1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information. The financial statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments), except as discussed under "Correction of Immaterial Error" below, that management of PDL believes are necessary for a fair presentation of the periods presented. These interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of results expected for the full fiscal year or for any subsequent interim period.

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related financial information should be read in conjunction with our audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2013, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2013, has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements at that date, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Principles of Consolidation

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of PDL and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Notes Receivable and Other Long-Term Receivables

We account for our notes receivable at both amortized cost, net of unamortized origination fees, if any, and as collateral dependent when a loan for which repayment is expected to be provided solely by the underlying collateral. For loans accounted for at their amortized cost, related fees and costs are recorded net of any amounts reimbursed. Interest is accreted or accrued to "Interest revenue" using the interest method. When and if supplemental royalties are received from certain of these notes and other long-term receivables, an adjustment to the estimated effective interest rate is affected prospectively.

Royalty Rights - At Fair Value

We have elected to account for our investments in royalty rights at fair value with changes in fair value presented in earnings. The fair value of the investments in royalty rights is determined by using a discounted cash flow analysis related to the expected future cash flows to be received. These assets are classified as Level 3 assets within the fair value hierarchy as our valuation estimates utilize significant unobservable inputs, including estimates as to the probability and timing of future sales of the related products. Transaction related fees and costs are expensed as incurred.

Realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments in royalty rights are presented together on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income as a component of revenue under the caption, “Royalty rights - change in fair value.”

Correction of Immaterial Error

As disclosed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014, PDL was engaged in ongoing discussions with the SEC staff after receiving a comment letter regarding our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The comment letter requested additional information about the Company’s accounting for the Depomed Royalty Agreement. The Company was asked to support its position and explain why the transaction was accounted for as the acquisition of intangible assets as opposed to that of financial assets. While significant judgment is required to account for this transaction, as either the acquisition of intangible assets or financial assets, we concluded that it is most appropriate to account for the asset as a Level 3 financial asset, which was a change to the previously reported accounting for this transaction. For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2014, PDL elected to measure this asset at fair value each reporting period. The change in the estimated fair value of this asset at each reporting period will be shown on a single caption, “Royalty rights - change in fair value” in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The purchase of this asset will be reported as an investing activity in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The revenue recognized each period related to this asset will be reported as an adjustment to net income in order to determine net cash provided by (used in) operating activities in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Actual cash received will be reported as an investing cash inflow in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, separate from cash used in investing activities to purchase the asset in 2013. The Company reviewed the impact of this change in accounting on prior annual and interim periods in accordance with SAB no. 99, Materiality and SAB No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements and determined that the changes were not material for the period from October 18, 2013 (acquisition date), through March 31, 2014, and did not represent a material impact to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in either our previously filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, or our previously filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014.

We evaluated the materiality of correcting the cumulative error in the period ended June 30, 2014. Based on such evaluation, we concluded that the correction was not material to that period. Accordingly, we corrected the cumulative error in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 as follows: (i) $5.8 million increase in total revenues, (ii) $5.0 million increase in pre-tax income, (iii) $3.2 million increase in net income. The impacts to our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statements of Cash Flows were not material.

We determined that a retrospective revision due to the correction of an error was not required. The prospective change is reflected in the current period as a component of “Royalty rights - change in fair value” in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Intangible assets that were presented in historical periods have been reclassified to "Royalty rights - at fair value" for all periods presented. Such reclassifications did not have an impact on our results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications of previously reported amounts have been made to conform to the current year presentation. Interest income recognized from financial assets that was previously reported as a component of "Interest and other income, net" in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income has been reclassified to "Interest revenue" as a component of revenue in the Condensed Consolidated statements of Income.

Customer Concentration

The percentage of total revenue recognized, which individually accounted for 10% or more of our total revenues, was as follows:



		Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Licensee	Product Name	2014		2013		2014		2013
Genentech	Avastin^®	24	%	32	%	25	%	33	%
	Herceptin^®	24	%	31	%	25	%	32	%
	Lucentis^®	10	%	14	%	11	%	16	%

Biogen Idec¹	Tysabri^®	10	%	12	%	9	%	11	%

Depomed	Glumetza^®	14	%	0	%	13	%	0	%

______________________

¹ In April 2013, Biogen Idec completed its purchase of Elan's interest in Tysabri^®. Prior to this our licensee for Tysabri^® was identified as Elan.

Foreign Currency Hedging

We enter into foreign currency hedges to manage exposures arising in the normal course of business and not for speculative purposes.

We hedge certain Euro-denominated currency exposures related to royalties associated with our licensees’ product sales with Euro forward contracts. In general, these contracts are intended to offset the underlying Euro market risk in our royalty revenues. The last of these contracts expires in the fourth quarter of 2015. We designate foreign currency exchange contracts used to hedge royalty revenues based on underlying Euro-denominated licensee product sales as cash flow hedges.

At the inception of each hedging relationship and on a quarterly basis, we assess hedge effectiveness. The fair value of the Euro contracts is estimated using pricing models with readily observable inputs from actively quoted markets and is disclosed on a gross basis. The aggregate unrealized gain or loss, net of tax, on the effective component of the hedge is recorded in stockholders’ equity as "Accumulated other comprehensive loss." Gains or losses on cash flow hedges are recognized as an adjustment to royalty revenue in the same period that the hedged transaction impacts earnings as royalty revenue. Any gain or loss on the ineffective portion of our hedge contracts is reported in "Interests and other income, net" in the period the ineffectiveness occurs.