Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Amendment No. 1 to Loan Agreement

Reference is hereby made to that certain Credit Agreement by and among Forest Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto (together with the Company, the "Borrowers"), the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereof and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent"), dated as of December 7, 2007 (the "Credit Agreement"). A copy of the Credit Agreement has been previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 7, 2007.

On October 19, 2012, the Borrowers, the Required Lenders (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Administrative Agent, entered into an Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement (the "Amendment No. 1"), which amendment increased the amount of investments, loans or advances permitted under Section 6.04(f) of the Credit Agreement from $100,000,000 to $200,000,000.

This description of the Amendment No. 1 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amendment No. 1 filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 .

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits: Exhibit Number Exhibit 10.1 Amendment No. 1 dated October 19, 2012 to the Credit Agreement dated December 7, 2007, by and among Forest Laboratories, Inc., Forest Laboratories Holdings Limited, Forest Laboratories Ireland Limited, Forest Finance B.V., Forest Laboratories UK Limited, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.