SEC Form 4 · accession 0001193805-18-000909
AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC · AVDL
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owners
DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. (SERIES C)
10% Owner · Other
Deerfield Mgmt L.P.
10% Owner · Other
James E Flynn
10% Owner · Other
Period of report
Jun 25, 2018
Accepted (ET)
Jun 25, 2018 · 5:59 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001012477
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Depositary SharesF1,F2,F3,F4 | Jun 25, 2018 | S | 114,034 | $5.9922 | D | 952,265 | I | Through Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.P. |
| American Depositary SharesF1,F3,F4 | holding | — | — | — | 987,677 | I | Through Deerfield Private Design Fund II, L.P. | |
| American Depositary SharesF1,F3,F4 | holding | — | — | — | 1,131,802 | I | Through Deerfield Private Design International II, L.P. | |
| American Depositary SharesF1,F3,F4 | holding | — | — | — | 602,762 | I | Through Breaking Stick Holdings, LLC |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
Explanation of responses
- F1Each American Depositary Share ("ADS") represents one Ordinary Share of the Issuer.
- F2The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $5.635 to $6.12, inclusive. The reporting persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in footnote (2) of this Form 4.
- F3This Form 4 is being filed by the undersigned as well as the entities listed on the Joint Filer Information Statement attached as an exhibit hereto (the "Reporting Persons"). Deerfield Mgmt, L.P. is the general partner of Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.P., Deerfield Private Design Fund II, L.P. and Deerfield Private Design International II, L.P. (collectively, the "Funds"). Deerfield Management Company, L.P. is the investment manager of the Funds and is the manager of Breaking Stick Holdings, LLC. Deerfield Private Design Fund II, L.P. and Deerfield Private Design International II, L.P. are members of Breaking Stick Holdings, LLC. James E. Flynn is the sole member of the general partner of each of Deerfield Mgmt, L.P. and Deerfield Management Company, L.P.
- F4In accordance with Instruction 4 (b)(iv) to Form 4, the entire amount of the Issuer's securities held by the Funds is reported herein. For purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of any such securities, except to the extent of his/its indirect pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or otherwise.
Remarks
Jonathan Isler, Attorney-in-Fact: Power of Attorney, which is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24 to a Form 3 with regard to Proteon Therapeutics, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2017 by Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.P., Deerfield Partners, L.P., Deerfield International Master Fund, L.P., Deerfield Private Design Fund III, L.P., Deerfield Private Design Fund IV, L.P., Deerfield Mgmt, L.P., Deerfield Mgmt III, L.P., Deerfield Mgmt IV, L.P., Deerfield Management Company, L.P., and James E. Flynn