0001021561-17-000004.txt : 20170330 0001021561-17-000004.hdr.sgml : 20170330 20170120104829 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001021561-17-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170120 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001021561 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-DRUGS PROPRIETARIES & DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES [5122] IRS NUMBER: 870565309 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 75 WEST CENTER ST STREET 2: ATTN: GREGORY BELLISTON CITY: PROVO STATE: UT ZIP: 84601 BUSINESS PHONE: 801-345-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 75 WEST CENTER ST STREET 2: ATTN: GREGORY BELLISTON CITY: PROVO STATE: UT ZIP: 84601 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NU SKIN ASIA PACIFIC INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960919 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 
 
January 20, 2017


Via EDGAR
 
Craig Arakawa
Accounting Branch Chief
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
 
 
Re:
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015
Filed February 18, 2016
Comment Letter Dated January 5, 2017
File No. 001-12421
Dear Mr. Arakawa:
This letter confirms that Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") received the January 5, 2017 comment letter of the staff (the "Staff") of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.
Because of the time demands of preparing our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the Company hereby requests that the Staff permit the Company to provide its response to the comments by February 3, 2017, which is ten business days after the originally requested response date.
We appreciate the Staff's responsiveness with respect to the Company's filing and look forward to resolving any concerns the Staff may have.  If you have any questions, please contact me at (801) 345-6013.
Sincerely,
/s/ Ritch N. Wood
Ritch N. Wood
Chief Financial Officer
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
cc: Nasreen Mohammed, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
     Brian McAllister, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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