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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.12

                           KNOW-HOW LICENSE AGREEMENT

         This KNOW-HOW LICENSE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated December 5,
2003, (the "Effective Date") is made and entered into by and between N.V.
Nutricia, a company organized under the laws of The Netherlands (hereinafter the
"Licensor"), and General Nutrition Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation
(hereinafter the "Licensee").

         WHEREAS, Licensor possesses certain valuable confidential and
proprietary technical know-how, expertise and other information useful in the
manufacture of certain product compositions set forth on Exhibit A, attached
hereto and incorporated herein.

         WHEREAS, Licensee desires to obtain, and Licensor desires to grant, a
limited right and license, under the terms of this Agreement, to use certain
Technical Information (as hereinafter defined) only to manufacture Products (as
hereinafter defined) solely within the Protected Business (as defined in that
certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2003, among Royal Numico
N.V., Numico USA, Inc. and Apollo GNC Holding, Inc., as amended (the "Purchase
Agreement")).

         WHEREAS, this Agreement is made pursuant to and is subject to the terms
and conditions of the Purchase Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

1.       DEFINITIONS

         1.1      As used in this Agreement, the capitalized terms set forth
herein shall have the following meanings:

                  (a)      "PRODUCTS" means those certain products to be
         manufactured by Licensee pursuant to certain separate patent rights
         obtained from Licensor as of the date hereof.

                  (b)      "TECHNICAL INFORMATION" means all of Licensor's
         proprietary and confidential information , including without limitation
         engineering, scientific and practical information and formulas,
         manufacturing procedures, know-how, expertise and specifications, used
         in or related to the product compositions on Exhibit A manufactured
         pursuant to certain separate patent rights obtained from Licensor as of
         the date hereof, as such product compositions currently exist on the
         Effective Date.

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                  (c)      "TERM" means the term of this Agreement as further
         defined in Article 6 below.

         1.2      Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Purchase Agreement.

2.       LICENSE GRANT

         2.1      Licensor hereby grants to Licensee, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, a limited, personal, non-exclusive, royalty-free
right and license, without the right to sublicense, except as specifically set
forth in Section 2.2 and 2.4, to use the Technical Information only to
manufacture Products solely within the Protected Business.

         2.2      The right and license granted to Licensee is personal to
Licensee. Licensee shall not at any time: (a) sublicense such right, or assign
or transfer such right and license granted herein to any Person, except an
Affiliate of Licensee, without the prior written consent of Licensor; nor (b)
permit any Lien upon such right and license. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
Agreement shall be assignable as of right with any transfer of substantially all
the assets and the entire business associated therewith of the Licensee provided
that: (i) Licensee is in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement; (ii) the acquiror of such assets and business agrees in writing
to assume all obligations of Licensee under this Agreement pursuant to an
instrument in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Licensor; and (iii)
Licensee gives Licensor prior written notice of such transfer and the identity
of such acquiror. Any attempted assignment or other transfer in contravention of
this Section 2.2 shall be void and ineffective.

         2.3      Licensee shall restrict its use of the Technical Information
for Products within the Protected Business only and covenants not to use the
Technical Information for Products or any other purpose outside the Protected
Business.

         2.4      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
Licensee agrees to accept the right and license granted in this Article 2
subject to any licenses or other rights of third parties under agreements
executed by Licensor prior or subsequent to the date of this Agreement.

         2.5      In the event Licensee desires to contract with a third party
to manufacture the Products using the licensed Technical Information, Licensee
shall immediately notify Licensor and identify such third party. The third party
shall execute a written agreement, including terms no less restrictive than the
terms of this Agreement. Such written agreement shall be subject to Licensor's
approval prior to: its execution by such third party; any disclosure of
Technical Information to such third party; and manufacturing of any Products by
such third party.

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3.       DISCLOSURE OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION

         3.1      Licensor will make a single disclosure of all written
Technical Information to Licensee within forty-five (45) days after the
Effective Date.

         3.2      Licensor will make its representatives with knowledge of the
Technical Information available for an in-person meeting or teleconference with
designated representatives of Licensee in order to disclose Technical
Information not in written form within three (3) months of the Effective Date;
provided that such meeting takes place at a mutually agreeable date and time and
if in-person in a location designated by Licensor in Wageningen, Holland.

4.       CONFIDENTIALITY

         4.1      Licensee shall treat and maintain all Technical Information as
confidential and proprietary, regardless if such Technical Information has been
marked or otherwise identified as confidential. All such Technical Information
is and shall remain the exclusive property of Licensor. Licensee shall not
disclose such Technical Information to any third party other than as expressly
permitted in this Agreement.

         4.2      Upon receiving Technical Information, Licensee shall keep such
Technical Information in strict confidence using measures equal to those
utilized by Licensee for safeguarding its own confidential and proprietary
information, but in no event, less than commercially reasonable methods for
protecting confidentiality, and shall use the Technical Information only for
purposes expressly granted in this Agreement.

         4.3      Licensee shall be permitted to disclose the Technical
Information to Licensee's employees, on a need to know basis and subject to the
terms of this Agreement in order to exploit the right and license granted in
this Agreement; provided that, Licensee's employees are aware of and expressly
agree in a separate written instrument to comply with the terms of this
Agreement. Licensee shall be responsible for its employees holding the Technical
Information in trust and confidence.

         4.4      Within thirty (30) days after termination of this Agreement,
Licensee shall surrender to Licensor, all Technical Information in any written,
recorded or other tangible form, including without limitation, all notes,
memoranda, software (in any version or form), notebooks, drawings, prototypes or
models (including all copies thereof) related to or associated with the
Technical Information, that are then in the possession or control of Licensee or
any Affiliate of Licensee.

         4.5      Technical Information disclosed hereunder is not or will no
longer be deemed to be confidential information for purposes of this Agreement
if: (a) Licensee can demonstrate by written records prepared prior to the
receipt of

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such Technical Information that Licensee was in possession of such Technical
Information before disclosure; (b) the Technical Information is or becomes
publicly available through no fault of Licensee; (c) the Technical Information
is lawfully obtained by Licensee from a third party under no obligation of
confidentiality regarding such Technical Information; or (d) the Technical
Information is designated in writing by Licensor as non-confidential.

         4.6      In the event that Licensee is or may be required by law or
court order to disclose any Technical Information, Licensee shall: (a) provide
to Licensor immediate written notice of the same; and (b) cooperate with
Licensor to take all reasonable actions to prevent such disclosure, to limit the
scope of same and to obtain protective orders to protect the confidentiality of
such Technical Information, including, without limitation, filing motions and
otherwise making appearances before the court.

         4.7      The obligations of confidentiality and use with respect to
Technical Information under this Agreement shall survive termination of this
Agreement.

5.       COSTS; EXPENSES AND TAXES

         5.1      Except as otherwise provided herein, each party shall bear its
own costs and expenses incurred by it in performing its obligations hereunder.

         5.2      Each party shall be responsible for payment of any applicable
sales, use and income taxes, including any privilege or excise taxes in the
nature of sales or use taxes, and other similar charges imposed upon it by any
jurisdiction arising from the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement.

6.       TERM AND TERMINATION

         6.1      The Term of this Agreement shall run from the Effective Date
of this Agreement and continue in full force and effect thereafter until
terminated, as set forth herein below:

                  (a)      Licensor shall have the right to terminate this
         Agreement without judicial resolution upon written notice to the other
         party of a material breach of any provision of this Agreement by such
         other party that is not cured within thirty (30) days after such
         notice.

                  (b)      This Agreement shall be terminated immediately upon
         Licensor and Licensee reaching mutual agreement to so terminate this
         Agreement.

                  (c)      Licensee may terminate this Agreement without cause
         upon thirty (30) days notice to Licensor.

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                  (d)      This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without
         requirement of notice, upon the occurrence of any of the following:

                           (i)      any attempt by Licensee to assign or
                  otherwise transfer any of the rights or interests in whole or
                  in part, in or under this Agreement voluntarily or by
                  operation of law to any other third party, except as otherwise
                  expressly permitted herein; or

                           (ii)     a cessation by Licensee of all or
                  substantially all of its business; or

                           (iii)    a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization
                  is filed by Licensee under any applicable bankruptcy law now
                  or hereafter in force or shall be filed against Licensee and
                  not vacated or dismissed within sixty (60) days after such
                  filing; or Licensee shall make an assignment for the benefit
                  of its creditors, or a receiver, trustee, liquidator or
                  custodian shall be appointed for all or a substantial part of
                  Licensee's property, and the order of appointment is not
                  vacated or dismissed within sixty (60) days after it is made;
                  or all or any material portion of Licensee's property shall be
                  sequestered, and the order of sequestration is not vacated or
                  dismissed within sixty (60) days after it is entered; or
                  Licensee shall generally fail or admit in writing its
                  inability to pay its debts as such debts become due and
                  payable.

         6.2      The following provisions of this Agreement shall survive
termination: Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9; Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4.

         6.3      The rights and remedies granted herein, and any other rights
or remedies which the parties may have, either at law or in equity, are
cumulative and not exclusive of others.

         6.4      Licensee agrees that monetary damages would not be a
sufficient remedy for breach of the terms of this Agreement. In the event of any
disclosure or other misappropriation of Technical Information in violation of
this Agreement by Licensee, Licensor shall be entitled to all equitable
remedies, including immediate injunctive and other equitable relief and to
obtain an order, from a court of competent jurisdiction, restraining any further
disclosure or misappropriation of such Technical Information without the
necessity of proving damages or posting bond, and for further relief (including
obtaining monetary damages and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in enforcing
its rights hereunder) as may be appropriate under the circumstances. In
addition, Licensee acknowledges that any Technical Information received from
Licensor constitutes a "trade secret" of Licensor and, consequently, Licensor
shall be

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entitled to all remedies therewith under any applicable state, territorial or
other international law.

7.       LIMITATIONS OF WARRANTIES

         7.1      TECHNICAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES
OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, AND LICENSOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

8.       INDEMNIFICATION

         8.1      Licensee shall indemnify Licensor and its Affiliates and hold
them harmless against all damages, costs, and expenses, including reasonable
attorney's fees, arising or resulting from, Licensee using the Technical
Information to manufacture Products or distributing or selling Products.

9.       LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

         9.1      Neither Licensor nor its Affiliates will be responsible for
any injury to or death of persons, or damage to or destruction of materials, or
other property, or for any other loss, damage, or injury of any kind whatsoever
resulting from Licensee using the Technical Information to manufacture Products
or distributing or selling Products.

10.      GENERAL PROVISIONS

         10.1     Under the terms of this Agreement, Licensor and Licensee are
independent contractors. Neither party is an employee, agent, partner or
representative of the other party. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
create a joint venture relationship between the parties. Each party specifically
acknowledges that it does not have authority to incur any obligations or
responsibilities on behalf of the other party.

         10.2     All notices required or permitted to be given by one party to
the other under this Agreement shall be sufficient if sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, by a nationally recognized courier or by hand delivery
to the parties at the respective addresses set forth below or to such other
address as the party to receive the notice has designated by notice to the other
party:

Licensor:                                  Licensee:
N.V. Nutricia                              General Nutrition Corporation
Bosrandweg 20                              300 Sixth Street
6704 PH Wageningen                         Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Netherlands                                Fax No.______________________________

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Fax No._____________________________       Attn: _______________________________
Attn: ______________________________

         All notices shall be effective upon receipt or refusal of delivery by
the party being notified. Either party may change its address, etc., by giving
notice of such change as provided herein, provided that such notice is effective
only on receipt.

         10.3     Licensee shall not use the name of the Licensor or its
Affiliates in any advertising, marketing or sales activity without the prior
written consent of Licensor. By entering into this Agreement, Licensor does not
directly or indirectly endorse any Products and Licensee shall not state or
imply that this Agreement constitutes any such endorsement by Licensor.

         10.4     No waiver of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, or
the failure of either party to strictly enforce any such term or condition on
one or more occasions, shall be construed as a waiver of the same or of any
other term or condition of this Agreement on any other occasion.

         10.5     This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without reference to
any principles of conflicts of laws. The parties hereby consent to the
jurisdiction and venue of the United States district courts sitting in the State
of New York and any courts of the State of New York in which any suit, action or
proceeding is brought arising under this Agreement. The parties hereby waive any
claim of forum non conveniens in any suit, action or proceeding brought in any
of the above-mentioned courts. Licensor and Licensee agree that service of
process in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be effective if in writing,
delivered in any manner permitted in Section 10.2 hereof and actually received
by the addressee.

         10.6     If any provision in this Agreement is held to be invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction in which this Agreement is being performed,
the meaning of such provision shall be construed so as to render it enforceable
to the extent feasible. If no feasible interpretation would save such provision,
it shall be severed from this Agreement and the remainder of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect. However, in the event such provision is
considered an essential element of this Agreement, the parties shall promptly
negotiate alternative, reasonably equivalent, enforceable terms.

         10.7     Licensee shall comply with all laws, rules and regulations
applicable to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including, without
limitation, all import/export laws, restrictions, controls and regulations
relating to the Technical Information and/or Products.

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         10.8     Subject to the Purchase Agreement, the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, including the attached Exhibit A, supersede all
prior oral or written understandings between the parties with respect to the
subject matter thereof, and constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with
respect to such subject matter. All prior negotiations, representations,
agreements, and understandings are merged into, extinguished by and completely
expressed by this Agreement. Such terms and conditions shall not be modified or
amended except by a writing signed by authorized representatives of both
parties.

         10.9     This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same Agreement. A signature page of this Agreement executed and
transmitted via facsimile or electronic mail shall be deemed an original for all
purposes.

         10.10    This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted assigns and
successors.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed below
by their duly authorized representatives.

N.V. Nutricia                                 General Nutrition Corporation

By: /s/ Bert Moulet                           By: /s/ James Sander
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Printed Name: Bert Moulet                     Printed Name: James Sander

Title: EVP                                    Title: VP

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                                   EXHIBIT A

                         Licensor Product Compositions

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   NO.               PRODUCT NAME
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<S>         <C>
1           Women's Ultra Mega Super VitaPak
2           Total Lean
3           Total Lean Plus
4           Chocolate diet
5           Red Core
6           Thermoburst
7           Diet Product
8           Preworkout
9           Liver Health
10          MegaMen
11          Women's Ultra Mega
12          Super VitaPaks
13          Resistance Plus
14          PSA Prostate Cancer Formula
15          Total Lean Oat MRP
16          Multitech/ Femfiber
17          H2O-Lean
18          Distance
19          Energel
20          Fuel powder
21          MegaMRP
22          Whey iso burst
23          MegaCreatine
24          Creatine clear
25          During
26          During RTD
27          Hydration powder
28          Creatine Burst
29          Precreatine
30          Pro Protein
31          New Bone Concept
32          Cognita
33          MemorAll
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.13

                            PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT

         This PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated December 5,
2003, (the "Effective Date") is made and entered into by and between General
Nutrition Investment Company, an Arizona corporation (hereinafter the
"Licensor"), and Numico Research B.V., a company organized under the laws of The
Netherlands (hereinafter the "Licensee").

         WHEREAS, Licensor is the owner of technology covered by certain Patent
Rights (as hereinafter defined) as a result of an Assignment, as of the date
hereof, of such Patent Rights from Licensee to Licensor (the "Assignment").

         WHEREAS, as a condition to said Assignment, Licensor agreed to grant an
exclusive right and license to Licensee for unrestricted exploitation of the
Patent Rights outside the Protected Business (as defined in that certain
Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2003, among Royal Numico N.V.,
Numico USA, Inc. and Apollo GNC Holding, Inc., as amended (the "Purchase
Agreement")) in order to continue to develop, manufacture, have manufactured,
market, offer for sale and sell certain product compositions and to sublicense
existing third party licensees.

         WHEREAS, this Agreement is made pursuant to and is subject to the terms
and conditions of the Purchase Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be
legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

1.       DEFINITIONS

         1.1 As used in this Agreement, the capitalized terms set forth herein
shall have the following meanings:

                  (a) "LICENSED PRODUCTS" means (i) any product composition
         outside the Protected Business, which if made, used or sold by
         Licensee, in the absence of the rights and license granted under this
         Agreement, would infringe one or more claims of the Patent Rights, or
         (ii) any method, process, procedure or technique within or outside the
         Protected Business, which if used or provided by Licensee, in the
         absence of the rights and license granted under this Agreement, would
         infringe one or more claims of the Patent Rights.

                  (b) "PATENT RIGHTS" means (i) the patents (the "Patents") and
         the patent applications (the "Patent Applications") set forth in
         Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, and (ii) any
         counterpart patents or patent applications that are equivalents of the
         Patents or Patent Applications issued, granted or filed in any country
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         original filing country (the "Counterpart Patents"), including without
         limitation any continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional,
         reexamination, reissue or any other such patent right of the Patents or
         Patent Applications not expressly set forth herein as of the Effective
         Date; but exclusive of any continuation, continuation-in-part,
         divisional, reexamination, reissue or any other such patent right of
         the Patents or Patent Applications that are filed in Licensor's sole
         discretion after the Effective Date.

         1.2 "TERM" means the term of this Agreement as further defined in
Article 7 below.

2. LICENSE GRANT

         2.1 Licensor hereby grants to Licensee, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right and
license, with the right to sublicense, under the Patent Rights to make, have
made, use, offer for sale and sell Licensed Products outside the Protected
Business.

         2.2 Prior to the Assignment, Licensee granted to certain third parties
the right and license to practice certain of the Patent Rights. Licensee shall
have the right and license to continue to sublicense such third parties in
accordance with the terms of any prior agreement between Licensee and such third
party.

         2.3 Licensor shall restrict its practice of the Patent Rights to the
Protected Business only, and covenants not to practice the Patent Rights for any
purpose outside the Protected Business.

3.       MARKING

         3.1 Licensee agrees to lawfully mark all Licensed Products (or their
containers or labels) with a proper patent marking based on the Patent Rights
pursuant to the U.S. Code Title 35 or any other international marking
requirements.

4. PROSECUTION AND MAINTENANCE

         4.1      Licensor may, as it determines in its sole discretion: (a)
prosecute any and all U.S. and foreign patent applications included in or
related to the Patent Rights (the "Prosecution"); and (b) pay maintenance or
annuity fees of any and all U.S. and foreign patents which result from the
Patent Rights (the "Maintenance"). Upon Licensee's written request, Licensor
will furnish copies of specifically requested Patent Rights-related documents to
Licensee.

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         4.2 In the event Licensor decides not to pursue Prosecution or
Maintenance of any of the Patent Rights, Licensor shall provide reasonable
notice to Licensee thereof. If Licensee desires, at its sole cost, expense and
discretion, to assume and continue the obligations of Prosecution or Maintenance
of such Patent Rights, upon request by Licensee, Licensor shall execute and
deliver such documents and perform such acts as may be reasonably necessary to
effect assignment of all right, title and interest in and to such Patent Rights
to Licensee, subject to any outstanding rights or licenses granted prior to such
assignment, without further consideration from Licensee.

         4.3 In the event that letters patent are issued or granted based on any
patent application so assigned in accordance with Section 4.2, Licensee shall
restrict its practice of such letters patent to making, having made, using,
offering for sale, and selling products covered by the claims of such letters
patent outside the Protected Business and hereby grants to Licensor an
exclusive, royalty-free right and license, with the right to sublicense, under
such letters patent to make, have made, use, offer for sale and sell any
products covered by the claims of such letters patent within the Protected
Business and, except where the context otherwise requires, on such other terms
as the Patent Rights provided in this Agreement, as if such Patent Rights
included such letters patent, Licensor as the Licensee hereunder with respect to
such letters patent and Licensee as the Licensor hereunder with respect to such
letters patent.

5. INFRINGEMENT BY THIRD PARTIES

         5.1 Each party shall promptly give notice to the other of any actual or
potential infringement of any Patent Right by any third party that becomes known
to such first-mentioned party. Licensor shall have the first right to take such
action it determines, in its sole discretion, to be necessary to terminate or
prevent any actual or potential infringement of such Patent Right. If Licensor
has not taken any action (including an informed decision to take no action)
within one hundred twenty (120) days from such first-mentioned party's notice,
Licensee may submit to Licensor a notice that Licensee will take such action as
Licensee reasonably determines is necessary to terminate or prevent the
infringement, including filing right to file suit to the extent provided by any
applicable law, rule or regulation, unless Licensor notifies Licensee that
Licensor will file suit or otherwise terminate such infringement within thirty
(30) days after Licensor's receipt of such notice from Licensee.

         5.2 In the event Licensor files suit to stop infringement, Licensor may
enter into any settlement, consent judgment or other voluntary final disposition
of such suit at its sole discretion. In the event Licensee elects to join
Licensor in any such suit or action, Licensee shall pay it's own attorneys' fees
and costs of its participation in such suit or action. Regardless if Licensee
joins or does not join Licensor in any such suit or action, upon request by

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Licensor, Licensee shall cooperate with Licensor in such suit or action. In the
event Licensor requests Licensee to join Licensor in participation in such suit
or action, Licensee shall have the right to consult with Licensor and be
represented by counsel at Licensor's sole expense. Any recovery of damages from
any suit or action brought by Licensor, where Licensee has joined Licensor,
shall be shared equally by the parties.

         5.3 In the event Licensee solely files suit to stop infringement,
Licensee may enter into any settlement, consent judgment or other voluntary
final disposition of such suit at its sole discretion, so long as the same does
not adversely affect Licensor's rights or interest in the Patent Rights. Any
recovery of damages from any suit or action brought solely by Licensee shall be
retained by Licensee.

6. COSTS; EXPENSES AND TAXES

         6.1 Except as otherwise provided herein, each party shall bear its own
costs and expenses incurred by it in performing its obligations hereunder.

         6.2 Each party shall be responsible for payment of any applicable
sales, use and income taxes, including any privilege or excise taxes in the
nature of sales or use taxes, and other similar charges imposed upon it by any
jurisdiction arising from the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement.

7. TERM AND TERMINATION

         7.1 The Term of this Agreement shall run from the Effective Date of
this Agreement and shall terminate automatically upon the expiration or
extinguishment of all of the Patent Rights set forth in Exhibit A and all
letters patent that may be issued as contemplated by Section 4.3, subject to
early termination, as set forth herein below:

                  (a) Either party shall have the right to terminate this
         Agreement without judicial resolution upon written notice to the other
         party of a material breach of any provision of this Agreement by such
         other party that is not cured within sixty (60) days after such notice.

                  (b) This Agreement shall be terminated immediately upon
         Licensor and Licensee reaching mutual agreement to so terminate this
         Agreement.

                  (c) Licensee may terminate this Agreement without cause upon
         sixty (60) days notice to Licensor.

                  (d) This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without
         requirement of notice, upon the occurrence of any of the following:

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                           (i) any attempt by Licensee to assign or otherwise
                  transfer its interest in whole or in part, in this Agreement
                  voluntarily or by operation of law to any other third party
                  except as otherwise permitted herein; or

                           (ii) a cessation by Licensee of all or substantially
                  all of its business, or

                           (iii) a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization is
                  filed by Licensee under any applicable bankruptcy law now or
                  hereafter in force or shall be filed against Licensee and not
                  vacated or dismissed within sixty (60) days after such filing;
                  or Licensee shall make an assignment for the benefit of its
                  creditors, or a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian
                  shall be appointed for all or a substantial part of Licensee's
                  property, and the order of appointment is not vacated or
                  dismissed within sixty (60) days after it is made; or all or
                  any material portion of Licensee's property shall be
                  sequestered, and the order of sequestration is not vacated or
                  dismissed within sixty (60) days after it is entered; or
                  Licensee shall generally fail or admit in writing its
                  inability to pay its debts as such debts become due and
                  payable.

         7.2 The following provisions of this Agreement shall survive
termination: Sections 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5, and Articles 6, 8, 9 and 10.

         7.3 Neither party shall be relieved of any obligation or liability
under this Agreement arising from any act or omission committed prior to the
effective date of such termination.

         7.4 Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, and for one (1)
year following the effective date of termination, Licensee may continue to sell
any inventory of Licensed Products in its possession or control which was
manufactured, for which Licensee had issued binding commitments to manufacture
or for which Licensee had purchased or ordered raw materials to manufacture (all
in the ordinary course of business) prior to the effective date of termination.

         7.5 Except as specified in Section 7.4, from and after any termination
of this Agreement, Licensee shall not make or have made, use or have used or
sell or have sold any Licensed Products under any of the Patent Rights.

         7.6 The rights and remedies granted herein, and any other rights or
remedies which the parties may have, either at law or in equity, are cumulative
and not exclusive of others.

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8. LIMITATIONS OF WARRANTIES

         8.1 PATENT RIGHTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES OR
REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, AND LICENSOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

9.       INDEMNIFICATION

         9.1 Licensee shall indemnify Licensor and its Affiliates against all
damages, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising or
resulting from, Licensee making, having made, using, offering for sale or
selling the Licensed Products based upon the Patent Rights in whatever form.

10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

         10.1 Neither Licensor nor its Affiliates will be responsible for any
injury to or death of persons, or damage to or destruction of materials, or
other property, or for any other loss, damage, or injury of any kind whatsoever
resulting from Licensee making, having made, using, offering for sale or selling
of the Licensed Products based upon the Patent Rights.

11. GENERAL PROVISIONS

         11.1 Under the terms of this Agreement, Licensor and Licensee are
independent contractors. Neither party is an employee, agent, partner or
representative of the other party. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
create a joint venture relationship between the parties. Each party specifically
acknowledges that it does not have authority to incur any obligations or
responsibilities on behalf of the other party.

         11.2 All notices required or permitted to be given by one party to the
other under this Agreement shall be sufficient if sent by certified mail, return
receipt requested, by a nationally recognized courier or by hand delivery to the
parties at the respective addresses set forth below or to such other address as
the party to receive the notice has designated by notice to the other party:

Licensor:                                     Licensee:
General Nutrition Investment Company          Numico Research B.V.
300 Sixth Street                              Bosrandweg 20
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222                6704 PH Wageningen
Fax No.______________________________         Netherlands
Attn:________________________________         Fax No.___________________________
                                              Attn: ____________________________

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         All notices shall be effective upon receipt or refusal of delivery by
the party being notified. Either party may change its address, etc., by giving
notice of such change as provided herein, provided that such notice is effective
only on receipt.

         11.3 Licensee shall not use the name of the Licensor or any of its
Affiliates in any advertising, marketing or sales without the prior written
consent of Licensor, except that Licensee may state that the Licensed Products
are licensed under the Patent Rights, Licensee may mark the Licensed Products
pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement and Licensee may use Licensor's name in
various documents used by Licensee for capital raising and financing without
such prior written consent only to the extent such use is required by any U.S.
federal law or regulation. However, by entering into this Agreement, Licensor
does not directly or indirectly endorse any Licensed Products and Licensee shall
not state or imply that this Agreement is an endorsement by Licensor.

         11.4 No waiver of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, or the
failure of either party to strictly enforce any such term or condition on one or
more occasions, shall be construed as a waiver of the same or of any other term
or condition of this Agreement on any other occasion.

         11.5 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without reference to any
principles of conflicts of laws. The parties hereby consent to the jurisdiction
and venue of the United States district courts sitting in the State of New York
and any courts of the State of New York in which any suit, action or proceeding
is brought arising under this Agreement. The parties hereby waive any claim of
forum non conveniens in any suit, action or proceeding brought in any of the
above-mentioned courts. Licensor and Licensee agree that service of process in
any such suit, action or proceeding shall be effective if in writing, delivered
in any manner permitted in Section 11.2 hereof and actually received by the
addressee.

         11.6 If any provision in this Agreement may be held to be invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction in which this Agreement is being performed,
the meaning of such provision shall be construed so as to render it enforceable
to the extent feasible. If no feasible interpretation would save such provision,
it shall be severed from this Agreement and the remainder shall remain in full
force and effect. However, in the event such provision is considered an
essential element of this Agreement, the parties shall promptly negotiate
alternative, reasonably equivalent, enforceable terms.

         11.7 Licensee shall comply with all laws, rules and regulations
applicable to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including, without

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limitation, all import/export laws, restrictions, controls and regulations
relating to the Patent Rights and/or Licensed Products.

         11.8 Subject to the Purchase Agreement, the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, including the attached Exhibit A, supersede all
prior oral or written understandings between the parties with respect to the
subject matter thereof, and constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with
respect to such subject matter. All prior negotiations, representations,
agreements, and understandings are merged into, extinguished by and completely
expressed by this Agreement. Such terms and conditions shall not be modified or
amended except by a writing signed by authorized representatives of both
parties.

         11.9 This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same Agreement. A signature page of this Agreement executed and
transmitted via facsimile or electronic mail shall be deemed an original for all
purposes.

         11.10 This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted assigns and
successors.

                                  [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed below
by their duly authorized representatives.

General Nutrition Investment Company         Numico Research, B.V.

By: /s/ James M. Sander                      By: /s/ Bert Moulet
    ---------------------------                  -------------------------------

Printed Name: James M. Sander                Printed Name: Bert Moulet

Title: SVP                                   Title: EVP

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                                    EXHIBIT A

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                                  APPLICATION                 PUBLICATION    ISSUE
            TITLE                    NUMBER     DATE FILED      NUMBER       DATE      COUNTRY
-------------------------------  -------------  ----------  ---------------  -----  -------------
<S>                              <C>            <C>         <C>              <C>    <C>
Dietetic Preparation and Method  US 09/880,937  06/15/2001  US 2003/0004215         United States
for Inhibiting Intestinal
Carbohydrate Absorption                WO                    WO 02/102362               PCT
                                   2002NL00394
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