secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HERSHEY CO (HSY)
CIK:        0000047111
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-032947
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026032947/0001628280-26-032947-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026032947/hsy-20260505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-032947

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