secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC (HAIN)
CIK:        0000910406
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-091458
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hain Celestial closes sale of North American Snacks business for $115M; proceeds to reduce debt
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- Completed sale of Garden Veggie Snacks, Terra chips, Garden of Eatin' to Snackruptors for $115M cash; received $111.2M net after inventory holdback.
- Proceeds used to repay Term Loans, strengthening leverage; focus shifts to yogurt, tea, and baby & kids categories.
- Pro forma net sales for FY2025 would be $1.22B vs reported $1.56B; net loss widens to $584M from $531M due to estimated $59.3M loss on sale.
- Additional non-recurring transaction costs of ~$7.7M (advisory/professional fees) expected post-closing.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910406/000119312526091458/0001193125-26-091458-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910406/000119312526091458/hain-20260227.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-091458

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