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: July 9, 2012

Date of earliest event reported: July 6, 2012

 

 

Warner Chilcott Public Limited Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   0-53772   98-0626948

(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, including zip code)

+353 1 897 2000

(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:

 

¨ 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 July 6, 2012, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Mylan”) filed a complaint against Warner Chilcott plc and certain of its subsidiaries (together, the “Company”) and Mayne Pharma International Pty. Ltd. and one of its affiliates (together, “Mayne”) in federal district court in Philadelphia. The complaint alleges that the Company and Mayne, the licensor of the Company’s Doryx® products, prevented or delayed Mylan’s generic competition to the Company’s Doryx® products in violation of U.S. federal antitrust laws and tortiously interfered with Mylan’s prospective economic relationships under Pennsylvania state law. In the complaint, Mylan seeks unspecified treble and punitive damages and attorney’s fees. The Company is reviewing the complaint and intends to vigorously defend the litigation.

 

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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.

 

WARNER CHILCOTT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
By:  

/S/ PAUL HERENDEEN

Name:   Paul Herendeen
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: July 9, 2012

 

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