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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-318435"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAIN"
cik: "0000910406"
company_name: "HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:18:52.402775+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hain Celestial appoints Alison E. Lewis as permanent CEO with new employment agreement

## Summary
- Alison Lewis, interim CEO since May 2025, named permanent President and CEO effective Dec 15, 2025.
- Annual base salary set at $850,000; target annual incentive of 100% of base salary (max 150%).
- LTIP award includes 1,500,000 PSUs vesting on stock price targets ($3, $5, $7, $9) and 650,000 RSUs vesting over 3 years.
- Severance: without cause/good reason gets base salary plus target incentive plus 12 months COBRA; change-in-control severance equals 2x base salary plus target incentive.
- Board cites cost cuts, turnaround plan, and strategic review progress in support of her appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-318435
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAIN
- cik: 0000910406
- company_name: HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910406/000119312525318435/0001193125-25-318435-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910406/000119312525318435/hain-20251212.htm

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