THE LILLY DIRECTORS' DEFERRAL PLAN
            (As amended and restated through February 1, 1996)


Section 1. Establishment of the Plan.
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    Effective January 1, 1996, there is hereby established a plan whereby
    certain Directors of the Company who are not current salaried employees
    of the Company may voluntarily defer compensation (the "Deferred
    Compensation" portion of the Plan), and certain Directors of the Company
    who are not current or former full-time salaried employees of the Company
    can share in the long-term growth of the Company by acquiring an
    ownership interest in the Company (the "Deferred Stock" portion of the
    Plan).  Prior to January 1, 1996, the Company maintained the Deferred
    Compensation portion of the Plan and the Deferred Stock portion of the
    Plan as two separate plans, The Lilly Directors' Deferred Compensation
    Plan and The Lilly Non-Employee Directors' Deferred Stock Plan,
    respectively (the "Prior Plans").  The Plan is deemed to consist of the
    amounts held under the Prior Plans, and any election made by a Director
    under the Prior Plans, unless and until amended by the Director in
    accordance with this Plan, shall remain in effect under this Plan.
     
 Section 2. Definitions.
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    When used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the definitions set
    forth in this Section 2:

    2.1.  Accrual Date.  The term "Accrual Date" means the first day in
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    December of each calendar year on which the common stock of the
    Company is traded, or such other annual date, not earlier than the third
    Monday in February, established by the Committee as the date as of which
    Shares are allocated to each Share Account.
    
    2.2.  Beneficiary.  The term "Beneficiary" means the beneficiary or
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    beneficiaries (including any contingent beneficiary or beneficiaries)
    designated pursuant to subsection 8.3 hereof.
   
    2.3.  Board of Directors.  The term "Board of Directors" means the
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    Board of Directors of the Company.
    
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    2.4.  Committee.  The term "Committee" refers to the Compensation and
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    Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors, provided
    that no Participant shall be considered to be a member of the Committee
    for purposes of the Plan.
   
    2.5.  Company.  The term "Company" means Eli Lilly and Company.
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    2.6.  Company Credit.  The term "Company Credit" means an amount
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    computed, and credited annually to a Participant's Deferred Compensation
    Account at a rate that is two percent (2%) above the rate that the
    Treasurer of the Company determines was the prime rate ofinterest
    charged by Chemical Bank, New York, New York (the "Bank"), on loans made
    on the immediately preceding December 15 or, if the Bank was closed on
    December 15, the last day preceding December 15 on which the Bank was
    open for business.
   
    2.7.  Compensation.  The term "Compensation" means the retainer and the
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    aggregate of all meeting fees to which a Director is entitled for
    services rendered to the Company as a Director.
     
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    2.8.  Deferral Allocation Date.  The term "Deferral Allocation Date"
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    means the third Monday of any month, or if Shares are not traded on
    The New York Stock Exchange on such third Monday of the month, the last
    day before the third Monday of the month on which Shares are traded on
    The New York Stock Exchange, that follows the earlier of (a) the date
    on which an amount deferred under the Plan would have been paid in cash
    if a deferral election had not been made hereunder, or (b) in the case
    of an award of compensation which by its terms is subject to a deferred
    payment date, the date of award.
   
    2.9.  Deferred Amount.  The term "Deferred Amount" means the amount of a
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    Deferred Compensation Participant's Compensation that the Participant
    elects to defer in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

    2.10.  Deferred Compensation Participant.  The term "Deferred Compensation
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    Participant" means a Director who is not a salaried employee of the
    Company and who has elected to defer all or part of his Compensation
    pursuant to the Plan in accordance with Section 4 hereof.
    
    2.11.  Deferred Stock Participant.  The term "Deferred Stock Participant"
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    means a Director who is not a current or former full-time salaried
    employee of the Company and who becomes a Participant in the Plan in
    accordance with Section 3 hereof.

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    2.12.  Director.  The term "Director" means each member of the Board of
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    Directors.
    
    2.13.  Dividend Allocation Date.  The term "Dividend Allocation Date"
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    means the first Monday that (a) follows a Dividend Payment Date and
    (b) is the third Monday of a Month.
                   
    2.14.  Dividend Payment Date.  The term "Dividend Payment Date" means the
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    date as of which the Company pays a cash dividend on Shares.

    2.15.  Dividend Record Date.  The term "Dividend Record Date" means,
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    with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the date established by the
    Board of Directors as the record date for determining shareholders
    entitled to receive payment of the dividend.

    2.16.  Individual Accounts.  The term "Individual Accounts" or 
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    "Accounts" means the separate accounts (the Deferred Compensation
    Account and the Share Account), described in Section 7 hereof, one or
    both of which is established under the Plan for each Participant.  When
    used in the singular, the term shall refer to one of these two accounts,
    as the context requires.

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    2.17.  Participant.  The term "Participant" means a Director who is a
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    Deferred Stock Participant, a Deferred Compensation Participant, or both,
    as the case may be.
   
    2.18.  Plan.  The term "Plan" means The Lilly Directors' Deferral Plan,
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    as set forth herein and as it may be amended from time to time.

    2.19.  Share.  The term "Share" means a share of common stock of the
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    Company.
            
    Section 3. Deferred Stock Participants.
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    Each Director who participated in The Lilly Non-Employee Directors'
    Deferred Stock Plan immediately before the effective date of this Plan
    shall continue as a Deferred Stock Participant on such effective date,
    and all elections in effect under The Lilly Non-Employee Directors'
    Deferred Stock Plan shall remain in effect under this Plan, unless and
    until amended in accordance with this Plan.  Each person who is

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    thereafter elected or appointed as a Director, and who is not and has
    never been a full-time salaried employee of the Company, shall become a
    Deferred Stock Participant beginning with the month in which such
    Director takes office.  A Deferred Stock Participant shall cease to
    participate in the Plan when the Participant ceases to be a Director.
    For purposes of the Plan, a Deferred Stock Participant shall be deemed to
    cease to be a Director on the first day of the month next following the
    month in which he last serves as a Director.
           
    Section 4.  Deferred Compensation Participants.
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    Each Director who participated in The Lilly Directors' Deferred
    Compensation Plan immediately before the effective date of the Plan shall
    continue as a Deferred Compensation Participant on such effective date,
    and all elections in effect under The Lilly Directors' Deferred
    Compensation Plan shall remain in effect under this Plan, unless and
    until amended in accordance with this Plan.  Prior to the beginning of
    each calendar year, any Director who is not a salaried employee of the
    Company may defer the receipt of Compensation to be earned by the
    Director during such year by filing with the Company a written election
    that:
   
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        (i)  defers payment of a designated amount (of one Thousand
             Dollars ($1,000) or more) or percentage of his
             Compensation for services attributable to the following
             calendar year or portion thereof (the "Deferred Amount");
                      
       (ii)  specifies the payment option selected by the Participant
             pursuant to subsection 8.2 hereof for such Deferred Amount; and

       (iii) specifies the option selected by the Participant pursuant
             to Section 5 hereof for such Deferred Amount.
            
    The amount deferred may not exceed the Director's Compensation for the
    calendar year.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any individual who is
    newly elected or appointed to serve as a Director may, not later than
    thirty (30) days after his election or appointment becomes effective,
    elect in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Section 4, to
    defer the receipt of Compensation earned during the portion of the
    current calendar year that follows the filing of the election with the
    Company.  Except as provided in subsections 8.2 and 8.4 hereof, any
    elections made pursuant to this Section 4 with respect to a calendar
    year shall be irrevocable when made.  If a Participant fails to make an

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    election under section 5 with respect to his Deferred Amount for a
    future calendar year, the Participant's previous election shall remain
    in effect, provided that the Participant may amend his election with
    regard to a future calendar year at any time.
            
    Section 5.  Form of Deferred Compensation Credits.
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    5.1.  Deferred Compensation Account.  Except with respect to the
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    deferral of Compensation for a calendar year in which a Deferred
    Compensation Participant elects to have all or a percentage of the
    Deferred Amount credited in Shares in accordance with subsection 5.2
    hereof, the Deferred Amount shall be denominated in U.S. dollars and
    credited to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account pursuant to
    subsection 7.1 hereof.
          
    5.2.  Shares.  Prior to the beginning of each calendar year, a Deferred
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    Compensation Participant may elect to have all or a percentage of the
    Deferred Amount for the following calendar year credited in Shares and 
    allocated to the Participant's Share Account pursuant to subsection
    7.2 hereof.

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    5.3.  Transfer of Deferred Compensation Account Balance to Share Account.
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    Prior to the effective date of the Plan, a Deferred Compensation
    Participant may elect to have all or a portion of his final credited
    account balance in The Lilly Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan
    converted to Shares and credited to the Participant's Share Account.
    Such conversion shall take place as of January 1, 1996 based upon the
    combined average of the high and low prices of Shares on The New York
    Stock Exchange on each of the last five (5) days of 1995 on which Shares
    are traded on The New York Stock Exchange.  Such conversion shall,
    however, be contingent upon receipt by the Company of (a) a no-action
    letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("EC"), or (b) an
    opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that
    such conversion shall not disqualify the participate from being a "is
    interested person" within the meaning of prior SEC Rule 16b-3(d)(3)
    and new SEC Rule 16b-3(c)(2)(i) for purposes of administering the
    Company's employee stock incentive plans.

    Section 6.  Allocations to Share Accounts.
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    6.1.  Allocation of Shares.  As of the Accrual Date of each calendar
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    year, there shall be allocated to the Share Account of each Deferred
    
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    Stock Participant, as part of the compensation to such Deferred
    Stock Participant for service on the Board of Directors, eight hundred
    (800) Shares, or, if less, the number of Shares that could be purchased
    with the Participant's Compensation for the calendar year, assuming
    attendance at eight one-day meetings, at the average of the high and low
    prices of Shares on The New York Stock Exchange on the Accrual Date.
    Shares allocated to each Deferred Stock Participant's Share Account shall
    be hypothetical and not issued or transferred by the Company until
    payment is made pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
    
    6.2.  Special Allocation.  As of February 1, 1996, there shall be
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    allocated to the Share Account of each Deferred Stock Participant the
    number of Shares having a market value (calculated as set forth below)
    equal to the present value as of December 31, 1995 of the accrued benefit
    of the Participant in The Lilly Non-Employee Directors' Retirement Plan,
    whether or not such Participant was vested in such benefit on that date.
    Such present value calculation shall be performed by the Company in its
    discretion and shall be converted to Shares based upon the combined
    average of the high and low prices of Shares on The New York Stock
    Exchange on each of the last five (5) days preceding February 1, 1996 on
    which Shares are traded on The New York Stock Exchange.  Such conversion
    shall, however, be contingent upon receipt by the Company of (a) a

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    no-action letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("EC"), or
    (b) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that
    such conversion shall not disqualify the participate from being a "is
    interested person" within the meaning of prior SEC Rule 16b-3(d)(3) and
    new SEC Rule 16b-3(c)(2)(i) for purposes of administering the Company's
    employee stock incentive plans.
    
    Section 7.  Individual Accounts.
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    The Company shall maintain Individual Accounts for Participants, as
    follows:
   
    7.1.  Deferred Compensation Account.  The Company shall maintain a
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    Deferred Compensation Account in the name of each Deferred Compensation
    Participant in respect of each calendar year the Deferred Compensation
    Participant elects to defer the receipt of Compensation pursuant to
    Section 4 hereof and does not elect to have the Deferred Amount for such
    calendar year credited in Shares pursuant to subsection 5.2 hereof.  The
    opening balance of each Deferred Compensation Account on January 1, 1996
    shall be equal to the closing balance on December 31, 1995 of the
   
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    corresponding account maintained under The Lilly Directors' Deferred
    Compensation Plan, less any portion of such account converted to Shares and
    allocated to the Participant's Share Account pursuant to subsection 5.3
    hereof.  The Deferred Compensation Account shall be denominated in U.S.
    dollars, rounded to the nearest whole cent.  A Deferred Amount allocated
    to a Deferred Compensation Account pursuant to subsection 5.1 hereof
    shall be credited to the Deferred Compensation Account as of the Deferral
    Allocation Date.
   
    7.2.  Share Account.  The Company shall maintain a Share Account for each
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    Deferred Stock Participant and for each Deferred Compensation Participant
    who elects to have a Deferred Amount credited in Shares pursuant to
    subsection 5.2 hereof, or who elects to convert all or a portion of his
    final account balance under The Lilly Directors' Deferred Compensation
    Plan to Shares pursuant to subsection 5.3 hereof.  The opening balance of
    each Share Account on January 1, 1996, shall be equal to the closing
    balance on December 31, 1995, of the corresponding Share Account
    maintained under The Lilly Non-Employee Directors' Deferred Stock Plan.
    The Share Account shall be denominated in Shares, and shall be maintained
    in fractions rounded to three (3) decimal places.
                
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    Shares allocated to a Deferred Compensation Participant's Share Account
    in accordance with the Participant's election under subsection 5.2 hereof
    shall be credited to the Participant's Share Account as of the Deferral
    Allocation Date.  Shares and, if necessary, fractional Shares, shall be
    credited to a Participant's Share Account based upon the average of the
    high and low price of Shares on The New York Stock Exchange on the
    Deferral Allocation Date.
             
    7.3.  Former Interest Account.  All balances in the Account known
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    previously as the "Interest Account" under The Lilly NonEmployee
    Directors' Deferred Stock Plan shall be transferred to the Share Account
    effective on January 1, 1996, utilizing the same price of Shares set
    forth in subsection 5.3 hereof for purposes of the calculation.
    
    7.4.  Accrual of Company Credit.  The Treasurer of the Company shall
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    determine the annual rate of Company Credit on or before December 31 of
    each calendar year.  This rate shall be effective for the following
    calendar year.  The Company Credit shall accrue monthly, at one-twelfth
    of the applicable annual rate, on all amounts credited to a Participant's
    Deferred Compensation Account, including the Company Credits for prior
   
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    years.  The Company Credit shall not accrue on any amount distributed to
    a Participant (or to the Participant's Beneficiary) during the month for
    which the accrual is determined, except where an amount is distributed to
    a Beneficiary in the month of the Participant's death.  The Company
    Credit for each year shall be credited to each Deferred Compensation
    Account as of December 31 of that year and shall be compounded monthly.
                
    7.5.  Cash Dividends.  Cash dividends paid on Shares shall be deemed to
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    have been paid on the Shares allocated to each Participant's Share
    Account as if the allocated Shares were actual Shares issued and
    outstanding on the Dividend Record Date.  An amount equal to the amount
    of such dividends shall be credited in Shares to each Share Account as of
    each Dividend Allocation Date based upon the average of the high and low
    prices for Shares on The New York Stock Exchange on the Divided
    Allocation Date, or, if Shares are not traded on the Divided Allocation
    Date, the next day on which Shares are traded.
                
    7.6.  Capital Adjustments.  The number of Shares referred to in Section 6
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    hereof and the number of Shares allocated to each Share Account shall be
    adjusted by the Committee, as it deems appropriate, to reflect stock
    dividends, stock splits, reclassifications, spinoffs, and other

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    extraordinary distributions, as if those Shares were actual Shares.
                       
    7.7.  Account Statements.  Within a reasonable time following the end of
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    each calendar year, the Company shall render an annual statement to each
    Participant.  The annual statement for each Deferred Stock Participant
    shall report the number of Shares credited to the Participant's Share
    Account as of December 31 of that year.  The annual statement for each
    Deferred Compensation Participant shall report the dollar amount credited
    to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account as of December 31 of
    that year, and, if the Deferred Compensation Participant elects to invest
    a Deferred Amount in Shares pursuant to subsection 5.2 hereof, or if the
    Deferred Compensation Participant elects to convert his final account
    balance under The Lilly Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan to Shares
    pursuant to subsection 5.3 hereof, the number of Shares credited to the
    Participant's Share Account as of December 31 of that year.
          
    Section 8.  Payment Provisions.
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    8.l.  Method of Payment.  All payments to a Participant (or to a
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    Participant's Beneficiary) with respect to the Participant's Deferred
   
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    Compensation Account shall be paid in cash.  All payments to a
    Participant (or to a Participant's Beneficiary) with respect to the
    Participant's Share Account shall be paid in Shares, at which time the
    Shares shall be issued or transferred on the books of the Company.  All
    Shares to be transferred hereunder shall be transferred out of treasury
    shares to the extent available.  Fractional Shares shall not be
    transferred to a Participant, provided that in the case of a final
    payment under the Plan with respect to a Participant, any fractions
    remaining in the Participant's Share Account shall be rounded up to the
    next whole Share and that number of whole Shares shall be transferred to
    the Participant (or, after the Participant's death, to the Participants's
    Beneficiary).  If Shares are not traded on The New York Stock Exchange on
    any day on which a payment of Shares is to be made under the Plan, then
    that payment shall be made on the next day on which Shares are traded on
    The New York Stock Exchange.
    
    8.2.  Payment Options.  Prior to each calendar year, or within 30 days
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    after becoming a Participant, the Participant shall select a payment
    election with respect to the payment of any one or all of the
    Participant's Individual Accounts from the following payment elections:

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          (i)  a lump sum in January of the calendar year immediately
               following the calendar year in which the Participant ceases
               to be a Director; or
              
         (ii)  annual (or, in the case of the Deferred Compensation
               Account only, monthly) installments over a period of two to ten
               years commencing in January of the calendar year following the
               calendar year during which the Participant ceases to be a
               Director.
              
    If the payment option described in paragraph (i), above, has been
    elected, the amount of the lump sum with respect to the Participant's
    Deferred Compensation Account shall be equal to the amount credited to
    the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account as of the December 31
    next preceding the date of the payment, and the amount of the lump sum
    with respect to the Participant's Share Account shall be equal to the
    number of Shares credited to the Share Account as of the December 31 next
    preceding the date of payment.  If the payment option described in
    paragraph (ii), above, has been elected, the amount of each installment
    with respect to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account shall be
    equal to the amount credited to the Participant's Deferred Compensation
    Account as of the last day of the month next preceding the date of a
    
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    monthly installment payment, or the December 31 next preceding the date
    of an annual installment payment, divided by the number of installment
    payments that have not yet been made.  The amount of each installment
    with respect to the Participant's Share Account shall be equal to the
    number of Shares credited to the Participant's Share Account as of the
    December 31 next preceding the date of an annual installment payment,
    divided by the number of installment payments that have not yet been made.
    A Participant may elect that his final payment election may control
    over all prior payment elections.  If the Participant fails to elect a
    payment option, the amount credited to the Participant's Individual
    Account shall be distributed in a lump sum in accordance with the payment
    option described in paragraph (i), above.  If the amount credited to a
    Participant's Deferred Compensation Account or the value of Shares
    credited to a Participant's Share Account is less than $25,000, the
    Committee, in its sole discretion, may pay out the amount credited to the
    Participant's Individual Account in a lump sum.
   
    8.3.  Payment Upon Death.  Within a reasonable period of time following
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    the death of a Participant, the amount credited to a Participant's
    Deferred Compensation Account and all of the Shares credited to the
   
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    Participant's Share Account shall be paid by the Company in a lump sum
    to the Participant's Beneficiary. For purposes of this subsection 8.3,
    the amount credited to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account
    and the number of Shares credited to the Participant's Share Account
    shall be determined as of the date of payment.  A Participant may
    designate the Beneficiary, in writing, in a form acceptable to the
    Committee before the Participant's death.  A Participant may, before the
    Participant's death, revoke a prior designation of Beneficiary and may
    also designate a new Beneficiary without the consent of the previously
    designated Beneficiary, provided that such revocation and new designation
    (if any) are in writing, in a form acceptable to the Committee, and filed
    with the Committee before the Participant's death.  If the Participant
    does not designate a Beneficiary, or if no designated Beneficiary
    survives the Participant, any amount not distributed to the Participant
    during the Participant's life shall be paid to the Participant's estate
    in a lump sum in accordance with this subsection 8.3.
                 
    8.4.   Payment on Unforeseeable Emergency.  The Administrator may, in
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    its sole discretion, direct payment to a Participant of all or of any
    portion of the Participant's Individual Account balance, notwithstanding
    an election under subsection 8.2 above, at any time that it determines
   
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    that such Participant has an unforeseeable emergency, and then only to
    the extent reasonably necessary to meet the emergency.  For purposes of
    this section, "unforeseeable emergency" means severe financial hardship
    to the Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or
    accident of the Participant or of a dependent of the Participant, loss
    of the Participant's property due to casualty, or other similar
    extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of
    events beyond the control of the Participant.  The circumstances that
    will constitute an unforeseeable emergency will depend upon the facts of
    each case, but, in any case, payment may not be made to the extent that
    such hardship is, or may be, relieved --
            
       (i)  Through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or
            otherwise,
  
      (ii)  By liquidation of the Participant's assets, to the extent the
            liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe
            financial hardship, or
            
     (iii)  By cessation of deferrals under the Plan.

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    Examples of what are not considered to be unforeseeable emergencies
    include the need to send a Participant's child to college or the desire
    to purchase a home.
    
    Section 9.  Ownership of Shares.
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    A Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder of the Company with
    respect to any Shares until the Shares are transferred to the Participant
    on the books of the Company.
    
    Section 10.  Prohibition Against Transfer.
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    The right of a Participant to receive payments of Shares and cash under
    the Plan may not be transferred except by will or applicable laws of
    descent and distribution.  A Participant may not assign, sell, pledge, or
    otherwise transfer Shares or cash to which he is entitled hereunder prior
    to transfer or payment thereof to the Participant.
    
    Section 11.  General Provisions.
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    11.1.  Director's Rights Unsecured.  The Plan is unfunded.  The right
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    of any Participant to receive payments of cash or Shares under
    the provisions of the Plan shall be an unsecured claim against the
    general assets of the Company.

    11.2.  Administration.  Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the
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    Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have the
    authority to adopt rules and regulations for carrying out the Plan,
    and which shall interpret, construe, and implement the provisions of the
    Plan.
         
    11.3.  Legal Opinions.  The Committee may consult with legal counsel,
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    who may be counsel for the Company or other counsel, with respect to its
    obligations and duties under the Plan, or with respect to any action,
    proceeding, or any questions of law, and shall not be liable with
    respect to any action taken, or omitted, by it in good faith pursuant to
    the advice of such counsel.
   
    11.4.  Liability.  Any decision made or action taken by the Board of
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    Directors, the Committee, or any employee of the Company or any of its 
    subsidiaries, arising out of or in connection with the construction,

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    administration, interpretation, or effect of the Plan, shall be
    absolutely discretionary, and shall be conclusive and binding on all
    parties.  Neither the Committee nor a member of the Board of Directors
    and no employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall be liable
    for any act or action hereunder, whether of omission or commission, by
    any other member or employee or by any agent to whom duties in connection
    with the administration of the Plan have been delegated or, except in
    circumstances involving bad faith, for anything done or omitted to be
    done.
       
    11.5.  Withholding.  The Company shall have the right to deduct from all
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    payments hereunder any taxes required by law to be withheld from such
    payments.  The recipients of such payments shall bear all taxes on
    amounts paid under the Plan to the extent that no taxes are withheld
    thereon, irrespective of whether withholding is required.
         
    11.6.  Incapacity.  If the Committee determines that any person entitled
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    to benefits under the Plan is unable to care for his or here affairs
    because of illness or accident, any payment due (unless a duly qualified
    guardian or other legal representative has been appointed) may be paid
    for the benefit of such person to such person's spouse, parent, brother,
    sister, or other party deemed by the Committee to have incurred expenses
    for such person.

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    11.7.  Inability to Locate.  If the Committee is unable to locate a
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    person to whom a payment is due under the plan for a period of twelve
    (12) months, commencing with the first day of the month as of which the
    payment becomes payable, the total amount payable to such person shall
    be forfeited.
   
    11.8.  Legal Holidays.  If any day on (or on or before) which action
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    under the Plan must be taken falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
    holiday, such action may be taken on (or on or before) the next
    succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday;
    provided, that this subsection 11.8 shall not permit any action that must
    be taken in one calendar year to be taken in any subsequent calendar
    year.
   
    Section 12.  Amendment, Suspension, and Termination.
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    The Board of Directors shall have the right at any time, and from time
    to time, to amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan, provided that no
    
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    amendment or termination shall reduce the number of Shares or the cash
    balance in an Individual Account, and provided further that the number of
    Shares allocated annually pursuant to Section 6 hereof may not be changed
    more frequently than every calendar year.

    Section 13.  Applicable Law.
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    The Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
    laws of the State of Indiana, except to the extent that such laws are
    preempted by Federal law.
  
    Section 14.  Effective Date.
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    The effective date of this Plan is January 1, 1996.  Nothing herein shall
    invalidate or adversely affect any previous election, designation,
    deferral, or accrual in accordance with the terms of The Lilly Directors'
    Deferred Compensation Plan or The Lilly Non-Employee Directors' Deferred
    Stock Plan that were in effect prior to the effective date of this Plan.