POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Anne Marie Cook and
Jennifer Fitzpatrick, with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments
thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to
obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as officer and/or director of Aegerion
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
and the undersigned hereby revokes the Power of Attorney previously
granted to Mark J. Fitzpatrick with respect to the foregoing.
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of June 25, 2015.
/s/ Antonio M. Gotto
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Antonio M. Gotto
