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 