The Hain Celestial Group, headquartered in Melville, NY, is a leading natural and organic beverage, snack, specialty food and personal care products company in North America and Europe. Hain Celestial is a leader in almost all natural food categories— Beverages, Specialty Tea, Snacks, Grocery, Frozen Foods—and the natural Personal Care category with well-known brands that include:  Celestial Seasonings ® ,  Terra Chips ® ,  Garden of Eatin’ ® ,  Health Valley ® ,  WestSoy ® ,  Earth’s Best ® ,  Arrowhead Mills ® , Hain Pure Foods ® ,  Breadshop’s ® ,  Casbah ® ,  Carb Fit ™ ,  DeBoles ® ,  Nile Spice ® , Westbrae Natura l ® ,  Rice Dream ® ,  Imagine ® , Soy Dream ® ,  Walnut Acres Certified Organic ® ,  Rosetto ® ,  Ethnic Gourmet ® ,  Yves Veggie Cuisine ® , The Good Dog ® , and in Europe,  Lima ® ,  Biomarché ® ,  Grains Noirs ® ,  Natumi ® and  Milkfree ® . The Company’s principal specialty product lines include Hollywood ® cooking oils,  Estee ® sugar-free products,  Kineret ® kosher foods,  Boston Better Snacks ™ and  Alba Foods ® . The Company’s personal care products lines consist primarily of  JASON ® pure, natural and organic products. Hain Celestial’s corporate website is www.hain-celestial.com. The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. common stock trades on the NASDAQ ® National Market under the symbol HAIN. The following information has been summarized from our financial statements and should be read in conjunction with such financial statements and related notes: Years Ended June 30 (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) 2004 2003 2002 Net sales $544,058 $466,459 $395,954 Operating income 45,878 46,159 7,264 Net income 27,008 27,492 2,971  Net income per share — diluted $0.74 $0.79 $0.09 Capital expenditures $9,918 $9,157 $21,341 Depreciation and amortization 9,763 8,619 8,359 Property, plant and equipment, net 87,002 68,665 69,774 Working capital $129,949 $83,324 $70,942 Long-term debt 104,294 59,455 10,293 Shareholders’ equity 496,765 440,797 403,848 Average shares outstanding — diluted 36,308 34,722 34,744 Current ratio 2.90 2.26 2.27 Debt/equity 21.0% 13.5% 2.5% Shareholders’ equity per share — end of year $13.65 $12.89 $11.96 Our Company Financial Highlights www.hain-celestial.com 1 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS OUR COMP ANY 