Eland Oil & Gas Regulatory News (ELA)

3 Oct 2007 18:29

Elan Corporation PLC03 October 2007 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 CORP PLC 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box orboxes): ( ) an acquisition or disposal of voting rights ( ) an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result inthe acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached (X ) an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: FRM LLC and Fidelity International Limited and their Direct Subsidiaries 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): See attachedSchedule 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached: 01 October 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified; 03 October 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 15% 8. Notified details: A) Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of shares Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(if possible using the Triggeringthe ISIN CODE) transaction Number of Number of Number of Number of voting % of voting rights Shares Voting shares rights rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct IndirectOrdinary Shares of 70,384,118 70,384,118 70,384,118 70,384,118 14.9930c ISIN: IE0004614818 SUBTOTAL A (based on 70,384,118 70,384,118 70,384,118 70,384,118 14.99aggregate 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/converted SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) Total (A+B) number of voting rights % of voting rights 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: see attachedschedule 10. In case of proxy voting: (name of the proxy holder) will cease to hold(number) voting rights as of (date). N/A 11. Additional information: Done at (place) on (date). Done at Dublin on 24th September 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