Alkermes plc. — Director's Dealing 2019

Sep 18, 2019

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Alkermes plc. (ALKS)
CIK: 0001520262
Period of Report: 2019-09-13

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-12-15	Ordinary Shares	G	2000	—	Disposed	38256	Direct
2019-09-13	Ordinary Shares	M	20000	$11.74	Acquired	58256	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2019-09-13	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.74	M	20000	Disposed	2020-05-17	Ordinary Shares (20000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Ordinary Shares	4000	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	1669	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	150000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes (a) 80,000 shares transferred to the Reporting Person on June 3, 2019 to satisfy an annuity payment from the Reporting Person's 2018 GRAT No. 1 (the James M. Frates Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated February 22, 2018 and funded on February 23, 2018), and (b) 17,204 shares transferred to the Reporting Person on June 10, 2019 to satisfy an annuity payment from the Reporting Person's 2014 GRAT (the James M. Frates Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated December 19, 2013 and funded on March 14, 2014), and (c) 43,331 shares transferred to the Reporting Person on June 11, 2019 to satisfy an annuity payment from the Reporting Person's 2018 GRAT No. 2 (the James M. Frates Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated May 25, 2018 and funded on May 29, 2018), and excludes 150,000 shares previously owned directly, which were contributed on June 14, 2019 to the 2019 GRAT No. 1 (the James M. Frates 2019 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust No. 1 dated June 13, 2019), each of which transactions was exempt from the reporting obligations of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), by virtue of Rule 16a-13 promulgated thereunder.

F2: Shares held by the 2018 GRAT No. 2. The Reporting Person is a trustee and beneficiary of the 2018 GRAT No. 2 and may be deemed to hold voting and dispositive power with regard to the reported shares held by the 2018 GRAT No. 2.

F3: Shares held by the 2019 GRAT No. 1. The Reporting Person is a trustee and beneficiary of the 2019 GRAT No. 1 and may be deemed to hold voting and dispositive power with regard to the reported shares held by the 2019 GRAT No. 1.

F4: These options are fully vested in accordance with their terms.