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RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc. (NYSE:NTY) (http://www.nbty.com/), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced that Arthur Rudolph, its Founder and a member of its Board of Directors, has adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan to sell a portion of his NBTY stock over time, as part of his long term strategy of asset diversification and liquidity. The stock trading plan was adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and NBTY's policies with respect to insider trading. Rule 10b5-1 allows corporate officers and directors to adopt written, pre-arranged stock trading plans when they do not have material, non-public information. Using these plans, insiders can diversity their investment portfolios and can avoid concerns about whether they had material, non-public information when they sold their stock. Under his Rule 10b5-1 plan, which is effective as of December 2, 2008, Mr. Rudolph may sell up to 240,000 shares of NBTY stock over a period of two years, starting in December 2008 and terminating in December 2010, subject to certain price targets and other restrictions. Mr. Rudolph's previously announced Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan will terminate on December 1, 2008. No shares had been sold under the prior plan as of November 13, 2008. 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 of NBTY, Inc., +1-631-200-2020; or Carl Hymans of G.S. Schwartz & Co., for NBTY, Inc., +1-212-725-4500, Web Site: http://www.nbty.com/

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