PDL BioPharma Inc. (PDLI)

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PDL Announces Timeline for Voluntarily Delisting from Nasdaq (12/08/20)

- Expects to File a Certificate of Dissolution on January 4, 2021

- Trading in PDL’s Common Stock on Nasdaq to be Suspended Prior to Market Opening on December 31, 2020

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (December 8, 2020) - PDL BioPharma, Inc. (“PDL” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PDLI) today announced that it has formally notified The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. of its intent to delist the Company’s common stock from the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”). PDL expects to file a Form 25 (Notification of Removal from Listing) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and Nasdaq relating to the voluntary delisting of its common stock on or about December 28, 2020 and to suspend trading of its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market prior to the opening of trading on December 31, 2020. PDL does not expect that a trading market will develop for its common stock following suspension of trading on Nasdaq. PDL intends to file a certificate of dissolution with the Delaware Secretary of State on or about January 4, 2021 and close its stock transfer books at the close of business on this date. The official delisting of PDL’s common stock will be effective on or about January 7, 2021 – 10 days after the filing of the Form 25.

PDL also intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC as soon as practicable following the effectiveness of the delisting to indefinitely suspend its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The suspension of PDL’s reporting obligations, including the obligation to file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, will be effective upon filing the Form 15. PDL does however intend to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 in March 2021.

The voluntary delisting and deregistration are part of PDL’s previously announced voluntary Plan of Dissolution that was approved by the Board of Directors in February 2020 and at the Annual Meeting of the Company’s stockholders on August 19, 2020. The Company’s Board of Directors considered a number of factors in determining to delist and deregister PDL’s common stock, including the costs and expenses associated with being a publicly traded company, the auditing, legal and other costs associated with continuing to make SEC filings, and the burdens placed on Company management to comply with the
continued listing and reporting requirements, all in light of the Company’s planned dissolution and liquidation.

About PDL Biopharma, Inc.

Throughout its history, PDL's mission has been to improve the lives of patients by aiding in the successful development of innovative therapeutics and healthcare technologies. PDL BioPharma was founded in 1986 as Protein Design Labs, Inc. when it pioneered the humanization of monoclonal antibodies, enabling the discovery of a new generation of targeted treatments that have had a profound impact on patients living with different cancers as well as a variety of other debilitating diseases. In 2006, the Company changed its name to PDL BioPharma, Inc.

On August 19, 2020, PDL announced at the Company's 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders approval by stockholders for a Plan of Dissolution authorizing the Company to liquidate and dissolve the Company in accordance with the Plan of Dissolution. At its November 5, 2020 meeting, the Board resolved that the Certificate of Dissolution will be filed on January 4, 2021.

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