Royalty Pharma plc

Royalty Pharma
Royalty Pharma
Company Information
Company Description

Royalty Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company that purchases economic interests in marketed and late stage biopharmaceutical products from life sciences organizations. Royalty Pharma partners with life sciences companies to co-develop and co-fund products in late-stage clinical trials, and they acquire existing royalty interests from the original innovators (academic institutions, research hospitals, foundations and inventors).

Industries
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical

Please note, it is important to assess the company’s business activities against Section 1202(e)(3) which specifies certain industries that are not considered a “qualified trade or business.”

Entity Type
C Corporation

A C corporation is a qualified legal entity for QSBS.

Incorporation Date

1996

Incorporation State
New York
Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) Details

Exemption Level

If shares were acquired after August 10, 1993, but before February 17, 2009, shares could be eligible for up to a 50% tax exclusion if the other QSBS criteria are met. If shares were acquired after February 17, 2009, but before September 27, 2010, shares could be eligible for up to a 75% tax exclusion if the other QSBS criteria are met. If shares were acquired after September 2010 shares could be eligible for up to a 100% tax exclusion if the other QSBS criteria are met.

Any individual owning stock purchased or received directly from the company could potentially be eligible for the QSBS capital gains tax exclusion or the Section 1045 gain rollover if the QSBS standards as per IRC Section 1202 were met at the time of issuance.

In order to assess whether stock issued previously may qualify, the Company would also have to have not taken actions that invalidate QSBS status such as a certain level of redemptions, and would have to satisfy the active business requirement.

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IPO Details
IPO Date
Symbol
RPRX
IPO Raised
$2,175,600,000.00
IPO Price
$28.00
IPO Date Adjusted Closing Price
$44.50

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