Exhibit 4.3
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Officers’ Certificate Pursuant to
Section 3.01 of the Indenture
, 2024
The undersigned, Philip Johnson, Group Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of Eli Lilly and Company, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), and Jonathan Groff, Executive 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 24, 2024 (collectively, the “Board Resolutions”), do hereby certify as follows:
(i) There are hereby established five series of debt securities to be issued under the Indenture. The title of such series of the debt securities shall be (i) the “4.500% Notes due 2027” (the “2027 Notes”), (ii) the “4.500% Notes due 2029” (the “2029 Notes”), (iii) the “4.700% Notes due 2034” (the “2034 Notes”), (iv) the “5.000% Notes due 2054” (the “2054 Notes”) and (v) the 5.100% Notes due 2064 (the “2064 Notes” and, collectively with the 2027 Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2034 Notes and the 2054 Notes, the “Notes”).
(ii) The five 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, Annex A-4 and Annex A-5, 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) One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000) with respect to the 2027 Notes, (ii) One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000) with respect to the 2029 Notes, (iii) One Billion and Five Hundred Million Dollars ($1,500,000,000) with respect to the 2034 Notes, (iv) One Billion and Five Hundred Million Dollars ($1,500,000,000) with respect to the 2054 Notes and (v) One Billion and Five Hundred Million Dollars ($1,500,000,000) with respect to the 2064 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 2027 Notes shall be payable on February 9, 2027, the principal amount of the 2029 Notes shall be payable on February 9, 2029, the principal amount of the 2034 Notes shall be payable on February 9, 2034, the principal amount of the 2054 Notes shall be payable on February 9, 2054 and the principal amount of the 2064 Notes shall be payable on February 9, 2064, in each case, unless redeemed prior to such time in accordance with clause (xi) below.