0000899866-19-000042.txt : 20190304 0000899866-19-000042.hdr.sgml : 20190304 20190304174352 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899866-19-000042 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190228 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190304 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190304 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Chiniara Ellen CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001398764 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-27756 FILM NUMBER: 19655473 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 SAWYER ROAD, SUITE 200 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02453 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_155173940527059.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2019-02-28 0 0000899866 ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. ALXN 0001398764 Chiniara Ellen C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 121 SEAPORT BOULEVARD BOSTON MA 02210 0 1 0 0 EVP & General Counsel Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share 2019-02-28 4 F 0 633 132.92 D 7711 D This sale was made to cover withholding taxes immediately following the vesting of previously granted Restricted Stock Units. This transaction was executed in multiple trades through a broker-dealer at prices ranging from $132.90- $134.74. The price reported in this column reflects the weighted average sales price. Upon request, the reporting person will provide to the SEC staff full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price. /s/ Douglas Barry, Attorney-in-Fact for Ellen Chiniara 2019-03-04 EX-24 2 poachiniara.htm CHINIARA 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 28th day of February, 2019.

      /s/ Ellen Chiniara
      (signature)

      Ellen Chiniara