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Sean Conroy

PDL BioPharma - Company to seek to monetize assets

PDL BioPharma (PDL) has announced that following the completion of a strategic review process it has decided to cease additional strategic investments and monetize the companyâ€™s assets, returning net proceeds to shareholders. As the assets are not focused on any one area within healthcare, we believe they will likely need to be sold off piecemeal, which will lead to a relatively lengthy process (the company has estimated two to three years or longer). PDLâ€™s stock has typically traded at a discount to its book value ($5.58 per share as of the end of Q319), so this should be a way to unlock the value of the company.

19/12/2019 6 EN

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PDL BioPharma Inc.

PDL BioPharma is engaged in acquiring commercial stage pharmaceutical assets as well as late clinical stage pharmaceutical products. The company operates in three segments: Pharmaceutical, which consists of prescription medicine products sold under the name Tekturna?, Tekturna HCT?, Rasilez?, and Rasilez HCT?; Medical Devices, which consists of the LENSAR? Laser System; and Income Generating Assets, which consists of notes and other long-term receivables, royalty rights and hybrid notes/royalty receivables, equity investments and royalties from issued patents in the United States and elsewhere, covering the humanization of antibodies, which it refers to as the Queen et al. patents.

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PDL BioPharma - Company to seek to monetize assets

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