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Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-04-14

Hain Celestial Group (HAIN)

CEO Alison Lewis was paid $1,315,830 in fiscal year 2025, the 1st percentile of its disclosed peer group (SEC filing 0001193125-25-207370 ↗): executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.

$4,546,417
Wendy Davidson total, FY2025
Former President and Chief Executive Officer — highest-paid officer; CEO Alison Lewis: $1,315,830
1st
CEO (Alison Lewis) pay percentile vs peers
28:1
CEO-to-median pay ratio
87%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote

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01

Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Wendy Davidson$789,808$0$3,530,682$0$0$0$225,927$4,546,417
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Lee Boyce574,15001,154,03500013,5441,741,729
Chief Financial Officer
Alison Lewis175,3850900,000000240,4451,315,830
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
Wolfgang Goldenitsch498,9380734,38600061,9831,295,307
President, International
Kristy Meringolo511,4210734,38600010,5441,256,351
Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, Corporate Secretary
Chad Marquardt512,4040734,3860007,8271,254,617
Former President, North America

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Wendy Davidson$4,546,417$5,063,349$4,765,456↓ −516,932
Lee Boyce1,741,7291,898,024—↓ −156,295
Alison Lewis1,315,830———
Wolfgang Goldenitsch1,295,3071,288,3861,409,189↑ +6,921
Kristy Meringolo1,256,3511,246,9311,410,919↑ +9,420
Chad Marquardt1,254,617595,656—↑ +658,961

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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Companies that benchmark against HAIN
29 companies name HAIN as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses HAIN in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named HAIN in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

01c

Board of directors

One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.

DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Carlyn R. TaylorIndependent Director$233,000
Celeste A. ClarkIndependent Director$243,000
Dawn ZierChair of the Board$328,000
Michael B. SimsIndependent Director$248,000
Neil CampbellIndependent Director$230,500
Richard A. BeckFormer director (through FY2025)$36,500
Shervin J. KorangyIndependent Director$245,500
02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Lee BoycePSU—————$1,154,035
Kristy MeringoloPSU—————734,386
Wendy DavidsonPSU—————3,530,682
Alison LewisPSU—————900,000
Wolfgang GoldenitschPSU—————734,386
Chad MarquardtPSU—————734,386
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Lee Boyce$0$1,154,035$0100.0%
Kristy Meringolo0734,3860100.0%
Wendy Davidson03,530,6820100.0%
Alison Lewis0900,0000100.0%
Wolfgang Goldenitsch0734,3860100.0%
Chad Marquardt0734,3860100.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Wolfgang GoldenitschRSU40,538—$61,618
Kristy MeringoloRSU40,538—61,618
Chad MarquardtRSU40,538—61,618
Wolfgang GoldenitschRSU19,418—29,515
Lee BoycePSU25,481—19,366
Wolfgang GoldenitschPSU16,215—12,324
Kristy MeringoloPSU16,215—12,324
Wolfgang GoldenitschPSU9,709—7,380
Kristy MeringoloPSU9,709—7,380
Wolfgang GoldenitschPSU8,108—6,162
Kristy MeringoloPSU8,108—6,162
Wolfgang GoldenitschPSU19,418—14,758
Lee BoycePSU12,741—9,684
Chad MarquardtRSU5,901—8,970
Chad MarquardtRSU21,978—33,407
Lee BoyceRSU63,702—96,827
Alison LewisRSU19,474—29,600
Kristy MeringoloRSU19,418—29,515
Wolfgang GoldenitschPSU10,743—8,165
Wolfgang GoldenitschRSU5,345—8,124
Kristy MeringoloRSU5,345—8,124
Chad MarquardtPSU8,108—6,162
Wolfgang GoldenitschPSU5,292—4,022
Kristy MeringoloPSU5,292—4,022
Chad MarquardtPSU2,950—2,242
Alison LewisRSU620,689—943,447
Chad MarquardtPSU5,901—4,486
Lee BoycePSU16,182—12,298
Kristy MeringoloPSU19,418—14,758
Lee BoyceRSU32,363—49,192
Kristy MeringoloPSU10,743—8,165
Chad MarquardtPSU16,215—12,324
Lee BoycePSU32,363—24,597
05

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

We believe a majority of the compensation for our NEOs should be dependent on the success of our Company so that the interests of our NEOs are aligned with the long-term interests of our stockholders. Accordingly, a majority of executive compensation is designed to be at risk and dependent on achieving quantitative performance goals.

CEO STI target (% of salary)120%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantClearBridge Compensation Group, LLC
Clawback policyTrue
Anti-hedgingTrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20252025-10-3051,146,5267,641,573548,87387%Passed
20242024-10-3167,429,3008,415,22964,12388.9%Passed
20232023-10-2668,949,7156,242,783471,48091.7%Passed
20222022-11-1763,377,07915,024,875127,60480.84%Passed
20212021-10-2881,940,0421,809,554232,55997.84%Passed
20202020-11-2481,194,6853,234,867241,05096.17%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20252025-10-3087%a
20242024-10-3188.9%b
20232023-10-2691.7%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

07

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)28 : 1
CEO total compensation$2,100,757
Median employee compensation$75,651
08

Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Dawn ZierIndependent · Board Chair$158,000$170,000$0—$0$328,000
Michael B. SimsIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Strategy78,000170,0000—0248,000
Shervin J. KorangyIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating and Governance · Strategy75,500170,0000—0245,500
Celeste A. ClarkIndependent · Nominating and Governance (Chair) · Compensation73,000170,0000—0243,000
Alison E. LewisEmployee director42,000198,3330—0240,333
Carlyn R. TaylorIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Governance · Strategy (Chair)63,000170,0000—0233,000
Neil CampbellIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Governance · Strategy60,500170,0000—0230,500
Richard A. BeckIndependent · Departed during FY36,500—0—036,500
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$53,000
Annual equity retainer$170,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline$265,000
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$586,500
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,218,333
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,804,833

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

10

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Hain Celestial Group names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Hain Celestial Group.

10b

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Post Holdings, Inc.2025Robert Vitale$1,281,250$14,811,295$0$0$16,621,445
2Edgewell Personal Care Company2025Rod Little1,100,0007,576,1000907,5009,754,366
3TreeHouse Foods, Inc.2024Steven Oakland1,102,0007,069,378008,305,103
4Flowers Foods, Inc.2025A. Ryals McMullian1,041,7305,735,8420733,5247,776,698
5BellRing Brands, Inc.2025Darcy Horn Davenport950,0254,400,00001,055,7156,563,539
6B G Foods, Inc.2025Kenneth Keller1,224,2582,625,8640710,4374,589,619
7Utz Brands, Inc.2025Howard Friedman968,2892,699,0440609,9364,391,269
8The Simply Good Foods Company2025Geoff Tanner816,6672,747,7580748,0004,330,633
9J J Snack Foods Corp.2025Daniel Fachner1,021,9232,059,9740834,3003,978,648
10Hain Celestial Group2025Alison Lewis175,385900,000001,315,830

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

10c

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Hain Celestial Groupnot disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Relative TSR versus the S&P Food & Beverage Select Industry IndexClearBridge Compensation Group, LLC
B G Foods, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners
BellRing Brands, Inc.88.9% of target for corporate level NEOs; 92.9% of target for business unit level NEO (Mr. Singh).%PRSUs 80 · RSUs 20Yes — Relative TSRAon
Edgewell Personal Care Company66%not disclosedNoMeridian
Flowers Foods, Inc.56.3%PSU 70 · RSU 30Yes — TSR vs. Peer GroupMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
J J Snack Foods Corp.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Post Holdings, Inc.124.4%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Negative three-year TSRAon
The Simply Good Foods Companynot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMercer
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedPay Governance LLC
Utz Brands, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedF.W. Cook

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

10d

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Hain Celestial Group in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Wendy Davidson (Former President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Hain Celestial Group in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $4,546,417.
How does Hain Celestial Group's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Alison Lewis's total compensation ranked at the 1st percentile of Hain Celestial Group's disclosed peer group.
What is Hain Celestial Group's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Hain Celestial Group's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 28:1.
How did shareholders vote on Hain Celestial Group's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 87% of shareholders supported Hain Celestial Group's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Hain Celestial Group spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Hain Celestial Group reported total board compensation of $1,804,833 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

11

Source register

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Wendy DavidsonDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Executive Compensation Tables”. As printed: 4,546,417. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r14 · c38 · span 1813238–1813247
2Section 01, Lee BoyceDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,741,729. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c39 · span 1679967–1679976
3Section 01, Alison LewisDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Executive Compensation Tables”. As printed: 1,315,830. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r4 · c38 · span 1649124–1649133
4Section 01, Wolfgang GoldenitschDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Executive Compensation Tables”. As printed: 1,295,307. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r8 · c38 · span 1713420–1713429
5Section 01, Kristy MeringoloDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Executive Compensation Tables”. As printed: 1,256,351. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r11 · c39 · span 1763306–1763315
6Section 01, Chad MarquardtDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Executive Compensation Tables”. As printed: 1,254,617. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r17 · c38 · span 1863664–1863673
7Section 03, Lee Boyce PSUDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r6 · c20 · span 1672691–1672700
8Section 03, Kristy Meringolo PSUDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r11 · c21 · span 1756089–1756096
9Section 03, Wendy Davidson PSUDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r14 · c20 · span 1805961–1805970
10Section 03, Alison Lewis PSUDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t87 · r5 · c35 · span 2110403–2110410
11Section 03, Wolfgang Goldenitsch PSUDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r8 · c20 · span 1706146–1706153
12Section 03, Chad Marquardt PSUDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Summary Compensation Table” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r17 · c20 · span 1856391–1856398
13Section 07, pay ratioDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 28 : 1. Filing ↗
14Section 08, Dawn ZierDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 328,000. Filing ↗machine: t49 · r11 · c16 · span 887709–887950
15Section 08, Michael B. SimsDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 248,000. Filing ↗machine: t49 · r9 · c16 · span 871965–872206
16Section 08, Shervin J. KorangyDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 245,500. Filing ↗machine: t49 · r7 · c16 · span 856021–856262
17Section 08, Celeste A. ClarkDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 243,000. Filing ↗machine: t49 · r6 · c16 · span 848144–848385
18Section 08, Alison E. LewisDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,333. Filing ↗machine: t49 · r8 · c16 · span 864091–864332
19Section 08, Carlyn R. TaylorDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 233,000. Filing ↗machine: t49 · r10 · c16 · span 879840–880081
20Section 08, Neil CampbellDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 230,500. Filing ↗machine: t49 · r5 · c16 · span 840269–840510
21Section 08, Richard A. BeckDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 36,500. Filing ↗machine: t49 · r4 · c4 · span 827508–827748
22Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-11-050001193125-25-265805Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 87% (votes for as printed: 51,146,526). Filing ↗
23Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-11-050000950170-24-121438Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 88.9% (votes for as printed: 67,429,300). Filing ↗
24Section 06, 2023 voteForm 8-K2023-11-010000910406-23-000107Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 91.7% (votes for as printed: 68,949,715). Filing ↗
25Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)Computed——Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
26Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)Computed——RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
27Section 09b board cost (computed)Computed——Cash 586,500 + equity 1,218,333 + all other 0 = 1,804,833, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,804,833
28Post Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-12-150001530950-25-000284CEO total compensation as printed in Post Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,621,445. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c54 · span 657892–657902
29Edgewell Personal Care Company, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-12-220001104659-25-123567CEO total compensation as printed in Edgewell Personal Care Company's own proxy. As printed: 9,754,366. Filing ↗
30TreeHouse Foods, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-03-130001320695-25-000030CEO total compensation as printed in TreeHouse Foods, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,305,103. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c27 · span 993489–993498
31Flowers Foods, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-140001104659-26-043025CEO total compensation as printed in Flowers Foods, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,776,698. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c48 · span 1362376–1362385
32BellRing Brands, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-12-160001193125-25-320827CEO total compensation as printed in BellRing Brands, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,563,539. Filing ↗machine: r3 · c35 · span 516110–516119
33B G Foods, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-030001104659-26-039621CEO total compensation as printed in B G Foods, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,589,619. Filing ↗
34Utz Brands, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-120001193125-26-103020CEO total compensation as printed in Utz Brands, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,391,269. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c22 · span 1911475–1911484
35The Simply Good Foods Company, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-12-170001104659-25-121934CEO total compensation as printed in The Simply Good Foods Company's own proxy. As printed: 4,330,633. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c48 · span 952887–952896
36J J Snack Foods Corp., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-01-020001140361-26-000149CEO total compensation as printed in J J Snack Foods Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,978,648. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c22 · span 557467–557476
37Hain Celestial Group (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-09-180001193125-25-207370CEO total compensation as printed in Hain Celestial Group's own proxy. As printed: 1,315,830. Filing ↗machine: t83 · r4 · c38 · span 1649124–1649133
38Section 10a, B G Foods, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001104659-26-039621B G Foods, Inc. names Hain Celestial Group in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
39Section 10a, Edgewell Personal Care Company reciprocityDEF 14A—0001104659-25-123567Edgewell Personal Care Company names Hain Celestial Group in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
40Section 10a, The Simply Good Foods Company reciprocityDEF 14A—0001104659-25-121934The Simply Good Foods Company names Hain Celestial Group in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
41Section 10a, Flowers Foods, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001104659-26-043025Flowers Foods, Inc. names Hain Celestial Group in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
42Section 10a, TreeHouse Foods, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001320695-25-000030TreeHouse Foods, Inc. names Hain Celestial Group in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
43Section 10a, Utz Brands, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001193125-26-103020Utz Brands, Inc. names Hain Celestial Group in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗
44Section 10a, Post Holdings, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001530950-25-000284Post Holdings, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Hain Celestial Group. Filing ↗
45Section 10a, BellRing Brands, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001193125-24-280474BellRing Brands, Inc. names Hain Celestial Group in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). Filing ↗

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