October 30, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Perrigo Co.’s (NASDAQ: PRGO) board has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per share. The new dividend represents a twelve percent increase over the $0.055 per share Perrigo paid in the last four quarters.

The dividend is payable on December 15 to shareholders of record on November 27

Allegan, Michigan-based Perrigo develops, manufactures and distributes over-the-counter and generic prescription pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, active pharmaceutical ingredients and consumer products.

The company lays claim to being the world’s largest manufacturer of OTC pharmaceutical products for the store brand market. Perrigo’s primary markets and locations of manufacturing facilities are the United States, Israel, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

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