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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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 FORM 8-K
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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 8, 2018
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Perrigo Company plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Commission file number 001-36353
Ireland
 
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
Treasury Building, Lower Grand Canal Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
 
-
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
+353 1 7094000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ]



ITEM 2.02.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On May 8, 2018, Perrigo Company plc (the “Company”) released earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. The press release related to the Company’s earnings is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

The Company provides non-GAAP financial measures as additional information that it believes is useful to investors and analysts in evaluating the performance of the Company's ongoing operating trends, facilitating comparability between periods and companies in similar industries and assessing the Company's prospects for future performance. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude items, such as impairment charges, restructuring charges, and acquisition and integration-related charges, that by their nature affect comparability of operational performance or that we believe obscure underlying business operational trends. The non-GAAP measures the Company provides are consistent with how management analyzes and assesses the operating performance of the Company, and disclosing them provides investor insight into management’s view of the business. Management uses these adjusted financial measures for planning and forecasting in future periods, and evaluating segment and overall operating performance. In addition, management uses certain of the profit measures as factors in determining compensation.

Non-GAAP measures related to profit measurements, which include adjusted gross profit, adjusted operating income, adjusted net income, and adjusted diluted earnings per share, are useful to investors as they provide them with supplemental information to enhance their understanding of the Company’s underlying business performance and trends, and enhance the ability of investors and analysts to compare the Company’s period-to-period financial results. Management believes that adjusted gross margin and adjusted operating margin are useful to investors, in addition to the reasons discussed above, by allowing them to more easily compare and analyze trends in the Company’s peer business group and assisting them in comparing the Company’s overall performance to that of its competitors. The Company discloses adjusted net sales, which excludes operating results attributable to exited or held-for-sale businesses, in order to provide information about sales of the Company’s continuing business. In addition, the Company discloses net sales growth and adjusted net sales growth on a constant currency basis to provide information about sales of the Company’s continuing business excluding the exogenous impact of foreign exchange. The Company believes these supplemental financial measures provide investors with consistency in financial reporting, enabling meaningful comparisons of past, present and future underlying operating results, and also facilitate comparison of the Company’s operating performance to the operating performance of its competitors.

Reported results for the periods below were adjusted for the following items:

Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 Results

Amortization expense related primarily to acquired intangible assets
Change in financial assets
Losses on equity investments
Restructuring charges and other termination benefits
Gain on divestitures
Acquisition charges and contingent consideration adjustments
Foreign currency translation movement
Non-GAAP tax adjustments

Three Months Ended April 1, 2017 Results

Amortization expense primarily related to acquired intangible assets
Change in financial assets
Acquisition charges and contingent consideration adjustments
Impairment charges
Gain on divestitures
Operating results attributable to held-for-sale businesses
Restructuring charges and other termination benefits
Belgium distribution net sales



Russia business net sales
API net sales
Foreign currency translation movement
Non-GAAP tax adjustments

2018 Full Year Guidance

Amortization expense related primarily to acquired intangible assets
Restructuring charges and other termination benefits
Change in financial assets
Losses on equity investments
Acquisition charges and contingent consideration adjustments
Gain on divestitures
Tax effect of pretax Non-GAAP adjustments

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.






ITEM 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 

        





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.



 
 
 
(Registrant)

 
 
 
PERRIGO COMPANY PLC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Ronald L. Winowiecki
Dated:
May 8, 2018
 
 
Ronald L. Winowiecki
 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer