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PROXY STATEMENT
49
How many shares in the Savings Plan can I vote?
You may vote all the shares allocated to your account on the record date. In addition, unless you decline, your vote
will also apply to a proportionate number of other shares held in the plan for which voting directions are not re-
ceived. These undirected shares include:
• shares credited to the accounts of participants who do not return their voting instructions (except for a small
number of shares from a prior stock ownership plan, which can be voted only on the directions of the participants
to whose accounts the shares are credited)
• shares held in the plan that are not yet credited to individual participants’ accounts.
All participants are named fi duciaries under the terms of the savings plan and under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act (ERISA) for the limited purpose of voting shares credited to their accounts and the portion of
undirected shares to which their vote applies. Under ERISA, fi duciaries are required to act prudently in making vot-
ing decisions.
If you do not want to have your vote applied to the undirected shares, you should check the box marked “I decline.”
Otherwise, the trustee will automatically apply your voting preferences to the undirected shares proportionally
with all other participants who elected to have their votes applied in this manner.
What happens if I do not vote my Savings Plan shares?
Your shares will be voted by other plan participants who have elected to have their voting preferences applied pro-
portionally to all shares for which voting instructions are not otherwise received.
What does it mean if I receive more than one proxy card?
It means that you hold shares in more than one account. To ensure that all your shares are voted, sign and return
each card. Alternatively, if you vote by telephone or on the Internet, you will need to vote once for each proxy card
and voting instruction card you receive.
What should I do if I want to attend the annual meeting?
All shareholders as of the record date may attend by presenting the admission ticket that appears at the end of this
proxy statement. Please fi ll it out and bring it with you to the meeting. The meeting will be held at the Lilly Center Audi-
torium. Please use the Lilly Center entrance to the south of the fountain at the corner of Delaware and McCarty Streets.
You will need to pass through security, including a metal detector. Present your ticket to the usher at the meeting.
Parking will be available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis at the garage indicated in the map on page 95.
If you have questions about admittance or parking, you may call 317-433-5112 or send an e-mail message to
annual_meeting@lilly.com.
Will the annual meeting be available on the Internet?
The annual meeting will be webcast live on the company’s website. To join the live webcast, go to www.lilly.com and
click on the annual meeting link that appears on the home page. The webcast will be available in both the Windows
Media™ Player and RealPlayer® formats. The annual meeting will be available for replay on the Lilly website until
May 19, 2004.