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    <periodOfReport>2026-02-12</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001012477</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AVDL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Rodriguez Susan</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>10 EARLSFORT TERRACE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DUBLIN 2</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>L2</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>D02 T380</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>IRELAND</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Operating Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>9.59</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-02-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>300000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                    <value>Ordinary Shares</value>
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                    <value>300000</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects the disposition of outstanding options to purchase ordinary shares of Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (&quot;Issuer&quot;), nominal value $0.01 per share (&quot;Ordinary Shares&quot;), in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2025, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Transaction Agreement dated November 18, 2025, (together the &quot;Transaction Agreement&quot;) by and between Issuer and Alkermes plc (&quot;Parent&quot;), including the consummation of a scheme of arrangement under Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland (the &quot;Scheme&quot;) pursuant to which Parent acquired Issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">(continued) Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, on February 12, 2026, the effective time of the Scheme (the &quot;Effective Time&quot;), each outstanding Option (whether or not vested) was canceled and exchanged for the right to receive (i) an amount in cash (less applicable tax and any other mandatory withholdings), equal to the product of (a) the total number of Ordinary Shares subject to such Option, multiplied by (b) the excess of the $21.00 over the applicable exercise price per Ordinary Share under such Option immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) a non-transferable contingent value right entitling the holders to a potential additional cash payment of $1.50 per share subject to such Option immediately prior to the Effective Time (without regard to vesting), contingent upon achievement of certain milestones.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert E. Puopolo, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-02-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
