The Perrigo Company (NASDAQ: PRGO) today announced it has acquired Peter Black Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. for approximately $13 million in cash. Based in Swadlincote, United Kingdom, privately held Peter Black Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. is the largest manufacturer of store brand vitamin and nutritional supplement products for grocery stores, pharmacies and contract customers in the U.K. Peter Black has pro-forma trailing 12-month sales of approximately $38 million and 250 employees.
Commenting on the transaction, Perrigo's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, David T. Gibbons, said, "We first invested in the United Kingdom with the acquisition of Wrafton Laboratories, Ltd. on June 29, 2001. With the acquisition of Peter Black, we have taken an important step in becoming one of the U.K.'s largest manufacturers of over-the-counter (non- prescription) pharmaceutical and nutritional products sold by supermarket, drug and mass merchandise retailers under their store brand labels. We intend to use this market leadership position to better serve our customers in the U.K."
Perrigo Company is the nation's largest manufacturer of over-the-counter 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 ).
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SOURCE: Perrigo Company
CONTACT: Ernest J. Schenk, Manager, Investor Relations and Communication
of Perrigo Company, +1-269-673-9212, E-mail: eschenk@perrigo.com
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