Perrigo Company Will Release Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Results on February 3, 2009

ALLEGAN, Mich., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perrigo Company today announced that it will release financial results for its second quarter fiscal year 2009 on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at approximately 8:00 a.m. (ET). The Company will conduct a conference call at 10:00 a.m. (ET) hosted by Joseph C. Papa, Perrigo's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

The conference call will be available live via webcast to interested parties on the Perrigo website http://www.perrigo.com or by phone 877-248- 9413, International 973-582-2737 and reference ID# 80886866. A taped replay of the call will be available beginning at approximately 2:00 p.m. (ET) Tuesday, February 3, until midnight Friday, February 13, 2009. To listen to the replay, call 800-642-1687, International 706-645-9291, access code 80886866.

Perrigo Company is a leading global healthcare supplier that develops, manufactures and distributes over-the-counter (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).

CONTACT: Arthur J. Shannon, Vice President, Investor Relations and
Communication, +1-269-686-1709, ajshannon@perrigo.com; Daniel B. Willard,
Manager, Investor Relations and Communication, +1-269-686-1597,
dbwillard@perrigo.com, both of Perrigo Company

Web site: http://www.perrigo.com/