---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000910406-23-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAIN"
cik: "0000910406"
company_name: "HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T04:33:48.933719+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hain Celestial appoints Lee Boyce as CFO, succeeding Chris Bellairs effective Sept 5, 2023

## Summary
- Lee Boyce appointed EVP & CFO effective Sept 5, 2023; succeeds Chris Bellairs.
- Boyce's compensation: $558k base salary, 85% target bonus, $1M LTIP award for FY2024, $196k signing bonus.
- Bellairs receives $1,032,763 severance over 12 months plus COBRA; all equity forfeited.
- Bellairs to assist transition and participate in Hain's Investor Day on Sept 13, 2023.
- Boyce brings 30+ years of finance experience from Hearthside Food Solutions, WernerCo, Mondelez/Kraft Heinz.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000910406-23-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAIN
- cik: 0000910406
- company_name: HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910406/000091040623000051/0000910406-23-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910406/000091040623000051/hain-20230821.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000910406-23-000051
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000910406-23-000051.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000910406-23-000051.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher J. Bellairs departed as Chief Financial Officer at HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC.
  - Action: succeeded
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Boyce will succeed Christopher J. Bellairs.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910406/000091040623000051/0000910406-23-000051-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lee A. Boyce was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 21, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lee A. Boyce as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 5, 2023 (the “Start Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910406/000091040623000051/0000910406-23-000051-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.