Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

NOTE 4: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The composition of property, plant and equipment is as follows:

As of December 31,	2014			2013
Land and improvements	$	2,418		$	3,800
Buildings and improvements	31,245			33,655
Machinery and equipment	19,716			18,209
Furniture and fixtures	18,311			17,884
Computer software and hardware	27,294			8,255
	98,984			81,803
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(47,641		)	(49,781		)
Total property, plant and equipment	$	51,343		$	32,022

Depreciation expense was $4,260, $4,317, and $3,929 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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