Perrigo Company to Join the NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning December 6, 2011
December 01 2011 - 8:05PM
Perrigo Company (Nasdaq:PRGO) will become a component of the
NASDAQ-100 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX), the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index
(Nasdaq:NDXE) and the NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector Index (Nasdaq:NDXX)
prior to market open on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Perrigo Company
will replace Joy Global Inc. (Nasdaq:JOYG).
Perrigo Company is headquartered in Allegan, Michigan and has a
market capitalization of approximately $8.4 billion. For more
information about the company, go to www.perrigo.com.
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