Welling Glenn W. Form 4 HAIN CELESTIAL / Glenn W. Welling ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Welling Glenn W.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

610 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE

SUITE 250

(Street)

NEWPORT BEACH

92660

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC [ HAIN ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/15/2021

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		S		2,086,956⁽³⁾	D	$45	20,000	I	By: Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI, LP⁽⁴⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		S		2,291,388⁽³⁾	D	$45	20,000	I	By: Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B, LP⁽⁵⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		S		1,397,543⁽³⁾	D	$45	10,000	I	By: Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C, LP⁽⁶⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		S		4,096,052⁽³⁾	D	$45	0	I	By: Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-D, LP⁽⁷⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		S		2,507,565⁽³⁾	D	$45	1,700,000	I	By: Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E, LP⁽⁸⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		S		1,700,000⁽⁹⁾	D	$45	0	I	By: Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E, LP⁽⁸⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		J⁽¹⁰⁾		20,000⁽¹⁰⁾	D	⁽¹⁰⁾	0	I	By: Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI, LP⁽⁴⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		J⁽¹⁰⁾		20,000⁽¹⁰⁾	D	⁽¹⁰⁾	0	I	By: Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B, LP⁽⁵⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		J⁽¹⁰⁾		10,000⁽¹⁰⁾	D	⁽¹⁰⁾	0	I	By: Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C, LP⁽⁶⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		J⁽¹¹⁾		50,000⁽¹¹⁾	A	⁽¹¹⁾	50,000	I	By: Engaged Capital, LLC⁽¹²⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		J⁽¹³⁾		50,000⁽¹³⁾	D	⁽¹³⁾	0	I	By: Engaged Capital, LLC⁽¹²⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		J⁽¹⁴⁾		40,000⁽¹⁴⁾	A	⁽¹⁴⁾	79,108	D
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	11/15/2021		G⁽¹⁵⁾		40,000⁽¹⁵⁾	D	$0.00	39,108	D
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾								1,719,645	I	By: Engaged Capital Flagship Master Fund, LP⁽¹⁶⁾
Common Stock⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾								147,449	I	By: Managed Account of Engaged Capital, LLC⁽¹⁷⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 4 is filed jointly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master Fund, LP ("Engaged Capital Flagship Master"), Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI, LP ("Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI"), Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B, LP ("Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B"), Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C, LP ("Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C"), Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-D, LP ("Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-D"), Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E, LP ("Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E"), Engaged Capital Flagship Fund, LP ("Engaged Capital Fund"), Engaged Capital Flagship Fund, Ltd. ("Engaged Capital Offshore"), Engaged Capital, LLC ("Engaged Capital"), Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC ("Engaged Holdings") and Glenn W. Welling (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be a member of a Section 13(d) group that previously collectively beneficially owned more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock prior to the transactions reported herein.

2. To enable all of the Reporting Persons to gain access to the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic filing system (which only accepts a maximum of 10 joint filers per report), this report is the first of two identical reports relating to the same transactions being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Reporting Persons were members of a Section 13(d) group that previously collectively beneficially owned more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock prior to the transactions reported herein. Mr. Welling will continue to be a Reporting Person as a director of the Issuer. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that any Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

3. Represents the sale of shares of Common Stock in an underwritten offering (the "Offering") pursuant to the underwriting agreement entered into on November 10, 2021 by and among the Issuer, Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI, Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B, Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C, Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-D, Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E and Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC. The Offering closed on November 15, 2021.

4. Securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI. As the general partner and investment adviser of Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI, Engaged Capital may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI. Mr. Welling, by virtue of his position as the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital, and as the sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI.

5. Securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B. As the general partner and investment adviser of Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B, Engaged Capital may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B. Mr. Welling, by virtue of his position as the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital, and as the sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B.

6. Securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C. As the general partner and investment adviser of Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C, Engaged Capital may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C. Mr. Welling, by virtue of his position as the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital, and as the sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C.

7. Securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-D. As the general partner and investment adviser of Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-D, Engaged Capital may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-D. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-D. Mr. Welling, by virtue of his position as the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital, and as the sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-D.

8. Securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E. As the general partner and investment adviser of Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E, Engaged Capital may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E. Mr. Welling, by virtue of his position as the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital, and as the sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E.

9. Represents the sale of shares of Common Stock by Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E pursuant to a share repurchase agreement (the "Share Repurchase Agreement") entered into on November 9, 2021 by and among the Issuer, Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI, Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-B, Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-C, Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-D and Engaged Capital Co-Invest VI-E. The Share Repurchase Agreement closed on November 15, 2021.

10. Represents the pro rata distribution of shares of Common Stock to Engaged Capital as part of an incentive fee. Such pro rata distribution is an exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16a-13 or otherwise.

11. Represents the pro rata distribution of shares of Common Stock that Engaged Capital received as part of an incentive fee. Such pro rata distribution is an exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16a-13 or otherwise.

12. Securities owned directly by Engaged Capital. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital. Mr. Welling, by virtue of his position as the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital, and as the sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital.

13. Represents the pro rata distribution of 40,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Welling and 10,000 shares of Common Stock to another employee of Engaged Capital. Such pro rata distribution is an exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16a-13 or otherwise.

14. Represents the pro rata distribution of 40,000 shares of Common Stock by Engaged Capital to Mr. Welling. Such pro rata distribution is an exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16a-13 or otherwise.

15. Represents a bona fide gift to an unaffiliated charitable organization.

16. Securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master. As feeder funds of Engaged Capital Flagship Master, each of Engaged Capital Fund and Engaged Capital Offshore may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master. As the general partner and investment adviser of Engaged Capital Flagship Master, Engaged Capital may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master. Mr. Welling, by virtue of his position as the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital, and as the sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned directly by Engaged Capital Flagship Master.

17. Securities held in an account separately managed by Engaged Capital (the "Engaged Capital Account"). Engaged Capital, as the investment adviser of the Engaged Capital Account, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held in the Engaged Capital Account. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held in the Engaged Capital Account. Mr. Welling, by virtue of his position as the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital, and as the sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held in the Engaged Capital Account.

	/s/ Glenn W. Welling	11/17/2021
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Welling Glenn W. Form 4HAIN CELESTIAL / Glenn W. Welling ownership change