secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HERSHEY CO (HSY)
CIK:        0000047111
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000047111-24-000030
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.10
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hershey shareholders elect all director nominees, approve executive compensation, defeat two proposals
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- All director nominees elected with strong support; CEO Michele G. Buck received ~639.6M votes for, ~12.2M withheld.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2024 passed with ~669.5M for, ~1.1M against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with ~638.8M for, ~12.5M against.
- Two shareholder proposals (living wage report, packaging reuse report) defeated; each garnered <36M votes for.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711124000030/0000047111-24-000030-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711124000030/hsy-20240506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-24-000030

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