State Street Global Advisors Ireland Limited : Form 8.3 - Elan Corporation Plc

State Street Global Advisors Ireland Limited : Form 8.3 - Elan Corporation Plc

                                                                       FORM8.3

                              IRISHTAKEOVERPANEL

            DISCLOSUREUNDERRULE8.3OFTHEIRISHTAKEOVERPANELACT,1997,
                        TAKEOVERRULES,2007(ASAMENDED)

   DEALINGSBYPERSONSWITHINTERESTSINRELEVANTSECURITIES REPRESENTING1%ORMORE

1. KEYINFORMATION

Nameofpersondealing (Note 1)              State Street Global Advisors &
                                          Affiliates
Companydealtin                            Elan Corporation Plc
Classofrelevantsecuritytowhich            €0.05 ordinary shares
the dealingsbeingdisclosedrelate (Note 2)
Dateofdealing                             22^nd February 2013

2. INTERESTSANDSHORTPOSITIONS

(a) Interestsandshortpositions(followingdealing)intheclassofrelevantsecurity
dealtin (Note 3)

                                        Long           Short
                                   Number     (%)    Number (%)
(1)Relevantsecurities            10,277,969 1.72652%
(2)Derivatives(otherthanoptions)    N/A
(3)Optionsandagreementsto           N/A
purchase/sell
Total                            10,277,969 1.72652%

(b) Interestsandshortpositionsinrelevantsecuritiesofthecompany,otherthanthe
classdealtin (Note 3)

Classofrelevantsecurity:                  Long      Short
                                       Number (%) Number (%)
(1)Relevantsecurities                   N/A
(2)Derivatives(otherthanoptions)        N/A
(3)Optionsandagreementstopurchase/sell  N/A
Total                                   N/A

3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchasesandsales

Purchase/sale Numberofrelevantsecurities Priceperunit (Note 5)
Sale          1,153                      7.97
Sale          3,652                      7.97

 (b) Derivativestransactions(otherthanoptionstransactions)

Productname, Natureoftransaction Numberofrelevantsecurities Priceperunit
e.g.CFD
             (Note 6)            (Note 7)                   (Note 5)
N/A

(c) Optionstransactionsinrespectofexistingrelevantsecurities

(i) Writing,selling,purchasingorvarying

Productname,   Writing,selling, Numberof   Exercise Type,e.g.    Expiry Optionmoney
e.g.calloption purchasing       securities price    American,    date   paid/received
               varyingetc.      towhich             Europeanetc.        perunit (Note
                                theoption                               5)
                                relates
                                (Note 7)
N/A

(ii) Exercising

Productname,   Numberofsecurities Exercisepriceper
e.g.calloption                     unit (Note 5)
N/A

(d) Otherdealings(includingtransactionsinrespectofnewsecurities)(Note4)

Natureoftransaction Details      Priceperunit
(Note 8)                    (ifapplicable) (Note 5)
N/A

4. OTHERINFORMATION

Agreements,arrangementsorunderstandingsrelatingtooptionsorderivatives

Fulldetails of any agreement, arrangement or understanding
betweenthepersondisclosing
andanyotherpersonrelatingtothevotingrightsofanyrelevantsecuritiesunderanyoption
referredtoonthisform or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or
disposal ofany
relevantsecuritiestowhichanyderivativereferredtoonthisformisreferenced.Ifnone,this
shouldbestated.
N/A

IsaSupplementalForm8attached? (Note 9)                   NO
Dateofdisclosure                                         25^th February 2013
Contactname                                              Chetan Shah
Telephonenumber                                          +(44) 203 395 6564
IfaconnectedEFM,nameofofferee/offeror withwhichconnected N/A
IfaconnectedEFM,statenatureof connection (Note 10)       N/A

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