---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-330564"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "ALKS"
cik: "0001520262"
company_name: "Alkermes plc."
filed_at: "2026-08-03T20:08:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-03T20:10:12.035430+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alkermes appoints Blair C. Jackson as President and CEO; discloses $900K salary, $8M equity awards

## Summary
- Blair C. Jackson appointed President and CEO effective Aug 1, 2026; also joins Board and Financial Operating Committee.
- Annual base salary increased to $900,000; target annual cash award set at 100% of base salary.
- One-time promotion equity award of $5M: 55% performance-vesting RSUs, 45% time-vesting stock options.
- Special incentive award of $3M in performance-vesting stock options tied to stock price targets and two-year service.
- Severance: 1.5x base plus average cash incentive if terminated without cause; enhanced change-in-control benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-330564
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: ALKS
- cik: 0001520262
- company_name: Alkermes plc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-03T20:08:37+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526330564/0001193125-26-330564-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526330564/alks-20260224.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-330564
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-330564.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Blair C. Jackson was appointed as Director at Alkermes plc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board approved an increase to the size of the Board from nine to ten directors and appointed Mr. Jackson as a member of the Board for a term expiring at the Company’s 2027 annual general meeting of shareholders and as a member of the Financial Operating Committee of the Board, in each case effective August 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526330564/0001193125-26-330564-index.htm
- Executive change
  Blair C. Jackson was appointed as President and CEO at Alkermes plc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and CEO
  source text: On July 28, 2026, the Board took action to expand Mr. Jackson’s responsibilities and, commensurate with such expansion, to also appoint Mr. Jackson as President of the Company, effective August 1, 2026, and to approve Mr. Jackson’s compensation arrangements for his role as President and CEO, in each case effective August 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526330564/0001193125-26-330564-index.htm

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