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Issuer:     HERSHEY CO (HSY)
CIK:        0000047111
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000047111-25-000119
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hershey appoints Huong Maria T. Kraus as Chairman of Board following Michele Buck retirement
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- Michele G. Buck retired as Chairman of the Board, effective August 18, 2025.
- Board appointed Huong Maria T. Kraus as new Chairman, effective same date.
- Kraus joined Board in May 2023, serves on Audit and Governance Committees.
- Kraus also serves as Chairman of Hershey Trust Company and Milton Hershey School since Jan 2024.
- Kraus is CFO of Wedgewood Pharmacy since June 2021.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711125000119/0000047111-25-000119-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711125000119/hsy-20250818.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-25-000119

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