FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *   GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/15/2014 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Theravance Biopharma, Inc. [TBPH] (Last) (First) (Middle) 980 GREAT WEST ROAD 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) BRENTFORD MIDDLESEX, X0 TW8 9GS 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Ordinary Shares 8,736,020 (1) (2) I By Corporation (3)

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC 980 GREAT WEST ROAD BRENTFORD MIDDLESEX, X0 TW8 9GS	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Victoria Whyte, Company Secretary		05/15/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	Ordinary Shares to be issued as a dividend to Glaxo Group Limited ("GGL"), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline plc ("GSK"), in respect of GGL's beneficial ownership of 30,576,072 shares of common stock of Theravance, Inc. ("Theravance"), as of May 15, 2014, the record date set by Theravance for issuance of the dividend. The dividend of Ordinary Shares of Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (the "Issuer") is being issued by Theravance in connection with its spin off of the Issuer into a separate publicly traded company.
(2)	The amount of the Ordinary Shares includes an undetermined number of Ordinary Shares of the Issuer (the "Withheld Shares") that, based on disclosure by the Issuer, are expected to be withheld in connection with the dividend of the Ordinary Shares to GGL, as well as an undetermined number of additional Ordinary Shares (up to the number of Withheld Shares) that GSK would have the option to purchase under the terms of the Master Agreement, dated March 3, 2014, among the Issuer, GSK and Theravance.
(3)	Ordinary Shares are held of record by GGL, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline plc.

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