstanding Shares, as set forth in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2022 and includes an additional 666,667 Shares subject to currently exercisable warrants (“Warrants”) held by the Reporting Persons.

As a result of the transaction more particularly described in Item 5(c) below, as of the date of this filing, OrbiMed Private Investments V, LP (“OPI V”), a limited partnership organized under the laws of Delaware, holds 666,667 Warrants to purchase Shares, constituting approximately 1.1% of the issued and outstanding Shares. OPI V holds no other Shares. OrbiMed GP is the general partner of OPI V, pursuant to the terms of the limited partnership agreement of OPI V, and OrbiMed Advisors is the managing member of OrbiMed GP, pursuant to the terms of the limited liability company agreement of OrbiMed GP. As a result, OrbiMed Advisors and OrbiMed GP share power to direct the vote and disposition of the Shares held by OPI V and may be deemed directly or indirectly, including by reason of their mutual affiliation, to be the beneficial owners of Shares held by OPI V. OrbiMed Advisors exercises this investment and voting power through a management committee comprised of Carl L. Gordon, Sven H. Borho, and W. Carter Neild, each of whom disclaims beneficial ownership of Shares held by OPI V.

In addition, OrbiMed Advisors and OrbiMed GP, pursuant to their authority under the limited partnership agreements of OPI V, caused OPI V to enter into the agreements referred to in Item 6 below.

(c) Except as described in this Item 5(c), the Reporting Persons have not effected any transactions in any Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 2.

(d) Not applicable.

(e) Not applicable.

Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

In addition to the relationships between the Reporting Persons described in Items 2 and 5 above, OrbiMed GP is the general partner of OPI V, pursuant to the terms of the limited partnership agreement of OPI V. Pursuant to this agreement and relationship, OrbiMed GP has discretionary investment management authority with respect to the assets of OPI V. Such authority includes the power to vote and otherwise dispose of securities held by OPI V. The number of outstanding Shares attributable to OPI V is 666,667 Shares (which includes Shares issuable upon the exercise of Warrants). OrbiMed GP, pursuant to its authority under the limited partnership agreement of OPI V, may be considered to hold indirectly 666,667 Shares (which includes Shares issuable upon the exercise of Warrants).

OrbiMed Advisors is the managing member of OrbiMed GP, pursuant to the terms of the limited liability company agreement of OrbiMed GP. Pursuant to these agreements and relationships, OrbiMed Advisors and OrbiMed GP have discretionary investment management authority with respect to the assets of OPI V. Such authority includes the power of OrbiMed GP to vote and otherwise dispose of securities held by OPI V. The number of outstanding Shares attributable to OPI V is 666,667 Shares (which includes Shares issuable upon the exercise of Warrants). OrbiMed Advisors, pursuant to its authority under the terms of the limited liability company agreement of OrbiMed GP, may be considered to hold indirectly 666,667 Shares (which includes Shares issuable upon the exercise of Warrants).

David Bonita (“Bonita”), a member of OrbiMed Advisors, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer and, accordingly, OrbiMed Advisors and OrbiMed GP may have the ability to affect and influence control of the Issuer. From time to time, Bonita may receive stock options or other awards of equity-based compensation pursuant to the Issuer’s compensation arrangements for non-employee directors. Pursuant to an agreement with OrbiMed Advisors and OrbiMed GP, Bonita is obligated to transfer any securities issued under any such stock options or other awards, or the economic benefit thereof, to OrbiMed Advisors and OrbiMed GP, which will in turn ensure that such securities or economic benefits are provided to OPI V.

Investor Rights Agreement

OPI V and certain other stockholders are parties to an Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement with the Issuer, a summary of which is set forth at Item 6 of the Statement.

Other than as described in this Amendment No. 3, to the best of the Reporting Persons’ knowledge, there are no other contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) among the persons named in Item 2 and between such persons and any person with respect to any securities of the Issuer.

Item 7.  Material to Be Filed as Exhibits

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.

SCHEDULE I

The names and present principal occupations of each of the executive officers and directors of OrbiMed Advisors LLC are set forth below. Unless otherwise noted, each of these persons is a United States citizen and has a business address of 601 Lexington Avenue, 54th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

SCHEDULE II

The business and operations of OrbiMed Capital GP V LLC are managed by the executive officers and directors of its managing member, OrbiMed Advisors LLC, set forth in Schedule I attached hereto.

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