Michele Buck - Jul 14, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for HERSHEY CO (HSY)

Signature
/s/ Lauren H. Lacey, Agent for Michele G. Buck
Stock symbol
HSY
Transactions as of
Jul 14, 2023
Transactions value $
-$2,951,759
Form type
4
Date filed
7/17/2023, 04:12 PM
Previous filing
Jun 15, 2023
Next filing
Feb 23, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction HSY Common Stock Sale -$684K -2.87K -2.5% $238.46 112K Jul 14, 2023 Direct F1, F2
transaction HSY Common Stock Sale -$509K -2.13K -1.82% $239.11 115K Jul 14, 2023 Direct F1, F3
transaction HSY Common Stock Sale -$377K -1.58K -1.34% $238.17 117K Jul 14, 2023 Direct F1, F4
transaction HSY Common Stock Sale -$816K -3.42K -2.81% $238.99 118K Jul 14, 2023 Direct F1, F5
transaction HSY Common Stock Sale -$336K -1.41K -1.15% $238.19 122K Jul 14, 2023 Direct F1, F6
transaction HSY Common Stock Sale -$679K -2.84K -2.25% $239.01 123K Jul 14, 2023 Direct F1, F7
transaction HSY Common Stock Options Exercise $450K +4.25K +3.49% $105.96 126K Jul 14, 2023 Direct

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction HSY Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) Options Exercise $0 -4.25K -100% $0.00* 0 Jul 14, 2023 Common Stock 4.25K $105.96 Direct F8
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The sale reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on August 16, 2022.
F2 This reflects the weighted average price for the shares, which were sold in multiple transactions at prices that ranged from $237.880 to $238.860 Upon the request of the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, the reporting person undertakes to provide information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F3 This reflects the weighted average price for the shares, which were sold in multiple transactions at prices that ranged from $238.880 to $239.380 Upon the request of the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, the reporting person undertakes to provide information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F4 This reflects the weighted average price for the shares, which were sold in multiple transactions at prices that ranged from $237.570 to $238.550 Upon the request of the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, the reporting person undertakes to provide information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F5 This reflects the weighted average price for the shares, which were sold in multiple transactions at prices that ranged from $238.610 to $239.340 Upon the request of the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, the reporting person undertakes to provide information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F6 This reflects the weighted average price for the shares, which were sold in multiple transactions at prices that ranged from $237.670 to $238.530 Upon the request of the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, the reporting person undertakes to provide information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F7 This reflects the weighted average price for the shares, which were sold in multiple transactions at prices that ranged from $238.670 to $239.350 Upon the request of the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, the reporting person undertakes to provide information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F8 The options vested according to the following schedule: 25% vested on February 18, 2015, 25% vested on February 18, 2016, 25% vested on February 18, 2017 and 25% vested on February 18, 2018.