Item 5.02 Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On December 13, 2012, Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the appointment of Gregory L. Probert as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and Kristine F. Hughes as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Prior to his appointment to Executive Vice Chairman in June 2011, Mr. Probert served as an independent consultant to the Company since 2010. Previously, he was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Penta Water Company, President and Chief Operating Officer of Herbalife International of America, Chief Executive Officer of DMX Music and Executive Vice President of Worldwide Home Entertainment at the Walt Disney Company. Mr. Probert received his B.A. from the University of Southern California in 1979.

Kristine Hughes co-founded Hughes Development Corporation in 1972, the predecessor to Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc., and has served as an officer or director of the Company and its predecessors since 1980. Ms. Hughes is the spouse of Eugene L. Hughes, another Company founder and a director emeritus.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) The following documents are filed as exhibits to this report:

Item No. Exhibit

99.1 Press Release issued by Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc., dated December 13, 2012

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