Voting Results | The Hershey Company

May 6, 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Voting Results

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The Hershey Company was held on May 6, 2024. Stockholders voted on the following five proposals at the meeting:

Proposal No. 1 - Election of eleven directors

Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of the Audit Committee's appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024

Proposal No. 3 - Approval of named executive officer compensation on a non-binding advisory basis

Proposal No. 4 - Denial of stockholder proposal.

Proposal No. 5 - Denial of stockholder proposal.

Voting results were as follows:

Proposal No. 1

The following directors were elected at the meeting by the holders of Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class:

Name	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Michele G. Buck	639,634,524	12,224,668	19,052,467
Victor L. Crawford	648,574,602	3,284,590	19,052,467
Mary Kay Haben	648,516,068	3,343,124	19,052,467
M. Diane Koken	622,421,753	29,437,439	19,052,467
Huong Maria T. Kraus	649,402,245	2,456,947	19,052,467
Robert M. Malcolm	621,583,613	30,275,579	19,052,467
Anthony J. Palmer	622,366,801	29,492,391	19,052,467
Juan R. Perez	616,094,241	35,764,951	19,052,467
Cordel Robbin-Coker	650,786,003	1,073,189	19,052,467

The following directors were elected by the holders of the Common Stock voting separately as a class.

Name	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Robert M. Dutkowsky	76,351,975	29,386,377	19,052,467
Kevin M. Ozan	104,888,187	850,165	19,052,467

Proposal No. 2

Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class, ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2024, by the votes set forth as follows:

Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions
669,540,141	1,119,884	251,634

Proposal No. 3

Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class, approved the compensation of the Company's named executive officers on a non-binding advisory basis by the votes set forth as follows:

Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
638,757,642	12,528,566	572,984	19,052,467

Proposal No. 4

Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class, denied the stockholder proposal by the votes set forth as follows:

Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
18,587,401	631,763,440	1,508,351	19,052,467

Proposal No. 5

Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class, denied the stockholder proposal by the votes set forth as follows:

Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
36,015,912	614,628,103	1,215,177	19,052,467

No other matters were submitted for stockholder action.