---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-041894"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSY"
cik: "0000047111"
company_name: "HERSHEY CO"
filed_at: "2026-06-09T20:11:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T20:14:32.273830+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hershey appoints Joe Park to Board of Directors, effective June 29, 2026

## Summary
- Joe Park appointed to Board effective June 29, 2026; will serve on Audit and Finance and Risk Management Committees.
- Park is EVP and Chief Digital and Information Officer at State Farm; previously held senior roles at Yum! Brands and Walmart.
- Board determined Park qualifies as independent under NYSE listing standards; no transactions requiring disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-041894
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSY
- cik: 0000047111
- company_name: HERSHEY CO
- filed_at: 2026-06-09T20:11:16+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026041894/0001628280-26-041894-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026041894/hsy-20260603.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-041894
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-041894.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-041894.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joe Park was appointed as member of the Board at HERSHEY CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On June 3, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Hershey Company (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of its Governance Committee, appointed Joe Park to serve as a member of the Board, effective June 29, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026041894/0001628280-26-041894-index.htm

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