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| <documentType> 4 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2019-12-06 </periodOfReport> |
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| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0000722723 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> HANGER, INC. </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> HGR </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001651089 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> Adams Gabrielle B. </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> 10910 DOMAIN DRIVE, SUITE 300 </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> AUSTIN </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> TX </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 78758 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> 0 </isDirector> |
| | | <isOfficer> 1 </isOfficer> |
| | | <isTenPercentOwner> 0 </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> 0 </isOther> |
| | | <officerTitle> Vice President Accounting </officerTitle> |
| | | <otherText></otherText> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
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| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2019-12-06 </value> |
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| <value> 10000 </value> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 12.77 </value> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
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| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 49580 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
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| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
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| </ownershipNature> |
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| | <nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
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| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2019-12-06 </value> |
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| | | <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate> |
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| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
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| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 10000 </value> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 26.8129 </value> |
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| </transactionPricePerShare> |
| <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
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| </transactionAmounts> |
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| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 39580 </value> |
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| <footnoteId id="F5"/> |
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| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
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| | <derivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Stock Options (right to buy) </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| <value> 12.77 </value> |
| </conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2019-12-06 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate> |
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| <transactionFormType> 4 </transactionFormType> |
| <transactionCode> M </transactionCode> |
| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
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| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 10000 </value> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 0 </value> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
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| </transactionAmounts> |
| | | <exerciseDate> |
| <footnoteId id="F6"/> |
| </exerciseDate> |
| | | <expirationDate> |
| <value> 2027-05-19 </value> |
| </expirationDate> |
| | | <underlyingSecurity> |
| <underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <underlyingSecurityShares> |
| <value> 10000 </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityShares> |
| </underlyingSecurity> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 20938 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
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| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </derivativeTransaction> |
| | <derivativeHolding> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Performance Share Units </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| <footnoteId id="F7"/> |
| </conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| | | <exerciseDate> |
| <footnoteId id="F7"/> |
| </exerciseDate> |
| | | <expirationDate> |
| <value> 2020-05-19 </value> |
| </expirationDate> |
| | | <underlyingSecurity> |
| <underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <underlyingSecurityShares> |
| <value> 12375 </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityShares> |
| </underlyingSecurity> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 12375 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
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| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
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| | | </derivativeHolding> |
| | </derivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually received ranged from $26.77 to $26.88. The reporting person has provided to the issuer, and will provide to any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range for all transactions reported in this Form 4 utilizing an average weighted price. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> Includes (i) unvested restricted shares totaling 4,567 shares of stock from an initial grant of 4,567 shares of restricted stock that begins to vest on March 8, 2020; (ii) unvested restricted shares and fully vested shares totaling 4,054 shares of stock from an initial grant of 4,435 shares of restricted stock made on March 9, 2018; (iii) unvested restricted shares and fully vested shares totaling 5,095 shares of stock from an initial grant of 5,574 shares of restricted stock made on March 9, 2018; (iv) unvested restricted shares and fully vested shares totaling 7,266 shares of stock from an initial grant of 7,950 shares of restricted stock made on March 8, 2017;[continued in next footnote] </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F3"> (v) unvested restricted shares and fully vested shares totaling 2,742 shares of stock from an initial grant of 3,000 shares of restricted stock made on October 11, 2016; (vi) unvested restricted shares and fully vested shares totaling 6,981 shares of stock from an initial grant of 7,750 shares of restricted stock made on April 29, 2016; (vii) fully vested shares which total 3,020 shares of stock from an initial grant of 3,305 shares of restricted stock made on November 10, 2015; [continued in next footnote] </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F4"> (viii) fully vested shares which total 2,037 shares of stock from an initial grant of 2,229 shares of restricted stock made on September 8, 2015; and (ix) fully vested shares which total 3,818 shares of stock from an initial grant of 4,239 shares of restricted stock made on March 6, 2015. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F5"> Except as otherwise noted, all remaining unvested restricted shares will continue to vest at a rate of 25% per year of the original grant amount on the anniversary date of the grant. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F6"> Stock options were granted under the Company's Special Equity Plan and vest 1/3 on each of May 19, 2018, 2019 and 2020. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F7"> Performance share units ("PSUs") were granted under the Company's Special Equity Plan. Each PSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock if predetermined levels of absolute common stock price compounded annual growth rate are achieved over a three-year performance period ending on the third anniversary of the grant date. The number of PSUs shown in the table represents the maximum number that could be earned; the target number is one-half the maximum number. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> Jessica Lochmann Allen, Attorney-in-Fact for Gabrielle B. Adams </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2019-12-09 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |