CANADA Vegetarian Foods Non-Dairy Beverages and Soups Snacks Infant & Toddler Foods Yves Veggie Cuisine ® maintained its position as Canada’s favorite vegetarian meat alternative brand. Building on the  success of our  Veggie Ground Round and deli slices, we intro- duced the  Prima Veggie ™ line of meatless foods, which includes The Good Dog ® product and two new burger products.  Prima Veggie was specifically formulated to expand our consumer base to mainstream, health-conscious non-vegetarians. Offered at all major supermarket chains in Canada, the  Prima Veggie launch was supported by extensive consumer programs. In the United States,  Yves maintained its #2 brand status in the Refrigerated Meat Alternatives category. We relaunched the brand with more visually appealing packaging to increase consumer awareness, and at the same time received positive reviews from the trade for the more efficient use of shelf space. introducing a variety of unique new flavors to the Canadian marketplace, launching exciting new packaging graphics, and developing informative nationwide initiatives to introduce the benefits of  Earth’s Best organic baby food to a new generation of parents. Rice Dream ® holds the dominant market share position in the Canadian Shelf-Stable, Non-Dairy Rice Beverage category.  This year we capitalized on an emerging area and entered the refrigerated segment—an area we plan to expand—with the launch of two refrigerated  Rice Dream products, Enriched Original and Enriched Vanilla.  We will be introducing new packaging graphics on  Soy Dream ®, which historically has led to increased sales among health-conscious consumers. In addition to bilingual labeling, we made changes to bring our Imagine ® soups and broths packaging into full compliance with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s new labeling requirements and help further grow market share in this category. In the coming year, we will be supporting the  Yves brand across North America with continued consumer support programs. We will introduce innovative new products to meet the needs of loyal consumers and health-conscious mainstream consumers through various distribution channels, including Foodservice.  In addition to introducing our co-branded McDonald’s® McVeggie Burger® into new U.S. markets,  Yves embarked on a venture with SYSCO® Corporation to market vegetarian meat alternatives under SYSCO’s MoonRose® brand with companies that provide full catering and fulfillment to corporate cafeterias, schools, hospitals and other outlets. We introduced a variety of new snacks aimed at expanding our shelf presence and encouraging incremental consumption. These products include two new flavors of the award-winning Terra Exotic Vegetable Chips ®, Zesty Tomato and Mediterranean, and five varieties of low-carb snacks using the  Carb Fit ™ formulations and packaged under the  Resolutions ™ brand name— the first line of low-carb snacks in Canada. Hain Celestial Canada made significant gains this year as Earth’s Best ® achieved double-digit growth in Canada, backed by new distribution and tactical consumer support programs that familiarized consumers with healthier food choices for infants and toddlers. Our efforts in this area resulted in  Earth’s Best becoming the #1 brand of jarred organic baby food in Canadian grocery stores this year.  In the coming year, we will be aggressively pursuing  additional distribution in the Grocery, Drug, and Mass channels  We will continue to introduce innovative new products like Garden of Eatin’ ® Guacamole Chips and will be focusing efforts on building off-shelf displays to stimulate impulse purchases. www.hain-celestial.com 13 SANS LACTOSE BURGERS McDonald’s and McVeggie Burger are registered trademarks of McDonald’s Corporation. SYSCO and MoonRose are registered trademarks of SYSCO Corporation. 