secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC (HAIN)
CIK:        0000910406
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-15T10:05:58+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-422226
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Hain Celestial adds Ferrari, Shinder to board; AURELIUS deal condition missed
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- Board appointed Patricia Ferrari and Richard Shinder as directors on Oct 11, 2026; Ferrari joined Compensation and Strategy, Shinder joined Audit and Strategy.
- Each new non-employee director will receive a $30,000 monthly cash fee and entered the company's standard indemnification agreement.
- Shervin J. Korangy and Carlyn R. Taylor resigned Oct 9, 2026; Korangy became CEO of Fresenius Medical Care and Taylor cited commitments including CEO of Sirva.
- AURELIUS affiliates agreed Sept 12, 2026 to buy Hain's International business including Ella's Kitchen, Joya, Natumi, Hartley's, Cully & Sully, Yorkshire Provender and New Covent Garden soups.
- Closing condition for a credit agreement amendment by Oct 12, 2026 was not satisfied; Hain is in talks with AURELIUS and lenders and gave no further update.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910406/000119312526422226/0001193125-26-422226-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910406/000119312526422226/hain-20261009.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-422226

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