Established in 1992 to create products that provide antioxidant protection and overall cellular nutrition for the body ... The focus of the company is to develop and market scientifically advanced nutritionals to help prevent degenerative disease and promote optimal health.

Mission: "... to develop and provide the highest quality, science-based health products, distributed internationally through network marketing, creating a rewarding financial opportunity for associates, shareholders and employees."

Owner: Microbiologist and immunologist Dr. Myron Wentz --Usana web site

Compensation Plan: Binary with incentives to buy multiple business centers
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Trading Symbol: USNA

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Usana News Clips

Court dismisses class action suit against USANA Health ...
RTT News - Williamsville, NY, USA 10/2/2008
USANA Health Sciences Inc. (USNA: News ) announced that a California State court has dismissed the distributor class action suit, Johnson v. ... Plaintiffs agreed to request that the court dismiss the case with prejudice and determined there was no longer any merit to maintaining a class action lawsuit.

USANA to enter Philippines
Inquirer.net - Philippines 8/30/2008
By Ronnel Domingo MANILA, Philippines—Nasdaq-listed food supplement firm Usana it plans to begin operating in the Philippines, ... would make the country its fourteenth market worldwide.

Multilevel marketer settles lawsuit
Deseret News - Salt Lake City, UT, USA July 28, 2008
By Paul Foy AP [Usana] ... settled a dispute with a critic who agreed to stop disparaging nutritional supplement maker USANA ... "We're going to a full-court press on Herbalife. Forget USANA. We're going to put [ALL] of our efforts into Herbalife," said Minkow ...

Myron Wentz quits as CEO; son to take reins
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City UT 07/23/2008
By Tom Harvey ... Just 1 week after leading a failed bid to take Usana private, Myron Wentz has stepped down as CEO ...

USANA Health Sciences shares fall as buyout bid ends
Forbes - NY July 16, 2008
... Shares of USNA tumble Wednesday after a firm controlled by the company's CEO ended its bid to buy ...

Media gets booted at Usana hearing
Salt Lake Tribune - UT 7/14/2008
By Paul Beebe ... Judge grants injunction blocking buyout, the 'why' is unknown ...

Group Closer to taking Usana private
Salt Lake Tribune - United States 7/8/2008
The group trying to take Usana private said Tuesday it had secured [$200 million] financing to buy out minority shareholders ... special committee of the board of directors ... said that the price is too low and recommended it be rejected ...

Gull Holdings raises bid to $28 for Usana
Forbes - NY, USA Associated Press 06.30.08
... Investment company Gull Holdings Inc. on Monday raised its offer for Usana ... by $2.00 to $28.00 per share. ...

Industry Analyst Len Clements Blasts Minkow
June 24th, 2008
No one does a better job of defending the industry than Len Clements. Read his latest alert that deals with the unprecedented attacks on Usana, Herbalife, PPL in an apparent effort to drive down stock values.

Usana board urges shareholders to reject CEO offer
Reuters - USA Fri Jun 20, 2008
June 20 (Reuters) - Usana Health Sciences said its board urged the company's shareholders to reject the offer made by Wentz as "inadequate"...

USANA mulls offer- Going Private - (article archived)
Salt Lake Tribune - United States 6/02/2008
Posted: 10:41 AM- A Salt Lake City, NE, company offered to buy outstanding shares of USANA Health Sciences Inc. not already owned by a group controlled by CEO/founder Myron Wentz ...

Buyout or Sellout?
Motley Fool - USA, May 15, 2008, By Rich Duprey
...Tell me if you have heard this one before: A troubled company's founder makes a bid to take the company private, temporarily inflating its share price, but ultimately never follows through ... then does the same thing again in the future, once more temporarily boosting his stock's worth....

USANA ordered to pay SLAPP violation LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls, ID, USA
AP - May 7, 2008 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Vitamin maker USANA Health Sciences must pay a critic of the multilevel marketing industry ... USANA owes $142,510 in attorney fees to ... Minkow and his Fraud Discovery Institute [FDI] ... Minkow served eight years in prison for stock fraud ...

Usana Health posts lower 1st-quarter profit
Reuters - USA - Mon Apr 21, 2008
April 21 (Reuters) - Usana Health Sciences Inc (USNA.O: Quote, Profile, Research), a nutritional and personal care products maker, posted 36 percent fall ...

USANA Receives Certification Through NSF’s Certified for Sport Program
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: USNA) recently received certification of six products through NSF International’s Certified for Sport™ program .... helps athletes make educated decisions about the safety of the dietary supplements they choose to take.

Usana Shares Plunge on Guidance Cut March 28, 2008
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Shares of Usana Health Sciences Inc. are plummeting ... lowest point in nearly five years. Shares fell 20.8 percent ... cited disappointing results from promotional activities and a weak economy as the key factors ... "hard to be confident that conditions for such an emotionally charged business will not get worse before getting better," said Goldman Sachs analyst ...

Wednesday's Worst Stocks in the World The Motley Fool February 7, 2008 "We begin with USANA ... Though it's no longer involved in an unseemly informal SEC inquiry, the company reported a 5% sequential decline in the number of associates selling its nutrition supplements in the U.S. Here's why it matters ... more than 38% of USANA's revenue derives from the U.S., which reported a year-over-year decline. So did Singapore and ...

Hard To Swallow Forbes - NY, USA 08/08/07, 11:25 AM ET In February, Usana Health Sciences seemed untouchable ... sources told Forbes.com that the FBI had launched a criminal investigation ... Usana claims Minkow improperly shorted its shares ... alleges naked short sales, creating phantom shares that put enormous pressure on the real stock price ... stock has plunged 41.2% since its March high.

USANA Comments on August 8, 2007 Forbes.com Article SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USANA Health Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:USNA) ... "The August 8th Forbes.com article entitled 'Hard to Swallow' contains significant errors and allegations about USANA that need to be clarified.

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Vitamin marketer sued by distributors The Associated Press June 21, 2007, 4:38PM EST SALT LAKE CITY ... Independent distributors filed lawsuit Thursday accusing USANA Health Sciences of fraud and deception, the latest public-relations blow for the marketer of vitamins and nutritional supplements ... Crane said he couldn't sell the vitamin and mineral formulations at USANA's prices, couldn't consume the monthly supplies himself and was forced to give away samples ... total investment was $3,500, and after refunds he said he was out $500.

As stocks plunge, Usana sues Minkow over report Salt Lake City Deseret News (UT) 3/17/07 3:10 AM. resident, who has claimed that the Salt Lake-based multi-level marketing company is little more than an over-priced pyramid scheme. In a complaint filed Thursday in ...

Reliable Results Smart Money Magazine 8/19/05 11:56 AM USANA HEALTH SCIENCES (USNA) is on a tear. Shares of the marketer of a nutritional plan called the "5-Day High Fiber Cleanse" had soared 30-fold over three years... Thursday's Close $47.91 Market Value $907 million Trailing 12-Month Sales $302 million 2005 P/E ...