Exhibit 99.1
Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. Prices Secondary Offering
North Bergen, NJ (May 19, 2010) — Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (NYSE: VSI) today announced that the public offering of 6,236,320 shares of its common stock has priced at $23.50 per share. All of the shares of common stock are being sold by certain stockholders of Vitamin Shoppe. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 935,448 shares from the selling stockholders.
The selling stockholders will receive all of the proceeds from this offering, and Vitamin Shoppe will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in this offering. Irving Place Capital Partners II, L.P. is the principal stockholder of Vitamin Shoppe and is a selling stockholder in this offering. In addition, members of management of Vitamin Shoppe and certain of its other equity holders are also selling stockholders in the offering.
J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch and Barclays Capital are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Stifel Nicolaus, Baird and Piper Jaffray are the co-managers of the offering.
The public offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from either:
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
BofA Merrill Lynch
4 World Financial Center
New York, NY 10080
Attention: Preliminary Prospectus Department
Email: Prospectus.Requests@ml.com
Barclays Capital
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
A registration statement relating to shares of the common stock of Vitamin Shoppe has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.
Vitamin Shoppe is a specialty retailer and direct marketer of nutritional products based in North Bergen, New Jersey. The company sells vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, herbs, sports nutrition formulas, homeopathic remedies, green living products and health and beauty aids to customers located primarily in the United States.
Investor Contact:
Michael Archbold
Chief Financial Officer
201-624–3611
ir@vitaminshoppe.com
Media Contact:
Susan McLaughlin
Director Corporate Communications
201-624-3134
smclaughlin@vitaminshoppe.com
Or:
Allison & Partners
Jill Yaffe
646-428-0602
vitaminshoppe@allisonpr.com