---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-006795"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSY"
cik: "0000047111"
company_name: "HERSHEY CO"
filed_at: "2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T09:48:00.782462+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hershey prices $2B of notes in four tranches; proceeds to refinance near-term debt

## Summary
- Total offering of $2B: $500M 4.550% notes due 2028, $500M 4.750% notes due 2030, $500M 4.950% notes due 2032, $500M 5.100% notes due 2035.
- Net proceeds to repay outstanding 0.900% Senior Notes due 2025, 3.200% Senior Notes due 2025, and commercial paper.
- Pricing and underwriting finalized with BofA Securities, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, RBC Capital Markets, and U.S. Bancorp Investments.
- Offering made under effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-279759).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-006795
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSY
- cik: 0000047111
- company_name: HERSHEY CO
- filed_at: 2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828025006795/0001628280-25-006795-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828025006795/hsy-20250219.htm

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