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Exhibit 99.1
Contacts:
 
 
Peter Garcia
 
Jennifer Williams
PDL BioPharma, Inc.
 
Cook Williams Communications, Inc.
775-832-8500
 
360-668-3701
Peter.Garcia@pdl.com
 
jennifer@cwcomm.org


PDL BioPharma Completes Quarterly Dividend Payment
 
INCLINE VILLAGE, NV, March 14, 2016 -- PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) (NASDAQ: PDLI) today announced that it has paid the March 11, 2016, quarterly dividend payment of $0.05 per share to all stockholders owning shares of PDL as of March 4, 2016, the record date.

About PDL BioPharma
PDL manages a portfolio of patents and royalty assets, consisting of its Queen et al. patents, license agreements with various biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and royalty and other assets acquired. To acquire new income generating assets, PDL provides non-dilutive growth capital and financing solutions to late-stage public and private healthcare companies and offers immediate financial monetization of royalty streams to companies, academic institutions, and inventors. PDL has committed over $1 billion and funded approximately $937 million in these investments to date. PDL evaluates its investments based on the quality of the income generating assets and potential returns on investment. PDL is currently focused on acquiring new income generating assets, the management of its intellectual property and income generating assets, and maximizing value for its shareholders.

The Company was formerly known as Protein Design Labs, Inc. and changed its name to PDL BioPharma, Inc. in 2006. PDL was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Incline Village, Nevada. PDL pioneered the humanization of monoclonal antibodies and, by doing so, enabled the discovery of a new generation of targeted treatments for cancer and immunologic diseases for which it receives significant royalty revenue.

PDL BioPharma and the PDL BioPharma logo are considered trademarks of PDL BioPharma, Inc.

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