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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-20-024659
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200512
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200512
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200512

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Alkermes plc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001520262
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				981007018
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35299
		FILM NUMBER:		20869196

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CONNAUGHT HOUSE
		STREET 2:		1 BURLINGTON ROAD
		CITY:			DUBLIN 4
		STATE:			L2
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		00-353-1-772-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CONNAUGHT HOUSE
		STREET 2:		1 BURLINGTON ROAD
		CITY:			DUBLIN 4
		STATE:			L2
		ZIP:			00000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ANTLER SCIENCE TWO PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110804

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Antler Science Two Ltd
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110509
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Subject: Please VOTE Your ALKS Shares</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Dear Colleagues,</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">I hope this email finds you and your families healthy and well during these difficult times.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">I am writing to encourage you to exercise your rights as a shareholder of Alkermes and vote your Alkermes shares before our annual meeting of shareholders on May 20, 2020. All employees who owned shares of Alkermes on March 17, 2020 are entitled to vote.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">We have a number of important proposals on the ballot this year. Information about each of these proposals can be found in the Alkermes plc 2020 Proxy Statement, a copy of which you can access by clicking <font style="text-decoration:underline;">here</font>.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">You should have received instructions in the mail or electronically from your bank or broker about how to vote your shares. The materials you received from your broker include a <font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial,Bold;">control number </font>that is specific to your account. You can vote online using your control number at <font style="font-style:italic;font-family:Arial,Italic;">www.proxyvote.com</font>.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If you do not have your control number, you can still vote as follows:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-style:italic;font-family:Arial,Italic;">select the &#8216;Brokerage Account&#8217; tab at the top right of the page and then click on &#8216;MyMerrill Statements &amp; Documents&#8217; in the dropdown menu. This will take you to an external MyMerrill site;</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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