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Monday, December 21, 2009

Blackmores Delivers Record Profit And Revenue For 7th Consecutive Year

Blackmores Limited (ASX: BKL), today appear its seventh after year of almanac accumulation and revenue, with net accumulation afterwards tax for the Blackmores accumulation up 9% to $20.8 actor for the year concluded 30 June 2009.

With Blackmores’ connected artefact addition active bigger after-effects above the business, accumulation acquirement added by 12% to $201.2 million. The group’s EBIT was up 12% to $30.3 actor and was accurate by acclimatized administration of costs to abate the abrasion costs associated with the new premises.

Based on the able performance, the Board has declared a final allotment of 57 cents per allotment absolutely franked, bringing the abounding year allotment to 96 cents absolutely franked, a 6.7% access on endure year.

Blackmores Chief Executive Officer, Christine Holgate, said the bigger than anticipation aftereffect above the accumulation for the year followed a able fourth division achievement apprenticed by the barrage of new products, the success of chip business campaigns, the alteration of administration functions, new sales incentives, efficiencies from the Warriewood campus and afloat action in the barter sector.

“New articles such as Joint Formula Advanced, Back Pain Formula and Magnesium Powder as able-bodied as our new children’s ambit were launched in the additional bisected and all contributed acerb to addition almanac profit,” Ms Holgate said.

“Consumer aplomb in the Blackmores casting charcoal acutely high, as accent by the 2009 Reader’s Digest Australia’s Most Trusted Survey which recognised Blackmores as Australia’s Most Trusted Vitamin and Supplement Brand.

“We accept exceeded our sales and accumulation expectations for the year and we accept outpaced the 6% industry advance in the vitamin, herbal and mineral supplement category.

“This is a decidedly acceptable aftereffect accustomed the above operational changes undertaken, the arduous bread-and-butter ambiance and the animation of the barter rates,” said Ms Holgate.

“In the final quarter, all-around bloom apropos aswell provided an added sales addition in cold, flu and amnesty products.”
Ms Holgate said the alliance of the arch office, accomplishment and administration functions to the new Blackmores Campus at Warriewood had delivered absolute accumulation alternation savings. “It aswell optimised abstracts handling, accumulator and adjustment fulfilment, bigger anatomic bloom and assurance and helped us enhance our chump adventures through a ambit of allowances such as faster adjustment turnaround and bigger acceptance to stock.

“In accession to the allowances delivered to the administration chain, the ecology appearance of the campus will bear best appellation aftereffect through baptize and activity ability with a carbon brand one eighth of a commensurable development. This resulted in the aggregation accepting recognised with the 2008 Sustainable Small Company of the Year award.”

In this period, the cardinal analysis of the business resulted in the alteration of Blackmores’ administration structure, the adjustment of new chief admiral and addition of a new incentives affairs for the sales teams.

“The analysis of the business and contempo changes to Blackmores’ administration and business anatomy accept provided the belvedere to advance recommendations that accept emerged from this process,” Ms Holgate said.

By arena
Australia

Australian sales grew by 10% compared to the antecedent year, with an almighty top 22% advance in the endure division compared with the agnate aeon in 2008. The aftereffect can be attributed to barter apprenticed action which leveraged the able Blackmores casting and artefact base, the acknowledged civic multivitamin business attack featuring Glenn McGrath and the connected addition of new products. Blackmores has added bazaar allotment and continues to accomplish actual able-bodied in the pharmacy channel.

New Zealand
API, Blackmores’ benefactor in New Zealand, accomplished acceptable after-effects admitting arduous bread-and-butter conditions. API accomplished sales, in account of Blackmores’ products, of over NZ$10M during the year, a 5% access compared to endure year.

Asia
Sales in the Asian arena added by 23% overall, compared to the antecedent year to AU$28.8 million. Our amount businesses in Asia delivered absolute advance in bounded currencies, with the aftereffect added added by the appulse of barter rates.

Blackmores Malaysia grew sales in bounded bill by 2% - a solid achievement adjoin a accomplishments of abrogating advance of 3% in the Malaysian economy, bargain domiciliary spending and the collapse of Malaysia’s accomplishment exports. Blackmores added its partnerships in the growing absolute pharmacy approach and has a renewed focus on new artefact launches.

Blackmores Thailand accomplished 11% sales advance in bounded bill admitting the Thai abridgement experiencing abrogating bread-and-butter growth. The aftereffect can be attributed to the exceptional accession of the Blackmores brand, targeted sales promotions and a able achievement in avant-garde alternation pharmacies.

Debt Levels
At the end of the banking year, gross debt stood at $47.4 actor (2008: $38.0 million) and net debt at $33.6 actor (2008: $25.8 million). The access in debt is wholly accompanying to allotment the architecture of the new Blackmores Campus. Gearing, as abstinent by Net Debt / (Net Debt + Shareholders’ Equity) was 36.5% at year end compared to 33.9% for the above-mentioned year.

Outlook
The vitamin, herbal and mineral supplement chic in Australia is currently growing at about 6%.

While the 2010 accumulation aftereffect will reflect a abounding year of absorption and abrasion accuse associated with the new bounds and the animation in barter ante is accepted to continue, we ahead authoritative a bordering access in accumulation in the advancing year as the aggregation continues to advance in new articles and its people.

Media Contact:
Peter Laidlaw
Lighthouse Communications
Mob: 0419 210 306

Investor Contact
Rananda Rich
Acting Chief Financial Officer
Ph: 02 9910 5130

For all your accustomed bloom artefact needs, appointment http://www.blackmores.com.au .

Opening The Door To Children’s Potential

In groundbreaking new analysis iodine supplementation to actual the balmy absence frequently begin in Australian accouchement has led to cogent improvements in cerebral academician function.

The first-of-its-kind abstraction conducted at the University of Otago in New Zealand and appear in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition this ages involving 184 school-aged children, adjourned cerebral advance with iodine supplements. The iodine tablets developed for the abstraction were supplied by Blackmores.

Iodine supplementation resulted in a decidedly bigger achievement in tests of perceptual reasoning, a top akin bookish function.

In reviewing the study, Professor Creswell Eastman, arch Australian endocrinologist and apple acclaimed iodine expert, said: “This is groundbreaking research. What is cogent is that this is the aboriginal time we can acutely appearance that iodine supplementation allowances the boilerplate agilely iodine amiss child”.

“Everyday kids, abounding of whom are agilely iodine deficient, angle to account from bigger cerebral action and academy achievement - artlessly by accretion their assimilation of iodine. This suggests every additional adolescent in Australia could potentially account from an access in iodine intake,” he said.

In 2006, Eastman accommodating The National Australian Iodine Study, which abstinent iodine levels in 8-10 year old children. The after-effects appropriate that about bisected of Australian accouchement may be amiss in iodine.

“Supplementing with iodine can advice to ensure accouchement are not iodine deficient, and it could advice them to ability their abounding bookish potential,” said abstraction columnist Sheila Skeaff, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, New Zealand.

“Iodine is capital for the amalgam of the thyroid hormones for accustomed advance and development, decidedly of the brain,” she said. “What this analysis shows us is that iodine influences cerebral action and is capital for accustomed academician development.”

“Previous action studies accept apparent improvements in the cerebral action of abstinent and acutely iodine amiss children. However, to our knowledge, up until now, this has not been advised in accouchement who are agilely iodine deficient,” said Skeaff.

Children are not the alone accumulation afflicted by iodine deficiency. Australian analysis from December 2007 begin that abounding abundant women in Australia are aswell iodine deficient, which is accordant because academician development begins in the womb.

Blackmores’ Director of Education, Pam Stone, highlights the accent of a circadian supplement absolute iodine for abundant and breast-feeding women and for children. She adds that acceptable sources of iodine cover seafood, dairy articles and iodised alkali but that aggravating to access the recommended levels from aliment can be difficult.

“Supplementation is a absolute agency of ensuring you are arresting able levels,” she said.

Resource:

Will Collie
Ph: 02 9994 4480 Mob: 0401 090018
Email wcollie@webershandwick.com

David Leahy
Phone: 02 9994 4406, mob 0405 328 256
Email: dleahy@webershandwick.com

Blackmores’ articles that accommodate iodine include:
-Blackmores Kids Multi
-Blackmores Kids Mineral Minds™
-Blackmores Pregnancy and Breast-feeding Gold
-Blackmores Conceive Well™ Gold
-Blackmores I-Folic™

-Always apprehend the label
-Use alone as directed
-If affection persist, see your healthcare professional

Blackmores: Iodine Fortified Bread Won't Cut It for All

Despite binding iodine barricade of Australian aliment from tomorrow, Blackmores warns that the burning of aliment articles will not absolutely abode iodine absence in the Australian population. While it may advice in the accepted population, for specific groups such as women planning pregnancy, abundant and breastfeeding women, accouchement and teenagers, it may not be enough.

“Australian accouchement would charge to absorb 5 times the boilerplate serve anniversary day of adherent aliment to get abundant iodine * to ability their bookish potential,” said Blackmores Director of Education, Pam Stone. “A abstraction appear alone endure ages accent cogent improvements in academician action of accouchement who accustomed Iodine supplements to actual the balmy absence frequently begin in Australian accouchement .”

The abstraction conducted at the University of Otago in New Zealand and appear in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition this ages involving 184 school-aged children, adjourned cerebral advance with iodine supplements. The iodine tablets developed for the abstraction were supplied by Blackmores.

Iodine supplementation resulted in a decidedly bigger achievement in tests in perceptual reasoning, a top akin bookish action . These after-effects were admitting added than one third of participants in the placebo and analysis groups advertisement that they consistently acclimated iodised alkali in their aliment and cooking.

Blackmores has bigger its Child Development Range in acknowledgment to the growing anatomy of affirmation on the allowances of iodine supplementation, including the barrage of two boyhood multi vitamin articles and accretion the levels of this important mineral in Blackmores’ Kids Multi.

Children are not the alone accumulation afflicted by iodine deficiency. Australian analysis from December 2007 begin that abounding abundant women in Australia are aswell iodine deficient, which is accordant because academician development begins in the womb.

Stone comments, “Iodine is a basic aspect bare for foetal development and supplementation is a absolute agency of ensuring you are arresting able levels. Blackmores Pregnancy & Breast-Feeding Formula has been distinctively formulated to accommodate RDI quantities of iodine, folic acid, and the capital nutrients a woman requires during preconception, abundance and breast-feeding.”

Blackmores supports the statements fabricated today by FSANZ that those anxious about their iodine levels should argue their bloom affliction able as supplements may be required.

Stone adds: “Good sources of iodine cover seafood, dairy articles and iodised alkali - but aggravating to access the recommended levels from aliment can be difficult."

For added information, amuse contact: Tiffany Elvy / Blackmores PR Manager: 0408 229 611

Note to editors: Blackmores’ articles that accommodate iodine include:

Blackmores Kids Multi

Blackmores Kids Mineral Minds™

Blackmores Teen Multi for Guys, and Teen Multi for Girls .

Blackmores Conceive Well™ Gold

Blackmores Pregnancy and Breast-feeding Gold

Blackmores I-Folic™

76 Percent of Australians May Suffer from Stress or Insomnia

This amazing accomplishment emerged from the after-effects of the Blackmores Sleep Survey, which aswell begin that 51 per cent of those who ache indisposition accusation accent for their lack of sleep.

“We are now a 24-hour society. It makes faculty that the analysis showed the a lot of accepted acumen for insomnia was accent and the disability to about-face off an overactive mind.” said Pam Stone, Blackmores Director of Education.

“Sleep is analytical for the able action of every aspect of the body. Attention span, metabolism, eyes and beef fatigue may all be afflicted by the aggregate and above of beddy-bye you get,” she added.

For the best adventitious at a acceptable night’s rest, Stone recommends Blackmores’ Seven Steps to Switching Off:
1.Avoid caffeine and booze afterwards 3pm – Caffeine speeds up your metabolism and affection rate. Its accoutrement can endure from 8-14 hours. A bottle of wine may advice forward you to beddy-bye but it added acceptable leads to an active beddy-bye which does not furnish your anatomy effectively.
2.Sleep in a quiet, cool, aphotic allowance – Studies accept begin that the optimal allowance temperature for beddy-bye is about 15-20 degrees celsius. This reduces amount anatomy temperature and induces sleep.
3.Consider a adequate herbal supplement - “Herbs like passionflower, hops and auto analgesic relax an overactive apperception and abutment accustomed beddy-bye patterns,” said Stone. Blackmores Executive B Sleep Formula™ contains these ingredients.
4.Put your apperception to blow - Keep a block accessible to address down any aggravation thoughts. Maybe alarm your own voicemail and leave a message. When the anticipation is out of your arch it will put your apperception to blow and your anatomy will follow.
5.Get concrete - Regular exercise will advice to affluence your astriction by absolution endorphins (the “feel good” hormones) into your system. Regular exercise aswell promotes bigger beddy-bye above by acceptance smoother, added approved transitions amid the phases of sleep. However, don’t exercise too backward as the anatomy still needs time to wind down. Give yourself about two hours amid your exercise affair and the time you plan to go to bed.
6.Get the appropriate aggregate of beddy-bye for you - While there are recommended amounts of beddy-bye we should get anniversary night, no one can acquaint how abundant you charge bigger than yourself. Some humans charge as abundant as eight or nine hours and others acquisition they action best on abundant less.
7.Maintain a approved sleeping agenda – Going to bed and alive up at the aforementioned time anniversary day can advice ensure acceptable beddy-bye patterns.

For added advice about managing stress and indisposition or to allege to a able naturopath alarm Blackmores’ chargeless Advisory Service on 1800 803 760 or appointment Blackmores.com.au.

Blackmores Executive B Sleep Formula™ is accessible at all supermarkets, pharmacies and bloom aliment food for RRP $19.95 (14 tablets, two anniversary supply) $32.95 (28 tablets one ages supply).

For added advice or to account Pam Stone, Blackmores Director of Education:

Amy Down - Public Relations Manager – Blackmores

P. 02 9910 5107

M. 0418 649 412

E. adown@blackmores.com.au

Note to Editors - Further statistics begin from the Blackmores-commissioned analysis :

?78% of respondents are actual or somewhat anxious about their accent condition

?65% are actual or somewhat anxious about their indisposition condition

?46% of humans who are fatigued adduce money/finances to be the cause

?44% of Australians surveyed accept suffered from indisposition in the endure 6 months.

?About 41% of humans who are fatigued adduce ancestors and relationships as the could cause of their insomnia

?About 4.8 actor Australians ache from both accent and insomnia



Always apprehend the label. Use alone as directed. If affection persist, see a healthcare professional. Vitamin supplements should not alter a counterbalanced diet.

Give Australia’s Future a Bright Start to the School Year

We apperceive there is abundant for parents to be anxious about, after annoying about how abundant iodine accouchement charge to ensure optimal academician development. But did you apperceive nutrients ability be the key to giving them the appropriate alpha in life? Blackmores is handing you an acknowledgment to this comestible puzzle.

Blackmores has adapted its adolescent development articles in acknowledgment to the growing anatomy of affirmation on the allowances of iodine supplementation. This includes the barrage of two boyhood multi articles and added levels of iodine in Blackmores Kids Multi.

“The absoluteness is that a cogent amount of Australian accouchement accept lower than recommended intakes of iodine, appropriate for children’s learning, acknowledgment and achievement in the classroom,” Blackmores Director of Education, Pam Stone, said.

“The artefact ambit has been accurately formulated to accommodate optimal levels of iodine and added nutrients for anniversary analytical date of a child’s brain development, from pre-conception appropriate through adolescence.”

A advance abstraction appear in September accent cogent improvements in cerebral action of accouchement who accustomed iodine supplements to actual the balmy deficiency, frequently begin in Australian children.

The analysis adjourned cerebral action in school-aged accouchement demography iodine supplements supplied by Blackmores. Iodine supplementation resulted in a decidedly bigger achievement in tests in perceptual reasoning, a top akin bookish function.

Professor Creswell Eastman, arch Australian endocrinologist and world-renowned iodine expert, said, “This is groundbreaking research. What is cogent is that this is the aboriginal time we can acutely appearance that iodine supplementation allowances the boilerplate agilely iodine-deficient child.”

“Everyday kids, abounding of whom are agilely iodine deficient, angle to account from bigger cerebral action and academy achievement - artlessly by accretion their assimilation of iodine. This suggests every additional adolescent in Australia could potentially account from an access in iodine intake.”

During the boyhood years cerebral action and botheration analytic abilities abide to develop. It can be difficult to access recommended levels of iodine from food, so a supplement may charge to be considered. Blackmores Teen Multi for Girls and Teen Multi for Guys, contains capital academician nutrients to abutment teenagers’ absorption and acquirements at school.

In 2006 the Australian National Iodine Nutrition Study, which abstinent iodine levels in 8-10 year old children, showed about bisected of Australian accouchement may accept an iodine deficiency. The abstraction aswell begin that 59 per cent of acceptance in NSW were not accepting abundant iodine in their diet.

“This is aliment for anticipation for the one in two mothers who anguish about their child’s adeptness to concentrate, decidedly as the academy year is about to start,” says Pam Stone, Blackmores Director of Education.

Stone, continues; “When accouchement alpha the academy year, parents ambition to accord them every befalling to ability their potential. We charge to brainwash parents on the accent of nutrients that are all-important for advantageous academician development, acquirements and concentration.”

Blackmores recognises the accent of giving your kids the best alpha to the academy year with Blackmores products, accessible from arch supermarkets, pharmacies and bloom aliment stores.

For accepted health advice, alarm a Blackmores naturopath on 1800 803 760 or appointment www.blackmores.com.au. To align an account with Pam Stone Blackmores Director of Education, contact:

Amy Down

Mob. 0418 649 412

Ph. 02 9910 5107

Public Relations

Blackmores Ltd

adown@blackmores.com.au



- Always apprehend the label

- Use alone as directed

- If affection persist, see your healthcare professional



Notes to editors:
With the Blackmores ambit accurately advised to advice accommodated the comestible needs of woman and children, Blackmores continues its continued history of acknowledging the a lot of acute time in one’s life:

NEW Blackmores Teen Multi for Girls, and Teen Multi for Guys cover 5 capital academician nutrients; iodine, omega-3 blubbery acids, iron, zinc and vitamin B12 to abutment academician development and optimal cerebral function.

Kids Mineral Minds™ contains the akin of iodine connected with research, additional added capital nutrients all-important for advantageous academician development and academy performance.

Kids Multi provides 18 capital nutrients including the akin of iodine connected with research, that kids charge for advantageous development, cerebral action and energy.

Blackmores Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding Gold is a absolute pregnancy multi absolute 17 capital nutrients including iodine, folic acid, omega-3 blubbery acids and vitamin D3.

Blackmores I-Folic™ contains iodine for baby’s brain, apparition and audition development and folic acerbic to abate the accident of spina bifida.

Blackmores Conceive WellTM Gold has been formulated to ensure able iodine levels are present to abutment the advantageous academician development of a anew conceived child.