RONKONKOMA, N.Y., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc. (NYSE:
NTY) (www.NBTY.com), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional
supplements, today announced that it will webcast the presentation by Harvey
Kamil, President and Chief Financial Officer of NBTY, at the B. Riley & Co.
Annual Las Vegas Institutional Investor Conference on Wednesday, March 18,
2009.
The presentation is scheduled to be webcast live on the Company Web site,
www.nbty.com, on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 1:00PM Pacific Time (4:00PM
Eastern Time).
NBTY's preliminary unaudited net sales results for February 2009 by
segment are as follows:
NET SALES
(Preliminary and Unaudited)
FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
($In Millions)
2009 2008 % Change
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Wholesale / US Nutrition $111 $81 38%
North American Retail $17 $17 1%
European Retail $42 $51 -18%
Direct Response / E-Commerce $17 $19 -10%
Total $187 $168 12%
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Wholesale / US Nutrition net sales for the month of February 2009 include
$33 million from Leiner which was acquired in July 2008. Without Leiner
sales, the Wholesale / US Nutrition net sales would have decreased 3% for the
one-month period. North American Retail same store sales increased 2% for the
one month period. European Retail net sales for February 2009 include $7
million from Julian Graves, which NBTY acquired in September 2008. Excluding
Julian Graves sales, European Retail net sales decreased 8% in local currency
(British Pound Sterling), and 32% in US dollars for the period.
NBTY's preliminary unaudited net sales results for the two months January
and February 2009 by segment are as follows:
NET SALES
(Preliminary and Unaudited)
FOR THE TWO MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
($In Millions)
2009 2008 % Change
---- ---- --------
Wholesale / US Nutrition $220 $164 34%
North American Retail $34 $34 1%
European Retail $88 $107 -18%
Direct Response / E-Commerce $38 $40 -6%
Total $380 $346 10%
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Wholesale / US Nutrition net sales for the two-month period of January and
February 2009 include $59 million from Leiner which was acquired in July 2008.
Without Leiner sales, the Wholesale / US Nutrition net sales would have
decreased 2% for the two-month period. North American Retail same store sales
increased 2% for the two-month period. European Retail net sales for the
two-month period of January and February 2009 include $15 million from Julian
Graves, which NBTY acquired in September 2008. Excluding Julian Graves sales,
European Retail net sales decreased 8% in local currency (British Pound
Sterling), and 32% in US dollars for the two-month period.
ABOUT NBTY
NBTY is a leading global vertically integrated manufacturer, marketer and
distributor of a broad line of high-quality, value-priced nutritional
supplements in the United States and throughout the world. Under a number of
NBTY and third party brands, the Company offers over 22,000 products,
including products marketed by the Company's Nature's Bounty(R)
(www.NaturesBounty.com), Vitamin World(R) (www.VitaminWorld.com), Puritan's
Pride(R) (www.Puritan.com), Holland & Barrett(R) (www.HollandAndBarrett.com),
Rexall(R) (www.Rexall.com), Sundown(R) (www.SundownNutrition.com), MET-Rx(R)
(www.MetRX.com), Worldwide Sport Nutrition(R) (www.SportNutrition.com),
American Health(R) (www.AmericanHealthUS.com), GNC (UK)(R) (www.GNC.co.uk),
DeTuinen(R) (www.DeTuinen.nl), LeNaturiste(TM) (www.LeNaturiste.com), SISU(R)
(www.SISU.com), Solgar(R) (www.Solgar.com), Good 'n' Natural(R)
(www.goodnnatural.com), Home Health(TM) (www.homehealthus.com), Julian Graves,
and Ester-C(R) (www.Ester-C.com) brands. NBTY routinely posts information
that may be important to investors on its web site.
SOURCE NBTY, Inc.
CONTACT: Harvey Kamil, NBTY, Inc.,
President & Chief Financial Officer,
+1-631-200-2020, or
Carl Hymans, G.S. Schwartz & Co.,
+1-212-725-4500,
carlh@schwartz.com/
Web Site: http://www.nbty.com /
(NTY NTY)
