Steiner Leisure Limited Agrees to Acquire a 60% interest in Mandara Spa LLC and Mandara Spa Asia Ltd

Business Wire, June 27, 2001

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NASSAU, The Bahamas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2001

Steiner Acquires Controlling Interest in Prominent Worldwide Operator

of Resort and Maritime Spas; Steiner Solidifies its Position as the

Leading Provider of Spa Services to Cruise Industry

Steiner Leisure Limited (Nasdaq:STNR), the leading worldwide provider of spa services on cruise ships, announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a 60% interest in each of Mandara Spa LLC and Mandara Spa Asia Ltd. (collectively referred to as "Mandara Spa"). Mandara Spa currently operates spas in more than 50 locations worldwide, principally in Asia and the Pacific, the United States and the Caribbean. Mandara Spa also provides spa services for Silversea Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line and Orient Lines.

Leonard Fluxman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Steiner confirmed that Steiner will pay $29.4 million in cash, $7.0 million in subordinated debt and $8.0 million in Steiner Leisure Common Shares for the interest in Mandara Spa. The transaction is expected to close in early July 2001.

Steiner is acquiring its interest in Mandara Spa's US operations from entities controlled by business interests of the Pritzker Family and Thomas Gottlieb, Mandara Spa's senior executive. Steiner is acquiring its interest in Mandara Spa's Asia operations primarily from entities controlled by Thomas Gottlieb and other founding shareholders. As part of the transaction, Gottlieb and Mark Edleson, Mandara Spa senior executives, have entered into employment agreements with Steiner calling for their continued employment in their current capacities. Shiseido Co., Ltd., a leading international manufacturer of cosmetics and personal care products will remain, through its subsidiaries, a 40% shareholder in Mandara Spa.

According to Fluxman: "The Mandara Spa transaction will expand Steiner's presence in the resort spa market significantly. This will make us a leading player in the worldwide spa market with the combination of Mandara Spa's locations in Aruba, the Bahamas, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tahiti, Thailand, Honolulu, and Las Vegas; Steiner's locations in England, Hong Kong and Dubai; and the Greenhouse Day Spa operations in the United States which Steiner has agreed to acquire.

"Thomas Gottlieb has significant experience in the hospitality and spa arena. We look forward to working with Thomas and Mark Edleson to expand Mandara Spa's operations and the Mandara Spa brand. Thomas and Mark have developed a unique mystique around Mandara Spa. They were early pioneers in the use of tropical garden spas to enhance the spa experience and the allure of the Mandara Spa brand.

"Mandara Spa has excellent relations with major hotel and resort operators, including Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Westin, Park Place Entertainment, Accor, Sun International, Nikko, Club Med and Imperial Hotels. We believe Mandara Spa and Steiner Leisure working together will be able to bring an even higher level of service and spa expertise to their expanding operations.

"The purchase of a controlling interest in Mandara Spa is one more step in our strategy of diversifying our revenue and earnings base by extending our spa operations to the resort and day-spa market. It is also consistent with our intention of building a portfolio of brands to offer to our maritime and land-based clients and partners. Our Elemis brand, combined with our recently announced acquisition of the Greenhouse name and day-spa operations, and now the Mandara Spa brand give us a powerful stable of recognizable names and spa experiences to offer the global spa marketplace.

"We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with Shiseido in Mandara Spa. We have tremendous respect for Shiseido's management and powerful cosmetics brands. We are very impressed that Shiseido recognized early the close and increasingly important link between spa services and the distribution of cosmetics and personal care products."

Steiner Leisure Limited is the leading worldwide provider of spa services on cruise ships. The company operates the spas and salons on 100 cruise ships, including those of Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Disney Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, and Holland America Lines. Steiner Leisure's Elemis Limited subsidiary manufactures its Elemis brand for use on board Steiner cruise ship spas. This top quality European line of beauty products is also distributed worldwide to five star hotels, salons, health clubs and destination spas. Elemis, as well as other Steiner private label products, including La Therapie, Ionithermie, and Steiner Hair Care, are available at www.timetospa.com.

Steiner Leisure also owns and operates three post secondary schools (comprised of nine campuses) located in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Sarasota, Florida, and in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Offering degrees in massage, advanced therapy and skin care, these schools train and qualify spa professionals for health and beauty positions within the Steiner family of companies or other industry entities.