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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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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) SVP, GC, Corp Secretary & CCO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/02/2020
	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	04/02/2020		F(1)		894	D	$26.29	5,702	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

Explanation of Responses:

1. On April 2, 2020, 2,500 shares of Issuer restricted stock vested pursuant to the Restricted Stock Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person (the "Agreement"). The Issuer retained 894 shares to satisfy the tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting as required by the terms of the Agreement and consistent with the Issuer's practice for satisfying such U.S. tax withholding obligations.

Remarks:

	/s/ Andrew Burchill, as Attorney-in-Fact for Kristy Meringolo	04/06/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents that Kristy Meringolo, does hereby make, constitute and
appoint each of Andrew Burchill and Cindy Sidor, or any one of them, as a true and lawful
attorney-in-fact of the undersigned with full powers of substitution and revocation, for and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned (in the undersigned's individual capacity), to execute
and deliver such forms that the undersigned may be required to file with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities
of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (i) pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, including without limitation, statements on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5
(including any amendments thereto) and (ii) in connection with any applications or forms
relating to obtaining, updating or accessing EDGAR access codes, including without limitation
the Form ID.  The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is
no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with regard to her ownership of or transactions in
securities of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., unless earlier revoked in writing. The undersigned
acknowledges that Andrew Burchill and Cindy Sidor are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


By: /s/ Kristy Meringolo
Kristy Meringolo

Date: October 31, 2019