Elan Corporation PLC Announces Publication of EGM Circular in Respect of Proposed Demerger

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) today announced the publication and filing of a circular to shareholders convening an extraordinary general meeting (“EGM”) to be held in the Davenport Hotel, 8/10 Merrion Street Lower, Dublin 2, Ireland at 10.00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at which a resolution in connection with the proposed demerger of Elan’s Neotope business (now referred to as the Prothena Business), originally announced on August 13, 2012, will be considered and voted on.