Hershey (HSY)

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-09-18 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: HERSHEY CO (HSY) CIK: 0000047111 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: Tanner Kirk CIK: 0001671693 Role: Director, Officer (President and CEO) --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-09-18 | Code: F (Payment of exercise/tax) Shares: -6,649 | Price: $169.79 Total Value: $1,128,933.71 Shares Owned After: 60,245.179 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] The total amount of securities reported as directly owned in Column 5 includes 46.179 shares, consisting of 13.332 shares acquired on March 16, 2026, 16.002 shares acquired on June 15, 2026, and 16.845 shares acquired on September 15, 2026, pursuant to a broker-administered dividend reinvestment program, which reinvests dividends on terms similar to the dividend reinvestment features of the broad-based dividend reinvestment plan available generally to Company stockholders. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: The total amount of securities reported as directly owned in Column 5 includes 46.179 shares, consisting of 13.332 shares acquired on March 16, 2026, 16.002 shares acquired on June 15, 2026, and 16.845 shares acquired on September 15, 2026, pursuant to a broker-administered dividend reinvestment program, which reinvests dividends on terms similar to the dividend reinvestment features of the broad-based dividend reinvestment plan available generally to Company stockholders. --- Signature --- /s/ /s/ Kathleen S. Purcell, Agent for Kirk Tanner (2026-09-22)