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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Actavis plc [ACT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 1 GRAND CANAL SQUARE, DOCKLANDS 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/01/2014 (Street) DUBLIN 2 00000 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 07/01/2014   A   1,640 (1) (2) A (1) 1,640 (2) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 70.78

07/01/2014

A

9,446 (1) (3)

(3)

08/22/2021

Ordinary Shares

9,446

$ 0

9,446

D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 73.13

07/01/2014

A

3,691 (1) (4)

(4)

08/22/2022

Ordinary Shares

3,691

$ 0

3,691

D

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 90.22

07/01/2014

A

2,790 (1) (4)

(4)

08/14/2014

Ordinary Shares

2,790

$ 0

2,790

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
COUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER J 1 GRAND CANAL SQUARE, DOCKLANDS DUBLIN 2 00000	X

Signatures

/s/ A. Robert D. Bailey, Attorney-in-Fact for the Reporting Person		07/03/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On July 1, 2014, the Issuer ("Actavis") acquired Forest Laboratories, Inc. ("Forest") through a series of merger transactions which resulted in Forest becoming an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Actavis (the "Acquisition"). In connection with the Acquisition, (i) each unvested share of Forest restricted stock (each, a "Forest RSS") was converted into restricted stock units of Actavis (each, an "Actavis RSU") and (ii) each option to purchase Forest shares (each, a "Forest Option") was exchanged for an option to purchase ordinary shares of Actavis, in each case at a rate of 0.4723 Actavis award per corresponding Forest award. Each share of Forest common stock held by the Reporting Person was exchanged for $26.04 in cash plus 0.3306 of an Actavis ordinary share, with fractions of an Actavis ordinary share being cashed out at $219.00 per Actavis ordinary share.
(2)	Includes 1,136 Actavis RSUs issued upon the conversion of Forest RSS pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition.
(3)	Received in exchange for a Forest Option in connection with the Acquisition of which 7,084 shares subject to the option are fully vested and the remaining shares subject to the option vest on August 23, 2014.
(4)	Received in exchange for a Forest Option in connection with the Acquisition. The option is fully vested.

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