Exhibit 4.3
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Officers’ Certificate Pursuant to
Section 3.01 of the Indenture
, 2023
The undersigned, Philip Johnson, Group Vice President, Treasurer and Head of Corporate Transactions of Eli Lilly and Company, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), and Jonathan Groff, Senior Director – Corporate Securities and Assistant Secretary of the Company, pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1991 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (as successor to Citibank, N.A.), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as authorized by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, dated August 10, 2021, and minutes of the Risk Management Committee of the Company at its meeting on January 25, 2023 (collectively, the “Board Resolutions”), do hereby certify as follows:
(i) There are hereby established four series of debt securities to be issued under the Indenture. The title of such series of the debt securities shall be (i) the “5.000% Notes due 2026” (the “5.000% Notes”), (ii) the “4.700% Notes due 2033” (the “4.700% Notes”), (iii) the “4.875% Notes due 2053” (the “4.875% Notes”) and (iv) the 4.950% Notes due 2063 (the “4.950% Notes” and, collectively with the 5.000% Notes, the 4.700% Notes and the 4.875% Notes, the “Notes”).
(ii) The four series of Notes shall be in the forms, and shall have the terms, set forth as Annex A-1, Annex A-2, Annex A-3 and Annex A-4, respectively, attached hereto. The Notes shall be issued in the form of Registered Securities and shall not be issued in the form of Bearer Securities.
(iii) The initial limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 4.03 or 10.04 of the Indenture) is (i) Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars ($750,000,000) with respect to the 5.000% Notes, (ii) One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000) with respect to the 4.700% Notes, (iii) One Billion, Two Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars ($1,250,000,000) with respect to the 4.875% Notes and (iv) One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000) with respect to the 4.950% Notes; provided, however, that, without the consent of the Holders of any Securities, the Company may at any time issue additional Securities having the same terms as the Notes of a particular series other than the date of original issuance and the first Interest Payment Date applicable to such additional Securities. Any such additional Securities shall constitute a single series of Securities with the applicable series of Notes under the Indenture.
(iv) The principal amount of the 5.000% Notes shall be payable on February 27, 2026, the principal amount of the 4.700% Notes shall be payable on February 27, 2033, the principal amount of the 4.875% Notes shall be payable on February 27, 2053 and the principal amount of the 4.950% Notes shall be payable on February 27, 2063, in each case, unless redeemed prior to such time in accordance with clause (xi) below.