UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                               

SCHEDULE 13D

(Amendment No. 12)*

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box ☐.

NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

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1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	RANDAL J. KIRK
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☒
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	PF
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			81,523,936
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			81,523,936
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	81,523,936
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	48.2%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	IN

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	R.J. KIRK DECLARATION OF TRUST 31-6661283
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☒
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	PF
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			22,684,644
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			22,684,644
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	22,684,644
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	13.4%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO - trust

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	THIRD SECURITY, LLC I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO.: 54-1923091
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☒
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	WC
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Virginia
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			58,655,689
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			58,655,689
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	58,655,689
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	34.6%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO – limited liability company

 

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	THIRD SECURITY CAPITAL PARTNERS V, LLC I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO.: 52-2395642
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☒
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	WC
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			8,325,000
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			8,325,000
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	8,325,000
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	4.9%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO – limited liability company

 

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	NRM VI HOLDINGS I, LLC I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO.: 27-1471440
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☒
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	WC
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Virginia
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			13,340,645
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			13,340,645
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	13,340,645
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	7.9%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO – limited liability company

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	KAPITAL JOE, LLC I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO.: 45-2595931
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☒
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	WC
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Virginia
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			14,140,139
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			14,140,139
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	14,140,139
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	8.4%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO – limited liability company

This Amendment No. 12 (the “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated March 27, 2014 and filed on April 7, 2014, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated December 31, 2014 and filed on January 5, 2015, by Amendment No. 2 dated May 31, 2016 and filed June 2, 2016, by Amendment No. 3 dated July 24, 2017 and filed July 26, 2017, by Amendment No. 4 dated October 16, 2017 and filed October 23, 2017, by Amendment No. 5 dated December 29, 2017 and filed on January 2, 2018, by Amendment No. 6 dated January 19, 2018 and filed January 22, 2018, by Amendment No. 7 dated July 3, 2018 and filed July 6, 2018, by Amendment No. 8 dated May 13, 2019 and filed May 15, 2019, by Amendment No. 9 dated May 24, 2019 and filed on May 24, 2019, by Amendment No. 10 dated June 6, 2019 and filed on June 10, 2019, and by Amendment No. 11 dated January 1, 2020 and filed on January 6, 2020 (the “Original Schedule 13D”), relating to the Common Stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of Precigen, Inc., formerly known as Intrexon Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”). Mr. Randal J. Kirk (“Mr. Kirk”), the R.J. Kirk Declaration of Trust, a revocable trust established by Mr. Kirk (“RJ DOT”), Third Security, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company that is controlled by Mr. Kirk (“Third Security”), Third Security Capital Partners V, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is managed by Third Security (“TSCP V”), Kapital Joe, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company that is managed by Third Security (“Kapital Joe”), and NRM VI Holdings I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is managed by an affiliate that is managed by Third Security (“NRM VI Holdings” and, together with Mr. Kirk, the RJ DOT, Third Security, TSCP V, and Kapital Joe, the “Reporting Persons”) are filing this Amendment to disclose the acquisition by TS Biotechnology Holdings, LLC (“TS Biotechnology”), a Virginia limited liability company that is managed by Third Security, of 5,972,696 shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Subscription Agreement entered into by and between TS Biotechnology and the Company on January 1, 2020 (“Subscription Agreement”).

Item 4 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

On February 3, 2020, the Company announced the closing under the Subscription Agreement, which was entered into by and between Intrexon Corporation and TS Biotechnology on January 1, 2020, pursuant to which TS Biotechnology purchased on January 31, 2020, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, 5,972,696 shares of the Company’s common stock for approximately $35 million, or $5.86 per share (the “Purchased Shares”). At closing, TS Biotechnology elected to have the Purchased Shares issued directly to its members.

The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Subscription Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1, and is incorporated herein by reference.

(a)

The acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Company, or the disposition of securities of the Company;

(b)

An extraordinary corporate transaction such as a merger, reorganization or disposition, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries;

(c)

A sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;

(d)

Any change in the present board of directors or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board;

(e)

Any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Company;

(f)

Any other material change in the Company’s business or corporate structure, including but not limited to, if the Company is a registered closed-end investment company, any plans or proposals to make any changes in its investment policy for which a vote is required by Section 13 of the Investment Company Act of 1940;

(g)

Changes in the Company’s charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Company by any person;

(h)

Causing a class of securities of the Company to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association;

(i)

A class of equity securities of the Company becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or

(j)

Any action similar to any of those actions enumerated above.

Items 5(a) and (b) of the Original Schedule 13D are hereby amended and restated to read in their entirety as follows:

(a) and (b)          See items 11 and 13 of the cover pages to this Statement for the aggregate number of shares and percentage of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by the Reporting Persons. The percentage ownership is calculated based on 162,682,637 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of October 31, 2019 as disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2019 and filed on November 12, 2019, increased by: (i) 149,543 and 141,445 shares of Common Stock issued to Third Security on November 29, 2019 and December 31, 2019, respectively, pursuant to the Services Agreement by and between the Company and Third Security dated November 1, 2015, as amended (the “Services Agreement”); (ii) 35,536, 34,434, and 33,223 shares of Common Stock issued to Randal J. Kirk on November 29, 2019, December 31, 2019, and January 31, 2020, respectively, pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement by and between the Company and Randal J. Kirk dated April 1, 2019 (the “RSU Agreement”); (iii) 3,444 shares of Common Stock issued to Randal J. Kirk on January 4, 2020, pursuant to the vesting of Restricted Stock Units, which were issued to Mr. Kirk on January 4, 2019 in connection with his position as an officer of the Company; (iv) 257,003 shares of Common Stock issued to other officers of the Company on January 3, 2020, January 6, 2020, and January 7, 2020, pursuant to the vesting of Restricted Stock Units; and (v) 5,972,696 shares issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.

 

Mr. Kirk could be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock directly beneficially owned by the RJ DOT, Third Security, TSCP V, Kapital Joe, and NRM VI Holdings. Mr. Kirk controls Third Security, which is the manager of TSCP V and Kapital Joe and which manages the manager of NRM VI Holdings.

(c) Except as disclosed herein, none of the Reporting Persons have engaged in any transactions in the Company’s Common Stock in the past 60 days.

(d) – (e)          Not applicable

Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to include the responses in Item 4 above.

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of their knowledge and belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: February 4, 2020

 

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them a Statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with regard to the common stock of Precigen, Inc., and further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an exhibit to such joint filings. In evidence thereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized, hereby execute this agreement as of the 4^th day of February, 2020.

Date: February 4, 2020

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