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BOHEMIA, N.Y., April 5 /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 second quarter and six months ended March 31, 2007 by segment: NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited) FOR THE FISCAL SECOND QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31 ($ In Millions) 2007 2006 % Change Wholesale / US Nutrition $ 244 $ 216 13% North American Retail / Vitamin World $ 56 $ 62 -10% European Retail / Holland & Barrett / GNC(UK) $ 160 $ 143 12% Direct Response/ Puritan's Pride $ 48 $ 61 -21% Total $ 507 $ 482 5% European Retail net sales in local currency were unchanged from the prior like period. Vitamin World same store sales decreased 3% for the fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2007. NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited) FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31 ($ In Millions) 2007 2006 % Change Wholesale / US Nutrition $ 491 $ 440 11% North American Retail / Vitamin World $ 111 $ 120 -8% European Retail / Holland & Barrett / GNC(UK) $ 312 $ 283 11% Direct Response/ Puritan's Pride $ 100 $ 94 6% Total $ 1,014 $ 937 8% European Retail net sales in local currency were unchanged from the prior like period. Vitamin World same store sales decreased 1% for the six months ended March 31, 2007. 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.rexallsundown.com/), Sundown(R) (http://www.rexallsundown.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/) and Ester-C(R) (http://www.ester-c.com/) 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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