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BLYTH INDUSTRIES, INC.
100 FIELD POINT ROAD
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 06830
(203) 661-1926
May 9, 2000
Supplement to Proxy Statement dated April 28, 2000
Dear Stockholder:
In our Proxy Statement dated April 28, 2000 for our 2000 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K which accompanied our Proxy
Statement, the number of our outstanding shares of Common Stock was incorrectly
stated due to incorrect information provided to us by our transfer agent. The
correct number of shares outstanding on April 17, 2000, the Record Date for the
2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, was 47,935,520 shares, not the 49,313,820
shares reported on Page 2 of our Proxy Statement and on the cover page of our
Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, as a result of the foregoing, the
Common Stock beneficial ownership percentages listed in the Proxy Statement,
under the caption "Item 1 Election of Directors--Security Ownership of
Management and Certain Beneficial Owners", are slightly understated (but by no
more than nine-tenths of one percent (0.9%) in any one case). The remainder of
the Proxy Statement, the Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Notice of Annual
Meeting of Stockholders and the Proxy Card are unchanged.
We hope you can attend the Annual Meeting in person to vote your shares.
However, regardless of whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, you
are urged to vote, sign, date and mail the Proxy Card which has been previously
provided to you.
We appreciate your prompt and careful consideration of this and the other
materials which have been delivered to you in connection with the Annual
Meeting.
Sincerely,
Bruce D. Kreiger
Secretary
