hsy-20230501

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-183

23-0691590

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

19 East Chocolate Avenue

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, one dollar par value

HSY

New York Stock Exchange

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Item 1.01.						Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 1, 2023, The Hershey Company (the “Registrant”) entered into a Pricing Agreement (the “Pricing Agreement”) with BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule I to the Pricing Agreement (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Registrant has agreed to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters have agreed to purchase from the Registrant, $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”) and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Notes due 2033 (together with the 2028 Notes, the “Notes”). The Pricing Agreement incorporates by reference the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, dated May 1, 2023 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Registrant and, as to the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Underwriters. The Registrant is offering and selling the Notes under the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-256595), which Registration Statement relates to the offer and sale on a delayed basis from time to time of an indeterminate amount of the Registrant’s debt securities. The Registrant intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay all of its outstanding 2.625% Senior Notes due 2023 and 3.375% Senior Notes due 2023, plus in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon, pay fees and expenses related to the offering and for general corporate purposes.

The foregoing descriptions of the Pricing Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement are qualified by reference to the respective agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and 1.2, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein. Further information concerning the Notes and related matters is set forth in the Registrant’s Prospectus Supplement dated May 1, 2023, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2023 (the “Prospectus Supplement”).

In the ordinary course of their respective businesses, the Underwriters and their affiliates may have engaged, and may in the future engage, in commercial banking and/or investment banking transactions with the Registrant and its affiliates for which they have in the past received, and may in the future receive, customary fees. Affiliates of certain of the Underwriters are lenders under the Registrant’s existing credit agreements.


Item 8.01.						Other Events.

On May 1, 2023, the Registrant issued a press release announcing the offering of the Notes in a public offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

On May 1, 2023, the Registrant issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Notes in a public offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

THE HERSHEY COMPANY

Date: May 2, 2023

By:

/s/ Steven E. Voskuil

Steve E. Voskuil
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer