ROYAL GOLD INC — Director's Dealing 2003

Apr 21, 2003

4 1 form4_edwin-peiker.htm FORM 4 - EDWIN PEIKER, JR. form4

FORM 4
£	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Peiker, Jr., Edwin W.	2. Issuer Name and Tickler or Trading Symbol Royal Gold, Inc. - "RGLD"
						X	Director	10% Owner
							Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 1660 Wynkoop Street Suite 1000	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ###-##-####		4. Statement for Month/Year April 2003			7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
			5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)			X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
(Street) Denver, CO 80202-1132							Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)	Table I ¾ Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (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 at End of Month (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
Common stock, $.01 par value	4/9/2003	G	V	114,616.15 (1)	D			I	Family LLC
Common stock, $.01 par value	4/9/2003	J(2)	V	284,926.07 (2)			284,926,07 (2)	I	Famly LLC

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)
Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
Represents gifts of interests in family LLC to three individuals. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of Royal Gold common stock held in family LLC except to the extent of his pecuniary interest herein. Represents shares held by the reporting person with respect to the family LLC in which the reporting person has a pecuniary interest.

	**Signature of Reporting Person
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*	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).
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