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The Quigley Corporation Provides an Update of its Proposed Stock Dividend of Shares of Common Stock of Suncoast Naturals, Inc.
DOYLESTOWN, PA. - June 3, 2004 - The Quigley Corporation (Nasdaq: QGLY)
release dated February 19, 2003, announced a distribution of 500,000 shares of
common stock of Suncoast Naturals Inc., held in The Quigley Corporation's name,
to stockholders of record on March 6, 2003. The distribution was made
contingent upon the filing of a registration statement covering these shares by
Suncoast Naturals, Inc. and it being declared effective. The registration
statement is not yet effective, and thus, The Quigley Corporation will be
required to set a new record date and notify its stockholders once the
Securities and Exchange Commission declares the registration statement
effective.
About The Quigley Corporation
The Quigley Corporation (Nasdaq: QGLY, http://www.Quigleyco.com) is a leading
developer and marketer of diversified health products including the COLD-EEZE®
family of patented zinc gluconate glycine (ZIGG) lozenges and sugar free
tablets. COLD-EEZE is the only (ZIGG) lozenge proven in two double-blind
studies to reduce the duration of the common cold from 7.6 to 4.4 days or by
42%. In addition to Over-The-Counter (OTC) products, the Company has formed
Quigley Pharma Inc., (http://www.QuigleyPharma.com), a wholly owned ethical
pharmaceutical subsidiary, to introduce a line of naturally-derived patented
prescription drugs. The Quigley Corporation's customers include leading
national wholesalers and distributors, as well as independent and chain food,
drug and mass merchandise stores and pharmacies. The Quigley Corporation makes
no representation that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any other
regulatory agency will grant an IND or take any other action to allow the
aforementioned products to be studied or marketed. Furthermore, no claim is
made that the potential medicine discussed here is safe, effective, or approved
by the Food and Drug Administration.
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
involve known and unknown risk, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
the company's actual performance or achievements to be materially different
from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statement. Factors that impact such forward-looking statements
include, among others, changes in worldwide general economic conditions,
changes in interest rates, government regulations, and worldwide competition.
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