HAEMONETICS CORP (HAE) Business

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Company Overview

Haemonetics is a global medical technology company dedicated to improving the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of health care. Our innovative solutions addressing critical medical needs include a suite of hospital technologies designed to advance standards of care and help enhance outcomes for patients; end-to-end plasma collection technologies to optimize operations for plasma centers; and products to enable blood centers to collect in-demand blood components. When used in this report, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “Haemonetics” and the “Company” mean Haemonetics Corporation.

We view our operations and manage our business in three principal reporting segments: Plasma, Blood Center and Hospital. For that purpose, “Plasma” includes plasma collection devices and disposables, donor management software and supporting software solutions sold to plasma customers. “Blood Center” includes blood collection and processing devices and disposables for plasma, red cells and platelets. “Hospital” is comprised of Interventional Technologies, which includes Vascular Closure, Sensor-Guided Technologies and Esophageal Protection product lines, and Blood Management Technologies, which includes Hemostasis Management, Cell Salvage and Transfusion Management product lines. Financial information concerning these segments is provided in Note 18, Segment and Enterprise-Wide Information, within the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We believe that Plasma and Hospital have the greatest growth potential and are well positioned to drive long-term value. Blood Center operates in more challenging markets, and we have sharpened our focus accordingly on targeted opportunities – particularly in plasma and platelets – while ensuring continued alignment of this business with the Company’s broader strategic objectives.

Market and Products

Product Lines and Franchises

The following describes our principal products in each of our segments. Availability of products may vary from one country or region to another as a result of specific local regulatory approval or clearance requirements. Applicable laws may restrict the sale, distribution or use of these products to, by, or on the order of a licensed healthcare practitioner.

•Plasma

Our Plasma business offers automated plasma collection systems, donor management software and supporting software solutions that enable optimization of the yield, efficiency, quality and overall donor experience at plasma collection centers. We continue to invest in technology that lowers the overall cost to collect plasma while maintaining high standards of quality and safety.

Plasma Collection Market for Fractionation — Human plasma is collected for two purposes. First, it is used for transfusions in patients, such as trauma victims who need to compensate for extreme blood loss. Second, it is processed into pharmaceuticals that aid in the treatment of a broad range of immune system diseases and blood-related disorders.

Plasma for transfusion is almost exclusively collected by blood centers as part of their broader mission to supply blood components. Plasma that is fractionated and manufactured into pharmaceuticals - frequently referred to as “source plasma” - is mainly collected by vertically integrated biopharmaceutical companies that operate their own collection centers and recruit donors specifically for source plasma donation. The markets for transfusion plasma and source plasma have different participants, product requirements and growth profiles. We serve the market for plasma that is processed into pharmaceuticals primarily through our Plasma business, and we serve the market for transfusion plasma through our Blood Center business.

One of the distinguishing features of the source plasma market is the method of collection. There are three primary ways to collect plasma. The first is to collect it from whole blood donations. When whole blood is processed, plasma can be separated at the same time as red cells and platelets and stored for future use. The second is as part of an apheresis procedure that also collects another blood component. These two methods are mainly used by blood centers to collect plasma for transfusions. The third method is a dedicated apheresis procedure that only collects plasma and returns the other blood components to the donor. This third method is almost exclusively used for source plasma collection.

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Our Plasma business focuses on the collection of source plasma for pharmaceutical manufacturers using apheresis devices that only collect plasma and software solutions that support the efficient operation of dedicated source plasma collection centers. Our Blood Center business supports the collection of plasma for blood collectors, such as the American Red Cross, using apheresis collection devices.

Over the last 20 years, the collection of source plasma has increasingly been performed by vertically integrated biopharmaceutical companies such as Grifols S.A., Octapharma AG, Takeda’s BioLife Plasma subsidiary and CSL Limited (together with its affiliates, “CSL”). With their global operations and management expertise, these companies are focused on efficient plasma supply chain management and leveraging information technology to manage operations from the point of plasma donation through fractionation to the production of the final pharmaceutical product.

Demand for source plasma has continued to grow because of an expanding end user market for plasma-derived biopharmaceuticals. Therapies that require a significant quantity of plasma to create have fueled an increase in the number of donations and dedicated source plasma collection centers. A significant portion of this collection growth has occurred in the United States with U.S. produced plasma now meeting over half of plasma volume demand worldwide. U.S. regulations are more favorable relative to other markets for plasma collectors. The frequency an individual may donate, the volume of plasma that may be donated each time and the ability to remunerate donors are all more favorable to efficient operations and output, leading to approximately two-thirds of worldwide source plasma collections occurring in the U.S. Plasma collectors have long sought revisions to plasma collection regulations outside of the U.S. to allow for greater frequency, volume per donation, and remuneration, but updates have generally been limited and no significant short-term changes are foreseen in the prevalence of U.S. collections.

Plasma Products — Our automated plasma collection devices, related disposables, software and services are designed to support multiple facets of plasma collector operations. We have a long-standing commitment to understanding our customers’ collection and manufacturing processes. As a result, we aim to design equipment that is durable, dependable, and easy to use and to provide comprehensive training and support to help our customers optimize their plasma collections.

Today, nearly all source plasma collections worldwide are performed using automated collection technology at dedicated facilities. We offer multiple products to support these dedicated source plasma operations, including our NexSys PCS® plasmapheresis collection system and related disposables. We also offer a portfolio of integrated information technology platforms for plasma customers to manage their donors, operations and supply chain. Our software products, including our NexLynk DMS® donor management system and Donor360® tools, automate the donor interview and qualification process, streamline the workflow process in the plasma center, provide the controls necessary to evaluate donor suitability, inform the ability to release units collected and manage unit distribution. With our software solutions, plasma collectors can manage processes across the plasma supply chain, ensure high quality and compliance process support, react quickly to business changes and implement opportunities to reduce costs.

We have provided automated platforms dedicated to the collection of plasma for over 30 years. Our NexSys PCS device is designed to enable higher plasma yield collections, improve productivity in our customers’ centers, enhance the overall donor experience and provide safe and reliable collections that will become life-changing medicines for patients. NexSys PCS includes bi-directional connectivity to the NexLynk DMS donor management system to improve operational efficiency within plasma centers, including through automated programming of donation procedures and automated data capture of procedure data.

Our NexSys PCS with YES® technology is a yield-enhancing solution that enables increases in plasma yield per collection by an additional 18-26 mL per donation, on average. In fiscal 2021, we received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) 510(k) clearance for our NexSys PCS with proprietary Persona® technology. NexSys PCS with Persona technology uses a percent plasma nomogram that customizes plasma collection based on an individual donor’s body composition and enables a 9% to 12% average increase in plasma volume per donation, based on our baseline device, software configuration and donor population. In fiscal 2024, we received FDA clearance for advancements to NexSys PCS including a new plasma collection bowl and new Express® Plus technology engineered to reduce procedure time. Additionally, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 we received FDA 510(k) clearance for our NexSys PCS Plasma Collection System with Persona® PLUS technology. Persona PLUS is the next generation of our proprietary and patented Persona technology that enables on average a mid-single digit percent increase of plasma per donation over Persona. These recent innovations in Plasma strengthen the NexSys PCS value proposition and reinforce our commitment to supporting our Plasma customers. We expect to pursue further regulatory clearances for additional enhancements to the overall product offering.

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We have entered into agreements with all U.S. customers to adopt NexSys PCS somewhere in their global collection network and our NexLynk DMS donor management software has been adopted by all U.S. customers except those with internally developed systems. We have completed conversion of our U.S. customers to Express Plus and Persona technologies as of the end of fiscal 2026.

Our Plasma business unit represented 39.3%, 39.3% and 43.5% of our total revenue in fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

•Blood Center

Our Blood Center business offers a range of products and technologies to help blood centers optimize their blood collections, improve donor safety, enhance yields and control costs.

Blood Center Market — There are over 118 million blood donations around the world each year that produce blood products for transfusion to surgical, trauma or chronically ill patients. Patients typically receive only the blood components necessary to treat a particular clinical condition. Platelet therapy is frequently used to alleviate the effects of chemotherapy and to help patients with bleeding disorders. Red cells are often transfused to patients to replace blood lost during surgery and transfused to patients with blood disorders, such as sickle cell anemia or aplastic anemia. Plasma, in addition to its role in creating life-saving pharmaceuticals, is frequently transfused to replace blood volume in trauma victims and surgical patients.

When collecting blood components there are two primary collection methods, manual whole blood donations and automated component blood collections. While most donations are manual whole blood, the benefit of automated component blood collections is the ability to collect more than one unit of the targeted blood component. Manual whole blood donations are collected from the donor and then transported to a laboratory where the blood is separated into its components. Automated component blood collections separate the blood component in real-time while a person is donating. In this method, only the specific target blood component is collected, and the remaining components are returned to the blood donor.

While overall we expect total demand for blood to remain stable to slightly declining, demand in individual markets and for individual components can vary greatly. The development in mature markets of more minimally invasive procedures with lower associated blood loss, as well as hospitals’ improved blood management techniques and protocols have more than offset the increasing demand for blood from aging populations. Emerging markets are seeing demand growth with expanded healthcare coverage and greater access to more advanced medical treatments.

Blood Center Products — We offer automated blood component systems to blood centers to collect blood products efficiently and cost effectively. Our MCS® brand apheresis equipment is designed to collect specific blood components from the donor, with collection options spanning from multi-dose collection of individual components to combinations of different blood components, increasing our customers’ donor management capabilities and reducing the number of donors required to achieve collection targets. We also market to Blood Center customers our NexSys PCS device for plasma collections as well as our ACP automated cell processor for the preparation and recovery of frozen blood cells. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, we completed the divestiture of the Whole Blood product line within our Blood Center business, allowing us to better align our resources to higher margin, higher growth opportunities.

Our Blood Center business represented 16.6%, 19.2% and 21.6% of our total revenue in fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

•Hospital

Hospitals are called upon to provide the highest standard of patient care while at the same time reducing operating costs. Haemonetics’ Hospital business has two distinct franchises, Interventional Technologies, which includes Vascular Closure, Sensor-Guided Technologies and Esophageal Protection, and Blood Management Technologies, which includes Hemostasis Management, Cell Salvage and Transfusion Management. Both the Interventional Technologies and Blood Management Technologies franchises have a leading market position and a mission of helping hospitals and clinicians provide the highest standard of patient care while at the same time reducing operating and procedural costs and optimizing resources.

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Interventional Technologies:

Vascular Closure

Vascular Closure Market — Catheter-based, minimally invasive alternatives to open surgery have transformed cardiovascular medicine. The majority of these procedures gain access to the vascular system through the femoral artery or vein. These access sites in the vessel require closure post procedure. Even with the major advances in technology over the last 40 years, the most common complications in coronary and peripheral procedures are still related to the access site. Manual compression, the traditional standard of care, involves the application of pressure in order to facilitate the formation of a blood clot at the access site. Vascular closure devices improve upon manual compression by rapidly closing the access site and facilitating more efficient workflow for procedures in both the coronary and peripheral markets as well as the rapidly growing structural heart and electrophysiology markets.

Vascular Closure Products — Our VASCADE technology was developed to address the limitations of manual compression and existing vascular closure devices. Our VASCADE family of Vascular Closure products consists of four devices, VASCADE® 5F, VASCADE 6/7F, VASCADE MVP® and VASCADE MVP® XL, which share a common, innovative technology that features a simple, catheter-based delivery system and leverages the natural clot-inducing properties of collagen. This novel design significantly reduces access site complications, increases patient satisfaction and improves hospital workflow metrics that, in turn, drive economic benefits and overall cost savings. Our Vascular Closure devices address the growing number of catheter-based coronary, structural heart, peripheral and electrophysiology procedures that require vascular access site closure each year.

Our VASCADE product is proven to have a statistically significant reduction in minor complications compared to manual compression based on a randomized clinical trial. Our VASCADE MVP device is the first marketed vascular closure device clinically proven in a prospective, multi-center, randomized clinical trial, to improve workflow relative to manual compression for electrophysiology procedures. Importantly, these improvements may drive meaningful cost savings for hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other treatment facilities. VASCADE MVP was also the first vascular closure device to receive an FDA indication for same-day discharge following atrial fibrillation ablation. During fiscal 2025, we launched our newest VASCADE product, the VASCADE MVP XL, which utilizes 58% more collagen and a larger disc than the VASCADE MVP system. Additionally, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 we received FDA approval to expand the indication for VASCADE MVP XL to include procedures using 10-14F ID and up to 17F OD sheaths.

Our PerQseal® Elite large bore closure system is designed for percutaneous vessel closure following catheter-based procedures requiring large bore femoral access, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (“TAVR”), endovascular aneurysm repair (“EVAR”) and mechanical circulatory support procedures. PerQseal Elite features a fully bioabsorbable, sutureless sealing patch intended to address the clinical need for large bore closure through a simple over-the-wire deployment approach that maintains 0.035” guidewire access. The system is compatible with arteriotomies and venotomies up to 26F (14F – 22F sheaths). PerQseal Elite has received CE Mark in Europe for arterial and venous indications, and we have submitted a premarket approval (“PMA”) application to the FDA for an arterial indication in the United States. We believe PerQseal Elite complements and expands our Vascular Closure portfolio into the large bore market.

Sensor-Guided Technologies

Sensor-Guided Technologies Market — Coronary guidewires facilitate the delivery and positioning of interventional devices through the catheters and can also assist in the diagnosis of certain heart conditions. These guidewires are thin and flexible, allowing surgeons to navigate coronary arteries.

Sensor-Guided Technologies Products — Our OptoWire® pressure guidewire aims to improve clinical outcomes by accurately and consistently measuring fractional flow reserve and diastolic pressure ratio to aid clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with coronary artery disease.

Our SavvyWire® is a sensor-guided 3-in-1 guidewire for TAVR procedures, advancing the workflow of the procedure and enabling potentially shorter hospital stays for patients. SavvyWire serves as a guide-wire, delivers accurate hemodynamic measurement and display, and provides left ventricular (“LV”) pacing without the need for adjunct devices or venous access.

Our Sensor-Guided Technologies business also manufactures fiber optic sensor solutions used in medical devices and other industrial applications.

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Esophageal Protection

Esophageal Protection Market — Cardiac ablation, which is the primary treatment for atrial fibrillation, is a procedure that uses thermal energy or electrical pulses to cause lesions in certain areas of the heart, with the aim of preventing abnormal electrical signals from triggering irregular heartbeats. For those cardiac ablation procedures performed using radiofrequency (“RF”) ablation, a risk of thermal injury to the esophagus persists. Traditionally, the standard of care has been temperature monitoring, which involves placing a temperature probe into the esophagus and pausing the ablation procedure if the esophageal temperature exceeded certain thresholds. Esophageal protection devices cool or move the esophagus during RF ablation procedures to minimize the risk of thermal injury.

Esophageal Protection Products — Our ensoETM® system consists of a multi-lumen silicone tube placed in the esophagus, akin to a standard orogastric tube. By circulating temperature-controlled water, the ensoETM system provides proactive cooling during RF cardiac ablation, reducing the likelihood of esophageal injury. The ensoETM system can also be used to cool or warm a patient in other surgical and critical care settings, particularly in procedures where external cooling or heating may not be available or effective, such as burn surgery.

Blood Management Technologies:

Hemostasis Management

Hemostasis Management Market — Hemostasis refers to a patient’s ability to form and maintain blood clots. The clinical management of hemostasis requires that physicians have the most complete information to make decisions on how to best maintain a patient’s coagulation equilibrium between hemorrhage (bleeding) and thrombosis (clotting). Hemostasis is a critical challenge in various medical procedures, including cardiovascular surgery, organ transplantation, trauma, post-partum hemorrhage and percutaneous coronary intervention. By understanding a patient’s hemostasis status, clinicians can better plan for the patient’s care pathway. For example, they may decide whether to start or discontinue the use of certain drugs or determine the need for a transfusion and which specific blood components would be most effective in minimizing blood loss and reducing clotting risk. Such planning supports better care, which can lead to lower hospital costs through a reduction in unnecessary blood product transfusions, reduced adverse transfusion reactions and shorter intensive care unit and hospital stays.

Hemostasis Management Products — Our portfolio of hemostasis diagnostic systems enables clinicians to assess holistically the coagulation status of a patient at the point-of-care or laboratory setting.

The TEG® 6s system quickly delivers a comprehensive assessment of a patient’s hemostasis, giving clinicians the invaluable insight needed to deliver more targeted treatment. It delivers high quality test results with an easy-to-operate analyzer. The automated cartridge-based system runs up to four assays simultaneously without any manual reagent mixing. The TEG 6s analyzer is our smallest cartridge-based viscoelastic analyzer available and can be utilized in a variety of settings.

TEG Manager® software centralizes data from connected TEG analyzers throughout the hospital, providing clinicians secure remote access to both active and historical test results that inform treatment decisions. Clinical alert messages can be configured according to institution guidelines, providing standardized practice and efficient test interpretation.

In the U.S., the TEG 6s system is indicated to assess hemorrhage or thrombosis conditions in cardiovascular surgery and cardiology procedures as well as to evaluate the hemostasis condition in adult trauma patients. TEG 6s PlateletMapping® ADP & AA Cartridge can help understand a patient’s platelet function and provide insight into the risk of bleeding and greater confidence in therapeutic decisions. In fiscal 2024, we received FDA clearance for a new TEG 6s Global Hemostasis-HN assay cartridge. This new cartridge extends Haemonetics' TEG 6s viscoelastic testing capabilities to serve fully heparinized patients in adult cardiovascular surgeries/procedures and liver transplantation in both laboratory and point-of-care settings. We continue to pursue a broader set of indications for TEG 6s in the U.S. The TEG 6s system is approved for a broader set of indications outside of the U.S., including Europe, Australia and Japan.

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Cell Salvage

Cell Salvage Market — The Cell Salvage market is mainly comprised of devices designed to collect, wash and prepare a patient’s own blood for reinfusion during or after surgery. Loss of blood is common in many surgical procedures, including open heart, trauma, transplant, vascular and orthopedic procedures, and the need for transfusion of oxygen-carrying red cells to make up for lost blood volume is routine. Patients commonly receive donor (or allogeneic) blood which carries various risks for transfusion reactions including chills, fevers or other side effects that can prolong a patient’s recovery.

An alternative to allogeneic blood is surgical cell salvage, also known as autotransfusion, which reduces or eliminates a patient’s need for blood donated from others and ensures that the patient receives the freshest and safest blood possible - his or her own. Surgical cell salvage involves the collection of a patient’s own blood during or after surgery with the intent of reinfusion of red cells to that patient. Blood is suctioned from the surgical site or collected from a wound or chest drain, processed and washed through a centrifuge-based system that yields concentrated red cells, available in a reinfusion bag, for transfusion back to the patient at the physician’s discretion. This process occurs in a sterile, closed-circuit, single-use consumable set that is fitted into an electromechanical device. We market our surgical blood salvage products to surgical specialists, primarily cardiovascular, orthopedic and trauma surgeons, OB-GYN and to anesthesiologists and surgical suite service providers.

Cell Salvage Products — Our Cell Saver® Elite®+ autologous blood recovery system is a surgical blood salvage system targeted to medium to high blood loss procedures, such as cardiovascular, orthopedic, trauma, transplant, vascular, obstetrical and gynecological surgeries. The Cell Saver Elite + is designed to minimize allogeneic blood use and reliably recover and prepare a patient’s own high-quality blood for reinfusion.

Transfusion Management

Transfusion Management Market — Hospital transfusion services professionals and clinicians are facing cost restraints in addition to the pressure to enhance patient safety, compliance and operational efficiency. Managing the safety and traceability of the blood supply chain and comprehensive management of patients, orders, specimens, blood products, derivatives and accessories across the hospital network is challenging. In addition, providing clinicians with the vital access to blood when needed most while maintaining traceability is a key priority. Frequently when blood products leave the blood bank, the transfusion management staff loses control and visibility of the blood components. They often do not know if the blood was handled, stored or transfused properly, which may lead to negative effects on patient safety, product quality, inventory availability and staff efficiency as well as increased waste.

Transfusion Management Products — Our Transfusion Management solutions are designed to help provide safety, traceability and compliance from the hospital blood bank to the patient bedside and enable consistent care across the hospital network. Our SafeTrace Tx® transfusion management software is designed to be used as the system of record for all hospital blood bank and transfusion service information. BloodTrack® blood management software is a modular suite of blood management and bedside transfusion solutions that combines software with hardware components and acts as an extension of the hospital’s blood bank information system. The software is designed to work with blood storage devices, including the BloodTrack HaemoBank® device.

Our Hospital business represented 44.1%, 41.5% and 34.9% of our total revenue in fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Marketing and Sales

We market and sell our products in approximately 90 countries through a combination of our own direct sales force (including full-time sales representatives and clinical specialists) as well as independent distributors in approximately 87 countries. Our customers include biopharmaceutical companies, blood collection groups and independent blood centers, hospitals and hospital service providers, group purchasing organizations and national health organizations. Sales representatives target the primary decision-makers within each of those organizations. In fiscal 2026, our ten largest customers accounted for approximately 44% of our net revenues. In fiscal 2026, one Plasma customer accounted for approximately 13% of total net revenues.

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Research and Development

Our investment in research and development is critical to driving our future growth. Our research and development efforts are focused on the further development and improvement of our existing products, the design and development of new, innovative medical technologies and regulatory compliance across all our business segments. Our research and development function maintains technical expertise in engineering disciplines critical to our products, including mechanical, electrical, software, biomedical engineering and chemistry. Innovations resulting from these various engineering efforts enable us to develop systems that are faster, smaller and more user-friendly, or that incorporate additional features important to our customer base. Customer collaborations are also an important part of our technical strength and competitive advantage. These collaborations with customers provide us with ideas for new products and applications, enhanced protocols and potential test sites as well as objective evaluations and expert opinions regarding technical and performance issues.

Research and development resources were allocated primarily to support innovation across our Plasma and Hospital product portfolios in fiscal 2026. During fiscal 2026 we announced FDA clearance for the NexSys PCS Plasma Collection System with Persona PLUS technology, which represents the next generation of our proprietary and patented Persona technology that tailors plasma collections to each donor for improved average plasma volume per donation. Additionally, during fiscal 2026 we received FDA approval to expand the labeling for the VASCADE MVP XL venous vascular closure system to include procedures using 10-14F inner diameter (ID) and up to 17F outer diameter (OD) procedural sheaths. With this label expansion, the VASCADE MVP XL system is approved for larger sheaths used in market-leading technologies for pulsed field ablation (“PFA”) and left atrial appendage closure (“LAAC”) to treat atrial fibrillation.

Manufacturing

We endeavor to supply products that are both high quality and cost competitive for our customers by leveraging continuous improvement methodologies, focusing on our core competencies and partnering with strategic suppliers that complement our capabilities. In general, we design our equipment and consumables and use contract manufacturers to build the devices, while the majority of consumables are manufactured by us.

Our production activities occur in controlled settings or “clean room” environments and have built-in quality checks throughout the manufacturing process. Our manufacturing teams are focused on continuously improving our productivity, product cost and product quality through change control procedures, validations and strong supplier management programs. We regularly review our logistics capabilities, inventory and safety stock levels and maintain business continuity plans to address supply disruptions that may occur.

Our primary consumable manufacturing operations are located in North America and Malaysia. Contract manufacturers also supply component sets according to our specifications, with component sets manufactured in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. Our capital equipment is principally manufactured in Malaysia, Australia and the U.S.

We have experienced increased levels of unpredictability in the supply of certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of our products. While we continue to believe we will have access to the raw materials and components that we need, these supply chain dynamics could result in increased costs to us or an inability to fully meet customer demand for certain of our products. Additionally, the global macroeconomic environment has continued to present challenging conditions and uncertainty, including around inflation, tariffs, interest rates, monetary policy, exchange rates and geopolitical developments, which could adversely impact the costs associated with our manufacturing operations.

Intellectual Property

We consider our intellectual property rights to be important to our business. We rely on a combination of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, as well as provisions in our agreements with third parties, to protect our intellectual property rights.

We hold numerous patents in North America and have applied for numerous additional U.S. patents relating to our products and related technologies. We also own or have applied for corresponding patents in selected foreign countries. These patents cover certain elements of our products and processes, including protocols employed in our equipment and aspects of certain of our disposables. Our patents may cover current products, products in markets we plan to enter, or products in markets we plan to license to others. Certain patents may also be defensive in that they are directed to technologies not currently embodied in our current products. We also may license patent rights from third parties that cover technologies that we use or plan to use in our business. We own various trademarks that have been registered in the United States and certain other countries.

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Our policy is to obtain patent and trademark rights in the U.S. and foreign countries where such rights are available and we believe it is commercially advantageous to do so. However, the standards for international protection of intellectual property vary widely. We cannot assure that pending patent and trademark applications will result in issued patents and registered trademarks, that patents issued to or licensed by us will not be challenged or circumvented by competitors, or that our patents will not be determined invalid. To maintain our competitive position, we also rely on the technical expertise and know-how of our personnel. We believe that unpatented know-how and trade secrets relied upon in connection with our business and products are generally as important as patent protection in establishing and maintaining a competitive advantage.

We are engaged in intellectual property litigation as described in Note 15, Commitments & Contingencies, within the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We have instituted, and may in the future institute, intellectual property litigation to enforce our patent rights, to protect our trade secrets or know-how and to determine the scope and validity of the proprietary rights of others. Such litigation could be protracted, expensive and subject to significant uncertainty as to outcome. Additionally, we have been, and may in the future be, notified of claims that we may be infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights of third parties. In connection with any such claims, we may seek to enter into settlement and/or licensing arrangements or to litigate such claims. Any such settlements could include cross-licensing of the patents that are the subject of the litigation and/or monetary payments, and a successful claim against us may require the removal of the alleged infringing product from the market or require designing around the third party’s patents, potentially resulting in less market demand for the product. For additional information, see Item 1A. “Risk Factors” below.

Competition

To remain competitive, we continue to develop and acquire new cost-effective products, information technology platforms and business services. We believe that our ability to maintain a competitive advantage will continue to depend on a combination of factors. Some factors are largely within our control such as: (i) maintenance of a positive reputation among our customers, (ii) development of new products that meet our customer’s needs, (iii) obtaining regulatory approvals for our products in key markets, (iv) obtaining patents that protect our innovations, (v) development and protection of proprietary know-how in important technological areas, (vi) product quality, safety and cost effectiveness and (vii) continual and rigorous documentation of clinical performance. Other factors are outside of our control. We could see changes in regulatory standards or clinical practice that favor a competitor’s technology or reduce revenues in key areas of our business.

Our technical staff is highly skilled, but certain competitors have substantially greater financial resources and larger technical staff at their disposal. There can be no assurance that competitors will not direct substantial efforts and resources toward the development and marketing of products competitive with those of Haemonetics.

In addition, we face competition from several large global companies with product offerings similar to ours. Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (“Terumo BCT”), Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, and Abbott Laboratories, in particular, have significant financial and other resources and are strong competitors in a number of our businesses. The following provides an overview of the key competitors in each of our three global business units.

•Plasma

In the automated plasma collection market, we principally compete with Fresenius’ Fenwal Aurora and Aurora Xi device product lines and Terumo BCT’s Rika device on the basis of procedure duration, donor experience, plasma yield per donation, product quality and reliability, ease of use, services and technical features of the collection systems, supply chain reliability and the long-term cost-effectiveness of equipment and disposables. Outside of the U.S., we also compete with Nigale, a Chinese manufacturer that has expanded beyond China into European and South American markets, and Scinomed, a European company with Chinese manufacturing that competes in select European countries as well. In the field of plasma related software, we principally compete with applications developed internally by certain of our customers.

•Blood Center

Our MCS brand apheresis equipment competes not only against manual whole blood collections but also with products from Terumo BCT and Fresenius. Technology is the key differentiator in automated component blood collections, with speed, as measured by the time to collect more than one unit of a specific targeted blood component, quality, reliability, ease of use, service and other technical features being key factors. In markets with a significant number of people eligible to donate more than one unit in a single donation, the processing speed can be a significant competitive differentiator. This is particularly relevant in platelet donations and can drive market share shifts in certain markets.

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•Hospital

Interventional Technologies:

Vascular Closure

The vascular closure industry is highly competitive and has been evolving rapidly with the introduction of new products, technologies, regulations and activities of industry participants. Our VASCADE and PerQseal products serve as alternatives to existing methods of vascular access site closure in interventional procedures, generally including manual compression, figure-of-eight sutures and other advanced closure devices. Our main competitors in vascular access closure include Terumo BCT, Abbott Laboratories, Cordis, and Teleflex, where we compete primarily based on clinical and economic value, ease of use, workflow improvements and patient satisfaction. Our products are optimized for the requirements of coronary, structural heart, peripheral and electrophysiology procedures, including procedures that require multiple access sites. In addition, our value proposition is supported by robust clinical trial evidence and study data, which demonstrate reduced access site complication rates as well as workflow improvements compared to manual compression that lead to cost savings.

Sensor-Guided Technologies

The landscape of sensor-guided technologies is competitive, especially within the mature coronary physiology market. Our OptoWire and SavvyWire products stand out as leading offerings in their respective segments, providing real-time feedback and precise guidance during coronary physiology and structural heart procedures. Competitors such as Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, and Philips pose challenges and opportunities in the coronary physiology segment, each offering their own technologies and solutions. There are not currently competing, commercially available guidewires that are indicated to deliver both hemodynamic measurement and LV pacing for TAVR procedures; however, at least one competitor (SoloPace(R)) has entered the market with a guidewire indicated for on-label LV pacing during TAVR, which may increase competitive pressure in this segment over time.

Esophageal Protection

The ensoETM system competes primarily with temperature monitoring as the current standard of care for esophageal protection during RF ablations, as well as with a small number of other esophageal protection devices that deviate the esophagus. Additionally, RF ablation technologies are experiencing significant competition from companies advancing PFA technologies on the basis of, among other factors, workflow efficiencies and safety profile. In this context, ensoETM supports the continued use of RF ablation technologies by reducing the likelihood of ablation-related esophageal injury. The ensoETM system’s utility in temperature regulation during other surgical and critical care procedures also provides additional opportunities for market penetration and differentiation.

Blood Management Technologies:

Hemostasis Management

Our hemostasis analyzer systems are used primarily in surgical applications. Competition includes routine coagulation tests, such as prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time and platelet count marketed by various manufacturers, such as Werfen, Diagnostica Stago SAS and Sysmex. The TEG analyzer competes with these routine laboratory tests based on its ability to provide a more complete picture of a patient’s hemostasis at a single point in time and to measure the clinically relevant platelet function for an individual patient.

In addition, TEG competes more directly with other viscoelastic testing systems, including ROTEM® analyzers, the VerifyNow™ System and HemoSonics Quantra®. ROTEM and VerifyNow instruments are marketed by Werfen. HemoSonics is owned and offered by Diagnostica Stago. There are also additional technologies being explored to assess viscoelasticity and other characteristics that can provide insights into the coagulation status of a patient. In the advanced viscoelastic testing segment, Haemonetics is the global market leader.

Cell Salvage

In the intraoperative autotransfusion market, competition is based on reliability, ease of use, service, support and price. For high-volume platforms, each manufacturer's technology is similar and our Cell Saver technology competes principally with products offered by LivaNova PLC, Medtronic and Fresenius.

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Transfusion Management

SafeTrace Tx and BloodTrack compete in the transfusion management software market within the broader category of hospital information systems. SafeTrace Tx is an FDA regulated blood bank information system (“BBIS”) that integrates and communicates with other healthcare information systems such as the electronic health record and laboratory information system within the hospital. The BloodTrack software, also FDA regulated, is an extension of the BBIS and provides secure, traceable blood units at the point-of-care, including trauma, surgery, outpatient and critical care settings. Growth drivers for these markets include patient safety, operational efficiencies and compliance.

SafeTrace Tx competition primarily consists of stand-alone BBIS including WellSky, SSC Soft, and some electronic health record software that includes a built-in transfusion management solution including Cerner and Clinsys. Global competition for BloodTrack varies by country including MSoft, MAK Systems in Europe and established blood practices in the U.S. such as using standard refrigerators and manual movement of blood products. BloodTrack integrates with the hospital’s existing lab or blood bank system allowing for greater market acceptance.

Government Regulation

Due to the variety of products that we manufacture, we and our products are subject to a wide range of regulations from numerous government agencies, including the FDA, and similar agencies outside the U.S. To varying degrees, each of these agencies requires us to comply with laws and regulations governing the development, testing, manufacturing, labeling, marketing and distribution of our products.

In the United States, medical devices, drugs and biological products are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) and other federal and state statutes and regulations. The failure to comply with applicable U.S. requirements may subject a company to a variety of administrative or judicial sanctions, such as FDA refusal to clear or approve applications, warning or untitled letters, product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, civil penalties and criminal prosecution.

Medical Device Regulation

Premarket Requirements - U.S.

Unless an exemption applies, all medical devices introduced to the U.S. market are required by the FDA, as a condition of marketing, to secure clearance of a 510(k) premarket notification, grant of a request for de novo classification, or approval of a premarket approval application, or PMA. The FDA classifies medical devices into one of three classes based on risk. Devices deemed to pose a low or moderate risk are placed in Class I or II. Manufacturers of most Class II devices, and a few Class I devices, must submit to the FDA a 510(k) premarket notification requesting clearance for commercial distribution. Devices deemed by the FDA to pose the greatest risk or devices deemed not substantially equivalent to a previously cleared 510(k) device are placed in Class III, requiring submission and approval of a PMA or risk-based classification through the de novo process.

To obtain 510(k) clearance, we must submit a premarket notification demonstrating that the proposed device is “substantially equivalent” to a previously 510(k)-cleared device or a device that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976 for which the FDA has not yet called for the submission of PMAs, or a device that has been the subject of a de novo classification. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance pathway usually takes from three to 12 months from the date the notification is submitted, but it can take longer, depending on the extent of the FDA’s requests for additional information and the amount of time a sponsor takes to fulfill them. We may need to first obtain an investigational device exemption (for significant risk devices), known as an IDE, in order to conduct extensive clinical testing of the device to obtain the necessary clinical data for submission to the FDA. After a device receives 510(k) clearance, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, will require a new 510(k) clearance or could require premarket approval.

A device that cannot demonstrate substantial equivalence to a previously marketed predicate is automatically deemed Class III. The de novo process provides a pathway to classify novel medical devices for which general controls alone, or general and special controls, provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness for the intended use, but for which there is no legally marketed predicate device. Once a request for de novo classification is granted by the FDA, the newly classified device may be used as a predicate by the applicant or a competitor in a future 510(k) notification submission, if the FDA determines that new devices of the same type require 510(k) clearance.

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Devices deemed by the FDA to pose the greatest risk are placed in Class III. A PMA is required for most Class III devices. The PMA process is more detailed, lengthier and more expensive than the 510(k) and de novo processes. Our VASCADE portfolio of vascular closure systems are Class III products for which PMAs were previously obtained and we have submitted a PMA application to the FDA for an arterial indication for the PerQseal Elite product. The 510(k) clearance, de novo classification, and PMA processes can be resource intensive, expensive, lengthy and require payment of significant user fees.

Postmarket Requirements - U.S.

After the FDA permits a device to enter commercial distribution, numerous regulatory requirements continue to apply. Generally, establishments that design and/or manufacture devices are required to register with the FDA. They also must provide the FDA with a list of the devices that they design and/or manufacture at their facilities. Other postmarket requirements include compliance with:

•The Quality Management System Regulation (“QMSR”), which in February 2026 replaced the Quality System Regulation (“QSR”). It sets forth current good manufacturing practice (“cGMP”) requirements for medical devices, incorporating by reference the international standard specific for medical device quality management systems set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ISO 13485:2016 Medical devices – Quality management systems – Requirements for regulatory purposes. The QMSR applies to manufacturers, including contract manufacturers, of finished medical devices, and governs methods, facilities, and controls used in designing, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, storing, installing and servicing such devices. Manufacturers of medical devices must establish a quality system appropriate for the devices they manufacture. For example, devices containing certain types of software must implement comprehensive cybersecurity risk management programs and documentation consistent with the QMSR. The Haemonetics quality management system is certified to ISO 13485:2016;

•Labeling regulations, including unique device identification;

•Medical device reporting, or MDR, regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA if their device may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur; and

•Medical device correction and removal (recall) regulations with their associated reporting obligations.

Additionally, we and the manufacturing facilities of some of our suppliers are subject to unannounced inspections by the FDA to determine our compliance with the QMSR and other applicable regulations described above. If a company fails to comply with regulatory requirements, the FDA can issue Form 483 Notices of Observation, warning letters or untitled letters, recommend or require product recalls, issue safety communications, seek a court order detaining or seizing certain devices, seek an injunction, suspend or withdraw regulatory clearance or approvals, ban certain medical devices, order repair, replacement or refund of medical devices or require notification of health professionals and others with regard to medical devices that present risks of substantial harm to the public health. The FDA may also initiate action for criminal prosecution of violations.

The FDA also may require post market testing, surveillance, or other measures to monitor the effects of an approved or cleared product. The FDA may place conditions on a PMA-approved device that could restrict the distribution or use of the product. In addition, manufacturers are subject to periodic inspections by the FDA. Accordingly, manufacturers must continue to expend time, money, and effort in the areas of production and quality control to maintain compliance with QMSRs.

Advertising, marketing and promotional activities for devices are also subject to FDA oversight. The failure to comply with the requirements applicable to these activities can result in FDA enforcement action.

Manufacturers of medical devices are permitted to promote products solely for the uses and indications set forth in the approved or cleared product labeling. Promotion of products for uses not described in the approved or cleared labeling (“off-label” uses) has resulted in enforcement actions against manufacturers, including actions alleging violation of the Federal False Claims Act, federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse laws, and state consumer protection laws. The failure to comply with prohibitions on “off-label” promotion can result in significant monetary penalties, suspension of sales of certain products, product recalls, civil or criminal sanctions, exclusion from participating in federal healthcare programs, or other administrative and enforcement actions. In the U.S., allegations of such wrongful conduct could also result in a corporate integrity agreement with the U.S. government that imposes significant administrative obligations and costs.

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Requirements Outside the U.S.

The regulatory review process varies from country to country and may in some cases require the submission of clinical data. Our international sales are subject to regulatory requirements in the countries in which our products are sold. For example, the European Union (“EU”) has adopted the EU Medical Device Regulation (the “EU MDR”) and the EU In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (the “EU IVDR”), each of which impose stricter requirements for the marketing and sale of medical devices, including in the area of clinical evaluation requirements, quality systems and postmarket surveillance, than the medical device directives they replace. The EU MDR became fully applicable as of May 26, 2021 and the EU IVDR became fully applicable as of May 26, 2022. We achieved initial EU MDR and IVDR certifications in October 2023. EU MDR certification is ongoing for legacy devices.

There is a conditional transition period after the date of full application, the duration of which is dependent on the classification of the device and conditioned upon manufacturers having submitted EU MDR applications by May 26, 2024. A new EU certificate under the applicable regulations must be obtained prior to the end of the transition period if there is to be no interruption in manufacturing and supply of devices to the market. There are nevertheless a number of provisions that need to be complied with from the date of application, including updating the postmarket surveillance process, appointing an importer for the EU, appointing a person responsible for regulatory compliance, and updating economic operator agreements. Complying with the requirements of these regulations has and will continue to require us to incur significant expenditures. Failure to meet these requirements could adversely impact our business in the EU and other regions that tie their product registrations to the EU requirements. Similarly, the separation of states from participation in the EU, such as through the cessation of the United Kingdom’s membership in the EU (commonly known as “Brexit”) and the separation of the Swiss and EU medical product markets with the adoption of the EU MDR (commonly referred to as “Swexit”), may result in further regulatory risk and complexity as the former EU member or participant state establishes separate laws and regulations governing medical products. Regulatory requirements in other jurisdictions also continue to become more stringent, increasing regulatory requirements to register and maintain products in these markets.

Requirements Outside the U.S.

We must obtain the requisite marketing authorizations from regulatory authorities in foreign countries prior to marketing of a product in those countries. The requirements and process governing product licensing vary from country to country. If we fail to comply with applicable foreign regulatory requirements, we may be subject to, among other things, warning letters or untitled letters, injunctions, civil, administrative, or criminal penalties, monetary fines or imprisonment, suspension or withdrawal of regulatory approvals, suspension of ongoing clinical studies, refusal to approve pending applications or supplements to applications filed by us, suspension or the imposition of restrictions on operations, product recalls, the refusal to permit the import or export of our products or the seizure or detention of products.

Conflict Minerals

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act imposes disclosure requirements regarding the use of “Conflict Minerals” mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries in products, whether or not these products are manufactured by third parties. The conflict minerals include tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold and their derivatives. These requirements could affect the pricing, sourcing and availability of minerals used in the manufacture of our products. There may be material additional costs associated with complying with the disclosure requirements, such as costs related to determining the source of any conflict minerals used in our products. Our supply chain is complex and we may be unable to verify the origins for all metals used in our products as well as costs of possible changes to products processes, or sources of supply as a consequence of such verification activities.

Fraud and Abuse Laws

We are subject to fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations that constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we market, sell and distribute our products. In addition, we are subject to transparency laws and patient privacy regulation by U.S. federal and state governments and by governments in foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct our business. We have described below some of the key federal, state and foreign healthcare laws and regulations that apply to our business.

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The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits, among other things, knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or in return for purchasing, leasing, ordering or arranging for or recommending the purchase, lease or order of any healthcare item or service reimbursable, in whole or in part, under Medicare, Medicaid or other federally financed healthcare programs. This statute has been interpreted to apply to arrangements between manufacturers of federally reimbursed products on one hand and prescribers, purchasers and others in a position to recommend, refer, or order federally reimbursed products on the other. Although there are a number of statutory exemptions and regulatory safe harbors protecting certain common activities from prosecution, the exemptions and safe harbors are drawn narrowly and practices that involve remuneration to those who prescribe, purchase, or recommend medical devices or pharmaceutical and biological products, including certain discounts, or engaging consultants as speakers or consultants, may be subject to scrutiny if they do not fit squarely within the exemption or safe harbor. Our practices may not in all cases meet all of the criteria for safe harbor protection from anti-kickback liability. Moreover, there are no safe harbors for many common practices, such as educational and research grants. Liability may be established without a person or entity having actual knowledge of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute or specific intent to violate it. In addition, the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the civil False Claims Act.

The federal civil False Claims Act prohibits, among other things, any person from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false, fraudulent or materially incomplete claim for payment of government funds, or knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement material to an obligation to pay money to the government or knowingly concealing or knowingly and improperly avoiding, decreasing, or concealing an obligation to pay money to the federal government. In recent years, companies in the healthcare industry have faced enforcement actions under the federal False Claims Act for, among other things, allegedly providing free product to customers with the expectation that the customers would bill federal programs for the product or causing false claims to be submitted because of the company’s marketing of the product for unapproved and thus non-reimbursable, uses. False Claims Act liability is potentially significant in the healthcare industry because the statute provides for treble damages and mandatory penalties of tens of thousands of dollars per false claim or statement. Healthcare companies also are subject to other federal false claims laws, including, among others, federal criminal healthcare fraud and false statement statutes that extend to non-government health benefit programs.

The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”) among other things, imposes criminal and civil liability for knowingly and willfully executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, including private third-party payers and knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services.

In addition, the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, implemented as the Open Payments program, requires manufacturers of certain products reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program to track and report information to the federal government on certain payments or transfers of value that they make to physicians (defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors), physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, anesthesiologist assistants, certified nurse midwives and teaching hospitals, as well as ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members. Manufacturers are also required to collect information regarding payments and other transfers of value to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, anesthesiologist assistants, certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified nurse-midwives for reporting. The reported data is made available in searchable form on a public website on an annual basis. Failure to submit required information may result in civil monetary penalties.

Many states have adopted analogous laws and regulations, including state anti-kickback and false claims laws, which may apply to items or services reimbursed under Medicaid and other state programs or, in several states, regardless of the payer. Several states have enacted legislation requiring pharmaceutical and medical device companies to, among other things, establish marketing compliance programs; file periodic reports with the state, including reports on gifts and payments to individual health care providers; make periodic public disclosures on sales, marketing, pricing, clinical trials and other activities; and/or register their sales representatives. Some states prohibit specified sales and marketing practices, including the provision of gifts, meals, or other items to certain health care providers and/or offering co-pay support to patients for certain prescription drugs.

Other countries, including a number of EU Member States, have laws of similar application.

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Environmental Matters

Failure to comply with international, federal and local environmental protection laws or regulations could have an adverse impact on our business or could require material capital expenditures. We continue to monitor changes in U.S. and international environmental regulations and emerging industry expectations that may present a significant risk to the business, including laws or regulations relating to the manufacture or sale of products using plastics and evolving customer expectations with respect to environmental stewardship.

Human Capital

We are committed to building a collaborative, performance-driven culture that attracts and retains top talent. As of March 28, 2026, we employed the full-time equivalent of 3,009 persons. Approximately 78% of our employees are located in North America and the remaining 22% are located across 17 other countries.

In our industry, there is substantial competition for key personnel in the regions in which we operate. Recruiting, developing, engaging and retaining talented employees is critical to both our strategy and our ability to compete effectively in the markets we serve. Our human capital strategy focuses on a complementary set of initiatives designed to support our corporate strategy and secure top talent, including the following:

•We dedicate meaningful time and resources to employee development, training and succession planning. Pursuant to our Principles of Corporate Governance, our Board of Directors plans for succession to the position of Chief Executive Officer as well as other senior leadership positions and reviews potential successors to these roles at least annually. We maintain a robust performance management review process for our permanent employees below the senior leadership level to help develop talent and ensure alignment of performance goals at every level of the organization throughout the fiscal year. Additionally, we offer a variety of programs and resources designed to facilitate our employees’ career development, training and networking, including:

◦Individual development planning by employees, in consultation with their managers, to help define individual development goals and facilitate manager coaching and feedback;

◦Manager development sessions focused on developing core leadership competencies, including performance management training, coaching and feedback and building trust;

◦Continuous improvement training for employees, including through our internal learning management platform, to promote individual development, strengthen our culture and drive compliance and quality across our organization;

◦Tuition reimbursement programs that provide eligible U.S. and Canadian employees with the opportunity to be reimbursed (up to a set dollar limit) for tuition and certain other expenses associated with degree programs, certifications and continuing education courses that relate to their work at the Company; and

◦Regular recognition of employees across the organization who personify our core values.

•We engage regularly with our employees. Our senior leadership team participates in scheduled meetings with our employees throughout the fiscal year – including quarterly Town Halls with our global workforce – to reiterate strategic priorities, provide business updates, recognize employee contributions and answer employee questions. We also regularly solicit perspectives from our workforce through surveys and other communications channels. Nearly 90% of global employees participated in our most recent biennial employee engagement survey conducted in fiscal 2025, with feedback from the survey shared across the organization and used to inform both Company-sponsored initiatives and shared action plans between managers and direct reports. Additionally, we conducted short pulse surveys throughout the fiscal year that allowed us to receive more real-time employee feedback and take prompt action as needed to enhance our talent attraction and retention capabilities.

•We seek to foster a collaborative, performance-driven culture. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment where the contributions of every individual are valued. We advance these efforts through purposeful investments and training, including as described above, and by requiring that employees complete annual training on our Code of Conduct.

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•We offer market-competitive compensation opportunities and benefits that are designed to attract, retain and motivate exceptional employees and drive both individual and company performance. In addition to base salary, most of our employees have variable components to their compensation that are tied to achievement of corporate and individual performance goals, the fluctuations of our stock price, or a combination of both. We also offer a comprehensive package of global benefits to support the health and well-being of our employees and their families and continually introduce new and enhanced benefit offerings to meet the evolving needs of our workforce and to remain competitive in local markets, including a hybrid work offering for our corporate offices in the U.S. and certain other jurisdictions.

•We maintain policies and practices to promote employee health and safety. As a Company, we are committed to making our workplaces safe and secure. This includes eliminating unsafe work practices and workplace injuries and illnesses and promoting the health, safety and well-being of all employees, contractors and visitors. Important objectives in achieving our vision include creating a positive safety culture, maintaining an effective safety management system and reducing risk in the workplace. Among other things, we utilize a third-party enterprise compliance and risk management solution at all of our locations to track incidents. We also require tailored health and safety compliance training for all site employees as well as annual training for all employees on our Code of Conduct, which includes a specific module on health and safety.

Availability of Reports and Other Information

Our Principles of Corporate Governance, Code of Conduct and the charters of the Audit, Compensation, Governance and Compliance and Technology Committees of our Board of Directors are published on the Investor Relations section of our website at www.haemonetics.com. On this website the public can also access, free of charge, our annual, quarterly and current reports and other documents filed or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The SEC maintains an internet site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file documents electronically.

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements that we make from time to time, including statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated by reference into this report, constitute “forward looking-statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and reflect management’s assumptions, views, plans, objectives and projections about the future. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “foresees,” “potential” and other words of similar meaning in conjunction with, among other things: discussions of future operations; expected operating results and financial performance; the Company’s strategy for growth; product development, commercialization and anticipated performance and benefits; regulatory approvals; impacts of acquisitions or dispositions; impacts of share repurchases; and market position and expenditures.

Because forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding future events, they are subject to uncertainties, risks and changes that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of the Company’s control. Investors should realize that if underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, the Company’s actual results and financial condition could vary materially from expectations and projections expressed or implied in its forward-looking statements. Investors are therefore cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements.

The following are some important factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our expectations in any forward-looking statements. For further discussion of these and other factors, see Item 1A. Risk Factors in this report.

•Our ability to achieve our long-term strategic and financial-improvement goals;

•Demand for and market acceptance risks for new and existing products, including material reductions in purchasing from or loss of a significant customer;

•Our ability to develop, manufacture and market new products and technologies successfully and in a timely manner and the ability of our competitors and other third parties to develop products or technologies that render our products or technologies noncompetitive or obsolete;

•Product quality or safety concerns, leading to product recalls, withdrawals, regulatory action by the FDA (or similar non-U.S. regulatory agencies), reputational damage, declining sales or litigation;

•Security breaches of our products or information technology systems, or those of our customers, suppliers or other business partners, which could impair our ability or our customers’ ability to conduct business or compromise sensitive information of the Company or its customers, suppliers and other business partners, or of customers’ patients;

•The potential that the expected strategic benefits and opportunities from completed or planned acquisitions, including the Company’s acquisitions of Vivasure Medical Limited (“Vivasure”), OpSens Inc. and Advanced Cooling Therapy, Inc., d/b/a Attune Medical (“Attune Medical”), divestitures or other strategic investments by the Company may not be realized or may take longer to realize than expected;

•Pricing pressures resulting from trends toward healthcare cost containment, including the continued consolidation among healthcare providers and other market participants;

•Disruptions to the continuity, availability and pricing of plastic and other raw materials, finished goods and components used in the manufacturing of our products (including those purchased from sole-source suppliers) and the related continuity of our manufacturing, sterilization, supply chain and distribution operations, including disruptions caused by natural disasters, extreme weather and other conditions caused by or related to climate change, labor strikes, terrorism acts, cyber incidents or other adverse events;

•Our ability to obtain the anticipated benefits of restructuring programs that we have or may undertake, including our ongoing market and regional alignment and portfolio rationalization initiatives;

•The impact of enhanced requirements to obtain regulatory approval in the U.S. and around the world and the associated timing and cost of product approval;

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•Our ability to comply with established and developing U.S. and foreign legal and regulatory requirements, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, European Union Medical Device Regulation and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation and similar laws in other jurisdictions, as well as the impact of U.S. and foreign export and import restrictions and tariffs;

•The impact of changes in U.S. and international tax laws;

•Our ability to meet our debt obligations and raise additional capital when desired on terms reasonably acceptable to us;

•The potential impact of our convertible senior notes and related capped call transactions;

•Geopolitical and economic conditions in China, Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine, Iran and other parts of the Middle East, and other foreign jurisdictions where we do business;

•Our ability to execute and realize anticipated benefits from our investments in emerging economies;

•The potential effect of foreign currency fluctuations and interest rate fluctuations on our net sales, expenses and resulting margins;

•Our ability to protect intellectual property and the outcome of patent litigation;

•Costs and risks associated with product liability and other litigation claims we may be subject to now or in the future;

•Our ability to retain and attract key personnel;

•Market conditions impacting our stock price and/or our share repurchase program, and the possibility that such share repurchase program may be delayed, suspended or discontinued;

•Our ability to achieve against our corporate responsibility initiatives and meet evolving stakeholder expectations concerning corporate responsibility matters; and

•The impact of actual or threatened public health crises.

Investors should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors and should not consider the risks described above and in Item 1A. Risk Factors to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. The Company does not undertake to publicly update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information or future events or developments.