0001140361-11-036136.txt : 20110707 0001140361-11-036136.hdr.sgml : 20110707 20110707172907 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-11-036136 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110705 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110707 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110707 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Witney Frank CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001455312 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-28218 FILM NUMBER: 11957146 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6519 DUMBARTON CIRCLE CITY: FREMONT STATE: CA ZIP: 94555 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AFFYMETRIX INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000913077 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826] IRS NUMBER: 770319159 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3420 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95051 BUSINESS PHONE: 4087315000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3420 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95051 3 1 doc1.xml FORM 3 X0203 3 2011-07-05 1 0000913077 AFFYMETRIX INC AFFX 0001455312 Witney Frank C/O AFFYMETRIX, INC. 3420 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SANTA CLARA CA 95051 0 1 0 0 President and CEO /s/ Siang H. Chin, Attorney-in-Fact for Frank Witney 2011-07-06 EX-24 2 poa1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Unassociated Document
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
Know all persons by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of John F. Runkel, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Siang H. Chin, Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel, Sandra E. Wells, Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and Amy T. Monbourquette, Senior Corporate Paralegal as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
 
(1)           execute for and on behalf of the undersigned applications and such other documents that may be required by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with obtaining Edgar filing codes;
 
(2)           execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a reporting person pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules thereunder of Affymetrix, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;
 
(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 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and 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 any of such attorneys-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 any of such attorneys-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 any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in the discretion of any of such attorneys-in-fact.
 
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 any of such attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, 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 Exchange Act.
 
Effective as of the date hereof, the undersigned revokes any and all prior Power of Attorneys regarding Section 16 of the Exchange Act.  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 27 day of June 2011.
 
Signature:
/s/ Frank Witney
  
Name:
Frank Witney