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/C O R R E C T I O N -- NBTY, Inc./ In the news release, NBTY (NYSE:NTY) Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results, issued earlier today by NBTY, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the heading for the second half of the table titled "Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures" should read "THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003" rather than "2004" as incorrectly transmitted by PR Newswire. Complete, corrected table follows: Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures (Thousands) THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 Pretax Depreciation Income and (Loss) amortization Interest EBITDA Wholesale $ 14,298 $ 2,538 $ - $ 16,836 US Retail / Vitamin World (364) 2,339 1,975 European Retail / Holland & Barrett / GNC (UK) 36,094 2,489 38,583 Direct Response / Puritan's Pride 16,285 1,301 17,586 Segment Results 66,313 8,667 74,980 Corporate (32,837) 6,165 5,530 (21,142) Total $ 33,476 $ 14,832 $ 5,530 $ 53,838 THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 Pretax Depreciation Income and (Loss) amortization Interest EBITDA Wholesale $ 23,149 $ 1,443 $ - $ 24,592 US Retail / Vitamin World (1,983) 4,157 2,174 European Retail / Holland & Barrett / GNC (UK) 18,802 2,624 21,426 Direct Response / Puritan's Pride 17,440 1,429 18,869 Segment Results 57,408 9,653 67,061 Corporate (35,900) 4,692 5,674 (25,534) Total $ 21,508 $ 14,345 $ 5,674 $ 41,527 PRNewswire -- Dec. 14 DATASOURCE: NBTY, Inc. Web site: http://www.nbty.com/

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