ODT Odonate Therapeutics Inc

Explanatory Note: This Amendment No. 7 relates to and amends the Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule 13D/A of Tang Capital Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Tang Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Kevin Tang, a United States citizen (each, a “Reporting Person” and collectively, the “Reporting Persons”), initially filed jointly by the Reporting Persons with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on December 18, 2017, and amended on August 24, 2018, November 9, 2018, March 12, 2019, June 28, 2019, September 1, 2020 and December 29, 2020 (as amended, the “Statement”), with respect to the Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), of Odonate Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”).

Items 5 and 6 of the Statement are hereby amended to the extent hereinafter expressly set forth. Except as amended hereby, the original disclosure set forth in the Statement shall remain unchanged. All capitalized terms used and not expressly defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Statement. 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

The information previously provided in response to Item 5 is hereby amended and restated by replacing the text thereof in its entirety with the following:

(a)           Amount beneficially owned and percentage of class:

Tang Capital Partners, LP is the beneficial owner of 12,958,577 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock. Tang Capital Partners, LP shares voting and dispositive power over such shares of Common Stock with Tang Capital Management, LLC and Kevin Tang. Subject to the arrangements described in Item 6 of this Statement, the shares reported as beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons include a total of 345,427 shares of Common Stock that are held of record by Odonate Holdings, LLC (“Holdings”). Holdings has granted a proxy to Tang Capital Partners, LP giving Tang Capital Partners, LP the authority to vote 154,285 shares. Holdings has also granted a proxy to the Issuer giving the Issuer the authority to vote 567,742 shares in the same proportion as the votes cast by other holders of the Issuer’s Common Stock. Of the 567,742 shares, Tang Capital Partners, LP controls the voting of 191,142 shares based on its proportional ownership in the Issuer.

The percentages used herein are based upon 38,490,336 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 29, 2021.

Tang Capital Management, LLC, as the general partner of Tang Capital Partners, LP, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock owned by Tang Capital Partners, LP. Tang Capital Management, LLC shares voting and dispositive power over such shares with Tang Capital Partners, LP and Kevin Tang.

Kevin Tang, as the manager of Tang Capital Management, LLC, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock beneficially owned by Tang Capital Partners, LP. Kevin Tang shares voting and dispositive power over such shares with Tang Capital Partners, LP and Tang Capital Management, LLC.

(b)          Voting and disposition powers:

Sole power to vote or direct the vote:

Shared power to vote or direct the vote:

Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition:

Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:

(c)          The Reporting Persons have engaged in the following transactions in the Issuer’s Common Stock during the last 60 days.

(d)       N/A.

(e)       N/A.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

The information previously provided in response to Item 6 is hereby amended and restated by replacing the text thereof in its entirety with the following:

Reference is made to the relationships described in Item 5(a) of this Statement.

The Reporting Persons have entered into a Joint Filing Agreement. See Item 2.

The shares reported as beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons include a total of 345,427 shares of Common Stock that are held of record by Holdings as of the date this Statement is filed. Holdings has granted a proxy to: (a) Tang Capital Partners, LP giving Tang Capital Partners, LP the authority to vote 154,285 shares; and (b) the Issuer giving the Issuer the authority to vote 567,742 shares in the same proportion as the votes cast by other holders of the Issuer’s Common Stock. Of the 567,742 shares, Tang Capital Partners, LP controls the voting of 191,142 shares based on its proportional ownership in the Issuer. The proxy terminates upon the transfer or distribution of the shares subject to the proxy or the written agreement of the parties. The foregoing description is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the proxy, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 2 hereto.

Any of the Reporting Persons may from time to time acquire or dispose of Issuer securities. Such acquisitions or dispositions may be made in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.

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¹ The price reported is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $2.01 to $3.01. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, all information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the ranges set forth in Footnotes 1 through 8 herein.

² The price reported is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.99 to $2.005.

³ The price reported is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.95 to $2.07.

⁴ The price reported is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $2.10 to $2.33.

⁵ The price reported is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.91 to $2.16.

⁶ The price reported is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.85 to $1.99.

⁷ The price reported is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.85 to $2.001.

⁸ The price reported is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.85 to $1.985.

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, each of the following Reporting Persons certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

November 19, 2021

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