Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Consolidated Statements of Income

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Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $)
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]      
Product sales $ 4,567.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet $ 4,200.7us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet $ 3,476.9us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Shipping & handling revenues 391.4us-gaap_ShippingAndHandlingRevenue 624.6us-gaap_ShippingAndHandlingRevenue 595.4us-gaap_ShippingAndHandlingRevenue
Net sales 4,958.6us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 4,825.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 4,072.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Cost of sales 982.9us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold 963.4us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold 812.6us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Gross profit 3,975.7us-gaap_GrossProfit 3,861.9us-gaap_GrossProfit 3,259.7us-gaap_GrossProfit
Royalty overrides 1,471.1hlf_RoyaltyOverrides 1,497.5hlf_RoyaltyOverrides 1,338.6hlf_RoyaltyOverrides
Selling, general and administrative expenses 1,991.1us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 1,629.1us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 1,259.7us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Operating income 513.5us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 735.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 661.4us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense 91.7us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt 26.6us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt 16.7us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
Interest income 12.5us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest 8.0us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest 6.2us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Other expense, net 13.0us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense    
Income before income taxes 421.3us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 716.7us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 650.9us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income taxes 112.6us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 189.2us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 186.9us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
NET INCOME $ 308.7us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 527.5us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 464.0us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share      
Basic $ 3.58us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 5.14us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 4.13us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted $ 3.40us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 4.91us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 3.94us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares outstanding      
Basic 86.3us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 102.6us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 112.4us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Diluted 90.8us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 107.4us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 117.9us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding