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USANA HEALTH SCIENCES INC

For the period ended Dec 30, 2023. Filed Feb 27, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 27, 2024

USNA$13.85+1.6%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Current Focus and Growth Strategy

In 2024, we plan to continue to execute our global growth strategy which remains focused on increasing the number of active Customers in each of our markets. We plan to do this by (i) increasing in-person and digital engagement with our Associates around the world; (ii) implementing and executing market specific promotional and incentive strategies; (iii) continuing to advance our digital commerce initiatives to support our business; (iv) introducing new products, and continuing to pursue product development and further leveraging our foods manufacturing facility; (v) focusing on our China market and our customer base in that market; (vi) pursuing growth in India and evaluating further international expansion; and (vii) advancing our business development strategy by evaluating new acquisition opportunities and growing the two companies we acquired in 2022. Further information on these strategies is set out below.

Associate Engagement

We will continue to offer, promote, and advance in-person engagement events, and incentive trips with our Associates. Our engagement efforts will include an increase in smaller meetings and events in our various markets, as well as continuing to promote and offer our large scale events like our China National Meeting and Asia Pacific Convention. Our objective continues to be increasing and improving collaboration amongst our management team, Associates and their customers. We will also continue to simplify and condense our promotional and marketing messaging by supporting our Associates in focusing on the science-based differentiation of USANA's products, which includes our proprietary

InCelligence Technology®. InCelligence™ is our patented technology that supports the body's natural ability to nourish, protect and renew itself.

Market-Specific Strategies

We will continue to pursue market-specific strategies to facilitate customer growth and strengthen our business around the world. While we plan to increase the cadence of promotional and incentive activity across our regions, we will continue to execute strategically timed, market- and region-specific incentives in lieu of larger, world-wide incentive offerings. We also plan to continue offering strategically timed product promotions to increase product demand and drive customer growth.

Digital Commerce Initiatives

We will continue to invest in, expand, and enhance our digital capabilities to increase our number of active Customers, increase Associate engagement and improve our overall customer experience. In particular, we will continue to enhance our digital tools surrounding the development of promotional and marketing assets for our Associates, our onboarding program, Affiliate program, shopping cart, and other key Associate resources.

Product Development

We will continue to invest in research and development and product innovation to ensure that USANA remains a leader in clinical nutrition. We also plan to introduce new science-based products in 2024 and over the next several years. Our foods plant ("USANA North" facility) in Salt Lake City, UT, houses the manufacturing for our foods-related products. In 2023, we moved more of the production of our Active Nutrition products to USANA North and plan to do the same in 2024. In 2023, we also moved the production of Rise Bar's products to USANA North to realize cost savings, increase production efficiency, and provide Rise Bar with increased capacity to grow its customer base. We plan to increase Rise Bar production in 2024. Overall, we believe our investment in USANA North allows us to be more agile and cost efficient in responding to both current and future opportunities.

China Strategy

We will continue to increase and execute our strategic initiatives in China, some of which include:

Targeting a new customer demographic in China through simple, easy-to-use, digitally-based customer acquisition, fulfillment and service initiatives.

Enhancing our digital capabilities, which entails continued digital investments to improve the overall customer experience. These investments continue to target improving our (i) onboarding process; (ii) shopping experience and app; and (iii) promotional, marketing and training assets.

Expanding third-party research, collaborations, and partnerships, including those with the National Sports Training Bureau and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (China).

India and International Expansion

Late in the fourth quarter of 2023, we commenced operations in India and are optimistic about the long-term growth potential of this new market. In 2024, we will continue to execute our post-launch market growth strategy by supporting our India team, expanding the portfolio of products we offer in India, and enhancing our promotional and marketing assets in the market. We continue to believe that growth opportunities exist in new international markets and will continue to evaluate new market opportunities for USANA's business.

Business Development

Our strong balance sheet and our willingness to invest in growth continues to allow us to pursue a wide-range of opportunities that are additive to our long-term success. We will continue to pursue acquisition opportunities in the health and wellness space that strengthen, diversify, and grow our world-wide business by focusing on: (i) overall nutrition, (ii) vertical integration, (iii) product and category expansion, and (iv) geographic expansion.

In 2022, we completed the acquisition of two companies, Rise Bar and Oola Global, LLC "(Oola"). Rise Bar manufactures and sells high-quality protein bars that are formulated to help customers achieve their health goals through clean and simple ingredients. Oola is an emerging direct selling company that offers a personal development framework that helps individuals create a life of balance, growth, and purpose. As Rise Bar and Oola continue to operate and grow independently of USANA, we will continue to leverage their knowledge, experience, and technology to grow USANA’s core business. We will also continue to utilize USANA's assets and resources to support growth objectives for Rise Bar and Oola. For further details of these acquisitions, see Note B to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report, which is incorporated by reference.

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