1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON |
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) o (b) o |
3 | SEC USE ONLY |
4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER |
6 | SHARED VOTING POWER |
7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER |
8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER |
9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
10 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ¨ |
11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) |
12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON |
(1) Includes (i) shares of Common Stock held by Frome & Co., a limited partnership of which Mr. Frome serves as the general partner, (ii) shares of Common Stock held by the Jennifer Frome Trust, a trust of which Mr. Frome serves as a trustee, and (iii) shares of Common Stock held in Mr. Frome’s IRA account. Mr. Frome disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. See Item 4(a) for additional information regarding beneficial ownership.
(2) Includes shares of Common Stock held by Mr. Frome's spouse, LouAnn Moore, with respect to which Mr. Frome disclaims beneficial ownership.
Item 1(a). | Name of Issuer: |
Natural Health Trends Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”)
Item 1(b). | Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: |
4514 Cole Avenue
Suite 1400
Dallas, Texas 75205
Item 2(a). | Name of Person Filing |
Item 2(b). | Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence |
Robert L. Frome (the “Reporting Person”)
c/o Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
Park Avenue Tower
65 East 55th Street
New York, New York 10022
Citizenship: United States
Item 2(d). | Title of Class of Securities: |
Common Stock, $0.001 par value (the “Common Stock”)
63888P406
Item 3. | If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a: |
| (a) | / / | Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act. |
| (b) | / / | Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act. |
| (c) | / / | Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Exchange Act. |
| (d) | / / | Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act. |
| (e) | / / | An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E). |
| (f) | / / | An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F). |
| (g) | / / | A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G). |
| (h) | / / | A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. |
| (i) | / / | A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act. |
| (j) | / / | A non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J). |
| (k) | / / | Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). |
If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution: ____
| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: |
| As of the close of business on December 31, 2014, Mr. Frome directly beneficially owned 426,800 shares of Common Stock. Of the shares of Common Stock directly beneficially owned by Mr. Frome, 221,400 shares of Common Stock are held in Mr. Frome’s IRA account. As the general partner of Frome & Co., a family partnership, Mr. Frome may be deemed to beneficially own 92,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Frome & Co. As the trustee of the Jennifer Frome Trust, Mr. Frome may be deemed to beneficially own 26,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Jennifer Frome Trust. Mr. Frome may also be deemed to beneficially own 29,500 shares of Common Stock held by his spouse, LouAnn Moore. |
| The filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that the Reporting Person is, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the beneficial owner of any of the shares of Common Stock reported herein. The Reporting Person specifically disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock reported herein that are not directly owned by such Reporting Person. |
| Based on 12,803,066 shares of Common Stock outstanding, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 4, 2014. As of the close of business on December 31, 2014, Mr. Frome beneficially owned approximately 4.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. |
| (c) | Number of shares as to which such person has: |
| (i) | Sole power to vote or to direct the vote |
| See Cover Page Items 5-9. |
| (ii) | Shared power to vote or to direct the vote |
| See Cover Page Items 5-9. |
| (iii) | Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of |
| See Cover Page Items 5-9. |
| (iv) | Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of |
| See Cover Page Items 5-9. |
Item 5. | Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. |
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [X].
Item 6. | Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. |
Not applicable.
Item 7. | Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary That Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person. |
Not applicable.
Item 8. | Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. |
Not applicable.
Item 9. | Notice of Dissolution of Group. |
Not applicable.
By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: February 17, 2015