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Table of Contents
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholder and Board of Directors of General Nutrition Centers, Inc.:
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive
income, of stockholder's equity and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of General Nutrition Centers, Inc.
and its subsidiaries at December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2008
and the period from March 16, 2007 through December 31, 2007 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the index appearing under item 15(a)(2), present fairly,
in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. These
financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for uncertain tax
positions in 2007.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 16, 2009 63