Johnson & Johnson Increases U.S. Investment To More Than $55 Billion Over The Next Four Years

March 21 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N:

• JOHNSON & JOHNSON INCREASES U.S. INVESTMENT TO MORE THAN $55 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS

• JOHNSON & JOHNSON - INVESTMENT REPRESENTS 25% INCREASE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS

• J&J: INCLUDES FOUR PLANNED NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, WITH GROUND-BREAKING TODAY IN NORTH CAROLINA ON $2 BILLION+ FACILITY

• J&J: TOTAL COMPANY U.S. ECONOMIC IMPACT ESTIMATED TO BE MORE THAN $100 BILLION PER YEAR

• JOHNSON & JOHNSON - NORTH CAROLINA FACILITY TO SUPPORT 5,000 JOBS DURING CONSTRUCTION, CREATE 500 POSITIONS

• J&J: NORTH CAROLINA FACILITY CREATE A $3 BILLION IMPACT ACROSS STATE IN FIRST 10 YEARS OF OPERATIONS