LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.,
Nov. 20, 2017 /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 reported the results of its 2017 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders held on November 16,
2017.
Election of Directors: Stockholders elected the
eleven director nominees named in the proxy statement to the Board
of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders
and until their successors are duly elected and qualified:
Irwin D. Simon, Celeste A. Clark, Andrew
R. Heyer, R. Dean Hollis,
Shervin J. Korangy, Roger Meltzer, Adrianne
Shapira, Jack L. Sinclair,
Glenn W. Welling, Dawn W. Zier and Lawrence S. Zilavy.
Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation and Frequency of
Future Advisory Votes: Stockholders approved, on an
advisory basis, the named executive compensation for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2017 and
approved, on an advisory basis, that stockholders participate in an
advisory vote on named executive compensation every year.
Amendment to Implement Proxy Access: Stockholders
approved the proposal to amend the Company's Amended and Restated
By-Laws to implement proxy access.
Appointment of Independent Auditors: Stockholders
ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to act as the
Company's registered independent accountants for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2018.
Amendment to Implement Advance Notice Procedures for
Stockholder Proposals: Stockholders did not approve the
proposal to amend the Company's Amended and Restated By-Laws to
implement advance notice procedures for stockholder proposals.
The final vote results will be reported in a Current Report on
Form 8-K to be filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission today.
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 Celestial Seasonings®, Earth's
Best®, Ella's Kitchen®, Terra®,
Garden of Eatin'®, Sensible Portions®, Health
Valley®, Arrowhead Mills®,
MaraNatha®, SunSpire®, DeBoles®,
Casbah®, Rudi's Organic Bakery®, Hain Pure
Foods®, Spectrum®, Spectrum
Essentials®, Imagine®, Almond
Dream®, Rice Dream®, Soy Dream®,
WestSoy®, The Greek Gods®,
BluePrint®, FreeBird®, Plainville
Farms®, Empire®, Kosher Valley®,
Yves Veggie Cuisine®, Better Bean™, Europe's Best®, Cully &
Sully®, New Covent Garden Soup Co.®,
Yorkshire Provender™, Johnson's Juice Co.®, Farmhouse
Fare®, Hartley's®, Sun-Pat®,
Gale's®, Robertson's®, Frank Cooper's®, Linda McCartney®, Lima®, Danival®,
Joya®, Natumi®, GG UniqueFiber®,
Tilda®, JASON®, Avalon Organics®,
Alba Botanica®, Live
Clean® and Queen
Helene®. Hain Celestial has been providing A
Healthier Way of Life™ since 1993. For more information, visit
www.hain.com.
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