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Natural Health Trends Announces Repurchase of All Outstanding Broady Shares
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ: NHTC) (the “Company”), a leading direct-selling and e-commerce company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to repurchase all of the shares of the Company’s common stock beneficially owned by the George K. Broady family in a negotiated transaction. The transaction was reviewed and approved by a special committee of the Company’s board of directors. Prior to the transaction, the George K. Broady
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