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Subsequent Event
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Event

17. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

 

On October 22, 2025 (the “Agreement Date”), the Company and Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (“Avadel”) entered into a definitive transaction agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Avadel (such proposed offer, the “Proposed Acquisition”), for $18.50 per ordinary share, nominal value $0.01 per share, of Avadel (each, an “Avadel Share”), payable in cash at closing (the “Cash Consideration”). In addition, the Company agreed to provide Avadel shareholders with a non-transferable contingent value right entitling holders to a potential additional cash payment of $1.50 per Avadel Share, contingent upon achievement of certain specified milestones, for a total potential consideration of $20.00 per Avadel Share. The Proposed Acquisition was recommended by the boards of directors of both Alkermes and Avadel and is expected to be effected by means of a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement (the “Scheme”) under Irish law. The completion of the Proposed Acquisition is subject to customary conditions, including, among other things, approval by Avadel’s shareholders, the sanction of the Scheme by the Irish High Court, and the receipt of required antitrust clearances in the United States. The conditions to the completion of the Proposed Acquisition are set out in full in Appendix III to the announcement related to the Proposed Acquisition issued by the Company and Avadel pursuant to Rule 2.7 of the Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997, Takeover Rules, 2022 (the “Conditions Appendix”).

The Transaction Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and customary covenants with respect to Alkermes and Avadel. The Transaction Agreement contains customary termination rights and may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) by mutual written consent of Alkermes and Avadel, subject to the consent of the Irish Takeover Panel. Avadel also has the right, prior to the receipt

of the requisite Avadel shareholder approvals, to terminate the Transaction Agreement to accept a Company Superior Proposal (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) in certain circumstances, and Alkermes also has the right, prior to receipt of the requisite Avadel shareholder approvals, to terminate the Transaction Agreement if a Company Board Change of Recommendation (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) occurs. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all applicable closing conditions, the Company currently expects the Proposed Acquisition to be completed in the first quarter of 2026.

In connection with the Proposed Acquisition, on the Agreement Date, the Company, as the TopCo Borrower, together with Alkermes, Inc., as the U.S. Borrower, entered into a bridge term loan credit agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, and the lenders party thereto (the “Bridge Credit Agreement”), which provides for a senior secured bridge term loan facility (the “Bridge Credit Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to approximately $1.2 billion that is available to finance the payment of the Cash Consideration and fees and expenses related to the Proposed Acquisition. In addition, the Company placed approximately $700.0 million of its cash into an escrow account to finance the remainder of the consideration for the Proposed Acquisition. Loans under the Bridge Credit Facility will be available after the Agreement Date, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Bridge Credit Agreement, and will mature on the date that is 364 days after the date on which the loans are funded under the Bridge Credit Facility. The commitments under the Bridge Credit Facility, unless previously terminated, terminate on the earlier of (i) the date on which all of the consideration payable in respect of the Proposed Acquisition has been paid in full without the making of any loans under the Bridge Credit Facility and (ii) the date on which a Mandatory Cancellation Event (as defined in the Bridge Credit Agreement) occurs or exists.