UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
October 5, 2017

USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Utah
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

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Item 5.02, Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

Effective as of October 5, 2017, the Board of Directors of USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) acted unanimously to appoint Mr. J. Scott Nixon as an additional director of the Company, for an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Nixon has not been appointed to any Committees of the Board of Directors at this time.

Mr. Nixon, a certified public accountant, retired in 2015 as a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) where he spent over 31 years in various roles including Office Managing Partner and engagement partner over public and private companies in many industries. His career involved providing audit and business advisory services. Mr. Nixon was involved in numerous complex filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of his clients. In 2007, Mr. Nixon returned from a four-year assignment in São Paulo, Brazil where he represented various interests of the PwC global firm to the 18-member firms in South and Central America, and led the implementation and compliance of the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements in those countries. Mr. Nixon has served as a member of the Board of Directors of ProLung, Inc. since November 2016. He also serves on several boards of directors for private and non-profit companies, including Deseret Trust Company as a member of the Audit and Executive Committees since 2015 and Utah State University Board of Trustees, as Chairman of the Audit Committee since 2011. Mr. Nixon is currently a Trustee, Vice Chairman and a member of the Executive Committee of MountainWest Capital Network and is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Governance Fellow. He holds both a BA and Master of Accounting from Utah State University.

Item 9.01           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                            (d)  Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1        Press release issued by USANA Health Sciences, Inc. dated October 5, 2017 (furnished herewith).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.