Forest Laboratories Sends Open Letter to Shareholders

Forest Laboratories FRX today sent the following open letter to all Forest shareholders in connection with the Company's Annual Meeting, which will be held on August 18, 2011. August 16, 2011 Dear Fellow Shareholders, The Forest Annual Meeting will be held in less than three days, on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 10:00 am EDT. How you vote at this meeting will be critical to your investment and the future of your Company. You have the opportunity to support Forest and our ten talented and extremely experienced Board nominees, each of whom is committed to building value for all our shareholders and are the most qualified to lead this company forward. We are writing to ask for your support – which you can deliver by voting the WHITE card.