NTY Nbty Inc.

BOHEMIA, N.Y., Jan. 16 /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 fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2006 by segment: NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited) FOR THE FISCAL FIRST QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31 ($ In Millions) 2006 2005 % Change Wholesale / US Nutrition $247 $224 10% North American Retail / Vitamin World $55 $58 -6% European Retail / Holland & Barrett / GNC (UK) $153 $140 10% Direct Response/ Puritan's Pride $52 $33 56% Total $506 $455 11% European Retail net sales in local currency were unchanged from the prior like period. Vitamin World same store sales increased 2% for the fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 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, NBTY, Inc., President & Chief Financial Officer, +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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