---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-032947"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSY"
cik: "0000047111"
company_name: "HERSHEY CO"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:15:50.583637+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hershey shareholders elect all 10 directors, ratify EY, approve exec compensation

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; two directors elected by common stock class vote alone.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY 2026 with 673.4M votes for (0.65M against).
- Non-binding say-on-pay approved with 634.1M votes for (22.1M against, 0.43M abstentions).
- Notable against votes for directors: Huong Kraus 34.1M, Deirdre Mahlan 30.6M, Timothy Curoe 21.9M, Harold Singleton 21.6M.
- Broker non-votes totaled 17.6M on director elections and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-032947
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSY
- cik: 0000047111
- company_name: HERSHEY CO
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026032947/0001628280-26-032947-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026032947/hsy-20260505.htm

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