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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Coty Inc. Announces Agreement With Katherine Heigl

Coty Inc. Announces Agreement With Katherine Heigl

Grey's Anatomy Actress Signed as Face for New Nautica Women's Fragrance

NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Coty Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with actress Katherine Heigl to be the face of the first new women's fragrance from Nautica(R) following the signing of a global licensing agreement to create new fragrances and beauty products. The fragrance will debut early next year.

This is the first time the beautiful Grey's Anatomy star appears in a fragrance advertising campaign. Heigl is confident and elegant, yet casual and carefree.

"We are delighted to collaborate with Nautica(R) and spokesmodel Katherine Heigl to introduce the new women's fragrance," said Bernd Beetz, CEO of Coty Inc. "Katherine is beautiful, graceful and an inspiring actress who best personifies the values of the Nautica(R) brand."

"I am thrilled to work with Coty and Nautica(R) on this new fragrance campaign," said Heigl. "Partnering with these two highly successful companies makes this a very exciting and rewarding experience for me."

About Coty Inc.

Coty was created in Paris in 1904 by Francois Coty who is credited with founding the modern fragrance industry.

Today, Coty Inc. is the world's largest fragrance company and a recognized leader in global beauty with annual net sales of $2.9 billion. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, passion, innovation and creativity, Coty Inc. has developed an unrivaled portfolio of notable brands and delivers its innovative products to consumers in 91 markets worldwide.

The Coty Prestige brand portfolio is distributed in prestige and ultra- prestige stores and includes Calvin Klein, Cerruti, Chloe, Chopard, Davidoff, Jennifer Lopez, Jette Joop, Jil Sander, JOOP!, Kenneth Cole, L.A.M.B. fragrance Gwen Stefani, Lancaster, Marc Jacobs, Nautica, Nikos, Sarah Jessica Parker, Vera Wang and Vivienne Westwood.

The Coty Beauty brand portfolio is more widely distributed and includes adidas, Aspen, Astor, Baby Phat, Celine Dion, Chupa Chups, David and Victoria Beckham, Desperate Housewives, Esprit, Exclamation, Isabella Rossellini, Jovan, Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue, mary-kateandashley, Miss Sixty, Miss Sporty, Phat Farm, Pierre Cardin*, Rimmel, Shania Twain, Stetson, and Vanilla Fields.

Coty and Puig have a strategic partnership for the distribution of the perfume lines of Nina Ricci, Carolina Herrera, Prada, Paco Rabanne and Comme des Garcons in the U.S.

For additional information about Coty Inc., please visit http://www.coty.com/.

*European license only.

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Source: Coty Inc.

CONTACT: Alana Stahl of Coty Inc., +1-212-389-7214

Web site: http://www.coty.com/

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