For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
https://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20251212:nRSL4405La&default-theme=true
RNS Number : 4405L Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 12 December 2025
FORM 38.5(b)
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5(b) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013
DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of exempt principal trader GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
Company dealt in AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate USD 0.01 ordinary shares
(Note1)
Date of dealing 11 December 2025
2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 2)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities 1,023,742 (1.05) 504,894 (0.51)
(2) Derivatives (other than options) 55,705 (0.05) 63,843 (0.06)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
Total 1,079,447 (1.10) 568,737 (0.58)
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 2)
Class of relevant security: Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total
3. DEALINGS (Note 3)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of relevant securities Price per unit (Note 4)
Purchase 100 21.3850 USD
Purchase 100 21.3850 USD
Purchase 12 21.3850 USD
Purchase 100 21.3875 USD
Purchase 100 21.3875 USD
Purchase 100 21.3900 USD
Purchase 200 21.3900 USD
Purchase 100 21.3900 USD
Purchase 100 21.3900 USD
Purchase 100 21.3900 USD
Purchase 100 21.3900 USD
Purchase 100 21.3900 USD
Purchase 100 21.3900 USD
Purchase 64 21.3900 USD
Purchase 100 21.3900 USD
Purchase 84 21.3900 USD
Sale (Loan New) 4,252 N/A
Sale (Borrow Partial Return) 58,200 N/A
Sale (Borrow Partial Return) 57,400 N/A
Purchase (Borrow New) 1,098 N/A
Sale (Borrow Full Return) 1,098 N/A
Purchase (Loan Full Return) 3,363 N/A
Purchase (Borrow New) 1,098 N/A
Sale (Borrow Partial Return) 27 N/A
Sale (Loan New) 889 N/A
Purchase (Loan Full Return) 889 N/A
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
Product name, e.g. CFD Nature of transaction (Note 5) Number of relevant securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4)
CFD Reducing a long position 587 21.4248 USD
SWAP Opening a short position 84 21.4800 USD
SWAP Reducing a short position 84 21.4800 USD
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name,e.g. call option Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc. Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7) Exercise price Type, e.g. American, European etc. Expiry date Option money paid/received per unit (Note 4)
(ii) Exercising
Product name,e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4)
(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 3)
Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
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.
NONE
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES
Date of disclosure 12 December 2025
Contact name Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number +33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817
Name of offeree/offeror with which connected AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC
Nature of connection (Note 9) Advisor to Offeree
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 38.5(b)
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 38.5(b) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name,e.g. call option Written or purchased Number of relevant securities to which the option or derivative relates Exercise price (Note 2) Type, e.g. American, European etc. Expiry date
Swap Sold 84 0.0000 N/A 13/03/2026
Swap Purchased 33,762 0.0000 N/A 20/01/2026
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except
for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing
agreements to purchase or to sell must also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rules 8 and 38.5 of the
Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
. END ITPFFAFLEEISEEE
Copyright 2019 Regulatory News Service, all rights reserved