This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (together with any amendments and supplements hereto, this
Schedule TO) is filed by Bald Eagle Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (Purchaser) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, an Indiana corporation (Lilly). This Schedule TO relates to
the offer by Purchaser to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value, $0.001 per share (the Shares), of Dermira, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Dermira), at a purchase price of $18.75 per Share (the
Offer Price), net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which
are attached hereto as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively.
All information contained in the Offer to Purchase (including Schedule I to the
Offer to Purchase) and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference in response to Items 1 through 9 and Item 11 of this Schedule TO.
The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 10, 2020 (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement), by and among
Dermira, Lilly and Purchaser, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit (d)(1) hereto, and the (i) Tender and Support Agreement (as it may be amended from time to time, the BCC Tender and Support Agreement), dated as of
January 10, 2020, with Bay City Capital Fund V, L.P., Bay City Capital Fund V Co-Investment Fund, L.P. and Bay City Capital, LLC (collectively, the BCC Stockholder), and (ii) Tender and
Support Agreement (as it may be amended from time to time, the NEA Tender and Support Agreement, and, together with the BCC Tender and Support Agreement, the Tender and Support Agreements), dated as of January 10, 2020,
with New Enterprise Associates 13, L.P. and NEA Ventures 2011, Limited Partnership (collectively, the NEA Stockholder and together with the BCC Stockholder, the Supporting Stockholders), copies of which are attached as
Exhibits (d)(2) and (d)(3) hereto, are incorporated herein by reference with respect to Items 4, 5, 6 and 11 of this Schedule TO.
Item 1.
Summary Term Sheet.
The information set forth in the Summary Term Sheet of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Subject Company Information.
(a) The name of the subject company and the issuer of the securities to which this Schedule TO relates is Dermira, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Dermiras
principal executive offices are located at 275 Middlefield Road, Suite 150, Menlo Park, CA, 94025. Dermiras telephone number is 650-421-7200.
(b) This Schedule TO relates to the outstanding Shares. Dermira has advised Purchaser and Lilly that, as of the close of business on January 15, 2020
(the most recent practicable date), 54,695,352 Shares were issued and outstanding.
(c) The information set forth in Section 6 (entitled Price
Range of Shares; Dividends on the Shares) of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3. Identity and Background
of the Filing Person.
(a) (c) This Schedule TO is filed by Purchaser and Lilly. The information set forth in Section 8 (entitled
Certain Information Concerning Lilly and Purchaser) of the Offer to Purchase and Schedule I to the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.
(a)(1)(i)
(viii), (xii), (a)(2)(i) (iv), (vii) The information set forth in the following sections of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference: