GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. 8, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Blyth, Inc. (NYSE:BTH) today announced that the date of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be Thursday, June 6, 2002. The meeting will take place at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich, 1800 East Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT 06870, commencing at 9:00 a.m. All shareholders of record as of April 8, 2002 will be eligible to vote.
Blyth, Inc., headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, 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(tm) brands and in the mass retail channel under the Florasense(r), Ambria(tm) and FilterMate(r) brands. In Europe, its products are also sold under the Gies, Colonial and Wax Lyrical brands. Blyth also markets a broad range of Creative Expressions and Foodservice products, including seasonal and home decor products under the Midwest of Cannon Falls(r) brand, decorative seasonal products under the Impact(tm) brand, 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 October 31, 2001 totaled $ 1,163.0 million.
Blyth, Inc. may be found on the Internet at www.blythinc.com.