The Perrigo Company (NASDAQ: PRGO) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of an additional $20 million of the Company's common stock under its ongoing share repurchase program. As of October 21, 2003, Perrigo had 69,872,968 common shares outstanding.
Under share repurchase authorizations since November 2000, Perrigo has repurchased approximately six million shares at a cost of approximately $67 million.
Perrigo Company is the nation's largest manufacturer of over-the-counter (non-prescription) pharmaceutical and nutritional products sold by supermarket, drug, and mass merchandise chains under their own labels. The Company's products include over-the-counter pharmaceuticals such as analgesics, cough and cold remedies, gastrointestinal, and feminine hygiene products, and nutritional products, such as vitamins, nutritional supplements and nutritional drinks. Visit Perrigo on the Internet (www.perrigo.com ).
SOURCE: Perrigo Company
CONTACT: Ernest J. Schenk, Manager, Investor Relations and Communication
of Perrigo Company, +1-616-673-9212, E-mail: investor@perrigo.com
Web site: http://www.perrigo.com/