EX-24.1 2 poa1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Unassociated Document
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
The undersigned, a member of the Board of Directors of PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Andrew Guggenhime and Francis Sarena, and each of them, for so long as such person is an employee of the Company, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, each with the power to act alone for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, to:
 
 
1.
Complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and other forms and all amendments thereto on the undersigned’s behalf as such attorney-in-fact shall in his discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned’s beneficial ownership of securities of the Company or changes in such beneficial ownership; and
 
 
2.
Do all acts necessary in order to file such forms and amendments with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national association, the Company and such other persons or agencies as the attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.
 
The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 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 or liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or any successor laws and regulations.
 
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 beneficial ownership of securities of the Company or changes in such beneficial ownership, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
 
The undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of ___June 22__, 2007.
 

 
Signature: /s/ Bradford Goodwin
 
Bradford S. Goodwin