Hain Celestial Announces Previously Disclosed Inducement Grant Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Nov. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAIN) ("Hain Celestial" or the "Company"), a leading organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East providing consumers with A Healthier Way of Life™, today announced that the Board of Directors (the "Board") has made an inducement award to the new President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark L. Schiller, effective November 6, 2018.  The approved award was made pursuant to the Company's previously announced agreement with Schiller and is material to his acceptance of employment with the Company, in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Schiller will receive a one-time inducement award of 1,050,000 performance-vesting restricted stock units that will vest, if at all, subject to and based on the Company's achievement of certain pre-established performance goals with respect to compound annual total shareholder return at the end of a three-year performance period (the "Inducement Award"), subject to an earlier determination date and shorter performance period upon a qualifying termination of Schiller's employment or a change in control.  This represents the total long-term incentive opportunity during this multi-year period. 

The Inducement Award was granted outside of the Company's current equity compensation plan approved by the Company's shareholders and was approved by the Board in reliance on the employment inducement exception to shareholder approval provided under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) which requires public announcement of inducement awards.  Pursuant to the requirements of that rule, Hain Celestial is issuing this press release.  The Inducement Award and Schiller's Employment Agreement are described in more detail in the Company's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding Schiller's appointment.    

About The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

The Hain Celestial Group (Nasdaq: HAIN), headquartered in Lake Success, NY, is a leading organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Hain Celestial participates in many natural categories with well-known brands that include Alba Botanica®, Almond Dream®, Arrowhead Mills®, Avalon Organics®, Bearitos®, Better Bean®, BluePrint®, Casbah®, Celestial Seasonings®, Clarks™, Coconut Dream®, Cully & Sully®, Danival®, DeBoles®, Earth's Best®, Ella's Kitchen®, Empire®, Europe's Best®, Farmhouse Fare™, Frank Cooper's®, FreeBird®, Gale's®, Garden of Eatin'®, GG UniqueFiber™, Hain Pure Foods®, Hartley's®, Health Valley®, Imagine®, JĀSÖN®, Johnson's Juice Co.®, Joya®, Kosher Valley®, Lima®, Linda McCartney's® (under license), Live Clean®, MaraNatha®, Mary Berry (under license), Natumi®, New Covent Garden Soup Co.®, Orchard House®, Plainville Farms®, Queen Helene®, Rice Dream®, Robertson's®, Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery®, Rudi's Organic Bakery®, Sensible Portions®, Spectrum Organics®, Soy Dream®, Sun-Pat®, Sunripe®, SunSpire®, Terra®, The Greek Gods®, Tilda®, Walnut Acres®, WestSoy®, Yorkshire Provender®, Yves Veggie Cuisine® and William's™. Hain Celestial has been providing A Healthier Way of Life^TM since 1993. For more information, visit www.hain.com.

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SOURCE The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

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