NBTY, the US-based manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements and owner of Holland & Barrett, Julian Graves and GNC in the UK; Vitamin World in the US and DeTuinen in the Netherlands amongst others, is to be sold to global investment firm Carlyle Group for $3.8 billion (£2.49 billion). The transaction, which is expected to close by the end of 2010, is still subject to stockholder approval.
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