---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000047111-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSY"
cik: "0000047111"
company_name: "HERSHEY CO"
filed_at: "2023-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T00:33:01.786179+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Audit Committee Chair Wendy Schoppert not to stand for re-election at Hershey's May 2023 meeting

## Summary
- Wendy L. Schoppert, Audit Committee Chair, will not stand for re-election at Hershey's 2023 Annual Meeting on May 16, 2023.
- Her departure is not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- She will continue to serve until the meeting; no replacement named yet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000047111-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSY
- cik: 0000047111
- company_name: HERSHEY CO
- filed_at: 2023-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711123000006/0000047111-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711123000006/hsy-20230202.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-23-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-23-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-23-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wendy L. Schoppert departed as Chair of the Audit Committee at HERSHEY CO.
  - Action: not to stand for re-election
  - Role: Chair of the Audit Committee
  source text: On February 2, 2023, Wendy L. Schoppert, Chair of the Audit Committee of The Hershey Company (the “Company”), notified the Company of her intention not to stand for re-election as a director at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, currently expected to be held on May 16, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711123000006/0000047111-23-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.