News Release

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced a 15 percent increase in its quarterly dividend. The dividend for the first quarter of 2019 will be $0.645 per share on outstanding common stock. This raises the annual indicated rate to $2.58 per share. 

The dividend is payable March 8, 2019, to shareholders of record at of the close of business on February 15, 2019.

About Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly is a global healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to create medicines that make life better for people around the world. We were founded more than a century ago by a man committed to creating high-quality medicines that meet real needs, and today we remain true to that mission in all our work. Across the globe, Lilly employees work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. To learn more about Lilly, please visit us at www.lilly.com and http://newsroom.lilly.com/social-channels.  F-LLY  

Refer to:  Mark Taylor; mark.taylor@lilly.com; (317) 276-5795 (Media)   
                 Kevin Hern; hern_kevin_r@lilly.com; (317) 277-1838 (Investors)

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SOURCE Eli Lilly and Company