NBTY, Inc. Announces Closing of 7-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2015 and Call for Redemption of 8-5/8% Senior Subordinated
23 Settembre 2005 - 11:02PM
PR Newswire (US)
BOHEMIA, N.Y., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc.
(NYSE:NTY) (http://www.nbty.com/), a leading global manufacturer
and marketer of nutritional supplements, announced today that it
closed its previously announced offering of $200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 7-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015. In
addition, NBTY announced that it has called for redemption that
portion of its $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8-5/8%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the "Notes") that remains
outstanding on October 24, 2005, the redemption date. The
redemption price is equal to $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of
the Notes validly tendered, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
redemption date. On August 25, 2005, NBTY initiated a cash tender
offer (the "Offer") for any and all of the Notes. On September 23,
2005, NBTY announced the expiration of the Offer with a total of
$74,458,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered,
representing approximately 49.6% of the outstanding Notes. On
September 23, 2005, NBTY accepted and paid for the $74,458,000
aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered. This press release
shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of any
offer to purchase any of these securities, and shall not constitute
an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in
which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This
press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with
Rule 135c under the Securities Act. ABOUT NBTY NBTY is a leading
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 19,000 products,
including products marketed the Company's Nature's Bounty(R),
Vitamin World(R), Puritan's Pride(R), Holland & Barrett(R),
Rexall(R), Sundown(R), MET-Rx(R), WORLDWIDE Sport Nutrition(R),
American Health(R), GNC (UK)(R), DeTuinen(R), LeNaturiste(TM),
SISU(R) and Solgar(R) brands. This release contains certain
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to our
financial condition, results of operations and business. These
forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
terminology such as "subject to," "believe," "expects," "plan,"
"project," "estimate," "intend," "may," "will," "should," "can," or
"anticipates," or the negative thereof, or variations thereon, or
comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy. Although all
of these forward looking statements are believed to be reasonable,
they are inherently uncertain. Factors which may materially affect
such forward-looking statements include: (i) slow or negative
growth in the nutritional supplement industry; (ii) interruption of
business or negative impact on sales and earnings due to acts of
war, terrorism, bio-terrorism, civil unrest or disruption of mail
service; (iii) adverse publicity regarding nutritional supplements;
(iv) inability to retain customers of companies (or mailing lists)
recently acquired; (v) increased competition; (vi) increased costs;
(vii) loss or retirement of key members of management; (viii)
increases in the cost of borrowings and/or unavailability of
additional debt or equity capital; (ix) unavailability of, or
inability to consummate, advantageous acquisitions in the future,
including those that may be subject to bankruptcy approval or the
inability of NBTY to integrate acquisitions into the mainstream of
its business; (x) changes in general worldwide economic and
political conditions in the markets in which NBTY may compete from
time to time; (xi) the inability of NBTY to gain and/or hold market
share of its wholesale and/or retail customers anywhere in the
world; (xii) unavailability of electricity in certain geographical
areas; (xiii) the inability of NBTY to obtain and/or renew
insurance and/or the costs of the same; (xiv) exposure to and
expense of defending and resolving, product liability claims and
other litigation; (xv) the ability of NBTY to successfully
implement its business strategy; (xvi) the inability of NBTY to
manage its retail, wholesale, manufacturing and other operations
efficiently; (xvii) consumer acceptance of NBTY's products; (xviii)
the inability of NBTY to renew leases for its retail locations;
(xix) the inability of NBTY's retail stores to attain or maintain
profitability; (xx) the absence of clinical trials for many of
NBTY's products; (xxi) sales and earnings volatility and/or trends
for the Company and its market segments; (xxii) the efficacy of
NBTY's Internet and on-line sales and marketing strategies; (xxiii)
fluctuations in foreign currencies, including the British Pound,
the Euro and the Canadian dollar; (xxiv) import- export controls on
sales to foreign countries; (xxv) the inability of NBTY to secure
favorable new sites for, and delays in opening, new retail
locations; (xxvi) introduction of and compliance with new federal,
state, local or foreign legislation or regulation or adverse
determinations by regulators anywhere in the world (including the
banning of products) and more particularly proposed Good
Manufacturing Practices in the United States, the Food Supplements
Directive and Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive in
Europe and Section 404 requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002; (xxvii) the mix of NBTY's products and the profit margins
thereon; (xxviii) the availability and pricing of raw materials;
(xxix) risk factors discussed in NBTY's filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission; (xxx) adverse effects on NBTY
as a result of increased gasoline prices and potentially reduced
traffic flow to NBTY's retail locations; (xxxi) adverse tax
determinations; (xxxii) the loss of a significant customer of the
Company; and (xxxiii) other factors beyond the Company's control.
Since the first time NBTY will be required to comply with the
certification and other requirements of Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will be for NBTY's fiscal year ending
September 30, 2005, NBTY cannot provide assurances that NBTY, or
NBTY's auditors, will not conclude that there are one or more
material weaknesses in NBTY's internal controls or that measures
NBTY has taken to comply with Section 404 will be sufficient to
meet the requirements thereof. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements. NBTY cannot guarantee
future results, trends, events, levels of activity, performance or
achievements. NBTY does not undertake and specifically declines any
obligation to update, republish or revise forward- looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof
or to reflect the occurrences of unanticipated events.
Consequently, such forward-looking statements should be regarded
solely as NBTY's current plans, estimates and beliefs. 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 of NBTY, Inc., +1-631-200-2020; or Carl Hymans of
G.S. Schwartz & Co., +1-212-725-4500, or , for NBTY, Inc. Web
site: http://www.nbty.com/
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