Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.





Effective February 14, 2022, The Hershey Company (the "Company") entered into a
Stock Purchase Agreement with Hershey Trust Company, as trustee for the Milton
Hershey School Trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to which the Company agreed to
purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock from the Trust at a
price equal to $203.35 per share, for a total purchase price of $203,350,000.
The transaction closed on February 16, 2022.

The foregoing description of the Stock Purchase Agreement is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the full text of the Stock Purchase Agreement, a copy
of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is
incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.               Financial Statements and Exhibits.

               (d)       Exhibits.

                         Exhibit Number                     Description
                           10    .1                           Stock Purchase Ag    reement,     dat    ed     February 14,
                                                            2022, between Mil    ton Hershey School     T    rust, by its
                                                            trustee,

Hershey T r ust Company, and The Hershey


                                                            Company
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