UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20549


SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 9)*

HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

406 37H 109
(CUSIP Number)

Third Security, LLC
The Governor Tyler
1881 Grove Ave.
Radford, Virginia 24141
Attention:  Marcus E. Smith, Esq.
Telephone No.:  540-633-7971

Copy to:

David I. Meyers, Esq.
John Owen Gwathmey, Esq.
Troutman Sanders LLP
1001 Haxall Point
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 697-1200
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

August 14, 2018
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

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(e), (f) or (g), 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).



1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
 
 
RANDAL J. KIRK
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF GROUP
(a)

(b)
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
 
 
PF
 
 
 
 
5
CHECK 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
 
 
15,922,747
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
15,922,747
 
 
 
 
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
15,922,747
 
 
 
 
12
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 

 
 
 
 
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
 
11.0%
 
 
 
 
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
 
IN
 
 
 
 


1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
 
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
 
 
THIRD SECURITY, LLC
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO.: 54-1923091
 
 
 
 
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF GROUP
(a)

(b)
 
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 

 
 
 
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
 
 
WC
 
 
 
 
5
CHECK 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
 
 
7,658,890
 
 
 
 
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
7,658,890
 
 
 
 
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
 
0
 
 
 
 
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
 
7,658,890
 
 
 
 
12
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 

 
 
 
 
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
 
5.3%
 
 
 
 
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
 
OO – limited liability company
 
 
 
 


This Amendment No. 9 (the “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D, dated May 15, 2007 and filed on May 24, 2007, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated May 30, 2007 and filed on June 5, 2007, Amendment No. 2 dated March 19, 2008 and filed on March 24, 2008, Amendment No. 3 dated June 23, 2008 and filed on July 2, 2008, Amendment No. 4 dated August 10, 2011 and filed on August 17, 2011, Amendment No. 5 dated February 10, 2012 and filed on February 13, 2012, Amendment No. 6 dated June 1, 2012 and filed on June 6, 2012, Amendment No. 7 dated May 31, 2016 and filed June 2, 2016, and Amendment No. 8 dated July 24, 2017 and filed on July 26, 2017 (the “Original Schedule 13D”), relating to the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).  Mr. Randal J. Kirk (“Mr. Kirk”) and Third Security, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company that is controlled by Mr. Kirk (“Third Security” and together with Mr. Kirk, the “Reporting Persons”) and are filing this Amendment to disclose the sale of an aggregate of 1,670,024 shares of Common Stock held by the R.J. Kirk Declaration of Trust (the “RJ DOT”), a Florida trust for which Mr. Kirk is the trustee, and Kapital Joe, LLC (“Kapital Joe”), a Virginia limited liability company that is managed by Third Security, in open market transactions between June 27, 2018 and August 16, 2018.  Mr. Kirk could be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock directly beneficially owned by the RJ DOT and Kapital Joe.

Except as set forth below, there are no changes to the information set forth in the Original Schedule 13D.

Item 4.
Purpose of Transaction.

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

The Reporting Persons are filing this Amendment to disclose the sale of 677,633 shares of Common Stock held by the RJ DOT, in open market transactions between June 27, 2018 and August 16, 2018, for aggregate net proceeds of approximately $11,695,516.  Additionally, the Reporting Persons are filing this Amendment to disclose the sale of 992,391 shares of Common Stock held by Kapital Joe, in open market transactions between June 27, 2018 and August 16, 2018, for aggregate net proceeds of approximately $17,128,111.  Pursuant to a joint selling program, the RJ DOT and Kapital Joe sold these shares on a pro rata basis.

Item 5.
Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Item 5(a) of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated to read in its 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 144,304,240 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of July 31, 2018 as disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2018 and filed on August 7, 2018.


Reporting Person
 
Amount of
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned
   
Percent
of Class
   
Sole Power
to Vote or
Direct
the Vote(1)
   
Shared
Power to
Vote or
Direct
the Vote
   
Sole Power to
Dispose or to
Direct the
Disposition(1)
   
Shared Power to
Dispose or to
Direct the
Disposition
 
Randal J. Kirk
 
15,922,747
   
11.0%

 
15,922,747
   
--
   
15,922,747
   
--
 
Third Security, LLC(1)
 
7,658,890
   
5.3%

 
7,658,890
   
--
   
7,658,890
   
--
 


(1)
The indicated shares are owned by various entities managed by Mr. Kirk or Third Security, none of which beneficially owns more than 5.0% individually.

Mr. Kirk could be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock directly beneficially owned by Third Security.

(c) Other than the transactions as reported herein, the Reporting Persons have not engaged in any transactions within the previous sixty (60) days.

Item 7.
Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

The following documents are being filed as exhibits to this Amendment and are incorporated herein by reference:

Exhibit 1
Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2018, by and among Randal J. Kirk and Third Security, LLC


SIGNATURE

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

Date: August 16, 2018
   
     
 
/s/ Randal J. Kirk
 
Randal J. Kirk
     
 
THIRD SECURITY, LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Randal J. Kirk
   
Randal J. Kirk
   
Manager


EXHIBIT INDEX

Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2018, by and among Randal J. Kirk and Third Security, LLC.