0000899866-18-000114.txt : 20180712 0000899866-18-000114.hdr.sgml : 20180712 20180712172337 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899866-18-000114 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180710 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180712 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180712 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Clancy Paul J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001409601 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-27756 FILM NUMBER: 18951081 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BIOGEN IDEC INC. STREET 2: 14 CAMBRIDGE CENTER CITY: CAMBRIDGE STATE: MA ZIP: 02142 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000899866 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 133648318 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 121 SEAPORT BOULEVARD CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 BUSINESS PHONE: 4752302596 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 121 SEAPORT BOULEVARD CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960111 4 1 wf-form4_153143060154063.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2018-07-10 0 0000899866 ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. ALXN 0001409601 Clancy Paul J C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 121 SEAPORT BLVD BOSTON MA 02210 0 1 0 0 EVP, Chief Financial Officer Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share 2018-07-10 4 S 0 5241 131.11 D 93309 D This sale was made to cover withholding taxes immediately following the vesting of previously granted Restricted Stock Units. /s/ Doug Barry, Attorney-in-Fact for Paul Clancy 2018-07-12 EX-24 2 powerofattorneyform4clancy.htm POA

POWER OF ATTORNEY

    Known all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints William Wheeler and Douglas Barry, each signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, 5 (or any successor forms) and any amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) 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 Forms 3, 4, 5 (or any successor forms) and any amendments thereto and timely file such form with the Unites States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) 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 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 responsibility 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, 5 (or any successor forms) and any amendments thereto 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 12 day of July, 2018.

                        /s/ Paul Clancy
                        (signature)

                        Paul Clancy