Affimed N.V. (AFMD): OrbiMed Advisors Cuts Its Position

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Item 1.  Security and Issuer
This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D supplements and amends the Statement on Schedule 13D of OrbiMed Advisors LLC, OrbiMed Capital GP III LLC and Samuel D. Isaly originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 19, 2014 (the “Statement”) and amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the SEC on February 20, 2015, Amendment No. 2 filed on May 14, 2015, Amendment No. 3 filed on August 17, 2015, Amendment No. 4 filed on March 17, 2016 and Amendment No. 5 filed on March 31, 2016.  The Statement relates to the common stock, nominal value €0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Affimed N.V. (formerly Affimed Therapeutics B.V.), a public company with limited liability (naamloze vennootschap) organized under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Issuer”), with its principal executive offices located at Im Neuenheimer Feld 582, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.  The Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “AFMD.”  Information given in response to each item shall be deemed incorporated by reference in all other items, as applicable.
Item 2.  Identity and Background
(a)           This Amendment No. 6 to the Statement is being filed by OrbiMed Advisors LLC (“Advisors”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware, OrbiMed Capital GP III LLC (“GP III”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware, and Samuel D. Isaly (“Isaly”), an individual (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”).
(b) – (c) Advisors, a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, is the sole general partner of Associates III and the sole managing member of GP III, which is the sole general partner of OPI III.  OPI III and Associates III hold Shares, as more particularly described in Item 6 below.  Advisors has its principal offices at 601 Lexington Avenue, 54th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
GP III has its principal offices at 601 Lexington Avenue, 54th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
Isaly, a natural person, owns a controlling interest in Advisors.
The directors and executive officers of Advisors and GP III are set forth on Schedules I and II, 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 or employment and the name, principal business and address of any corporation or other organization in which such employment is conducted;
 
(iv)
citizenship.
(d) – (e) During the last five years, neither the Reporting Persons nor any Person named in Schedule I or II have 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.
 
(f)
Isaly is a citizen of the United States.
Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Not applicable.
Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction
This Amendment No. 6 to the Statement relates to the transactions by the Reporting Persons more fully described in Item 5 below.  The Shares initially had been acquired (and those that continue to be held, are held) by the Reporting Persons for the purpose of making an investment in the Issuer and not with the intention of acquiring control of the Issuer’s business.

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