• 09 Feb 26
 

Goldman Sachs & Co. - Form 38.5b- Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc



RNS Number : 2309S
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
09 February 2026
 

 

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 (Note1)

USD 0.01 ordinary shares

Date of dealing

06 February 2026

 

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

790,916

(0.81)

466,330

(0.47)

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

39,225

(0.04)

47,084

(0.04)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

Total

830,141

(0.85)

513,414

(0.52)

 

(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

21.6500 USD

Purchase

100

21.6500 USD

Purchase

400

21.6500 USD

Purchase

100

21.6550 USD

Purchase

300

21.6550 USD

Purchase

200

21.6550 USD

Purchase

100

21.6550 USD

Purchase

898

21.6550 USD

Purchase

3,100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

10

21.6600 USD

Purchase

200

21.6600 USD

Purchase

203

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

200

21.6600 USD

Purchase

300

21.6600 USD

Purchase

300

21.6600 USD

Purchase

22

21.6600 USD

Purchase

21

21.6600 USD

Purchase

200

21.6600 USD

Purchase

17

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

50

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

32

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

1,078

21.6600 USD

Purchase

50

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

6

21.6600 USD

Purchase

90

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

300

21.6600 USD

Purchase

500

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

5

21.6600 USD

Purchase

200

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

54

21.6600 USD

Purchase

17

21.6600 USD

Purchase

1

21.6600 USD

Purchase

400

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

17

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

200

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

190

21.6600 USD

Purchase

750

21.6600 USD

Purchase

400

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

500

21.6600 USD

Purchase

300

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

300

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

201

21.6600 USD

Purchase

3

21.6600 USD

Purchase

32

21.6600 USD

Purchase

32

21.6600 USD

Purchase

22

21.6600 USD

Purchase

99

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

36

21.6600 USD

Purchase

200

21.6600 USD

Purchase

2,375

21.6600 USD

Purchase

198

21.6600 USD

Purchase

74

21.6600 USD

Purchase

20

21.6600 USD

Purchase

53

21.6600 USD

Purchase

200

21.6600 USD

Purchase

700

21.6600 USD

Purchase

22

21.6600 USD

Purchase

117

21.6600 USD

Purchase

20

21.6600 USD

Purchase

200

21.6600 USD

Purchase

3,200

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

7,804

21.6600 USD

Purchase

17

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

2,400

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

54

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

4,640

21.6600 USD

Purchase

200

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

11

21.6600 USD

Purchase

400

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

100

21.6600 USD

Purchase

40

21.6600 USD

Purchase

94

21.6600 USD

Purchase

97

21.6600 USD

Purchase

200

21.6700 USD

Purchase

400

21.6700 USD

Purchase

1,000

21.6700 USD

Purchase

1,100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

2,000

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

300

21.6700 USD

Purchase

200

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

200

21.6700 USD

Purchase

3,600

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

2,200

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

300

21.6700 USD

Purchase

400

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

1,000

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

30

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

300

21.6700 USD

Purchase

2,800

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

24

21.6700 USD

Purchase

100

21.6700 USD

Purchase

50

21.6750 USD

Purchase

70

21.6800 USD

Purchase

300

21.6800 USD

Purchase

200

21.6800 USD

Purchase

22

21.6800 USD

Purchase

26

21.6800 USD

Purchase

190

21.6800 USD

Purchase

39

21.6800 USD

Purchase

39

21.6800 USD

Purchase

11

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

97

21.6800 USD

Purchase

54

21.6800 USD

Purchase

921

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

64

21.6800 USD

Purchase

63

21.6800 USD

Purchase

5

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

96

21.6800 USD

Purchase

17

21.6800 USD

Purchase

5,500

21.6800 USD

Purchase

50

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

32

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

34

21.6800 USD

Purchase

190

21.6800 USD

Purchase

584

21.6800 USD

Purchase

11

21.6800 USD

Purchase

40

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

50

21.6800 USD

Purchase

660

21.6800 USD

Purchase

11

21.6800 USD

Purchase

8

21.6800 USD

Purchase

500

21.6800 USD

Purchase

1,100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

831

21.6800 USD

Purchase

50

21.6800 USD

Purchase

32

21.6800 USD

Purchase

34

21.6800 USD

Purchase

10

21.6800 USD

Purchase

12

21.6800 USD

Purchase

12

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

54

21.6800 USD

Purchase

2,965

21.6800 USD

Purchase

17

21.6800 USD

Purchase

20

21.6800 USD

Purchase

54

21.6800 USD

Purchase

663

21.6800 USD

Purchase

8

21.6800 USD

Purchase

280

21.6800 USD

Purchase

32

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

300

21.6800 USD

Purchase

190

21.6800 USD

Purchase

1,600

21.6800 USD

Purchase

22

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

39

21.6800 USD

Purchase

1,400

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

54

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

54

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

3,500

21.6800 USD

Purchase

953

21.6800 USD

Purchase

200

21.6800 USD

Purchase

54

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

40

21.6800 USD

Purchase

42

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

17

21.6800 USD

Purchase

5

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

2,600

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

27

21.6800 USD

Purchase

54

21.6800 USD

Purchase

54

21.6800 USD

Purchase

54

21.6800 USD

Purchase

167

21.6800 USD

Purchase

20

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

40

21.6800 USD

Purchase

20

21.6800 USD

Purchase

5

21.6800 USD

Purchase

357

21.6800 USD

Purchase

100

21.6800 USD

Purchase

20

21.6800 USD

Purchase

200

21.6800 USD

Purchase

200

21.6800 USD

Purchase

600

21.6850 USD

Purchase

200

21.6900 USD

Sale

4

21.6000 USD

Sale

12

21.6000 USD

Sale

4

21.6000 USD

Sale

4

21.6000 USD

Sale

12

21.6000 USD

Sale

4

21.6000 USD

Sale

4

21.6000 USD

Sale

4

21.6000 USD

Sale

7

21.6050 USD

Sale

11

21.6050 USD

Sale

12

21.6050 USD

Sale

11

21.6050 USD

Sale

9

21.6050 USD

Sale

2

21.6100 USD

Sale

12

21.6100 USD

Sale

10

21.6100 USD

Sale

9

21.6100 USD

Sale

2

21.6100 USD

Sale

12

21.6100 USD

Sale

12

21.6100 USD

Sale

1

21.6100 USD

Sale

12

21.6150 USD

Sale

12

21.6150 USD

Sale

14

21.6200 USD

Sale

12

21.6200 USD

Sale

4

21.6300 USD

Sale

12

21.6300 USD

Sale

4

21.6300 USD

Sale

4

21.6300 USD

Sale

4

21.6300 USD

Sale

10

21.6350 USD

Sale

11

21.6350 USD

Sale

4

21.6350 USD

Sale

4

21.6350 USD

Sale

11

21.6400 USD

Sale

15

21.6400 USD

Sale

1

21.6450 USD

Sale

4

21.6450 USD

Sale

12

21.6500 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

3

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

2

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

4

21.6550 USD

Sale

1

21.6550 USD

Sale

12

21.6600 USD

Sale

8

21.6600 USD

Sale

2

21.6600 USD

Sale

18

21.6600 USD

Sale

2

21.6600 USD

Sale

12

21.6600 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

2

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

2

21.6650 USD

Sale

2

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

2

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

2

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

2

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale

1

21.6650 USD

Sale (Borrow Full Return)

1,300

N/A

Sale (Borrow Partial Return)

400

N/A

Purchase (Loan Partial Return)

162

N/A

Sale (Borrow Full Return)

1,200

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)





 

(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

09 February 2026

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

15/04/2026

 

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.

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