ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS,
APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
On April 2, 2009, Richard Meelia tendered his resignation from the Board of
Directors with immediate effect. Mr. Meelia was elected to the Board of
Directors in 2005 and was serving a term that expired in 2011. Mr. Meelia is
Chairman, President and CEO of Covidien Ltd., a global healthcare products
company. He is resigning from Haemonetics' Board in order to spend more
professional time on Covidien's operations.