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Fortune Small Business Ranks Reliv International Among America's Fastest-Growing Small Companies

SB Informer
Friday, June 30, 2006; 08:30 AM

Chesterfield, Mo. - Fortune Small Business this week announced that Reliv International, Inc. has been ranked 55th on the sixth annual FSB 100 list of the fastest growing small companies in America. The list, which is comprised of public companies, appears in the July/August issue of Fortune Small Business and is available at FSB.com.

"We are very pleased to be ranked among the fastest growing small companies for the second straight year," said R. Scott Montgomery, senior vice president of worldwide operations at Reliv. "We achieved another record year in sales and earnings in 2005. We attribute our success to Reliv's science- based products that are simple to understand and use, and to the expertise and passion of our loyal, outstanding distributors."

California tops the list of the states with the most companies on the Fortune Small Business 100 with 18 companies, followed by Texas with 12, New York with eight and New Jersey with seven.

To compile the sixth annual list, Fortune Small Business asked financial research firm Zacks to rank public companies with revenues less than $200 million and a stock price of more than $1, based on their percentage growth in earnings, revenue, and stock performance over the past three years. Banks and real estate firms were excluded.

Reliv International, Inc. (Nasdaq: RELV - News), based in suburban St. Louis, MO, is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of a proprietary line of nutritional supplements addressing basic nutrition, specific wellness needs, weight management and sports nutrition. Reliv International's common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under the symbol RELV. Additional information about Reliv International, Inc. can be obtained on the Web at http://www.reliv.com.

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