SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Lloyd George W. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ROYALTY PHARMA PLC 110 EAST 59TH STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Royalty Pharma plc [ RPRX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP, Investments & GC
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2020
	4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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
Class A Ordinary Shares	12/31/2020		C(1)		100,000	A	$0(1)	100,000	I	By GWL 2013 NG, LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares	12/31/2020		C(1)		400,000	A	$0(1)	400,000	I	By GWL 2014 G, LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares								3,000	D
Class A Ordinary Shares								273,960	I	By IRA

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
LP interests in RPI US Partners 2019, LP	$0	12/31/2020		C(1)			10,000	(2)	(2)	Class A Ordinary Shares	100,000	$0	73,638(3)	I	By GWL 2013 NG, LLC
LP interests in RPI US Partners 2019, LP	$0	12/31/2020		C(1)			40,000	(2)	(2)	Class A Ordinary Shares	400,000	$0	556,707(4)	I	By GWL 2014 G, LLC
LP interests in RPI US Partners 2019, LP	$0							(2)	(2)	Class A Ordinary Shares	77,300		7,730(5)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. These Class A Ordinary Shares will be received by the Reporting Person in exchange for limited partnership interests in RPI US Partners 2019, LP ("RPI US LP"). Each limited partnership interest in RPI US LP ("RPI US LP Interest") will be exchanged for ten Class B Interests in Royalty Pharma Holdings Limited ("Holdings"). Each Class B Interest in Holdings so distributed was exchanged for one Class A Ordinary Share of the Issuer. This exchange was made pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement dated June 16, 2020, among the Issuer, Holdings, RPI US LP, RPI International Holdings 2019, LP, RPI International Partners 2019, LP and RPI EPA Holdings, LP (the "Exchange Agreement"). No additional value was paid by the Reporting Person in connection with the exchange.

2. Represents RPI US LP Interests. Each RPI US LP Interest can be exchanged for ten Class B Interests in Holdings at any time and for no additional value, which exchange right does not expire until so converted. Each Class B Interest in Holdings issued in exchange for a RPI US LP Interest will be exchanged upon such exchange for one Class A Ordinary Share of the Issuer for no additional value.

3. Includes RPI US LP Interests convertible into 60,520 Class A Ordinary Shares that are subject to forfeiture if and when the Class A Ordinary Shares attain a 20-trading day volume weighted average price of $32.30 or more after December 15, 2020 and on or before December 15, 2023. The amount of this forfeiture scales linearly from 0% at $20.51 per share to 100% at $32.30 per share.

4. Includes RPI US LP Interests convertible into 4,573,096 Class A Ordinary Shares that are subject to an agreement by and between the reporting person and RP Management, LLC under which the reporting person has agreed to retain and not sell such interests before February 2025. This restriction is waivable under certain circumstances.

5. Includes RPI US LP Interests convertible into 5,590 Class A Ordinary Shares that are subject to forfeiture if and when the Class A Ordinary Shares attain a 20-trading day volume weighted average price of $32.30 or more after December 15, 2020 and on or before December 15, 2023. The amount of this forfeiture scales linearly from 0% at $20.51 per share to 100% at $32.30 per share.

	/s/ Jason Mehar, as Attorney-in-Fact for George W. Lloyd	01/05/2021
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