---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-060131"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSY"
cik: "0000047111"
company_name: "HERSHEY CO"
filed_at: "2026-09-02T20:31:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-02T20:33:09.412998+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hershey names Dave Hulays CFO; Steve Voskuil to retire early 2027

## Summary
- Hulays appointed CFO effective Sept 2, 2026, succeeding Voskuil, who moves to SVP Strategic Projects.
- Voskuil will support transition until retirement in Q1 2027; led finance for past seven years.
- Hulays gets $725k base salary, annual incentive target 85% of base then 100% after appointment.
- LTIP target of $2M; participates in severance plan (2 yrs change-in-control, 18 mo otherwise).
- Hulays has ~30 yrs experience; at Hershey since 2012, prior 15 yrs at Procter & Gamble.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-060131
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSY
- cik: 0000047111
- company_name: HERSHEY CO
- filed_at: 2026-09-02T20:31:40+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026060131/0001628280-26-060131-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026060131/hsy-20260902.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-060131
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-060131.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-060131.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven E. Voskuil changed role as Senior Vice President, Strategic Projects at HERSHEY CO.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Strategic Projects
  source text: Steven E. Voskuil stepped down from his role as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective September 2, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026060131/0001628280-26-060131-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dave Hulays was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at HERSHEY CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 2, 2026, The Hershey Company (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Dave Hulays as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026060131/0001628280-26-060131-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.