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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
[ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s)
Evarts, C. McCollister; M.D.
195 Shady Lane
Hummelstown, PA 17036
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hershey Foods Corporation (HSY)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
12/99
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X]
Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify
below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by
One Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of
action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect
Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial
(Month/ or Owned at or Ownership
Day/Year) Code Amount D Price End of Year I
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Common Stock 670.0000 D Direct
Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6)
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1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and
Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date
Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D)
Derivative
Security Code A D Exercisable Expiration
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Common Stock Equivalents (1) 12/15/99 (2) J 1,132.7920
Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11)
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1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of
Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect
Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial
Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership
Number of Owned at I
- Title Shares End of Year
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Common Stock Equivalents (1) 12/15/99 Common Stock 1,132.7920 (3) 2,425.8620 D Direct
(2)
Explanation of Responses:
(1)
These units were acquired as dividends reinvested on units previously deferred
under the Director's Compensation Plan and new deferrals of 1999 director's fees
under the Plan; 29.623 units were reinvested dividends and 1,103.169 were
deferrals of 1999 director's fees.
(2)
Reinvested dividends were acquired on 3/15/99, 6/15/99, 9/15/99 and 12/15/99;
1999 deferred director's fees were credited on 4/30/99 and 12/15/99.
(3)
Units were acquired at various times throughout the year as noted in Footnote 2.
These prices range from $48.2500 to $61.8125.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ Evarts, C. McCollister; M.D.
DATE 02/01/00