Hain Celestial Securities Settlement

The settlement covers transactions from November 5, 2013 through February 10, 2017, inclusive, but a claim also needs a compensable loss under the Plan of Allocation. For common stock and call options, this generally requires holding the security through at least one of the alleged corrective-disclosure dates. For put options, the plan addresses puts that were sold (written) and remained open through at least one such date.

Buying a put option is not the same as writing one. The notice’s loss calculation for put options applies to put options sold (written), not purchased puts.

• Publicly traded Hain common stock purchased or otherwise acquired during the Class Period.
• Exchange-traded Hain call options purchased or otherwise acquired during the Class Period.
• Exchange-traded Hain put options sold (written) during the Class Period.

The notice lists further exclusions, including legal representatives, heirs, successors, and assigns of excluded people or entities when acting in those capacities. Owning Hain through a mutual fund does not by itself make an investor a Settlement Class Member; the mutual fund itself may be a member.

• Defendants and the immediate families of individual Defendants.
• Hain officers, directors, and control persons during the Class Period, and their immediate families.
• Hain’s parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, certain related entities, and specified employee retirement and benefit-plan transactions.
• People or entities that timely and validly exclude themselves.

A claim form is required to seek a payment. The notice requires the documents requested by the Claim Form and says adequate documentation is needed for transactions used to calculate a Recognized Loss Amount. It does not list every document type in the notice itself.

• Get the Claim Form from the settlement website or request one by calling the Claims Administrator.
• Read the form’s instructions, complete and sign it, and include the documents the form requests.
• Submit it online with supporting documents, or mail it so it is postmarked or received by October 13, 2026.

The notice estimates an average recovery of about $0.28 per allegedly damaged common share before deductions, or about $0.18 after the requested attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses. These are estimates only, not a promised amount for any person.

• The proposed settlement amount is $35 million, plus interest earned.
• Court-approved attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses, notice and administration costs, taxes, and other Court-approved expenses are deducted first.
• The remaining Net Settlement Fund is divided among eligible claimants with valid, timely claims according to the approved allocation plan.

The plan uses transaction dates, transaction prices, the type of security, and related formulas. It matches transactions using the first-in, first-out method. A Recognized Claim is used to divide the fund among claimants; it is not a promise of a payment in that amount.

• Claims are measured under the Plan of Allocation, not by simply reimbursing every investment loss.
• The Claims Administrator uses a Recognized Claim to determine each eligible claimant’s proportional share.
• No distribution is made if a claimant’s calculated pro rata payment is less than $10.

The notice does not give a payment date. It says distributions will be made after these steps are complete.

• The Court must approve the settlement.
• Any appeals must be resolved.
• Claims must be processed, and the settlement must reach its Effective Date.

You cannot exclude yourself by telephone or email. A person who validly opts out cannot receive money from this settlement and cannot object to it. The notice warns that a separate lawsuit may face time-limit defenses.

• Mail a signed exclusion request so it is received by October 7, 2026.
• State that you request exclusion from the Settlement Class in this case.
• Include your contact information and the dates, prices, and quantities of your Hain Securities purchases, acquisitions, and sales during the Class Period.

Objecting means staying in the Settlement Class while asking the Court not to approve some or all of the settlement, allocation plan, or requested fees and expenses. A valid exclusion request is different: it removes a person from the class, so that person cannot object or receive a payment.

• A written objection must be filed with the Court and mailed or delivered to the listed counsel by October 7, 2026.
• It must be signed and explain the objection, with any supporting legal or factual materials.
• It must include documents sufficient to show that the objector is a Settlement Class Member.

The Court will consider whether to approve the settlement, the proposed Plan of Allocation, and the request for attorneys’ fees and expenses. Attendance is not required for a written objection to be considered. The hearing date or time may change without another individual notice.

• Date: October 28, 2026.
• Time: 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
• Format: remote telephone hearing.
• Phone: 669-254-5252.
• Meeting ID: 165 624 3344; Passcode: 921609.

Doing nothing is not the same as opting out. A claim form is necessary to seek a payment, while an exclusion request is necessary to remove yourself from the Settlement Class.

• You will not receive a payment.
• If you are a Settlement Class Member, you will still be bound by the settlement and its release of the covered claims.
• To preserve the possibility of pursuing covered claims separately, you must timely exclude yourself.