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Standard Form TR-1
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC

1.    Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached :  Elan Corporation plc

2.    Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[X]     an acquisition or disposal of voting rights 

[ ]     an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

[ ]    an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 

3.    Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 

       Wellington Management Company, LLP

4.    Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

       Bank of New York

       BNP Paribas

       BNY Mellon

       Citibank

       JP Morgan Chase

       Master Trust Bank of Japan Ltd.

       Northern Trust

       State Street     

5.     Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:     28 July 2009

6.    Date on which issuer notified; 

       29 July 2009

7.     Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 6%

8.     Notified details: 

A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary	23,778,665 (1,478,006 ordinary shares and  22,300,659 ADR shares or 23,778,665 ordinary shares on a converted basis)	23,778,665 (1,478,006 ordinary shares and  22,300,659 ADR shares or 23,778,665 ordinary shares on a converted basis)			28,572,062 (1,692,570 ordinary shares and  26,879,492 ADR shares or 28,572,062 ordinary shares on a converted basis)		6.00%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)				28,572,062 (1,692,570 ordinary shares and  26,879,492 ADR shares or 28,572,062 ordinary shares on a converted basis)		6.00%

  

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
	28,572,062 (1,692,570 ordinary shares and  26,879,492 ADR shares or 28,572,062 ordinary shares on a converted basis)	6.00%

9.    Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 

       Bank of New York - 26,879,492 shares

       BNP Paribas - 218,376 shares

       BNY Mellon - 699,486 shares

       Citibank - 6,496 shares

       JP Morgan Chase - 104,433 shares

       Master Trust Bank of Japan Ltd. - 111,039 shares

       Northern Trust - 285,668 shares

       State Street - 267,072 shares

10.    In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of 
[date].

11.    Additional information:

Done at [place] on [date].

Annex to the standard form TR-1 

a)    Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation: 

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Wellington Management Company, LLP
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109 U.S.A.
Phone number	(617) 790-7084
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

b)     Identity of the notifier, if applicable: 

Full name	Robert J. Toner
Contact address	75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109 U.S.A
Phone number	(617) 790-7084. rtoner@wellington.com
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Vice President and Counsel

c)    Additional information 

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