LEHI, UTAH, November 12, 2014 – Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:NATR), a leading natural health and wellness company, today announced that it will be holding a special meeting of shareholders on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at the Company’s principal executive offices located at 2500 West Executive Parkway, Suite 100, Lehi, Utah 84043. The purpose of this meeting will be to obtain shareholder approval of an increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. long term incentive plans.
Shareholders of record as of the close of business on Monday, December 8, 2014, will be entitled to vote at the meeting. The exact time and other details of the meeting will be announced in the definitive proxy statement, which will be sent to shareholders prior to the special shareholders meeting.
The Company further announced that the deadline for the receipt of shareholder proposals for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement for the Special Meeting is November 21, 2014. In order to be brought before the Special Meeting, any such proposals must be received by the Corporate Secretary at the Company’s principal executive offices no later than that date. Such proposals must comply in all respects with the requirements contained in the Company’s bylaws and in Rule 14a-8 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be considered a proper proposal.