---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-025076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSY"
cik: "0000047111"
company_name: "HERSHEY CO"
filed_at: "2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:28:42.951245+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hershey's President US Andrew Archambault to depart May 1, 2026; search begun

## Summary
- Andrew Archambault, President US of Hershey, will leave effective May 1, 2026.
- Company has initiated a search for his replacement; no successor announced.
- Reason for departure not disclosed in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-025076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSY
- cik: 0000047111
- company_name: HERSHEY CO
- filed_at: 2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026025076/0001628280-26-025076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026025076/hsy-20260414.htm

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