---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000047111-25-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSY"
cik: "0000047111"
company_name: "HERSHEY CO"
filed_at: "2025-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T04:33:07.342628+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hershey Lead Independent Director Victor Crawford to not stand for re-election at May 2025 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- Victor L. Crawford, Lead Independent Director, notified Hershey on March 7, 2025 of intention not to stand for re-election at May 6, 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Crawford will continue as Lead Independent Director until the 2025 Annual Meeting.
- Crawford stated his decision was not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to operations, policies or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000047111-25-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSY
- cik: 0000047111
- company_name: HERSHEY CO
- filed_at: 2025-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711125000022/0000047111-25-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711125000022/hsy-20250307.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-25-000022
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-25-000022.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-25-000022.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 3dedf1e1fb
  claim: Victor L. Crawford departed as Lead Independent Director at HERSHEY CO.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 7, 2025, Victor L. Crawford, Lead Independent Director of The Hershey Company (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention not to stand for re-election as a director at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, currently expected to be held on May 6, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711125000022/0000047111-25-000022-index.htm

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