NORWALK, CT (February 21, 2006) - Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), a global provider of weight-management, nutritional supplements and personal care products, today announced a partnership with Velocity Sports & Entertainment, a premier sponsorship and lifestyle marketing agency.

Herbalife has hired Velocity to maximize the value of its current and future sponsorship assets, as well as to provide an innovative approach to the emerging health and wellness category through sports, entertainment, and event marketing. Velocity will be supporting Herbalife's efforts to extend its overall brand strategy into sponsorship activation programs while leveraging Herbalife's global portfolio of sports and entertainment partnerships.

As one of the largest network marketing companies in the world, Herbalife has recently bolstered its presence at fitness and sporting events through partnerships with cutting-edge properties such as the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, the Tour of California bicycle road race, the Los Angeles Galaxy, and the Home Depot Center, as well as triathlons and other fitness and sporting events around the world.

"Sporting and fitness events give us a tremendous opportunity to promote our brand in an environment where Herbalife distributors can reach new customers outside their current channel of distribution," said Greg Probert, president and chief operating officer of Herbalife. “By engaging Velocity Sports & Entertainment, we will build upon our current promotional activities, and seek new alliances and/or sponsorships that strategically fit within our business."

"We are thrilled to be working with Herbalife and partnering with a brand that is the undisputed leader in health and wellness through direct selling", said Harlan Stone, Principal at Velocity Sports & Entertainment. "With their 26 year history of changing people's lives, we are excited to be a part of Herbalife's future."

About Herbalife

In addition to events previously mentioned, Herbalife is the official nutrition sponsor of the London Michelob ULTRA Triathlon, Nautica Malibu Triathlon, Laguna Phuket Triathlon and participated in Trofeu Brasil de Triathlon in 2005. It is the main sponsor of the Gerardmer Triathlon in Nice, France and associate sponsor of the Ironman France. The company also sponsors UK-based triathlete Olly Freeman and U.S. triathlete Erika Aklufi.

Herbalife is a global network marketing company that sells weight management, nutritional supplement and personal care products intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold in 61 countries through a network of more than one million independent distributors. More information can be found at www.herbalife.com.

About Velocity Sports & Entertainment

Established in 1999, Velocity has five U.S. offices located in Norwalk (Conn.), Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington DC, and a U.K. operation based in London. The agency specializes in helping clients maximize the value of sports and entertainment sponsorship and lifestyle marketing efforts. In PROMO Magazine's annual ranking of U.S. promotion agencies, Velocity ranks second overall and is the top-ranked sports and entertainment marketing agency. This ranking reflects the exceptional growth the agency has experienced in the past two years, as well as Velocity's creative and strategic ability to launch sponsorship and lifestyle marketing programs. Velocity clients include IBM, FedEx, Cingular Wireless, Eli Lilly, Motorola, ConAgra Foods, Toyota, and Schick.

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