UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 29, 2016
ALKERMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Ireland |
|
001-35299 |
|
98-1007018 |
||
|
(State or other jurisdiction |
|
(Commission |
|
(IRS Employer |
||
|
of incorporation) |
|
File Number) |
|
Identification No.) |
||
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Connaught House, 1 Burlington Road |
|
|
||||
|
Dublin 4, Ireland |
|
|
||||
|
(Address of principal executive offices) |
|
(Zip Code) |
||||
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code): + 353-1-772-8000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
|
☐ |
|
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
|
|
|
|
|
☐ |
|
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
|
|
|
|
|
☐ |
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
|
|
|
|
|
☐ |
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b)On November 29, 2016, Mr. Gordon G. Pugh notified Alkermes plc (the “Company”) that he would be resigning as the Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Risk Officer of Alkermes, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the Company, effective January 3, 2017. Mr. Pugh will continue to serve as an Executive Advisor to Alkermes, Inc. to provide strategic insight and advice in key operational areas.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
|
|
ALKERMES PLC
|
|
||
|
Date: December 2, 2016 |
By: |
/s/ David J. Gaffin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David J. Gaffin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer |
|
|