EmpowerSTART Incentive

The EmpowerSTART Incentive (this “Incentive”) is intended to promote long-term, sustainable growth through sales to consumers by rewarding Brand Affiliates for achieving important business performance milestones. All markets will participate in this Incentive excluding Mainland China, Vietnam, and Ukraine.

The EmpowerSTART Incentive will run from 12:00 am MDT on August 1, 2023, through 11:59 MST on December 31, 2023, (the “Incentive Period”) as set forth below.

This Incentive is comprised of three complementary EmpowerSTART Bonuses (“Bonuses”). See full details below.

For all of the following EmpowerSTART Bonuses:

 i. Each Brand Affiliate Account can earn each Bonus only once.

 ii. Any Account that loses its Brand Representative status after August 1, 2023 will not be eligible to earn any Bonuses.

 iii. This Incentive does not alter the Sales Performance Plan.

 iv. All Bonuses will be paid with the monthly commission calculation for the month the Bonus was earned (e.g., a Bonus earned during the September sales period will be paid in October).

 v. Brand Affiliate Accounts that complete their LOI month requirements by December 2023 may earn all three Bonuses after the Incentive Period ends.

STEP 1: SUBMIT AN LOI, COMPLETE YOUR LOI MONTH REQUIREMENTS, AND HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO (2) SHARING BLOCKS IN THAT SAME MONTH
REWARD: HKD 775/MOP 800 EMPOWERSTART STEP 1 BONUS

a. Only Accounts that submit an LOI in August through December 2023 are eligible to earn this Bonus.

b. A Brand Affiliate must complete all LOI-month requirements and two (2) Sharing Blocks (both as defined in the Sales Performance Plan) to earn this Bonus.

STEP 2: MAINTAIN YOUR FIRST MONTH AS A BRAND REPRESENTATIVE WITH FOUR (4) BUILDING BLOCKS
REWARD: HKD 2,325/MOP 2,400 EMPOWERSTART STEP 2 BONUS

a. If your Brand Representative Promotion Date (Brand Representative Advancement Date) is the 1st of the calendar month, that month constitutes your first month as a Brand Representative for purposes of this Incentive.

b. If your Brand Representative Promotion Date is the 8th, 15th, or 22nd of the month, then the next calendar month is your first month as a Brand Representative for purposes of this Incentive.

i. If you achieve four (4) Building Blocks following advancement to Brand Representative, and in the same month as your Brand Representative Promotion Date, the EmpowerSTART Step 2 Bonus will be paid and that month will be considered your first month as a Brand Representative for purposes of this Bonus.

c. If your first month as a Brand Representative is August 2023, you may earn this Bonus (e.g., if you submitted your LOI prior to August 2023).

d. You are not required to earn the EmpowerSTART Step 1 Bonus in order to be eligible for the EmpowerSTART Step 2 Bonus.

STEP 3: MAINTAIN YOUR THIRD MONTH AS A BRAND REPRESENTATIVE WITH FOUR (4) BUILDING BLOCKS
REWARD: HKD 4,650/MOP 4,800 EMPOWERSTART STEP 3 BONUS

a. A Brand Representative whose first month as a Brand Representative was June 2023 or later can participate.

b. Your third month is counted from and is inclusive of your first month defined in step 2 above (e.g., if your first month is August and you maintain your Brand Representative status for three consecutive months, your third month is October).

c. A Brand Affiliate Account can be any Brand Representative Title in their third month and still be eligible for this Bonus (e.g., Brand Representative through Executive Brand Director).

d. You are not required to earn the EmpowerSTART Step 1 or Step 2 Bonuses in order to be eligible for the EmpowerSTART Step 3 Bonus.

INCENTIVE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
You acknowledge and agree that your participation in this Incentive constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of all Incentive rules and requirements, including these terms and conditions:

1. Only Nu Skin Brand Affiliates in good standing in participating Velocity or Velocity EX markets may participate in this Incentive. If you violate the terms and conditions of your Brand Affiliate Agreement, the Policies and Procedures, Sales Performance Plan, or this Incentive (collectively the “Agreements”), you may be deemed ineligible, and the Company may, at its sole discretion, withhold rewards under this Incentive, take any actions provided under the Agreements, and seek to recover any costs incurred by the Company as a result of any manipulation, including withholding future sales compensation.

2. Eligibility for rewards under this Incentive is based on meeting the requirements of this Incentive and all requirements of the Agreements, including retail sales. There are no bonuses paid for recruiting. You do not receive any compensation for sponsoring other Brand Affiliates. You acknowledge and agree that retail sales are an important component of the Sales Performance Plan. As a Brand Affiliate, you have no inventory requirements. You are prohibited from ordering more than a reasonable amount of inventory. By placing an order, you certify that you have sold or consumed at least 80 percent of your total inventory from previous orders.

3. The Company reserves the right to audit and assess the validity of your performance under this Incentive. Any account that was established in violation of the Agreement, including any Account that was established to manipulate this Incentive or the Sales Performance Plan, will be considered invalid and may result in disciplinary action.

4. To earn rewards under this Incentive, Brand Representative Titles must be achieved with a focus on building healthy Consumer Groups and assisting others to build their own healthy Consumer Groups and must result in the growth of active customers within your Brand Affiliate Organization.

5. You may not buy or encourage other Brand Affiliates or Brand Representatives to buy Products to qualify for rewards under this Incentive. This Incentive is designed to reward participants for building healthy Consumer Groups and helping other participants build healthy Consumer Groups. The Company reserves the right to refuse to pay any rewards under this Incentive if it determines that the Brand Representative encouraged other participants to purchase inventory to meet qualification requirements rather than assisting them to build a group of consumers.

6. Any account mergers that take place during the Incentive period may impact eligibility to earn rewards under this Incentive.

7. The return of Nu Skin Products by you, your Customers, or others in your Consumer Group or Team may affect your eligibility to receive rewards earned through the Incentive. If Incentive rewards have already been paid based on returned Nu Skin Products, Nu Skin may recoup the rewards as set forth in the Polices and Procedures.

8. The Company reserves the right to modify or terminate this Incentive at any time, at the Company’s sole discretion. In the event of termination, only awards earned through the date of termination of this Incentive will be paid.

9. This Incentive is not applicable to our Brand Affiliates and Brand Representatives in Vietnam or Ukraine. Nu Skin Brand Affiliates and Nu Skin Brand Representatives that are registered in Vietnam or Ukraine are not eligible to earn any rewards under the EmpowerSTART Incentive.

10. Mainland China operates under a separate and distinct business model and will not participate in this Incentive.

11. The meaning of capitalized terms not defined in this Incentive may be found in the Agreements. For the purposes of this Incentive, “Company” refers to Nu Skin International, Inc. and its affiliates.

12. The value of any reward may be reported for tax purposes as required by law. Brand Affiliates and Brand Representatives are solely responsible for reporting and paying any and all applicable taxes related to this Incentive.

13. The Incentive and these terms and conditions will be governed by, construed in accordance with, and interpreted pursuant to the substantive laws of the State of Utah, USA. The agreed exclusive venue for the arbitration of any dispute is in Salt Lake County, State of Utah. Any disputes relating to this Incentive and these terms and conditions, shall be resolved through the dispute resolution process described in the Nu Skin Policies and Procedures which includes final and binding arbitration requirements set forth in Chapter 7. The arbitration will be heard by a single arbitrator and shall take place in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The arbitrator shall be selected by the parties to the dispute, and the arbitration will be conducted in accordance with the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules. The process will be conducted in English, but at the request and expense of the requesting Brand Affiliate, documents and testimonies will be translated into the requesting Brand Affiliate’s preferred language. The decision and award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding and may be entered by any state or federal court located in Salt Lake County, State of Utah, having jurisdiction. You and Nu Skin consent to the personal jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in Salt Lake County, State of Utah, to adjudicate such matters relating to the arbitration and waive any objection to improper venue. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute related to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of the Arbitration Agreement, including, but not limited to, any claim that all or any part of the Arbitration Agreement is void or voidable.

14. By participating, Brand Affiliates release and hold harmless Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, representatives, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the promotion or the receipt or use of any reward.

15. The original English version of these terms and conditions has been translated into other languages. In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the English version and any other language version of these terms and conditions, the English version shall prevail.

16. The Company’s delay or failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

17. If any part of these Terms is held to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that part shall be deemed severed and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

For a complete summary of sales compensation paid at all levels within Nu Skin’s global Sales Performance Plan, please click here.

Note that these figures do not represent a Brand Affiliate’s profit, as they do not consider expenses incurred by a Brand Affiliate in the promotion of his/her business and they do not include retail markup income.

On a monthly basis, an average of 24.3% of the active Brand Affiliates in HONG KONG / MACAU earned a sales compensation payment.