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* Fiscal first quarter revenue of $480 million represents an increase of $97 million, or 25 percent, from first quarter last year

ALLEGAN, Mich., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO; TASE) today announced results for its fiscal year 2009 first quarter that ended September 27, 2008.

                               Perrigo Company
                   (in thousands, except per share amounts)

                                        Fiscal 2009           Fiscal 2008
                                      1st Quarter Ended     1st Quarter Ended
                                          9/27/08               9/29/07
    Net Sales                            $480,236              $382,740
    Reported Net Income                   $37,958               $34,019
    Adjusted Net Income                   $38,597               $34,019
    Diluted EPS                             $0.40                 $0.36
    Adjusted Diluted EPS                    $0.41                 $0.36
    Diluted Shares                         94,568                94,884

Net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 were $480.2 million, an increase of 25 percent. Reported net income was $37.9 million, or $0.40 per share, compared with $34.0 million, or $0.36 per share, a year ago, an increase of 12 percent. Excluding a loss on the exchange of property of the Company's UK vitamin business, first quarter fiscal 2009 adjusted net income was $38.6 million, or $0.41 per share.

(Refer to Table II at the end of this press release for additional adjustments in the current year period and additional non-GAAP disclosure information.)

Perrigo Chairman and CEO Joseph C. Papa stated, "Fiscal 2009 is off to the strong start we had anticipated. In the first quarter, we achieved both record sales and record earnings, with our new products contributing $71 million to top line growth. This past quarter, the over-the-counter (OTC) category grew more than 4% versus first quarter last year. In the same period, store brands grew nearly 13%. We believe that store brand offerings will continue to perform well as consumers realize the value of Perrigo's product offering in this challenging economy."

Consumer Healthcare

Consumer Healthcare segment net sales in the first quarter were a record $366.2 million compared with $268.3 million in the first quarter last year, an increase of $97.9 million or 37 percent. The sales increase resulted from $66.8 million in revenue from new product sales led by Omeprazole, several Cetirizine products and the newly launched Famotidine Complete.

Reported operating income was $59.1 million, compared with $30.0 million a year ago as a result of increased sales from new products and international growth.

On August 11, the Company announced it began shipping Famotidine Complete chewable tablets (famotidine 10 mg; calcium carbonate 800mg; magnesium hydroxide 165 mg), the national brand equivalent to Pepcid Complete(R), to customers across the U.S. under their store brand labels. It is estimated that Pepcid Complete(R) has annual sales of approximately $100 million. The new store brand product is indicated for heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach.

On September 16, the Company announced that it acquired JB Laboratories for approximately $44 million, which includes debt assumed. Based in Holland, Michigan, privately-held JB Laboratories is a contract manufacturer of OTC and nutrition products for leading healthcare suppliers. The acquisition is expected to add more than $70 million of annual sales. Revenues and income related to this transaction will first be reflected in the second quarter 2009 financial statements.

On September 18, the Company announced that the Hatch-Waxman litigation relating to Miconazole Nitrate Vaginal Cream and Suppository between Johnson & Johnson and Perrigo was dismissed. Following FDA approval, Perrigo will begin marketing its product under store brand and value brand labels to its customers. Monistat(R) -1 has annual retail sales of approximately $80 million. Upon receiving final regulatory approval, Perrigo expects to launch this product with 180 day first-to-file exclusivity.

Rx Pharmaceuticals

The Rx Pharmaceutical segment net sales were $33.2 million compared with $35.0 million a year ago. Operating income was $1.8 million, compared with $7.4 million last year. This year's results included service and royalty revenues of $1.6 million down from $5.8 million last year.

On September 8, the Company announced that it acquired the exclusive rights to sell and distribute Levocetirizine tablets, the generic version of UCB's Xyzal(R) tablets, from Synthon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Synthon believes it has a first to file Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) that will entitle it to 180 days of generic exclusivity upon approval. Synthon and UCB are currently engaged in Paragraph IV/Hatch-Waxman litigation over the Synthon ANDA filing. Xyzal(R) is indicated for the treatment of indoor and outdoor allergies. It is estimated that it has annual sales of approximately $200 million growing at 15% per year, according to data provided by Wolters, Kluwer.

API

The API segment reported net sales of $34.2 million compared with $38.8 million a year ago, reflecting lower sales in several key products. Operating income was $0.4 million, compared with $7.3 million last year, reflecting lower sales volume, an unfavorable sales mix and higher production costs.

Other

The Other category, consisting of Israel Consumer Products and Israel Pharmaceutical and Diagnostic Products segments, reported net sales of $46.6 million, compared with $40.7 million a year ago. Operating income was $1.2 million, compared with $2.6 million last year.

Unallocated Expenses

In the fiscal 2009 first quarter, unallocated expenses were $3.9 million compared with $0.7 million a year ago. The increase was due primarily to the absence this year of a favorable legal settlement in the first quarter last year.

Perrigo's Chairman and CEO Joseph C. Papa concluded, "We are truly in the right place at the right time. I am very pleased with the momentum we have built and our strong balance sheet. We are confident in our ability to generate strong operating cash flow in the remainder of the year as seasonal inventory builds are sold through. Given our strong start to the year and our recent acquisitions, we are increasing our full year earnings guidance. We are now estimating adjusted earnings between $1.92 and $2.00 per share, excluding the $0.6 million loss on the exchange of property in the UK. Reported earnings per share are expected to be between $1.91 and $1.99 per share. Looking ahead, Perrigo will continue to make quality healthcare more affordable for our customers and drive value for our shareholders."

Perrigo will host a conference call to discuss fiscal 2009 first quarter results at 10:00 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, November 6. The conference call will be available live via web cast to interested parties on the Perrigo website http://www.perrigo.com or by phone 888-694-4676, International 404-665-9919, and reference ID# 70124252. A taped replay of the call will be available beginning at approximately 2:00 p.m. (ET) Thursday, November 6, until midnight Friday, November 14, 2008. To listen to the replay, call 800-642-1687, International 706-645-9291, access code 70124252.

Perrigo Company is a leading global healthcare supplier that develops, manufactures and distributes OTC and 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 facilities are the United States, 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 28, 2008, 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.



                               PERRIGO COMPANY
                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                   (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                 (unaudited)

                                              First Quarter
                                          2009              2008

    Net sales                           $480,236          $382,740
    Cost of sales                        336,021           265,469
    Gross profit                         144,215           117,271

    Operating expenses
       Distribution                        7,969             7,074
       Research and development           18,224            16,320
       Selling and administration         59,341            47,218
         Total                            85,534            70,612

    Operating income                      58,681            46,659
    Interest, net                          5,846             4,655
    Other (income) expense, net              115              (573)

    Income before income taxes            52,720            42,577
    Income tax expense                    14,762             8,558

    Net income                           $37,958           $34,019

    Earnings per share
       Basic                               $0.41             $0.37
       Diluted                             $0.40             $0.36

    Weighted average shares outstanding
       Basic                              92,787            93,142
       Diluted                            94,568            94,884

    Dividends declared per share          $0.050            $0.045



                               PERRIGO COMPANY
                    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                (in thousands)

                                          September 27, June 28, September 29,
                                              2008        2008        2007
    Assets                                 (unaudited)             (unaudited)
    Current assets
       Cash and cash equivalents             $249,328    $318,604     $46,837
       Investment securities                       14         560      32,487
       Accounts receivable, net               340,138     350,272     283,443
       Inventories                            448,386     399,972     314,597
       Current deferred income taxes           44,477      43,342      41,372
       Income taxes refundable                    468       6,883       5,596
       Prepaid expenses and other
        current assets                         25,863      37,226      23,010
              Total current assets          1,108,674   1,156,859     747,342

    Property and equipment                    747,235     745,840     665,239
       Less accumulated depreciation         (381,468)   (388,945)   (343,033)
                                              365,767     356,895     322,206

    Restricted cash                           400,000     400,000     400,000
    Goodwill                                  262,195     282,417     199,730
    Other intangible assets                   223,460     229,327     187,467
    Non-current deferred income taxes          63,130      74,737      49,184
    Other non-current assets                   70,145      74,842      40,723
                                           $2,493,371  $2,575,077  $1,946,652

    Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
    Current liabilities
       Accounts payable                      $270,614    $253,307    $170,639
       Notes payable                              -           -        11,677
       Payroll and related taxes               51,506      77,140      38,425
       Accrued customer programs               50,025      53,668      48,638
       Accrued liabilities                     52,703      56,958      44,142
       Current deferred income taxes           18,839      24,493      15,214
       Current portion of long-term debt       21,163      20,095      15,314
              Total current liabilities       464,850     485,661     344,049

    Non-current liabilities
       Long-term debt                         893,433     895,095     642,629
       Non-current deferred income taxes      130,234     139,212     101,424
       Other non-current liabilities          116,596     121,394      87,324
              Total non-current liabilities 1,140,263   1,155,701     831,377

    Shareholders' equity
       Preferred stock, without par value,
        10,000 shares authorized                  -           -           -
       Common stock, without par value,
        200,000 shares authorized             468,798     488,537     521,117
       Accumulated other comprehensive
        income                                 96,167     155,184      47,864
       Retained earnings                      323,293     289,994     202,245
              Total shareholders' equity      888,258     933,715     771,226
                                           $2,493,371  $2,575,077  $1,946,652

    Supplemental Disclosures of Balance
     Sheet Information
       Allowance for doubtful accounts         $9,531      $9,931      $8,622
       Working capital                       $643,824    $671,198    $403,293
       Preferred stock, shares issued             -           -           -
       Common stock, shares issued             92,891      93,311      93,566



                               PERRIGO COMPANY
               CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                (in thousands)
                                 (unaudited)

                                                        First Quarter
                                                    2009             2008
     Cash Flows (For) From Operating Activities
        Net income                                 $37,958          $34,019
        Adjustments to derive cash flows
           Depreciation and amortization            16,767           15,570
           Share-based compensation                  2,754            1,958
           Income tax benefit from
            exercise of stock options                  345              705
           Excess tax benefit of stock
            transactions                            (1,685)            (570)
           Deferred income taxes                   (13,677)             710
        Sub-total                                   42,462           52,392


        Changes in operating assets and
         liabilities, net of asset and business
         acquisitions and restructuring
           Accounts receivable                      15,669           (3,389)
           Inventories                             (40,317)         (21,356)
           Income taxes refundable                    (468)          (6,883)
           Accounts payable                          7,259            7,665
           Payroll and related taxes               (29,037)          (7,437)
           Accrued customer programs                (3,643)             420
           Accrued liabilities                      (4,471)          (3,584)
           Accrued income taxes                      6,228            9,729
           Other                                     7,285             (563)
        Sub-total                                  (41,495)         (25,398)
              Net cash from operating activities       967           26,994

     Cash Flows (For) From Investing
      Activities
        Purchase of securities                         -            (73,418)
        Proceeds from sales of securities              -             89,182
        Cash acquired in asset exchange              2,115              -
        Acquisition of business, net of
         cash acquired                             (14,839)             -
        Acquisition of intangible assets            (1,000)         (12,401)
        Additions to property and equipment         (5,913)          (4,364)
              Net cash for investing activities    (19,637)          (1,001)

     Cash Flows (For) From Financing Activities
        Repayments of short-term debt, net         (11,006)             (99)
        Borrowings of long-term debt                   -             30,000
        Repayments of long-term debt               (14,287)         (38,000)
        Excess tax benefit of stock transactions     1,685              570
        Issuance of common stock                     5,481            4,155
        Repurchase of common stock                 (29,314)          (4,280)
        Cash dividends                              (4,659)          (4,214)
              Net cash for financing activities    (52,100)         (11,868)

             Net increase (decrease) in
              cash and cash equivalents            (70,770)          14,125
     Cash and cash equivalents, at
      beginning of period                          318,604           30,305
     Effect of exchange rate changes on cash         1,494            2,407
     Cash and cash equivalents, at end
      of period                                   $249,328          $46,837

     Supplemental Disclosures of Cash
      Flow Information
        Cash paid/received during the period for:
           Interest paid                            $9,860          $11,254
           Interest received                        $7,209           $5,189
           Income taxes paid                       $12,050           $3,612
           Income taxes refunded                    $1,016           $1,003



                                   Table I
                               PERRIGO COMPANY
                             SEGMENT INFORMATION
                                (in thousands)
                                 (unaudited)

                                                         First Quarter
                                                    2009              2008
    Segment Sales
      Consumer Healthcare                         $366,202          $268,259
      Rx Pharmaceuticals                            33,175            34,960
      API                                           34,243            38,814
      Other                                         46,616            40,707
                Total                             $480,236          $382,740

    Segment Operating Income (Loss)
      Consumer Healthcare                          $59,115           $30,018
      Rx Pharmaceuticals                             1,784             7,445
      API                                              435             7,276
      Other                                          1,249             2,630
      Unallocated expenses                          (3,902)             (710)
                Total                              $58,681           $46,659



                                   Table II
                               PERRIGO COMPANY
                     RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES
                   (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                 (unaudited)

                                                      First Quarter
                                                    2009          2008

    Net sales                                     $480,236      $382,740

    Reported operating income                      $58,681       $46,659
      Loss on asset exchange                           639           -
    Adjusted operating income                      $59,320       $46,659
    Adjusted operating income %                      12.4%         12.2%

    Reported net income                            $37,958       $34,019
      Loss on asset exchange (1)                       639           -
    Adjusted net income                            $38,597       $34,019

    Diluted earnings per share
      Reported                                       $0.40         $0.36
      Adjusted                                       $0.41         $0.36

    Diluted weighted average shares outstanding     94,568        94,884

    (1) No tax impact


                             Table II (Continued)
                             REPORTABLE SEGMENTS
                     RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES
                   (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                 (unaudited)

                                                    First Quarter
                                                2009              2008
    Consumer Healthcare
    Net sales                                 $366,202          $268,259

    Reported operating expenses                $50,192           $42,338
      Loss on asset exchange                      (639)              -
    Adjusted operating expenses                $49,553           $42,338
    Adjusted operating expenses %                13.5%             15.8%

    Reported operating income                  $59,115           $30,018
      Loss on asset exchange                       639               -
    Adjusted operating income                  $59,754           $30,018
    Adjusted operating income %                  16.3%             11.2%



                                  Table III
                                2009 GUIDANCE
                     RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES
                                 (unaudited)

                                                     Full Year
                                                Fiscal 2009 Guidance

    Reported earnings per share range             $1.91 - $1.99
      Loss on asset exchange                          $0.007
      Charge associated with
       inventory step-up                               $0.002
    Adjusted earnings per share range             $1.92 - $2.00

SOURCE Perrigo Company

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