VSM Versum Materials Inc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO / A

(RULE 14d-100)

Tender Offer Statement Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 3)

Versum Materials, Inc.

(Name of Subject Company)

EMD Performance Materials Holding, Inc.

(Offeror)

an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of

Merck KGaA

(Parent of Offeror)

(Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror, issuer or other person))

Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share

(including the associated preferred stock purchase rights)

(Title of Class of Securities)

92532W103

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Dr. Friederike Rotsch

Merck KGaA

Frankfurter Strasse 250

64293 Darmstadt
Germany

+49 6151 720

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

Copy to:

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer.  ý

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This Amendment No. 3 to Schedule TO (this “Amendment”) is filed by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a German corporation with general partners ( Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien ), and EMD Performance Materials Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2019 (together with any prior amendments and supplements thereto, the “Schedule TO”) by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and Purchaser and relates to the offer by Purchaser to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (together with the associated preferred stock purchase rights, the “Shares”), of Versum Materials, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Versum”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated March 26, 2019 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the related letter of transmittal (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”). All capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined have the respective meaning ascribed to them in the Schedule TO.

Items 1 through 9; Item 11.

Items 1 through 9; Item 11 are hereby amended and supplemented to add the following:

On April 12, 2019, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Versum (the “ Merger Agreement ”). Pursuant to the terms of the Offer, the Offer automatically terminated upon the execution of the Merger Agreement. As a result of the termination of the Offer, no Shares were accepted for payment or paid for pursuant to the Offer. Purchaser has instructed the Depositary to promptly return all Shares tendered and not withdrawn to the tendering stockholders.

A copy of the press release announcing the signing of the Merger Agreement and the termination of the Offer is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(5)(B) and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12. Exhibits.

Item 12 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following exhibit:

(a)(5)(B) Press Release, dated April 12, 2019

SIGNATURE

After due 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.

Dated: April 12, 2019

* Previously filed.
** Filed herewith.

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