NBTY to Web Cast Presentation at Canaccord Adams Global Growth Conference; Announces Preliminary Unaudited Net Sales Results for
10 August 2009 - 9:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc.
(NYSE:NTY) (http://www.nbty.com/), a leading global manufacturer
and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced that it
will web cast the presentation by Harvey Kamil, President and Chief
Financial Officer of NBTY, at the Canaccord Adams Global Growth
Conference in Boston on Thursday, August 13, 2009. The presentation
is scheduled to be web cast live on the Company Web site,
http://www.nbty.com/, on Thursday, August 13 at 1:00PM Eastern
Time. NBTY's preliminary unaudited net sales results for July 2009
by segment are as follows: NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited)
FOR THE MONTH OF JULY ($In Millions) 2009 2008 % Change Wholesale /
US Nutrition $125 $105 19% North American Retail $17 $17 -2%
European Retail $55 $47 17% Direct Response / E-Commerce $19 $19 1%
------------------------------- Total $215 $188 15%
=============================== Leiner Health Products, which was
acquired on July 14, 2008, has been fully integrated into Wholesale
/ US Nutrition net sales. North American Retail same store sales
decreased 3% for the one month period. European Retail net sales
for July 2009 include $9 million from Julian Graves, which NBTY
acquired on September 16, 2008. Without Julian Graves sales,
European Retail net sales decreased 3%. In local currency (British
Pound Sterling), excluding Julian Graves sales, European Retail net
sales increased 19%. 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
(http://www.naturesbounty.com/), Vitamin World
(http://www.vitaminworld.com/), Puritan's Pride
(http://www.puritan.com/), Holland & Barrett
(http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/), Rexall
(http://www.rexall.com/), Sundown
(http://www.sundownnutrition.com/), MET-Rx (http://www.metrx.com/),
Worldwide Sport Nutrition (http://www.sportnutrition.com/),
American Health (http://www.americanhealthus.com/), GNC (UK)
(http://www.gnc.co.uk/), DeTuinen (http://www.detuinen.nl/),
LeNaturiste(TM) (http://www.lenaturiste.com/), SISU
(http://www.sisu.com/), Solgar (http://www.solgar.com/), Good 'n'
Natural (http://www.goodnnatural.com/), Home Health(TM)
(http://www.homehealthus.com/), Julian Graves, and Ester-C
(http://www.ester-c.com/) brands. NBTY routinely posts information
that may be important to investors on its web site. Contact: Harvey
Kamil Carl Hymans NBTY, Inc. G.S. Schwartz & Co. President
& Chief Financial Officer 212-725-4500 631-200-2020 DATASOURCE:
NBTY, Inc. CONTACT: Harvey Kamil, President & Chief Financial
Officer, NBTY, Inc., +1-631-200-2020; or Carl Hymans, G.S. Schwartz
& Co., +1-212-725-4500, Web Site: http://www.nbty.com/
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