GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. 21, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- Blyth, Inc. (NYSE:BTH) today announced that the date of its Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be June 12, 2001. The meeting will take place at the Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830, commencing at 9:00 a.m. All stockholders of record as of April 16, 2001 will be eligible to vote.
Blyth, Inc., headquartered in Greenwich, designs, manufactures and markets an extensive line of candles and home fragrance products including scented candles, potpourri and environmental fragrance products, and markets a broad range of related candle accessories. Its products are sold direct to the consumer under the PartyLite(r) brand, to retailers in the mid-tier and premium retail channels, under the Colonial Candle of Cape Cod(r), Kate's Original Recipe(tm) and Carolina Designs(r) brands and in the mass retail channel under the Ambria(tm), Florasense(r) and FilterMate(r) brands. In Europe, its products are also sold under the Gies, Liljeholmens and Colony brands. Blyth also markets a broad range of non-fragranced products, including decorative seasonal products for the consumer market, under the Jeanmarie(r) and Impact(r) brand names, and portable heating fuel and tabletop illumination products for the hotel, restaurant and catering trade, under the Sterno(r) and Handy Fuel(r) brand names. Net Sales for the twelve months ended October 31, 2000 totaled $1,155,758,000.
Blyth, Inc. can be found on the Internet at www.blythinc.com.