UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 22, 2014
ACTAVIS plc
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Ireland | 000-55075 | 98-1114402 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1 Grand Canal Square, Docklands
Dublin 2, Ireland
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(862) 261-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
| x | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c) |
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On May 22, 2014, Actavis plc issued a press release announcing the commencement of consent solicitations (“Consent Solicitations”) by Forest Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Forest”), with respect to Forest’s $1,200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of outstanding 5.00% Senior Notes due 2021, $1,050,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of outstanding 4.375% Senior Notes due 2019 and $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of outstanding 4.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (collectively, the “Notes”) to eliminate the registration rights obligations with respect to the Notes in exchange for the provision by Actavis plc of a guarantee of the Notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and hereby incorporated by reference herein.
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| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of Actavis plc entitled “Actavis Offers to Guarantee Certain Forest Laboratories Senior Notes in connection with Forest Consent Solicitations” dated May 22, 2014. | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: May 22, 2014 | ACTAVIS plc | |||||
| By: | /s/ David A. Buchen | |||||
| David A. Buchen | ||||||
| Chief Legal Officer - Global and Secretary | ||||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of Actavis plc entitled “Actavis Offers to Guarantee Certain Forest Laboratories Senior Notes in connection with Forest Consent Solicitations” dated May 22, 2014. | |
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