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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
SCHEDULE TO
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
ACCELRYS, INC.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

3DS ACQUISITION CORP.
(Offeror)
A Wholly Owned Direct Subsidiary of

DASSAULT SYSTÈMES AMERICAS CORP.
(Offeror)
A Wholly Owned Indirect Subsidiary of

DASSAULT SYSTÈMES SA
(Offeror)
(Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror, issuer or other person))
 

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.0001 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)

00430U103
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Samia Sellam
Dassault Systèmes
10 rue Marcel Dassault, CS 40501
78946 Vélizy-Villacoublay Cedex
France
+ 33 1 61 62 71 94
(Name, Address, and Telephone Numbers of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

Copies to:

Andrew R. Thompson, Esq.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019-7475
(212) 474-1000

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
   
Transaction Valuation
Amount of Filing Fee
N/A
N/A
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 
Amount Previously Paid:  n/a
Filing Party:  n/a
 
Form of Registration No.:  n/a
Date Filed:  n/a

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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

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Third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
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Issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
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Going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
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Amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer.  o

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

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Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)
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Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Joint Press Release issued by Dassault Systèmes and Accelrys, Inc. on January 30, 2014.
     
99.2   Website material published by Dassault Systèmes on January 30, 2014.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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