INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) (Nasdaq: PDLI) today announced that NASDAQ has established November 27, 2009 as the ex-dividend date for its $200 million special dividend to stockholders resulting from the securitization transaction completed on November 2, 2009. The dividend will be paid on December 15, 2009 to all stockholders of record on the record date, December 1, 2009. NASDAQ has set the approximate per share amount of the dividend at $1.67 per share of common stock for purposes of the ex-dividend date on November 27, 2009. This approximate per share amount is based on the number of shares of the Company's common stock outstanding on September 30, 2009. |