Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001193125-24-048464
Form Type:
13D Filing
Publication Date:
2024-02-26 19:00:00
Filed By:
Panacea Innovation Ltd
Company:
Connect Biopharma Holdings Ltd
Filing Date:
2024-02-27
SEC Url:
13D Filing
Ownership Summary

Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Panacea Innovation Limited 0 12,000,000 0 12,000,000 12,000,000 21.8%
Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II 0 12,000,000 0 12,000,000 12,000,000 21.8%
Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II GP Company, Ltd 0 12,000,000 0 12,000,000 12,000,000 21.8%
James Huang 0 12,000,000 0 12,000,000 12,000,000 21.8%
Filing

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

 

 

Connect Biopharma Holdings Limited

(Name of Issuer)

Ordinary Shares

(Title of Class of Securities)

207523101**

(CUSIP Number)

James Huang

Panacea Venture

No. 5, Lane 1350, Fuxing Middle Road

Xuhui District, Shanghai

China 200031

(86-21) 6176-1101

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

February 23, 2024

(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 that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 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 Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

*

The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons 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.

 

**

There is no CUSIP number assigned to the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer (Ordinary Shares). CUSIP number 207523101 has been assigned to the American Depositary Shares of the Issuer (ADSs). Each ADS represents one Ordinary Share.

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

 

 

 


CUSIP No. 207523101    13D    Page 1 of 7 pages

 

1   

Names of Reporting Persons

 

Panacea Innovation Limited

2   

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

(a) ☐  (b) ☐

 

3   

SEC Use Only

 

4   

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

5   

Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

6   

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Cayman Islands

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

WITH

   7   

Sole Voting Power

 

0

   8   

Shared Voting Power

 

12,000,000

   9   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

0

    10   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

12,000,000

 11   

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

12,000,000

 12   

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares

 

 13   

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

21.8%

 14   

Type of Reporting Person

 

CO


CUSIP No. 207523101    13D    Page 2 of 7 pages

 

1

  

Names of Reporting Persons

 

Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II, L.P.

2   

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

(a) ☐  (b) ☐

 

3   

SEC Use Only

 

4   

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

5   

Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

6   

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Cayman Islands

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

WITH

   7   

Sole Voting Power

 

0

   8   

Shared Voting Power

 

12,000,000

   9   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

0

    10   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

12,000,000

 11   

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

12,000,000

 12   

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares

 

 13   

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

21.8%

 14   

Type of Reporting Person

 

PN


CUSIP No. 207523101    13D    Page 3 of 7 pages

 

1   

Names of Reporting Persons

 

Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II GP Company, Ltd.

2   

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

(a) ☐  (b) ☐

 

3   

SEC Use Only

 

4   

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

5   

Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

6   

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Cayman Islands

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

WITH

   7   

Sole Voting Power

 

0

   8   

Shared Voting Power

 

12,000,000

   9   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

0

    10   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

12,000,000

 11   

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

12,000,000

 12   

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares

 

 13   

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

21.8%

 14   

Type of Reporting Person

 

CO


CUSIP No. 207523101    13D    Page 4 of 7 pages

 

1   

Names of Reporting Persons

 

James Huang

2   

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

(a) ☐  (b) ☐

 

3   

SEC Use Only

 

4   

Source of Funds (See Instructions)

 

OO

5   

Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)

 

6   

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

Republic of China

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

WITH

   7   

Sole Voting Power

 

0

   8   

Shared Voting Power

 

12,000,000

   9   

Sole Dispositive Power

 

0

    10   

Shared Dispositive Power

 

12,000,000

 11   

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

12,000,000

 12   

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares

 

 13   

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)

 

21.8%

 14   

Type of Reporting Person

 

IN


CUSIP No. 207523101    13D    Page 5 of 7 pages

 

Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (this Amendment No. 1) amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2024 (the Schedule 13D), relating to the Ordinary Shares, par value $0.000174 per share (the Ordinary Shares) of Connect Biopharma Holdings Limited (the Issuer). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Schedule 13D.

 

Item 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

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

On February 23, 2024, Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II, L.P. purchased 3.1 million American Depositary Shares (each representing one Ordinary Share) in a series of open market transactions at a weighted average price of $0.9836 per American Depositary Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide, upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer, or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price for these transactions. Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II, L.P. obtained the funds used to purchase the Ordinary Shares through capital contributions from its partners.

 

Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(a) (b)

The ownership information presented below represents beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares as of the date of this filing, based upon 55,071,559 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of June 30, 2023, as disclosed in the Issuers Current Report on Form 6-K, furnished with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2023.

Reporting Person   

Amount

beneficially 

owned

    

Percent

of class:

    Sole
power
to vote
or to
direct
the vote:
     Shared
power to
vote or to
direct the
vote:
    

Sole
power to
dispose or
to direct
the
disposition

of:

    

Shared

power to

dispose or

to direct

the

disposition

of:

 

Panacea Innovation Limited

     12,000,000        21.8     0        12,000,000        0        12,000,000  

Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II, L.P.

     12,000,000        21.8     0        12,000,000        0        12,000,000  

Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II GP Company, Ltd.

     12,000,000        21.8     0        12,000,000        0        12,000,000  

James Huang

     12,000,000        21.8     0        12,000,000        0        12,000,000  

Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II, L.P. is the record holder of the Ordinary Shares reported herein.


CUSIP No. 207523101    13D    Page 6 of 7 pages

 

James Huang is the sole owner of Panacea Innovation Limited, which is the sole owner of Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II GP Company, Ltd., which is the general partner of Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II, L.P. As a result, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Ordinary Shares directly reported herein, but each disclaims such beneficial ownership.

 

(c)

Except for the transactions disclosed in Item 3, none of the Reporting Persons has effected any transactions in the Ordinary Shares since the most initial Schedule 13D filing.

 

(d)

None.

 

(e)

Not applicable.


CUSIP No. 207523101    13D    Page 7 of 7 pages

 

SIGNATURES

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.

Date: February 27, 2024

 

Panacea Innovation Limited
By:   /s/ James Huang
Name:   James Huang
Title:   Founding Managing Partner
Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II, L.P.
By: Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II GP Company, Ltd., its general partner
By: Panacea Innovation Limited, its sole owner
By:   /s/ James Huang
Name:   James Huang
Title:   Founding Managing Partner
Panacea Venture Healthcare Fund II GP Company, Ltd.
By: Panacea Innovation Limited, its sole owner
By:   /s/ James Huang
Name:   James Huang
Title:   Founding Managing Partner
James Huang
/s/ James Huang