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  0001699629
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000313143
  HAEMONETICS CORP
  001-14041
  125 SUMMER STREET
  BOSTON
  MA
  02110
  7818487100
  Basil Michelle L
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  985
  94697.90
  50786117
  05/16/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  05/15/2024
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  985
  05/15/2024
  Compensation
  Y
  05/16/2024
  12/13/2023
  /s/ Gerardo Ibarra-Munoz, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Michelle Basil