SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Filed by the Registrant ¨

 

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant þ

 

Check the appropriate box:

 

¨	Preliminary Proxy Statement
¨	Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
¨	Definitive Proxy Statement
¨	Definitive Additional Materials
þ	Soliciting Material Under Rule 14a-12

 

Exelixis, Inc.

(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Farallon Capital Partners, L.P.

Farallon Capital Institutional Partners, L.P.

Farallon Capital Institutional Partners II, L.P.

Farallon Capital Institutional Partners III, L.P.

Four Crossings Institutional Partners V, L.P.

Farallon Capital Offshore Investors II, L.P.

Farallon Capital (AM) Investors, L.P.

Farallon Capital F5 Master I, L.P.

Farallon Healthcare Partners Master, L.P.

Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.

Farallon Partners, L.L.C.

Farallon Institutional (GP) V, L.L.C.

Farallon F5 (GP), L.L.C.

Farallon Healthcare Partners (GP), L.L.C.

Joshua J. Dapice

Philip D. Dreyfuss

Hannah E. Dunn

Michael B. Fisch

Richard B. Fried

Varun N. Gehani

Nicolas Giauque

David T. Kim

Michael G. Linn

Rajiv A. Patel

Thomas G. Roberts, Jr.

Edric C. Saito

William Seybold

Daniel S. Short

Andrew J. M. Spokes

John R. Warren

Mark C. Wehrly

Richard Bollini

Colby Clark

Cameron Hillyer

David A. Posner

Matthew Trentini

Tomas J. Heyman

David E. Johnson

Robert “Bob” Oliver, Jr.

Caligan Partners LP

Caligan Partners Master Fund LP

 

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

 

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On April 22, 2023, Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. and certain of its affiliates (“Farallon”) launched a website (the “Website”) to communicate with shareholders of Exelixis, Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with Farallon’s solicitation of proxies for use at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Website address is www.FocusEXEL.com. Attached below are the materials posted to the

Website as of the date hereof. Farallon’s letter to the board of directors of the Company, which is posted on the Website, was filed by Farallon with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on Schedule 14A on April 5, 2023. Farallon’s preliminary proxy statement in connection with the Annual Meeting, which is posted on the Website, was filed by Farallon with the SEC on Schedule 14A on April 6, 2023.