--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001193125-26-232584" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "ALKS" cik: "0001520262" company_name: "Alkermes plc." filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:10:47+00:00" generated_at: "2026-05-20T21:36:44.439221+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.5 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Shareholders approve increase in Alkermes equity plan by 5.9M shares ## Summary - At May 20 AGM, shareholders approved amendment to 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, increasing authorized shares by 5,900,000. - All nine director nominees elected; advisory vote on executive compensation passed with ~98% support. - Ratification of PwC as independent auditor approved; board authority renewed under Irish law. - The amended plan allows issuance of up to 59.35M shares plus prior plan shares; full vesting minimum one year. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001193125-26-232584 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: ALKS - cik: 0001520262 - company_name: Alkermes plc. - filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:10:47+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.5 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526232584/0001193125-26-232584-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526232584/alks-20260520.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-232584 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-232584.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-232584.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes Alkermes plc. shareholders approved Approval of the 2018 Plan at the 2026-05-20 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2026-05-20 source text: Shareholders approved the 2018 Plan, with the votes cast as follows: 128,147,910 votes for; 12,952,836 votes against; 69,229 votes abstaining; and 7,911,628 broker non-votes. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526232584/0001193125-26-232584-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Alkermes plc. shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2026-05-20 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2026-05-20 source text: By separate resolutions, shareholders elected the following directors, each to serve on the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) for a one-year term until the Company’s 2027 annual general meeting of shareholders, with the votes cast as follows: evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526232584/0001193125-26-232584-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Alkermes plc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor at the 2026-05-20 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2026-05-20 source text: Shareholders ratified, in a non-binding vote, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent auditor and accounting firm of the Company, and authorized, in a binding vote, the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board to set the independent auditor and accounting firm’s remuneration, with the votes cast as follows: 146,222,286 votes for; 2,812,663 votes against; and 46,653 votes abstaining. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526232584/0001193125-26-232584-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Alkermes plc. shareholders approved Renewal of Board authority to allot and issue shares under Irish law at the 2026-05-20 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2026-05-20 source text: Shareholders renewed Board authority to allot and issue shares under Irish law, with the votes cast as follows: 148,661,934 votes for; 382,138 votes against; and 37,531 votes abstaining. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526232584/0001193125-26-232584-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Alkermes plc. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2026-05-20 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2026-05-20 source text: Shareholders approved, in a non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, with the votes cast as follows: 139,234,176 votes for; 1,787,311 votes against; 148,488 votes abstaining; and 7,911,628 broker non-votes. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526232584/0001193125-26-232584-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Alkermes plc. shareholders approved Renewal of Board authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights under Irish law at the 2026-05-20 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2026-05-20 source text: Shareholders renewed Board authority to disapply the statutory pre-emption rights that would otherwise apply under Irish law, with the votes cast as follows: 146,903,611 votes for; 2,086,009 votes against; and 91,983 votes abstaining. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526232584/0001193125-26-232584-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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