**PRESS RELEASE**3Q00 Sales and Earnings

From: brown_mary_jo@lilly.com

To: alfred.gilman@email.swmed.edu, george.fisher@kodak.com,jterzuoli@ibjwhitehall.com, karen.n.horn@marsh.com, kenneth.lay@enron.com, kseifert@kcc.com, prendergast@mayo.edu, scb@purdue.edu, win.bischoff@ssmb.com

Subject: **PRESS RELEASE**3Q00 Sales and Earnings

Cc: brown_mary_jo@lilly.com

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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 10:05:00 -0700 (PDT)

The attached press release was sent over PRNewswire at 6:00 a.m. today.

(See attached file: 3Q00 Sales and Earnings Release.doc)

- 3Q00 Sales and Earnings Release.doc