Perrigo Company Announces Quarterly Dividend

Allegan-based Perrigo Co. (Nasdaq: PRGO) announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 6.25 cents per share.

The dividend will be paid Sept. 14 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 27.

Perrigo develops, manufactures and distributes over-the-counter and generic prescription pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, active pharmaceutical ingredients and consumer products. The company is the world's largest manufacturer of OTC pharmaceutical products for the store brand market. The company's primary markets and locations of manufacturing plants are the United States, Australia, Israel, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

More at www.perrigo.com.

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