Direct Stock Purchase & Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Features of this plan include:

• Direct purchase of initial shares of The Hershey Company Common Stock as well as subsequent optional cash purchases directly from our agent
• Dividend reinvestment – full or partial (50 shares or greater)
• Optional cash purchases through automatic monthly deductions from a bank account or by check
• Safekeeping of stock certificates (for existing holders of certificates)
• Direct deposit of dividends

Key plan details:

• Minimum initial investment - $250
• Subsequent minimum additional purchase amount - $25
• Maximum annual investment - $250,000
• Initial investment can be made in a lump sum or by ten (10) automatic monthly deductions from a bank account of $25 or more
• Shares are held electronically in a participant’s Computershare account 

• Purchase Fees:
  • Initial investment – No charge
    
  • Dividend reinvestment – 5% of the amount reinvested, up to a $5.00 maximum, plus $0.05 per share purchased
    
  • Optional cash investment by one-time direct debit – $5.00 plus $0.05 per share purchased
    
  • Optional cash investment by recurring monthly direct debit – $2.50 plus $0.05 per share purchased
    
  • Optional cash investment by check – $5.00 plus $0.05 per share purchased
    

   

• Sale Fees:
  • Batch sale - $15 plus $0.12 per share sold
  • Market Order sale - $25 plus $0.12 per share sold
  • Day Limit Order sale - $25 plus $0.12 per share sold
  • Good-Till-Cancelled Order - $25 plus $0.12 per share sold
  • Sale requests processed over the phone with a customer service representative will entail an additional fee of $15