NBTY Acquisition of Julian Graves Unconditional... ( RONKONKOMA N.Y. July 22 /- NBTY...)

NBTY Acquisition of Julian Graves Unconditionally Cleared

Date:7/22/2009

RONKONKOMA, N.Y., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc. (NYSE: NTY) (www.NBTY.com), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced that its acquisition of Julian Graves has been unconditionally cleared in the United Kingdom by the provisional findings of the Competition Commission. The Competition Commission is expected to make its final decision on or before September 3, 2009.

NBTY's subsidiary, NBTY Europe, purchased Julian Graves, a chain of 350 food and confectionary stores in the U.K., on September 16, 2008, for approximately $25 million USD.

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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) (www.NaturesBounty.com), Vitamin World(R) www.VitaminWorld.com), Puritan's Pride(R) (www.Puritan.com), Holland & Barrett(R) (www.HollandAndBarrett.com), Rexall(R) (www.Rexall.com), Sundown(R) (www.SundownNutrition.com), MET-Rx(R) (www.MetRX.com),

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