Perrigo Co. Announces Dividend Increase

The Allegan generic drug and health care product manufacturer Perrigo Co. Wednesday announced that its board declared a quarterly dividend of seven cents per share.

The dividend is payable Dec. 14 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 26.

The new quarterly dividend represents a 12 percent increase over the dividend of 6.25 cents per share paid in the last four quarters.

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

More at www.perrigo.com.