This Amendment No. 2 (this “Amendment”) to
Schedule 14D-9 amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 previously filed by DICE Therapeutics, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“DICE”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 30, 2023 (the “Schedule14D-9”), relating to the offer (the
“Offer”) by Durning Acquisition Corporation (“Purchaser”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, an Indiana corporation (“Lilly”), to purchase all of the
outstanding shares of DICE common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), at a purchase price of $48.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, and subject to applicable tax withholding, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 18, 2023, by and among DICE, Lilly and Purchaser (the “Merger Agreement” and the transactions contemplated therein, the
“Transactions”), the Offer to Purchase, dated as of June 30, 2023 and the related Letter of Transmittal, each of which may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Amendment, the information set forth in the Schedule 14D-9 remains
unchanged and is incorporated herein by reference to the extent relevant to the items in this Amendment. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Schedule 14D-9.
Item 2. Identity and Background of Filing Person.
The subsection of Item 2 of the Schedule 14D-9 entitled “Tender Offer” is hereby amended as follows:
Beginning on page 2, the fourth full paragraph is amended and restated as follows (new language underlined; deleted language struck through):
Purchaser commenced (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) the Offer
on June 30, 2023. The Offer was initially scheduled to expire one minute past 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 28, 2023. On July 21, 2023, Lilly voluntarily withdrew its Premerger Notification and
Report Form under the HSR Act pursuant to 16 C.F.R. 803.12, and refiled its Premerger Notification and Report Form on July 24, 2023. Following such refiling, the waiting period under the HSR Act with respect to the Offer will
expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on August 8, 2023. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and the Offer, the Offer is initially was extended and is now
scheduled to expire one minute after 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 28, 2023 August 8, 2023 (the “Expiration Time”), unless the expiration of
the Offer is extended to a subsequent date in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, in which case the term “Expiration Time” means such subsequent time on such subsequent date. If at the scheduled Expiration Time any of the
conditions to the Offer (other than the Minimum Tender Condition) have not been satisfied or waived, Purchaser shall, and Lilly shall cause Purchaser to, extend the Offer for one or more occasions in consecutive increments of not more than 10
Business Days (as defined in the Merger Agreement) each (or such longer period as may be agreed to by Lilly and DICE), until such time as such conditions have been satisfied or waived. Purchaser shall, and Lilly shall cause Purchaser to, extend the
Offer for the minimum period required by any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC or the staff thereof or The Nasdaq Stock Market applicable to the Offer. In addition, if at the scheduled Expiration Time each condition to the
Offer shall have been satisfied or waived and the Minimum Tender Condition shall not have been satisfied, Purchaser may elect to (and if so requested by DICE, Purchaser shall, and Lilly shall cause Purchaser to), extend the Offer for one or more
consecutive increments of such duration as requested by DICE (or if not so requested by DICE, as determined by Lilly), but not more than 10 Business Days (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement) each (or for such longer period as may be
agreed to by Lilly and DICE), provided that DICE shall not request Purchaser to, and Lilly shall not be required to cause Purchaser to, extend the Offer on more than five occasions.
Item 8. Additional Information.
The
subsection of Item 8 of the Schedule 14D-9 entitled “Regulatory Approvals—U.S. Antitrust Laws” is hereby amended as follows:
On page 50, a new paragraph is added after the first full paragraph as follows:
On July 21, 2023, Lilly voluntarily withdrew its Premerger Notification and Report Form under the HSR Act, previously filed July 10, 2023, pursuant
to 16 C.F.R. 803.12, and refiled its Premerger Notification and Report Form on July 24, 2023. Following such refiling, the waiting period under the HSR Act with respect to the Offer