Alkermes plc. — Director's Dealing 2017

Mar 3, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Alkermes plc. (ALKS)
CIK: 0001520262
Period of Report: 2017-03-01

Reporting Person: FRATES JAMES M (SVP, Alks Inc; CFO ALKS)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-03-01	Ordinary Shares	M	4500	—	Acquired	118615	Direct
2017-03-01	Ordinary Shares	F	1461	$59.71	Disposed	117154	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-03-01	Restricted Stock Unit Award	$0	M	4500	Disposed		Ordinary Shares (4500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Ordinary Shares	4000	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	41041	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	16562	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	11421	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares held by James M. Frates Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated March 14, 2014 (the "GRAT"). The Reporting Person is a trustee and beneficiary of the GRAT and may be deemed to hold voting and dispositive power with regard to the reported shares held by the GRAT.

F2: Shares held by the James M. Frates Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated May 29, 2015 (the "2015 GRAT"). The Reporting Person is a trustee and beneficiary of the 2015 GRAT and may be deemed to hold voting and dispositive power with regard to the reported shares held by the 2015 GRAT.

F3: Shares held by the James M. Frates Grantor Retained Annuity Trust No. 2 dated November 25, 2015 (the "2015 GRAT No. 2"). The Reporting Person is a trustee and beneficiary of the 2015 GRAT No. 2 and may be deemed to hold voting and dispositive power with regard to the reported shares held by the 2015 GRAT No. 2.

F4: Shares subject to the restricted stock unit award vest in equal annual installments over a four year period, commencing on 3/1/2017.