Michele Buck - 30 Jul 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for HERSHEY CO (HSY)

Reporting relationship: Chairman, President and CEO, Director
Issuer ticker: HSY
Reported as of: 30 Jul 2025
Net transaction value: -$1,631,934
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 31 Jul 2025, 16:14:42 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 24 Jul 2025
Next SEC filing: 22 Jan 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/ Kathleen Purcell, Agent for Michele G. Buck

Key filing fact

Michele Buck filed Form 4 for HERSHEY CO (HSY) on 31 Jul 2025.

Key facts

This page summarizes Michele Buck's Form 4 filing for HERSHEY CO (HSY).
3 reported transactions and 1 derivative row are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 31 Jul 2025, 16:14.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 24 Jul 2025.
Current net transaction value: -$1,631,934.

Research use

This tells you what this filing adds before you inspect full transaction and derivative tables.
You can trace every row back to the original SEC filing document.

Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (1)

CIK 0001323734 Primary reporting owner

Buck Michele

Relationship: Chairman, President and CEO, Director
Address: 19 E. CHOCOLATE AVENUE, HERSHEY
Signature: /s/ Kathleen Purcell, Agent for Michele G. Buck
Signature date: 31 Jul 2025

Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

HSY transaction

Common Stock

Options Exercise

Transaction value: $2,110,326
Shares: +19,290
Change %: +10%
Price: $109.40
Shares after: 212,914
Date: 30 Jul 2025
Ownership: Direct

HSY transaction

Common Stock

Sale

Transaction value: $3,742,260
Shares: -19,290
Change %: -9.1%
Price: $194.00
Shares after: 193,624
Date: 30 Jul 2025
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

HSY transaction Derivative

Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)

Options Exercise

Transaction value: $0
Shares: -19,290
Change %: -100%
Price: $0.000000
Shares after: 0
Date: 30 Jul 2025
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock
Underlying amount: 19,290
Exercise price: $109.40
Footnotes: F2

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Rule 10b5-1 trading plan

These transactions were reported as open-market trades under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. The plan lets an insider set trading instructions in advance, which can reduce the risk of trading while in possession of material nonpublic information.

Original filing language: transaction made pursuant to a contract, instruction, or written plan intended to satisfy Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of responses 2 footnotes

Footnote F1

The sale reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on February 27, 2025 (modified February 28, 2025).

Footnote F2

The options vested according to the following schedule: 25% vested on March 1, 2018, 25% vested on March 1, 2019, 25% vested on March 1, 2020 and 25% vested on March 1, 2021.