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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549

SCHEDULE 13D

(Rule 13d-101)

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 7)*

(Name of Issuer)

(Title of Class of Securities)

(CUSIP Number)

Karen Linehan

Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel

Sanofi

54, rue La Boétie, 75008

Paris, France

Telephone: +33 1 53 77 40 00

Copy to:

Michael J. Aiello, Esq.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

(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 which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box.  x

 

Note.  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits.  See Rule 13d-7 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).

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13D

 

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This Amendment No. 7 (this “Amendment No. 7”) amends the Statement on Schedule 13D first filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2014, as amended (the “Schedule 13D”), and is filed by Sanofi (“Sanofi” or the “Reporting Person”) with respect to the common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Issuer” or the “Company”).  Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Schedule 13D.

 

Item 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is supplemented as follows:

For the purchases it made as disclosed in Item 5(c) of this Amendment No. 7, SAAN paid an aggregate of $71,002,802.12, excluding brokerage commission and fees.  The source of such funds was working capital.

Item 4.

Purpose of Transaction.

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is supplemented as follows:

 

The Reporting Person has determined to purchase, directly or through its subsidiaries, additional shares of Common Stock to increase its beneficial ownership to approximately 22.5% of the Common Stock outstanding.  The Reporting Person intends to acquire these additional shares in market or private transactions or through derivatives subject to market conditions and legal and regulatory requirements, at prices and other terms acceptable to the Reporting Person.  To that effect, on June 27, 2014, SAAN entered into agreement with a broker (a “Rule 10b5-1 Plan”), intended to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  This Rule 10b5-1 Plan generally provides for purchases by SAAN during a period beginning no earlier than June 27, 2014 and ending not later than July 29, 2014, of up to an aggregate of 1,996,000 shares of Common Stock subject to certain amount and price thresholds and in conformity with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act.  The Reporting Person makes no commitment in terms of the timing of such transactions, which will depend on market conditions including the price and availability of shares of Common Stock, and on such other factors considered relevant to the Reporting Person or to the broker in carrying out the Rule 10b5-1 Plan, as the case may be.

The Reporting Person purchased, through its subsidiary SAAN, an aggregate of 240,751 shares of Common Stock in market transactions, as disclosed in Item 5(c) of this Amendment No. 7.

The shares of Common Stock that are the subject of this filing were purchased for the purpose of making an investment in the Issuer.

Item 5.

Interests in the Securities of the Issuer.

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is supplemented as follows:

 

(a) and (b)  The responses of the Reporting Person to Rows (7) through (13) of the cover page of this Amendment No. 7 as of the close of business on June 29, 2014, are incorporated herein by reference.  As of the close of business on June 29, 2014, the Reporting Person beneficially owned 20,258,841 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 20.5% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding (based on 98,879,794 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of April 17, 2014, as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2014).  The Reporting Person may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by SAAN and Aventis, its subsidiaries.

 

To the Reporting Person’s knowledge, none of the directors or executive officers of the Reporting Persons listed on Schedule I to the Schedule 13D beneficially owns any shares of Common Stock as of June 29, 2014.

 

(c)  Since the most recent filing of Schedule 13D and through and including June 29, 2014, market transactions were effected in the Common Stock as disclosed in Schedule A to this Amendment No. 7.

 

To the Reporting Person’s knowledge, none of the directors or executive officers of the Reporting Person listed on Schedule I to the Schedule 13D effected transactions in the Common Stock during the period described above.

 

(d)  Not applicable.

(e)  Not applicable.

 

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SIGNATURE

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

 

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*The number of securities reported represents an aggregate number of shares executed by a broker-dealer in multiple market transactions over a range of prices.  The price per share reported represents the weighted average price (without regard to brokerage commissions and fees).  The Reporting Person undertakes to provide the staff of the SEC upon request, the number of shares executed by such Reporting Person at each separate price within the range.

 

†Beginning June 27, 2014, SAAN purchased the shares of Common Stock pursuant to a plan intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i) under the Exchange Act, entered into with a broker on June 27, 2014.

 

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