S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2015.

Registration No. 333-            

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	22-3240619
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1111 Marcus Avenue Lake Success, New York	11042
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

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THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC.

Amended and Restated 2002 Long Term Incentive and Stock Award Plan

(Full title of the plan)

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Irwin D. Simon

President, Chief Executive Officer

and Chairman of the Board

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

1111 Marcus Avenue

Lake Success, New York 11042

(Name and address of agent for service)

(516) 587-5000

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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Copy to:

Roger Meltzer, Esq.

DLA Piper LLP (US)

1251 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Telephone: (212) 335-4500

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	ý	Accelerated filer	o
Non-accelerated filer	o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	o

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities to be Registered (1)	Amount to be Registered	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)	Amount of Registration Fee (2)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	3,500,000 (3)	$61.5650	$215,477,500	$25,038.49

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement covers any additional securities to be offered or issued from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(2) Computed in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by averaging the high and low sales prices of the Registrant’s common stock reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 18, 2015. The registration fee is calculated only with respect to the additional securities registered on this Registration Statement.

(3) Represents additional shares of common stock issuable pursuant to The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Long Term Incentive and Stock Award Plan.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (“Hain” or the “Registrant”) has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to register an additional 3,500,000 shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2002 Long Term Incentive and Stock Award Plan (the “2002 Plan”). The increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan, as well as certain other amendments described in the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 10, 2014, was approved by the Registrant’s shareholders on November 20, 2014.  

The Registrant previously filed registration statements with the Commission on Form S-8 on December 19, 2002 (File No. 333-102017), January 13, 2004 (File No. 333-111881), January 24, 2007 (File No. 333-140180), April 1, 2009 (File No. 333-158357), May 12, 2010 (File No. 333-166773), March 10, 2011 (File No. 333-172734), March 16, 2012 (File No. 333-180189), May 10, 2013 (File No. 333-188542) and May 16, 2014 (File No. 333-196043) covering an aggregate of 28,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock authorized for issuance under the 2002 Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is being filed to register an additional 3,500,000 shares of common stock under the 2002 Plan. Pursuant to such Instruction E, the contents of the registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-102017, 333-111881, 333-140180, 333-158357, 333-166773, 333-172734, 333-180189, 333-188542 and 333-196043) are incorporated herein by reference. The current registration of 3,500,000 shares will increase the number of shares of common stock registered under the 2002 Plan from 28,000,000 shares to 31,500,000.

The above-referenced share amounts have been adjusted pursuant to the Registrant’s two-for-one stock split in the form of a 100% stock dividend that was subsequently completed on December 29, 2014.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.        Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

(a) the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014;

(b) all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a), above; and

(c) the description of our capital stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A dated November 12, 1993 and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition, all other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 8.        Exhibits

See the Exhibit Index in this Registration Statement which is incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lake Success, State of New York, on May 26, 2015.

THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC.
By:	/S/    Stephen J. Smith
Name:	Stephen J. Smith
Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Irwin D. Simon and Stephen J. Smith as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all further amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (and any additional registration statement related hereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto)), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed as of May 26, 2015, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

Name	Title
/S/    IRWIN D. SIMON	Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Irwin D. Simon	(Principal Executive Officer)
/S/    STEPHEN J. SMITH	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Stephen J. Smith	(Principal Financial Officer)
/S/    ROSS WEINER	Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Ross Weiner	(Principal Accounting Officer)
/S/    RICHARD C. BERKE	Director
Richard C. Berke
/S/    JACK FUTTERMAN	Director
Jack Futterman
/S/    ANDREW R. HEYER	Director
Andrew R. Heyer
/S/    ROGER MELTZER	Director
Roger Meltzer
/S/    SCOTT O’NEIL	Director
Scott O’Neil
/S/    ADRIANNE SHAPIRA	Director
Adrianne Shapira
/S/    LAWRENCE S. ZILAVY	Director
Lawrence S. Zilavy

EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

4.1	The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Long Term Incentive and Stock Award Plan (1)
4.2	Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation (2)
4.3	Specimen of common stock certificate (3)
5.1	Legal opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US) +
23.1	Consent of Ernst & Young LLP +
23.2	Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1	Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)
99.1	Stock Split Disclosure +

(1) Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on November 26, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.

(2) Filed as Exhibit 3.2b to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on November 26, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.

(3) Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Commission File No. 333-33830) filed by the Registrant with the Commission on April 24, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference.

+ Filed herewith.

EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

DLA Piper LLP (US) The Marbury Building 6225 Smith Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21209-3600 www.dlapiper.com T   410.580.3000 F   410.580.3001

May 26, 2015

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

1111 Marcus Avenue

Lake Success, New York 11042

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed or to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the issuance from time to time of up to 3,500,000 additional shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), pursuant to awards granted or to be granted under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2002 Long Term Incentive and Stock Award Plan, as amended (collectively, the “Plan”).

In connection herewith, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined and relied without independent investigation upon originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the following (collectively, the “Documents”):

1. The Registration Statement;

2. The Plan;

3. The Company’s Amended and Certificate of Incorporation, as in effect on the date hereof, certified by an officer of the Company;

4. The Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, as in effect on the date hereof, certified by an officer of the Company;

5. Minutes of all pertinent meetings and actions of the Board of Directors of the Company and of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the approval of the Plan, the issuance of the Shares, the filing of the Registration Statement and the Company’s two-for-one stock split in the form of a 100% stock dividend certified by an officer of the Company;

6. A short-form good standing certificate of the Company, dated as of a recent date, issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and

7. A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof, as to certain factual matters.

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

May 26, 2015

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In rendering this opinion, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the following: (i) the genuineness of all signatures on all Documents; (ii) each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or an entity, is legally competent to do so; (iii) the due authority of the parties signing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company); (iv) the authenticity of all Documents submitted to us as originals; (v) the conformity to the originals of all Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies; (vi) all public records reviewed or relied upon by us are true and complete; (vii) all statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete; (viii) there has been no oral or written modification or amendments to the Documents by action or omission of the parties or otherwise. We have also assumed that the offer and sale of the Shares complies and will comply in all respects with the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Registration Statement and the Plan. The Company has represented to us and we have also assumed that the Company has reserved from its duly authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved capital stock a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock as were approved by the Company’s stockholders for issuance under the Plan. We have also assumed that the Company will at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue the Shares in accordance with the Plan, the number of Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the settlement of awards under the Plan.

We are members of the bar of the State of Maryland and we have made no investigation of, and we express no opinion as to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Delaware General Corporation Law (including the statutory provisions, all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing) and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law. This opinion concerns only the effect of such laws (exclusive of the principles of conflict of laws) of the State of Delaware as currently in effect. As to matters of such laws of the State of Delaware, we have based our opinion solely upon our examination of such laws and the rules and regulations of the authorities administering such laws, all as reported in standard, unofficial compilations. No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the qualification of the Shares under the securities or blue sky laws of any state or any foreign jurisdiction.

This opinion speaks only at and as of its date and is based solely on the facts and circumstances known to us at and as of such date. In addition, in rendering this opinion, we assume no obligation to revise, update or supplement this opinion (i) should the present aforementioned laws of the State of Delaware be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise after the date hereof, or (ii) to reflect any facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to our attention after the date hereof.

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion and so advise you that, with respect to the Shares to be issued after the filing of the Registration Statement, the issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and fully paid for in accordance with the terms of the Registration Statement and the Plan, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

May 26, 2015

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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder or Item 509 of Regulation S-K.

Very truly yours,

/s/ DLA Piper LLP (US)

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Long Term Incentive and Stock Award Plan of our reports dated August 26, 2014, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Jericho, New York

May 26, 2015

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Stock Split Disclosure

On December 29, 2014, the Company effected a two-for-one stock split of its common stock in the form of a 100% stock dividend to shareholders of record as of December 12, 2014. All share and earnings per share information have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split and the incremental par value of the newly issued shares was recorded with the offset to additional paid-in capital.

With respect to our March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q which are incorporated by reference into this Form S-8, the effect of the stock split was recognized retroactively in the stockholders’ equity accounts in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and in all share data in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. With respect to our June 30, 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K which is incorporated by reference into this Form S-8, the effect of the stock split on per share amounts and weighted average common shares outstanding for each of the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 are as follows.

	Fiscal Year ended June 30,
	2014			2013			2012
Restated basic net income per common share:
From continuing operations	$	1.45		$	1.30		$	1.06
From discontinued operations	(0.02		)	(0.06		)	(0.17		)
Restated net income per common share - basic	$	1.43		$	1.24		$	0.89
Restated diluted net income per common share:
From continuing operations	$	1.42		$	1.26		$	1.03
From discontinued operations	(0.02		)	(0.06		)	(0.17		)
Restated net income per common share - diluted	$	1.40		$	1.20		$	0.86
Restated shares used in the calculation of net income per common share:
Basic	97,750			92,352			88,720
Diluted	100,006			95,144			91,694