form144_090711.htm
 


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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 144
 
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
 
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
 
ELAN CORP PLC
 
  
(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
98-0487435
(c) S.E.C. FILE NO

..
001-13896
 
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
STREET
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
(e) TELEPHONE NO.
 
Treasury Building
Lower Grand Canal Street      
 
 Dublin 2, Ireland
 
 
 
00000
AREA CODE
 
 011 3531
NUMBER
 
709 4000
2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
 
William F. Daniel
 
(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
 
 
 
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO
      ISSUER
 
Officer
 
(d) ADDRESS STREET
 
Treasury Building
Lower Grand Canal Street
 
CITY
 
Dublin 2, Ireland
 
STATE
 
 
 
ZIP CODE
 
00000
 

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
 
3 (a)
(b)
SEC USE ONLY
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Title of the
Class of
Securities
To Be Sold
 
Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom
the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market
Maker who is Acquiring the Securities
 
 
Broker-Dealer
File Number
Number of Shares
or Other Units
To Be Sold
(See instr. 3(c))
Aggregate
Market
Value
(See Instr.3(d))
Number of Shares
or Other Units
Outstanding
(See instr. 3(e))
Approximate
Date of Sale
(See instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.)
Name of Each
Securities
Exchange
(See instr. 3(g))
Ordinary Shares   
 J&E Davy (trading as Davy Stockbrokers)
49 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
 
  
15,000
€106,500
(as of 9/6/11)
587,003,661
9/2/2011
Irish Stock Exchange
 American Depositary Shares, par value 5 Euro Cent  J&E Davy (trading as Davy Stockbrokers)
49 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Ireland		    19,000  $190,760
(as of 9/6/11)		  587,003,661  9/2/2011  New York Stock Exchange


INSTRUCTIONS:
 
1.
(a)
Name of issuer
3.
(a)
Title of the class of securities to be sold
 
(b)
Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
  
(b)
Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
 
(c)
Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
  
(c)
Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
 
(d)
Issuer's address, including zip code
  
(d)
Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing
 
(e)
Issuer's telephone number, including area code
    
of this notice
       
(e)
Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof
2.
(a)
Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
    
outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
 
(b)
Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
  
(f)
Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
 
(c)
Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
  
(g)
Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
   
stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
      
 
(d)
Such person's address, including zip code
      
 
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TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
Title of
the Class
Date you
Acquired
 
Nature of Acquisition Transaction
Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)
Amount of
Securities Acquired
Date of
Payment
 
Nature of Payment
Ordinary Shares   
 
 
 
11/9/2001
 
 
Received upon exercise of employee stock options
 
Elan Corporation , plc
 
 
15,000
 
 
11/9/2001
 
Cash Payment
of exercise price
 
 American Depositary Shares  2/14/2003  Open market purchase  Unknown
(in each case, American Depositary Shares purchased in secondary market transactions through broker)		  19,000  2/14/2003  Cash

INSTRUCTIONS:
If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
    

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
 
 
Nature and Address of Seller
 
Title of Securities Sold
 
Date of Sale
Amount of
Securities Sold
 
Gross Proceeds
         

REMARKS:

 
INSTRUCTIONS:
 
ATTENTION:
 
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.
 
9/7/11      
DATE OF NOTICE
 
/s/ William F. Daniel                              
(SIGNATURE)
   

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
 
ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)