As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 2014

 

Registration No. 333-       

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

ALKERMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Connaught House

1 Burlington Road

Dublin 4, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

ALKERMES PLC 2011 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

Kathryn L. Biberstein, Esq.

Alkermes plc

Connaught House

1 Burlington Road

Dublin 4, Ireland

 (Name and address of agent for service)

 

Telephone: +353-1-772-8000

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Please send copies of all communications to:

 

Mitchell S. Bloom, Esq.

Edward A. King, Esq.

Goodwin Procter LLP

Exchange Place

 53 State Street

 Boston, MA 02109

Telephone: 617-570-1000

 

and

 

Christopher McLaughlin

Arthur Cox, Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort

Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland

Telephone: +353 1 618 0000

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities to be Registered		Amount to be Registered (1)		Proposed Maximum  Offering Price  Per Share (2)			Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering  Price (2)			Amount of Registration Fee
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share		7,200,000		$	54.445		$	392,004,000.00		$	45,550.87

(1)                                 Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall also be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share of the Registrant (“Shares”) issuable in the event the number of outstanding Shares of the Registrant is increased by split-up, reclassification, stock dividend, recapitalization, and similar transactions.

(2)                                 Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high ($55.15) and low ($53.74) prices of the Shares as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on December 1, 2014.

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers additional Shares of the Registrant which may be acquired pursuant to the Alkermes plc 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). The securities subject to this Registration Statement are of the same class of the Registrant for which the Registrant previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act on February 16, 2012 (File No. 333-179545) and on October 26, 2012 (File No. 333-184621). Accordingly, the contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8, File No. 333-179545 and File No. 333-184621, as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

 

PART II

 

 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement (other than portions of those documents furnished or otherwise not deemed to be filed but including XBRL-Related Documents furnished or filed as exhibits with the Form 10-KT and Forms 10-Q listed below):

 

(i)	The Registrant’s Transition Report on Form 10-KT for the nine months ended December 31, 2013 filed with the Commission on February 27, 2014;
(ii)	The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2014 filed with the Commission on April 30, 2014; the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2014 filed with the Commission on July 31, 2014; and the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2014 filed with the Commission on October 29, 2014;
(iii)	The Registrant’s Current Reports on Forms 8-K filed with the Commission on January 6, 2014; January 8, 2014; January 13, 2014; January 16, 2014 and May 28, 2014; and
(iv)	The description of the Shares set forth under the caption “Description of New Alkermes Ordinary Shares” in the Registrant’s Proxy Statement/Prospectus which constitutes a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on June 23, 2011 (File No. 333-175078), including any prospectus relating thereto filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, together with any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that such statement is modified or superseded by any other subsequently filed document which is incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 8.   Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
4.1		Alkermes plc 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 28, 2014 (File No. 001-35299)).
5.1		Opinion of Arthur Cox, Solicitors, as to the legality of the securities being registered (filed herewith).
23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).
23.2		Consent of Arthur Cox, Solicitors (included in Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith).
24		Power of Attorney (included in signature page).

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Dublin, Ireland, on December 5, 2014.

 

	ALKERMES PLC
	By:	/s/ Shane Cooke
	Name:	Shane Cooke
	Title:	President

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

 

We, the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby severally constitute and appoint Richard F. Pops and James M. Frates, and each of them, our true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to sign for us and in our names and the capacities indicated below, to execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, with exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, and generally to do or cause to be done by virtue hereof all things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable the Registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

SIGNATURE		TITLE		DATE
/s/ Richard F. Pops		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer		December 5, 2014
Richard F. Pops		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James M. Frates		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer		December 5, 2014
James M. Frates		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ David W. Anstice		Director		December 5, 2014
David W. Anstice
/s/ Floyd E. Bloom		Director		December 5, 2014
Floyd E. Bloom
/s/ Robert A. Breyer		Director		December 5, 2014
Robert A. Breyer
/s/ Wendy L. Dixon		Director		December 5, 2014
Wendy L. Dixon
/s/ Geraldine A. Henwood		Director		December 5, 2014
Geraldine A. Henwood
/s/ Paul J. Mitchell		Director		December 5, 2014
Paul J. Mitchell
/s/ Nancy J. Wysenski		Director		December 5, 2014
Nancy J. Wysenski
/s/ Kathryn L. Biberstein		Authorized Representative in the U.S.		December 5, 2014
Kathryn L. Biberstein		Alkermes, Inc.
		(Chief Legal Officer)

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
4.1		Alkermes plc 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 28, 2014 (File No. 001-35299)).
5.1		Opinion of Arthur Cox, Solicitors, as to the legality of the securities being registered (filed herewith).
23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).
23.2		Consent of Arthur Cox, Solicitors (included in Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith).
24		Power of Attorney (included in signature page).

 

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