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RONKONKOMA, N.Y. June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc. (NYSE:NTY) (http://www.nbty.com/), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced the following preliminary unaudited net sales results for the month of May 2009 by segment: NBTY's preliminary unaudited net sales results for May 2009 by segment are as follows: NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited) FOR THE MONTH OF MAY ($In Millions) 2009 2008 % Change ---- ---- -------- Wholesale / US Nutrition $138 $96 43% North American Retail $18 $17 2% European Retail $51 $51 1% Direct Response / E-Commerce $16 $19 -16% Total $223 $184 22% ==== ==== === Leiner Health Products, acquired in July 2008, has been fully integrated into Wholesale / US Nutrition net sales. North American Retail same store sales increased 2% for the one month period. European Retail net sales for May 2009 include $9 million from Julian Graves, which NBTY acquired in September 2008. Excluding Julian Graves sales, European Retail net sales increased 6% in local currency (British Pound Sterling), and decreased 17% in US dollars for the period. NBTY's preliminary unaudited net sales results for the two months April and May 2009 by segment are as follows: NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited) FOR THE TWO MONTHS OF APRIL AND MAY ($In Millions) 2009 2008 % Change ---- ---- -------- Wholesale / US Nutrition $270 $201 34% North American Retail $35 $34 2% European Retail $99 $100 -1% Direct Response / E-Commerce $33 $37 -11% Total $437 $373 17% ==== ==== === Leiner Health Products, acquired in July 2008, has been fully integrated into Wholesale / US Nutrition net sales. North American Retail same store sales increased 2% for the two-month period. European Retail net sales for the two-month period of April and May 2009 include $18 million from Julian Graves, which NBTY acquired in September 2008. Excluding Julian Graves sales, European Retail net sales increased 6% in local currency (British Pound Sterling), and decreased 19% 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) (http://www.naturesbounty.com/), Vitamin World(R) (http://www.vitaminworld.com/), Puritan's Pride(R) (http://www.puritan.com/), Holland & Barrett(R) (http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/), Rexall(R) (http://www.rexall.com/), Sundown(R) (http://www.sundownnutrition.com/), MET-Rx(R) (http://www.metrx.com/), Worldwide Sport Nutrition(R) (http://www.sportnutrition.com/), American Health(R) (http://www.americanhealthus.com/), GNC (UK)(R) (http://www.gnc.co.uk/), DeTuinen(R) (http://www.detuinen.nl/), LeNaturiste(TM) (http://www.lenaturiste.com/), SISU(R) (http://www.sisu.com/), Solgar(R) (http://www.solgar.com/), Good 'n' Natural(R) (http://www.goodnnatural.com/), Home Health(TM) (http://www.homehealthus.com/), Julian Graves, and Ester-C(R) (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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