NTY Nbty Inc.

BOHEMIA, N.Y., June 13 /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 May 2007 by segment: NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited) FOR THE MONTH OF MAY ($ In Millions) 2007 2006 % Change Wholesale / US Nutrition $ 76 $ 78 -2% North American Retail $ 19 $ 19 -1% European Retail $ 53 $ 49 8% Direct Response/E-commerce $ 17 $ 18 -5% Total $ 166 $ 164 1% European Retail net sales in local currency increased 2% for May 2007. North American Retail same store sales increased 3% in May 2007. NBTY's preliminary unaudited net sales results for the two months April and May 2007 by segment are as follows: NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited) FOR THE TWO MONTHS APRIL AND MAY ($ In Millions) 2007 2006 % Change Wholesale / US Nutrition $ 159 $ 156 1% North American Retail $ 37 $ 40 -6% European Retail $ 102 $ 91 12% Direct Response/E-commerce $ 31 $ 33 -6% Total $ 329 $ 320 3% European Retail net sales in local currency increased 3% for the two month period of April and May 2007. North American Retail same store sales decreased 2% for the two month period of April and May 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 NBTY, Inc. President & Chief Financial Officer 631-200-2020 Carl Hymans G.S. Schwartz & Co. 212-725-4500 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, Web site: http://www.nbty.com/

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