Eland Oil & Gas Regulatory News (ELA)

2 Jan 2008 17:08

Elan Corporation PLC02 January 2008 Standard Form TR-1Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/ECFinancial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares towhich voting rights are attached: Elan Corporation Plc 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box orboxes): (x) an acquisition or disposal of voting rights ( ) an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may resultin 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:Capital Research and Management Company. 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached: 21 December 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified; 24 December 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3% 8. Notified details: A) Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of shares Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(if possible using Triggering transactionthe ISIN CODE) Number of Number of Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights Shares Voting rights direct Direct Indirect Direct IndirectADRs (US2841312083) 13,788,407 13,788,407 14,288,407 3.0407% SUBTOTAL A (based on 13,788,407 13,788,407 14,288,407 3.0407%aggregate votingrights) B) Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of financial Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of voting rightsinstrument Period/ Date rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/convertedN/A SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) Total (A+B) number of voting rights % of voting rights14,288,407 14,288,407 3.0407% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: N/A 10. In case of proxy voting: N/A 11. Additional information: Done at Los Angeles California on 24 December 2007 This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of the Irish Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange