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Coty Inc. Takes Home Four Awards From the 38th Annual FiFi® Awards

NEW YORK, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Coty Inc., a leader in the global beauty industry, took home four prestigious fragrance industry awards at The Fragrance Foundation's 38th Annual FiFi Awards held in New York City on June 10. Coty's winning fragrances include:

    Fragrance of the Year - Women's Luxe:
     Lola, by Marc Jacobs, Coty Prestige
    Fragrance of the Year - Women's Popular
     Appeal: Halle by Halle Berry, Coty
     Beauty
    Fragrance Hall of Fame - ck one, Coty
     Prestige
    Media Campaign of the Year  - Men's: ck
     one "We Are One," Coty Prestige

"This year's FiFi Awards have once again solidified Coty's position as a leading global beauty company. It is truly an honor to see so many of our brands recognized by The Fragrance Foundation," said Bernd Beetz, CEO of Coty Inc. "Coty is an innovative company driven by our unique corporate culture, that moves faster, goes further and thinks freer. Our success is credited to the passion and creative spirit of the Coty family and partners."

For complete information on Coty's FiFi award winning fragrances and all Coty product lines, please visit www.coty.com.

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 a recognized leader in global beauty with annual net sales of nearly $4 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 90 markets worldwide.

The Coty Prestige brand portfolio is distributed in prestige and ultra-prestige stores and includes Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Calvin Klein, Cerruti, Chloe, Chopard, Davidoff, Home Skin Lab, Jennifer Lopez, Jette Joop, Jil Sander, JOOP!, Karl Lagerfeld, Kenneth Cole, L.A.M.B. fragrance by Gwen Stefani, La Voce by Renee Fleming, Lancaster, Marc Jacobs, Nikos, Sarah Jessica Parker, Vera Wang, Vivienne Westwood and Wolfgang Joop.

The Coty Beauty brand portfolio is more widely distributed and includes adidas, Astor, Beyonce Knowles, Celine Dion, Chupa Chups, David and Victoria Beckham, Esprit, Exclamation, Faith Hill, GUESS, Halle Berry, Jovan, Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue, La Cross, Miss Sixty, Miss Sporty, N.Y.C. New York Color, Pierre Cardin(1), Playboy, Rimmel, Sally Hansen, Shania Twain, Stetson, Tim McGraw, and Tonino Lamborghini.

Coty and Puig Fashion and Beauty S.A. have a strategic partnership for the distribution of the perfume lines of Nina Ricci, Carolina Herrera, Prada, Paco Rabanne, and Antonio Banderas in the United States and Canada.

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

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SOURCE Coty Inc.