On March 4, 2021, Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company or
Five Prime) and Amgen Inc., a Delaware corporation (Amgen), issued a press release announcing the entry into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated March 4, 2021, by and among Amgen,
Franklin Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Amgen (Purchaser), and the Company.
This Schedule 14D-9 filing consists of the following documents related to the tender offer and merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement:
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Five Prime All Hands Meeting Slides, first used on March 8, 2021
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Additional Information and Where to Find It
This filing
is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The tender offer for the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company described in this filing has not commenced. At the
time the tender offer is commenced, Amgen and its acquisition subsidiary, Purchaser, will file, or will cause to be filed, tender offer materials on Schedule TO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and the Company
will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC, in each case with respect to the tender offer. THE TENDER OFFER MATERIALS (INCLUDING AN OFFER TO PURCHASE, A RELATED LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER OFFER DOCUMENTS) AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AND CONSIDERED BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE TENDER
OFFER. Those materials and all other documents filed by, or caused to be filed by, Amgen and Purchaser and the Company with the SEC will be available at no charge on the SECs website at www.sec.gov. The tender offer materials and
related materials also may be obtained for free (when available) under the Investors Financials section of Amgens website at https://investors.amgen.com/financials/sec-filings,
and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement and such other documents also may be obtained for free (when available) from the Company under the Investors & Media Financial Information section of the Companys
website at https://investor.fiveprime.com/index.php/sec-filings. THE COMPANYS SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE TENDER OFFER MATERIALS AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT, AS EACH MAY
BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED BY THE COMPANY OR AMGEN WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BEFORE THEY MAKE ANY DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE TENDER OFFER. THESE MATERIALS WILL CONTAIN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE TENDER OFFER, THE COMPANY AND AMGEN.
Forward Looking Statements
This filing contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements generally include statements that are predictive in nature and depend on or
refer to future events or conditions, and include words such as expect, anticipate, outlook, could, target, project, intend, plan, believe,
seek, estimate, should, may, assume and continue as well as variations of such words and similar expressions. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future, and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about the potential benefits of the proposed transaction; the prospective performance and outlook of the Companys business, performance and
opportunities; any potential strategic benefits, synergies or opportunities expected as a result of the proposed transaction; the ability of the parties to complete the proposed transaction and the expected timing of completion of the proposed
transaction; potential marketing or regulatory approvals for bemarituzumab, or potential future revenues from such product; as well as any assumptions underlying any of the foregoing.