SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
FRANK FRED

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O PDL BIOPHARMA, INC.
932 SOUTHWOOD BOULEVARD

(Street)
INCLINE VILLAGE NV 89451

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PDL BIOPHARMA, INC. [ PDLI ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/04/2009
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 06/04/2009 A 6,983(1) A $7.16 6,983 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. The grant will cliff-vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant so long as the grant recipient continues to serve on the Board of Directors of PDL Biopharma, Inc. During the one-year vesting period, the grant recipient will have the right to vote the shares and receive any dividends paid, except that dividends and other distributions will be accumulated and paid on the earlier of the same vesting conditions as the original award or March 15th of the year following the payment of such dividend or distribution to all stockholders.
Remarks:
/s/ Christopher Stone by Christopher Stone, Attorney-in-Fact for Frederick Frank 06/08/2009
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
	This undersigned, a director of PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Christine Larson and
Christopher Stone, 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 or her
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 March 23, 2009.

					Signature: /s/ Frederick Frank
					Name: Frederick Frank