EXHIBIT 99.4
GENERAL NUTRITION CENTERS, INC.
OFFER TO EXCHANGE ALL OUTSTANDING
8 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2010
FOR
8 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2010
THAT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
PURSUANT TO THE PROSPECTUS, DATED ________, 2004
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME,
ON , 2004, UNLESS EXTENDED (THE "EXPIRATION DATE"). TENDERS MAY BE
WITHDRAWN PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.
To: BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES AND OTHER NOMINEES:
General Nutrition Centers, Inc. (the "Company") is offering, upon and
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus, dated ,
2004 (the "Prospectus"), and the enclosed letter of transmittal (the "Letter of
Transmittal"), to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") its 8 1/2% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2010, that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, for its outstanding 8 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010 (the "Old
Notes"). The Exchange Offer is being made in order to satisfy certain
obligations of the Company contained in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated
December 5, 2003, by and among the Company, as issuer, the guarantors referred
to therein and the initial purchasers referred to therein.
We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold Old
Notes regarding the Exchange Offer. For your information and for forwarding to
your clients for whom you hold Old Notes registered in your name or in the name
of your nominee, or who hold Old Notes registered in their own names, we are
enclosing the following documents:
1. Prospectus dated , 2004;
2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the
information of your clients;
3. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the
Exchange Offer if certificates for Old Notes are not immediately
available or time will not permit all required documents to reach the
Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) or if
the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely
basis;
4. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for
whose account you hold Old Notes registered in your name or the name of
your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients'
instructions with regard to the Exchange Offer;
5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification
Number on Substitute Form W-9; and
6. Return envelopes addressed to U.S. Bank National
Association, the Exchange Agent, for the Exchange Offer.
YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00
P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 2004, UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY (THE
"EXPIRATION DATE"). OLD NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAY BE
WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.
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To participate in the Exchange Offer, a duly executed and properly
completed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or Agent's Message (as
defined in the Letter of Transmittal) in lieu thereof), with any required
signature guarantees and any other required documents, should be sent to the
Exchange Agent and certificates representing the Old Notes should be delivered
to the Exchange Agent, all in accordance with the instructions set forth in the
Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus.
If a registered holder of Old Notes desires to tender Old Notes, but
such Old Notes are not immediately available, or time will not permit such
holder's Old Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent
before the Expiration Date, or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be
completed on a timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the
guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus under the caption
"The Exchange Offer--Guaranteed Delivery Procedures."
The Company will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial
banks and trust companies for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses
incurred by them in forwarding the Prospectus and the related documents to the
beneficial owners of Old Notes held by them as nominee or in a fiduciary
capacity. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes
applicable to the exchange of Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except
as set forth in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.
Any inquiries you may have with respect to the procedure for tendering
Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, or requests for additional copies of
the enclosed materials, should be directed to U.S. Bank National Association,
the Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer, at its address and telephone number
set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.
Very truly yours,
GENERAL NUTRITION CENTERS, INC.
NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY
PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY
OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF
THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN
THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
Enclosures
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