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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-12-121215
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120315
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120319
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120319

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000787253
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEDICINAL CHEMICALS & BOTANICAL PRODUCTS [2833]
		IRS NUMBER:				841007839
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15701
		FILM NUMBER:		12700037

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1185 LINDA VISTA DR
		CITY:			SAN MARCOS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92069
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6197447340

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		STREET 1:		1185 LINDA VISTA DRIVE
		CITY:			SAN MARCOS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92069

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19860929
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): MARCH&nbsp;15 2012 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>000-15701 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Commission file number) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>NATURAL
ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>1185 Linda Vista Drive</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>San Marcos, California 92078</B></FONT></P></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ITEM&nbsp;8.01 OTHER EVENTS. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On March&nbsp;15, 2012, Natural Alternatives International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (NAI), issued a press release announcing that
it has settled its patent infringement dispute with BPI Sports and Image Sports over NAI&#146;s patented
CarnoSyn<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> Beta-Alanine. NAI expects the settlement of this matter will help reduce its litigation expenses
during the remainder of fiscal 2012. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ITEM&nbsp;9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release of NAI issued on March&nbsp;15, 2012.</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Natural Alternatives International, Inc.</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Ken Wolf</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></FONT></P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Natural Alternatives International, Inc. Settles Patent Infringement Dispute
with BPI Sports and Image Sports Over its Patented CarnoSyn<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> Beta-Alanine </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SAN MARCOS, Calif., March&nbsp;15, 2012 &#151; Natural Alternatives International, Inc. (&#147;NAI&#148;) (NASDAQ:NAII), a leading
formulator, manufacturer and marketer of customized nutritional supplements, announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement to provide BPI Sports, LLC (&#147;BPI&#148;) and Image Sports, LLC (&#147;Image&#148;) with NAI&#146;s
patented CarnoSyn<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> beta-alanine. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Under the terms of the settlement agreement, BPI and Image will purchase
CarnoSyn<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> beta-alanine from NAI&#146;s licensed distributor, Compound Solutions, Inc., (&#147;CSI&#148;)
pursuant to a separate supply agreement between CSI, BPI and Image and receive a license from NAI to its intellectual property rights regarding CarnoSyn<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> beta-alanine. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mark A. LeDoux,
NAI&#146;s CEO and Chairman of the Board, said, &#147;NAI is pleased to amicably resolve its intellectual property dispute with BPI and Image. We look forward to partnering with these prominent brands who chose to respect NAI&#146;s extensive
beta-alanine patent rights in return for a long-term business solution to exclusively use NAI&#146;s CarnoSyn<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>
beta-alanine in their products. NAI will continue to build its CarnoSyn<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> brand and where necessary, enforce its
beta-alanine intellectual property.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As part of the agreement NAI will dismiss two cases filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Texas against BPI and Image alleging infringement of NAI&#146;s recently issued patent, U.S. Patent No.&nbsp;8,067,381, entitled &#147;Methods and compositions for increasing the anaerobic working capacity in tissues.&#148; BPI and Image
will dismiss a counter-suit they filed against NAI in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Other terms of the agreement are confidential. A list of NAI&#146;s intellectual property rights may be found at http://www.carnosyn.com.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NAI, headquartered in San Marcos, California, is a leading formulator, manufacturer and marketer of
nutritional supplements and provides strategic partnering services to its customers. NAI&#146;s comprehensive partnership approach offers a wide range of innovative nutritional products and services to NAI&#146;s clients including: scientific
research, clinical studies, proprietary ingredients, customer-specific nutritional product formulation, product testing and evaluation, marketing management and support, packaging and delivery system design, regulatory review and international
product registration assistance. For more information about NAI, please see its website at http://www.nai-online.com. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This press release
contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws that are not historical facts and information. These statements represent our intentions, expectations and beliefs concerning future events, including, among other
things, our expectations and beliefs with respect to our future financial and operating results, the outcome of pending litigation, the continued validity of our patents, and our ability to successfully develop, license and enforce our intellectual
property rights. We wish to caution readers these statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes for future periods to differ materially from any forward-looking statement or views expressed herein.
NAI&#146;s financial performance and the forward-looking statements contained herein are further qualified by other risks including those set forth from time to time in the documents filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SOURCE &#150; Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CONTACT &#150; Kenneth Wolf, Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer, Natural Alternatives International, Inc., at 760-736-7700 or
investor@nai-online.com. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Website: <U>http://www.nai-online.com</U> </FONT></P>
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