Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): January 9, 2018

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):


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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 9, 2018, Alkermes plc (the “Company”) delivered a corporate presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California, which included the Company’s current expectations with respect to certain operating results for the year, and quarter, ended December 31, 2017. The relevant slides of the presentation are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information contained in this Item 2.02 and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits




Exhibit
No.		Description
99.1		Relevant slides from presentation by the Company on January 9, 2018.

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.