0001171843-15-001102.txt : 20150226 0001171843-15-001102.hdr.sgml : 20150226 20150226160634 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001171843-15-001102 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150216 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150226 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150226 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AKORN INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000003116 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 720717400 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1925 W. FIELD COURT, SUITE 300 CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 BUSINESS PHONE: 847-279-6100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1925 W. FIELD COURT, SUITE 300 CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lichter Steven CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001635006 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32360 FILM NUMBER: 15652541 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1431 PLUMWOOD DRIVE CITY: LIBERTYVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60048 3 1 gff3_lichter022515.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0206 3 2015-02-16 0 0000003116 AKORN INC AKRX 0001635006 Lichter Steven 1925 WEST FIELD COURT SUITE 300 LAKE FOREST IL 60045 0 1 0 0 EVP, Pharmaceutical Operations Stock Option (right to buy) 48.05 2022-02-23 Common Stock 200000 D The options vest in four annual installments on the anniversary of the grant date. /s/ Joseph Bonaccorsi, Attorney-in-Fact 2015-02-26 EX-24 2 exh_24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each Rajat Rai, Timothy A. Dick and Joseph Bonaccorsi, or either of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Akorn, Inc. and/or any of its subsidiaries (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 24th day of February, 2014.

		/s/ Steve Lichter
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