ALLEGAN — Perrigo Co. (Nasdaq: PRGO) Thursday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 9 cents a share.

The dividend is payable on March 19, to shareholders of record on March 1.

From its beginnings as a packager of generic home remedies in 1887, Perrigo, based in Allegan, has grown to become a leading global developer, manufacturer and distributor of over-the-counter and generic prescription pharmaceuticals, nutritional products and active pharmaceutical ingredients and is the world’s largest manufacturer of OTC pharmaceutical products for the store brand market.

Perrigo’s offers its products across a wide variety of product categories primarily in the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Israel and Australia, as well as certain other markets throughout the world, including Canada, China and Latin America.

More at www.perrigo.com.