---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000275053-22-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NATR"
cik: "0000275053"
company_name: "NATURES SUNSHINE PRODUCTS INC"
filed_at: "2022-06-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T04:53:58.873587+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Board member Shirley Wu resigns; Rong Yang appointed as director effective June 1, 2022

## Summary
- Shirley Wu resigned from the Board effective May 31, 2022, not due to any disagreement with the Company.
- Rong Yang appointed to the Board effective June 1, 2022, designated by Fosun.
- Yang is CEO of Fosun Pharma USA and Chief Representative of Fosun Group in the US.
- Board determined Yang is independent under Nasdaq standards despite his Fosun affiliation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000275053-22-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NATR
- cik: 0000275053
- company_name: NATURES SUNSHINE PRODUCTS INC
- filed_at: 2022-06-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/275053/000027505322000013/0000275053-22-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/275053/000027505322000013/natr-20220531.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000275053-22-000013
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000275053-22-000013.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000275053-22-000013.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rong Yang was appointed as Director at NATURES SUNSHINE PRODUCTS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective June 1, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Mr. Rong Yang to its Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/275053/000027505322000013/0000275053-22-000013-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shirley Wu resigned as Director at NATURES SUNSHINE PRODUCTS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Ms. Shirley Wu resigned from the Board of Directors of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. (the “Company”) effective May 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/275053/000027505322000013/0000275053-22-000013-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.