UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):  February 2, 2007

Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Utah

 

0-8707

 

87-0327982

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

75 East 1700 South

 

 

Provo, Utah

 

84606

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

(801) 342-4300

 

N/A

(Former name, former address, and formal fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 4.01  Changes in Registrant’s Certifying  Accountant

On February 2, 2007, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. (the “Company”) engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.  On February 6, 2007, the Company issued a press release announcing its engagement of Deloitte, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

During the two-year period ended December 31, 2006, and through February 2, 2007, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted with Deloitte with respect to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided by Deloitte to the Company that Deloitte concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that was the subject of either a disagreement as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K or a reportable event as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated February 6, 2007.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:  February 8, 2007

 

By

/s/ Stephen M. Bunker

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated February 6, 2007.

 

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