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  0001420910
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000313143
  HAEMONETICS CORP
  001-14041
  125 SUMMER STREET
  BOSTON
  MA
  02110
  7818487100
  Strong Stewart W
  Former Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  708
  50593.47
  48036996
  06/12/2025
  NYSE
  Common
  06/12/2025
  Option Granted 05/16/2022
  Issuer
  N
  354
  06/12/2025
  Cash
  Common
  06/12/2025
  Option Granted 05/18/2021
  Issuer
  N
  354
  06/12/2025
  Cash
  N
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  125 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  Common
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  Stewart Strong
  125 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  Common
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  /s/Wade Moss, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Stewart Strong