UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14D-9

(Rule 14d-101)

 

Solicitation/Recommendation Statement

Under Section 14(d)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

DIPLOMAT PHARMACY, INC.

(Name of Subject Company)

 

DIPLOMAT PHARMACY, INC.

(Name of Persons Filing Statement)

 


 

Common Stock, no par value per share
 (Title of Class of Securities)

 

25456K 101
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 


 

Christina Flint
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc.
4100 S. Saginaw Street

Flint, Michigan 48507

(888) 720-4450
 (Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive
notices and communications on behalf of the persons filing statement)

 

Copies to

 

Gary D. Gerstman
Christopher R. Hale
Sidley Austin LLP
One South Dearborn
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 853-2060

 

x Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

 

 


 

The information set forth under Item 8.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the “Company”), on December 31, 2019 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Important Additional Information

 

The tender offer for the outstanding common stock of the Company has not yet commenced. The communication materials referenced above do not constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. The solicitation and the offer to buy shares of Company common stock will be made only pursuant to an offer to purchase and related materials that UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Denali Merger Sub, Inc., a Michigan corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Sub”), intend to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). If the tender offer is commenced, Parent and Sub will file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the SEC, and thereafter the Company will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. The Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (including an offer to purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other offer documents) and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 will contain important information that should be considered before any decision is made with respect to the tender offer.  BEFORE MAKING ANY INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.   These materials will be sent free of charge to Company shareholders when available, and may also be obtained by contacting the Company’s Investor Relations Department at 4100 S. Saginaw Street, Flint, Michigan 48507, (888) 720-4450 or tpowers@Diplomat.is. In addition, all of these materials (and all other tender offer documents filed with the SEC) will be available at no charge from the SEC through its website at www.sec.gov.

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

Forward-looking statements made herein with respect to the tender offer and related transactions, including, for example, the timing of the completion of the tender offer and the merger or the potential benefits of the tender offer and the merger, reflect the current analysis of existing information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. As a result, caution must be exercised in relying on forward-looking statements. Due to known and unknown risks, the Company’s actual results may differ materially from its expectations or projections.

 

The following factors, among others, could cause actual plans and results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the effect of the announcement of the tender offer and related transactions on the Company’s business relationships, operating results and business generally; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, and the risk that the merger agreement may be terminated in circumstances that require the Company to pay a termination fee; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company related to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including the tender offer and the merger; uncertainties as to the number of shareholders of the Company who may tender their stock in the tender offer; the failure to satisfy other conditions to consummation of the tender offer or the merger, including the receipt of regulatory approvals related to the merger (and any conditions, limitations or restrictions placed on these approvals); risks that the tender offer and related transactions disrupt current plans and operations and the potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the proposed transactions; the effects of local and national economic, credit and capital market conditions on the economy in general, and other risks and uncertainties; and those risks and uncertainties discussed from time to time in the Company’s other reports and other public filings with the SEC.

 

Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact the Company’s expectations and projections can be found in its periodic filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Company’s SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, on the Company’s website http://ir.diplomat.is/investors/default.aspx or upon request via email to tpowers@Diplomat.is. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise the forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 


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