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0001420910
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000313143
HAEMONETICS CORP
001-14041
125 SUMMER STREET
BOSTON
MA
02110
7818487100
Strong Stewart W
Officer
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
2538
223451.30
50540770
06/07/2023
NYSE
Common
10/30/2020
ESPP Purchase
Issuer
N
224
10/30/2020
Cash
Common
04/30/2021
ESPP Purchase
Issuer
N
245
04/30/2021
Cash
Common
10/22/2021
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
229
10/22/2021
Compensation
Common
06/07/2023
Stock Option Exercise
Issuer
N
1840
06/07/2023
Cash
Y
06/07/2023
/s/ Daniel Tucci, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Stewart Strong