Kristy Meringolo Form 4 HAIN CELESTIAL / Kristy Meringolo 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^*

Meringolo Kristy

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC.

1111 MARCUS AVENUE

(Street)

LAKE SUCCESS NY 11042

(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)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP, GC, Corp Secretary & CCO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/06/2021

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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	11/06/2021		M(1)		70,134	A	(2)	74,944	D
Common Stock	11/06/2021		F(3)		34,345	D	$45.86	40,599	D

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units	(2)	11/06/2021		M			70,134	(2)	(2)	Common Stock	70,134	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On November 6, 2021, the Reporting Person's performance-based restricted stock units ("PSUs") vested at target, resulting in the Reporting Person receiving 70,134 shares of common stock of the Issuer prior to withholding for taxes.

2. These PSUs, awarded as part of the Issuer's 2019-2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan, represented a contingent right to receive shares of the Issuer's common stock upon the Issuer's attainment of goals for compound annual total shareholder return over the three-year period ended November 6, 2021. The PSUs vested at 100% of target based on the Issuer's compound annual total shareholder return exceeding 15% over the performance period. The PSUs were also subject to a time vesting requirement which was satisfied on November 6, 2021.

3. The Issuer withheld 34,345 shares of common stock to satisfy the tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of 70,134 PSUs, pursuant to the terms of the applicable award agreement.

Remarks:

	/s/ Andrew Burchill, as Attorney-in-Fact for Kristy Meringolo	11/09/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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