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BOHEMIA, N.Y., Dec. 12 /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 November 2006 by segment: NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited) FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER ($ In Millions) 2006 2005 % Change Wholesale / US Nutrition $75 $65 16% North American Retail / Vitamin World $18 $19 (-8%) European Retail / Holland & Barrett / GNC (UK) $51 $45 13% Direct Response/ Puritan's Pride $18 $13 38% Total $161 $142 14% European Retail net sales in local currency increased 3% in November 2006. Vitamin World same store sales decreased 1% in November 2006. NBTY's preliminary unaudited net sales results for the two months October and November 2006 and 2005 respectively by segment are as follows: NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited) FOR THE TWO MONTHS OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER ($ In Millions) 2006 2005 % Change Wholesale/ US Nutrition $163 $142 14% North American Retail / Vitamin World $36 $38 (-6)% European Retail / Holland & Barrett / GNC (UK) $101 $93 8% Direct Response/ Puritan's Pride $30 $23 29% Total $329 $297 11% European Retail net sales in local currency decreased 1% for the two-month period of October and November 2006. Vitamin World same store sales increased 1% for the two-month period of October and November 2006. ABOUT NBTY NBTY is a global 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 22,000 products, including products marketed by 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), Solgar(R) and Ester-C(R) brands. 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, , for NBTY, Inc. Web site: http://www.nbty.com/

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