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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-12-015613
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120112
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120118
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120118

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000910406
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FOOD & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2000]
		IRS NUMBER:				223240619
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22818
		FILM NUMBER:		12532599

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		58 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6317302200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		58 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HAIN FOOD GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19941219

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KINERET ACQUISITION CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931021

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	21ST CENTURY FOOD PRODUCTS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930830
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date of report (date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;<B>January&nbsp;12, 2012</B> </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>58 South Service Road, Melville, NY 11747 </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code:<B> (631)&nbsp;730-2200 </B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On January&nbsp;12, 2012, the Board of Directors (the
&#147;<U>Board</U>&#148;) of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;) voted to expand the size of the Board from ten to eleven members and to appoint Scott M. O&#146;Neil to the Board to fill the new seat. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Neil will participate in the standard non-employee director compensation arrangements described in the Company&#146;s
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;7, 2011. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
Company issued a press release on January&nbsp;17, 2012 (the &#147;<U>Press Release</U>&#148;) announcing the appointment of Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Neil to the Board.&nbsp;A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date:&nbsp;January 18, 2012 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:&nbsp;Ira J. Lamel</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Contact: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Mary Anthes </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>631-730-2200 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>HAIN CELESTIAL APPOINTS SCOTT M. O&#146;NEIL </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Melville, NY, January&nbsp;17, 2012</B>&#151;The Hain
Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), a leading natural and organic products company providing consumers with A Healthy Way of Life&#153;, today announced the appointment of Scott M. O&#146;Neil to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Scott
O&#146;Neil is President of Madison Square Garden Sports where he oversees the business operations of The Madison Square Garden Company&#146;s (NASDAQ: MSG) three professional sports teams, the New York Knicks, New York Rangers and New York Liberty.
Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Neil also manages the growing MSG Sports business of world-class live sporting events, including boxing, tennis and college basketball, and is responsible for MSG&#146;s cross-platform marketing partnerships and suite sales for the
currently underway top-to-bottom Transformation of Madison Square Garden. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;We&#146;re excited to have Scott join our Board of
Directors,&#148; commented Irwin D. Simon, Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Hain Celestial. &#147;He has quickly built a world-class organization at MSG Sports, developing one of the top sales teams in the
country, and is known and recognized for his brand building and marketing expertise. We look forward to Scott&#146;s contributions in furthering our commitment to natural and organic brands as part of a healthy lifestyle.&#148; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Neil has established a reputation in the sports industry as a leader in building management teams and attracting talent, driving results
through an organizational culture focused on collaboration, innovation and execution. Since joining MSG in July 2008, Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Neil has driven an unprecedented level of marketing partnerships with industry leading brands, including JPMorgan
Chase, Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines. The Knicks, Rangers and Liberty are continually recognized in the sports industry for their brand strength, digital innovation and fan engagement across all platforms. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Prior to his joining MSG, Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Neil was Senior Vice President for the National Basketball Association, overseeing the league&#146;s team
marketing and business operations. Scott O&#146;Neil holds an undergraduate degree in marketing from Villanova University School of Business and a master of business administration degree from the Harvard Business School. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;O&#146;Neil&#146;s appointment brings the number of directors on Hain Celestial&#146;s board to eleven. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ: HAIN), headquartered in Melville, NY, is a leading natural and organic products company in North America and Europe. Hain Celestial participates in many natural
categories with well-known brands that include Celestial Seasonings<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Earth&#146;s Best<FONT
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Sensible Portions<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Health Valley<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP
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Essentials<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Walnut Acres Organic<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP
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