GREENWICH, Conn., May 29, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- Blyth, Inc. (NYSE:BTH) today announced that Company management will make a presentation to analysts and portfolio managers at The Wall Street Analyst Forum's Institutional Investor Conference in New York City on Tuesday, June 5 at 9:30 a.m. eastern time. Approximately 80 publicly traded companies will be presenting at the Conference.
The presentation will be an introduction and overview of Blyth, a unique consumer products company. Analysts and portfolio managers who wish to attend should contact The Wall Street Analyst Forum at (802)253-7596 to request additional information. Investors may access an Internet Webcast of the presentation using the link http://www.corporate-ir.net/media_files/priv/21180/WSAF/schedule/060501.htm.
Blyth, Inc., headquartered in Greenwich, designs, manufactures and markets an extensive line of candles and home fragrance products including scented candles, potpourri and other fragranced 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, Colony and Wax Lyrical brands. Blyth also markets a broad range of creative expressions and Foodservice products, including decorative seasonal products under the Midwest of Cannon Falls(r) and Impact(tm) brand names, paper-related products under the Jeanmarie(r) brand and tabletop illumination products and portable heating fuel for the hotel, restaurant and catering trade, under the Ambria(tm), Sterno(r) and HandyFuel(r) brand names. Net Sales for the twelve months ended April 30, 2001 totaled $1,167 million.
Blyth, Inc. may be found on the Internet at www.blythinc.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. Actual results could differ materially due to various factors, including the risk of a continuing weakness of the retail environment, the effects of our restructuring, the risk of maintaining the Company's growth rate, the Company's ability to respond to increased product demand, the risks (including foreign currency fluctuations) associated with international sales and foreign products, the risks of being able to recruit new independent sales consultants, dependence on key management personnel, competition in terms of price and new product introductions, and other factors described in this press release, in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 2000 and in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2001.