UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

June 22, 2023

 

Royalty Pharma plc

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

England and Wales		001-39329		98-1535773
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

110 East 59th Street New York, New York		10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 883-0200

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

 

Title of each class		Trading symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share		RPRX		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 22, 2023, Royalty Pharma plc (the “Company”) held its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on seven proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”). There were 534,351,297 shares of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, voting as a single class, present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, which represented 87.99% of the combined voting power of the Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, and which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business. Holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares were entitled to one vote for each share held as of the record date described in the Proxy Statement. The Company’s inspector of election certified the following vote tabulations:

Proposal 1. To elect ten directors, each by separate ordinary resolutions, to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders:

 

Nominee		For				Against				Abstain				Broker Non-Votes
Pablo Legorreta			502,375,930				9,675,993				245,006				22,054,368
Henry Fernandez			436,729,886				75,363,229				203,814				22,054,368
Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D.			508,838,926				3,265,116				192,887				22,054,368
Errol De Souza, Ph.D.			473,005,611				39,098,656				192,662				22,054,368
Catherine Engelbert			446,746,829				65,346,788				203,312				22,054,368
M. Germano Giuliani			510,728,863				1,394,714				173,352				22,054,368
David Hodgson			499,416,709				12,686,655				193,565				22,054,368
Ted Love, M.D.			503,788,473				8,315,977				192,479				22,054,368
Gregory Norden			425,957,451				86,156,645				182,833				22,054,368
Rory Riggs			510,716,352				1,408,407				172,170				22,054,368

Proposal 2. To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
483,910,458		28,152,706		233,765		22,054,368

Proposal 3. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm:

 

For		Against		Abstain
534,159,940		122,640		68,717

There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.

Proposal 4. To approve receipt of the Company’s U.K. statutory accounts together with the Company’s U.K. statutory reports, including the directors’ report, the strategic report, the directors’ remuneration report and the auditors’ report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (“U.K. Annual Report and Accounts”):

 

For		Against		Abstain
533,634,007		83,848		633,442

There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.

Proposal 5. To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the Company’s U.K. directors’ remuneration report in the U.K. Annual Report and Accounts:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
483,001,347		29,165,130		130,452		22,054,368

Proposal 6. To re-appoint Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants as the Company’s U.K. statutory auditor under the U.K. Companies Act 2006, to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting of shareholders at which the U.K. annual report and accounts are presented to shareholders:

 

For		Against		Abstain
534,146,610		136,605		68,082

There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.

Proposal 7. To authorize the board of directors to determine the remuneration of the Company’s U.K. statutory auditor:

 

For		Against		Abstain
534,177,160		97,715		76,422

There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 23, 2023