Lilly Sets Dates and Conference Calls for 2012 Financial Guidance and Fourth-Quarter 2011 Financial Results Announcements

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY)
will announce its financial guidance for 2012 on Thursday, January 5, 2012 and,
separately, will announce its financial results for the fourth quarter and full
year of 2011 on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. On each day, Lilly will also conduct
conference calls with the investment community and media to further detail the
company’s 2012 financial guidance and its 2011 financial performance,
respectively.

The conference call on January 5th will begin at 9:30 a.m. EST while the
conference call on January 31st will begin at 9:00 a.m. EST. Investors, media
and the general public can access a live webcast of the conference calls through
links that will be posted on Lilly’s website at www.lilly.com. The webcasts of
the conference calls will be available for replay through March 2, 2012.

Lilly, a leading innovation-driven corporation, is developing a growing
portfolio of pharmaceutical products by applying the latest research from its
own worldwide laboratories and from collaborations with eminent scientific
organizations. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., Lilly provides answers -
through medicines and information – for some of the world’s most urgent medical
needs. Additional information about Lilly is available at www.lilly.com. F-LLY

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