Perrigo Closes Acquisition of Infant Formula Manufacturer PBM Holdings

ALLEGAN, Mich., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO;TASE) today announced that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of PBM Holdings, Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of infant formula for store brand markets. Headquartered in Gordonsville, Virginia, PBM manufactures and distributes over-the-counter (OTC) store brand infant formula and baby foods sold by retail supermarkets and pharmacies in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China.

Under the terms of the agreement, Perrigo acquired 100% of the shares of PBM Holdings, Inc. for $808 million in cash. Pursuant to the agreement, Perrigo and PBM expect to make an election under §338(h)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code that will increase Perrigo’s tax basis in the acquired assets and which is expected to result in cash tax savings of approximately $150 million to Perrigo over the next 15 years. Perrigo funded the transaction using approximately $193 million of cash on hand and $200 million borrowed under its existing debt agreements. The remaining funding came from a just completed $415 million private placement note issuance with a weighted average interest rate of 5.23%.

Perrigo Company is a leading global healthcare supplier that develops, manufactures and distributes OTC and generic prescription pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and consumer products.  The Company is the world's largest manufacturer of OTC pharmaceutical products for the store brand market. The Company's primary markets and locations of manufacturing and logistics operations are the United States, Australia, Israel, Mexico and the United Kingdom. Visit Perrigo on the Internet (http://www.perrigo.com).

Note: Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbor created thereby. These statements relate to future events or the Company's future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements of the Company or its industry to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or other comparable terminology. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections.  While the Company believes these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control. These and other important factors, including those discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended June 27, 2009, as well as the Company's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release are made only as of the date hereof, and unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Perrigo Company

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