U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Ostrander Gregg A.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
50 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard
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(Street)
Uniondale NY 11553
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/30/00
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. ("HAIN")
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [_] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 926 D (Note 1)
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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(Form 3-07/99)
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FORM 3 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Options to purchase 05/30/00 05/31/10 Common Stock 15,000 #30.875 D
Common Stock (Note 2)
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Options to purchase 02/11/09 Common Stock 12,650 $23.37 D
Common Stock (Note 3)
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Options to purchase 02/10/09 Common Stock 5,060 $23.72 D
Common Stock (Note 3)
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Options to purchase 02/10/10 Common Stock 5,060 $19.66 D
Common Stock (Note 3)
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Explanation of Responses:
Note 1: Shares acquired upon consummation of the acquisition (the "Acquisition") of Celestial Seasonings, Inc. on May 30, 2000
at an exchange ratio of 1.265 shares of Hain Common Stock for each share of Celestial Common Stock held prior to the
Acquisition.
Note 2: Issued under Hain's Director Stock Option Plans upon appointment to Hain's Board of Directors.
Note 3: Options to purchase shares of Hain Common Stock acquired upon the consummation of the Acquisition in exchange of
options to purchase shares of Celestial Common Stock, as adjusted. Number of shares of common stock underlying
options calculated by multiplying number of options for shares of Celestial common stock owned prior to the
Acquisition by the exchange ratio of 1.265. Exercise price of options calculated by dividing exercise price of
Celestial options assumed by Hain in the Acquisition by the exchange ratio of 1.265.
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/s/ Gregg A. Ostrander 06/07/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
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