| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/30/2015 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PERRIGO Co plc [ PRGO ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | ||||||||||||||
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Ordinary Shares | 5,397,711(1)(2) | I | Alychlo NV(3) |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. The reporting person and his spouse are the principal shareholders of Alychlo NV ("Alychlo"). On March 30, 2015, Alychlo acquired 5,397,711 ordinary shares of Perrigo Company plc ("Perrigo", and the shares "Perrigo Shares") in connection with Perrigo's acquisition of Omega Pharma Invest NV, all pursuant to a share purchase agreement dated November 6, 2014 (the "Share Purchase Agreement"). Of the 5,397,711 Perrigo Shares issued to Alychlo, 1,081,742 Perrigo Shares are being held in escrow until June 30, 2016 pursuant to the terms of a share escrow agreement, and are subject to possible forfeiture until that time to satisfy indemnity claims arising under the Share Purchase Agreement as specified in the share escrow agreement. After the closing of Alychlo's acquisition of 5,397,711 Perrigo Shares on March 30, 2015, Mylecke Management, Art & Invest NV, represented by Marc Coucke, was appointed Executive Vice President and General Manager of Perrigo's Omega Pharma business unit. |
| 2. Pursuant to the terms of a lock-up agreement dated March 30, 2015 entered into in connection with the Share Purchase Agreement, without the issuer's prior written consent, the transfer or other disposition of the 5,397,711 Perrigo Shares acquired by Alychlo are restricted 50% until March 30, 2017 and the remaining 50% until March 30, 2018, subject to certain permitted exceptions. |
| 3. Alychlo NV is a Belgium-based limited liability company in which Marc Coucke and his spouse are the principal shareholders. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ David McConnell, Attorney-in-fact for Mr. Coucke | 04/09/2015 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
