SEC Comment Letter for Viatris Inc (VTRS) (CIK 0001792044) (VTRS) — Jan 3, 2020
Viatris Inc (VTRS) (CIK 0001792044)
Date: Jan. 3, 2020 · CIK: 0001792044 · Accession: 0000000000-20-000044
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January 2, 2020
Michael Goettler
President
Upjohn Inc.
235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
Re:Upjohn Inc.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed December 13, 2019
File No. 333-234337
Dear Mr. Goettler:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we
may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our November 21, 2019 letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Background of the Combination, page 94
1.We note your revised disclosures in response to prior comments 5 and 7. Please further
revise the final paragraph on page 97 to describe the June 14 discussions/negotiations
concerning the relative equity split and the payment of cash to Pfizer. In this regard, it
should be clear which party made the initial proposal and whether that initial proposal
differed materially from the 59% to 41% split and $12 billion cash payment amount that
the parties agreed would serve as the basis to continue negotiations.
2.We note your revised disclosures in response to prior comment 9. Please revise the
disclosures in this section to quantify the magnitude of the pre-Distribution liabilities
related to the Upjohn business.
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3.Please revise to detail the negotiations concerning the decision to implement a classified
board structure.
4.Based on your revised disclosures, we note that the parties and their representatives
extensively negotiated the scope of exclusions to the material adverse effect definition.
Discuss briefly why the scope of the exclusions was important to both parties and clarify
how Pfizer’s set of exclusions was broader than Mylan’s narrower set.
5.Please revise the chronology on page 102 to clarify (i) when the parties agreed that the
combined company would assume specified pre-Distribution liabilities of the Upjohn
business and (ii) whether Mylan’s financial advisors considered these liabilities in
rendering their fairness opinions.
Opinions of Mylan’s Financial Advisors, page 106
6.We note your response to prior comment 13. Please provide us the materials from the
June 13 session.
General
7.We note your response to prior comment 22 and your disclosure on page 301, and
elsewhere, concerning "Proposal 3: Adoption of the Advisory Governance Proposal."
With reference to Rule 14a-4(a)(3), please present the following four governance matters
as separate proposals: (i) director terms (ii) stockholder removal of directors, (iii) the right
of stockholders to nominate directors and make other stockholder proposals at stockholder
meetings and (iv) the right of stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders.
You may contact Franklin Wyman at (202) 551-3660 or Kevin Vaughn, Accounting
Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3494 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements and related matters. Please contact Joseph McCann at (202) 551-6262 or Celeste
Murphy, Legal Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3257 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences