Source - LSE Regulatory
RNS Number : 8555K
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
09 December 2025
 

 

FORM 8.3

 

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

 

OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER

RULES, 2022 BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

 

1.             KEY INFORMATION

 

(a)   Full name of discloser

Bank of America Corporation

(b)   Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a)

The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.


(c)   Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC

(d)   If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree (Note 1)


(e)   Date position held/dealing undertaken

For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

08/12/2025

(f)    In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser also making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

No

 

 

 

 

 

2.             INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

 

If there are interests and short positions to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2 for each additional class of relevant security.

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

(Note 2)

 

Class of relevant security
(Note 3)

0.01 ordinary shares


Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1)   Relevant securities owned and/or controlled

823,817

0.846%

349,386

0.359%

(2)   Cash-settled derivatives

273,012

0.280%

686,567

0.705%

(3)   Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/ sell

0

0.000%

0

0.000%

Total

1,096,829

1.126%

1,035,953

1.064%

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of options including rights to subscribe for new securities and any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8.

 

3.             DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE (Note 4)

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)           Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant
security

Purchase/sale

Number of
securities

Price per unit
(Note 5)

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

55

21.31 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

326

21.32 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

12

21.325 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

6

21.326667 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

20

21.3285 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

374

21.33 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

22

21.330455 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

16

21.330625 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

22

21.331819 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

20

21.332 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

17

21.332353 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

24

21.3325 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

27

21.332593 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

26

21.332693 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

27

21.333704 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

28

21.333929 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

25

21.334 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

24

21.334167 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

28

21.334286 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

22

21.334546 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

28

21.334643 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

29

21.334828 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

18

21.335 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

20

21.3355 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

29

21.335518 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

25

21.3356 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

19

21.33579 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

22

21.33591 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

21

21.336191 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

20

21.337 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

32

21.339063 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

27

21.33963 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

203

21.34 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

26

21.341154 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

7

21.35 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

16

21.35 USD

USD 0.01 common

Purchase

          200

21.3182 USD        

 

 

Class of relevant
security

Purchase/sale

Number of
securities

Price per unit
(Note 5)

USD 0.01 common

Sale

3

21.306667 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

480

21.31 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

62

21.315 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

56

21.315715 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

25

21.316 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

12

21.316667 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

1,194

21.32 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

302

21.325 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

9

21.325556 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

21

21.325715 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

35

21.326 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

12

21.326667 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

1,499

21.33 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

24

21.3325 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

27

21.332593 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

26

21.332693 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

28

21.333929 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

25

21.334 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

24

21.334167 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

22

21.334546 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

29

21.334828 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

344

21.335 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

37

21.335136 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

50

21.3352 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

38

21.335264 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

15

21.335334 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

13

21.335385 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

33

21.335455 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

20

21.3355 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

29

21.335518 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

9

21.335556 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

25

21.3356 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

14

21.335715 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

35

21.336 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

21

21.336191 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

48

21.336667 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

2,429

21.34 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

271

21.35 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

132,090

21.32 USD

USD 0.01 common

Sale

32,100

21.3305 USD

 

 

 

(b)           Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 

Class of
relevant
security

Product
description
e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/ closing a long/ short position, increasing/ reducing a long/ short position

Number of
reference
securities
(Note 6)

Price
per unit
(Note 5)

 

 USD

USD 0.01 common

Swaps

Reducing a long position

200

21.3185 USD

USD 0.01 common

Swaps

Reducing a short position

32,100

21.328 USD

USD 0.01 common

Swaps

Opening a long position

132,088

21.32 USD

 

 

(c)           Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

 

(i)            Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of
relevant
security

Product
description e.g. call
option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying
etc.

Number
of
securities
to which
option
relates
(Note 6)

Exercise
price per

unit

Type
e.g.
American,
European
etc.

Expiry
date

Option
money
paid/

received per unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(ii)           Exercise

 

Class of
relevant
security

Product
description
e.g. call
option

Exercising/
exercised
against

Number of
securities

Exercise
price per
unit
(Note 5)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(d)           Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 3)

 

Class of
relevant
security

Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription,
conversion, exercise

Details

Price per unit (if
applicable)
(Note 5)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

4.             OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)           Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

 

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer.

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

 

(b)           Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.

 

 

(c)           Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached?

No

 

Date of disclosure

09/12/2025

Contact name

Kamil Dziedzic

Telephone number

+353 86 168 4821

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8.3 of the Rules must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

 

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