Lilly Confirms Date and Conference Call for Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2010 Financial Results Announcement

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY)
will announce its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2010
on Thursday, January 27, 2011. Lilly will also conduct a conference call on that
day with the investment community and media to further detail the company’s
financial performance.

The conference call will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. EST. Investors,
media and the general public can access a live webcast of the conference call
through a link that will be posted on Lilly’s website at www.lilly.com. The
webcast of the conference call will be available for replay through February 25,
2011.

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

SOURCE Eli Lilly and Company