SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 27, 1995
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware I-183 23-0691590
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
100 Crystal A Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (717) 534-6799
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Exhibit Index - Page 3
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT
Item 5. Other Events
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The Corporation entered into an Underwriting Agreement dated September 27,
1995 with Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner and Smith Incorporated with respect to the issuance by the Corporation of
certain debt securities. The Corporation also entered into a Pricing Agreement
dated September 27, 1995 concerning the issuance and sale of $200 million
aggregate principal amount of 6.70% Notes due October 1, 2005 ("Notes").
Information concerning the Notes and related matters is set forth in the
Corporation's Prospectus dated December 3, 1993, and in a Prospectus Supplement
dated September 27, 1995, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 29, 1995.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Exhibits filed herewith:
1--Underwriting Agreement dated September 27, 1995
28--Pricing Agreement dated September 27, 1995
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: October 2, 1995
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
By /s/ Eleanor S. Gathany
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Eleanor S. Gathany
Acting Secretary
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit No. Description Page No.
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1 Underwriting Agreement
28 Pricing Agreement
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
DEBT SECURITIES
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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September 27, 1995
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,
85 BROAD STREET,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004.
Dear Sirs:
From time to time Hershey Foods Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements (each a
"Pricing Agreement") in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and
deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein and therein, to issue and sell to the firms named in
Schedule I to the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the
"Underwriters" with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the securities
specified therein) certain of its debt securities (the "Securities") specified
in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (with respect to such Pricing
Agreement, the "Designated Securities").
The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Securities
shall be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto and in or
pursuant to the indenture (the "Indenture") identified in such Pricing
Agreement.
1. Particular sales of Designated Securities may be made from time to time
to the Underwriters of such Securities, for whom the firms designated as
representatives of the Underwriters of such Securities in the Pricing
Agreement relating thereto will act as representatives (the
"Representatives"). The term "Representatives" also refers to a single firm
acting as sole representative of the Underwriters and to Underwriters who act
without any firm being designated as their representative. This Underwriting
Agreement shall not be construed as an obligation of the Company to sell any
of the Securities or as an obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase
the Securities. The obligation of the Company to issue and sell any of the
Securities and the obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of
the Securities shall be evidenced by the Pricing Agreement with respect to the
Designated Securities specified therein. Each Pricing Agreement shall specify
the aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities, the initial
public offering price of such Designated Securities, the purchase price to the
Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the names of the Underwriters of
such Designated Securities, the names of the Representatives of such
Underwriters and the principal amount of such Designated Securities to be
purchased by each Underwriter and shall set forth the date, time and manner of
delivery of such Designated Securities and payment therefor. The Pricing
Agreement shall also specify (to the extent not set forth in the Indenture and
the registration statement and prospectus with respect thereto) the terms of
such Designated Securities. A Pricing Agreement shall be in the form of an
executed writing (which may be in counterparts), and may be evidenced by an
exchange of telegraphic communications or any other rapid transmission device
designed to produce a written record of communications transmitted. The
obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and each Pricing
Agreement shall be several and not joint.
2. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") a registration statement or registration statements in
respect of the Securities; such registration statement or registration
statements and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form
heretofore delivered or to be delivered to the Representatives and,
excluding exhibits thereto but including all documents incorporated by
reference in the prospectus contained therein, to the Representatives for
each of the other Underwriters have been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; no other document with respect to such
registration statement or registration statements or document incorporated
by reference therein has heretofore been filed or transmitted for filing
with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such
registration statement or registration statements has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in such registration
statement or registration statements or filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), being hereinafter called a
"Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of such registration statement
or registration statements, including all exhibits thereto and the
documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the
registration statement or registration statements at the time such part of
the registration statement or registration statements became effective but
excluding Form T-1, each as amended at the time such part of the
registration statement or registration statements became effective, being
hereinafter called the "Registration Statement"; the prospectus relating to
the Securities, in the form in which it has most recently been filed, or
transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date of this
Agreement, being hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein
to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the
applicable form under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary
Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any
amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date
of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as
the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the
Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable
Designated Securities in the form in which it is filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a)
hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the
date of such filing);
(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they
became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto,
when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as
the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements
of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall
not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly
for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such
Securities;
(c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the
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requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the "Trust Indenture Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as
to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the
applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by an Underwriter of Designated Securities through
the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented relating to such Securities;
(d) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in
the capital stock (other than the conversion of less than 250,000 shares of
the Company's Class B Common Stock ("Class B Common Stock") to Common Stock
or issuances under employee stock incentive plans or repurchases pursuant
to the Company's share repurchase program announced on June 25, 1993 or the
repurchase of Common Stock from the Hershey Trust Company as announced on
August 4, 1995) or increases in the consolidated long-term debt of the
Company and any of its subsidiaries (exclusive of increases of $20 million
or less of long-term debt other than capitalized lease obligations,
increases attributable to new capitalized lease obligations aggregating $5
million or less and increases related to the translation of foreign
currency indebtedness at rates of exchange different from those in effect
on the respective dates as of which information is so given) or any
material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus;
(e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
(f) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable;
(g) The Indenture dated as of February 1, 1991 between the Company and
Citibank, N.A. has been duly authorized and duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act and the Indenture constitutes a valid and legally binding
instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to
enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general equity principles; the Securities have been duly authorized, and,
when Designated Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated
Securities, such Designated Securities will have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the
Indenture, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and the
Indenture conforms, and the Designated Securities will conform, to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
with respect to such Designated Securities;
(h) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, this
Agreement and any Pricing Agreement, and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets
of the Company is subject the result of which will have a material adverse
change or effect on the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, nor will such action result in any
violation of the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws of the
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Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental
agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any Pricing Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have
been, or will have been prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined in
Section 4 hereof), obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and
such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications
as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection
with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;
and
(i) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries would individually or in the aggregate
have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others.
3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any Designated
Securities and authorization by the Representatives of the release of such
Designated Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer such
Designated Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented.
4. Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to the
Pricing Agreement relating thereto, in definitive form to the extent
practicable, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names
as the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior
notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to
the Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by
such Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by certified
or official bank check or checks or wire transfer, payable to the order of the
Company in federal or other immediately available funds, all at the place and
time and date specified in such Pricing Agreement or at such other place and
time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in
writing, such time and date being herein called the "Time of Delivery" for
such Securities.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters of any Designated
Securities:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended and supplemented in relation to
the applicable Designated Securities in a form approved by the
Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Act not later than the Commission's close of business on the second
business day following the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement
relating to the applicable Designated Securities or, if applicable, such
earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b); to make no further
amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus as
amended or supplemented after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to
such Securities and prior to the Time of Delivery for such Securities which
shall be reasonably disapproved in writing by the Representatives for such
Securities promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the
Representatives promptly of any such amendment or supplement after such
Time of Delivery and furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; to
file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information
statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the
delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or
sale of such Securities, and during such same period to advise the
Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time
when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes
effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has
been filed with the Commission, of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
prospectus relating to the Securities, of the suspension of the
qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or
of any request by the
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Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement
or Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the
issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or
suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities or
suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to
obtain its withdrawal;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives
may reasonably request to qualify such Securities for offering and sale
under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may
request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of
sales and secondary transactions therein in such jurisdictions for as long
as may be necessary to complete the distribution of such Securities,
provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction;
(c) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented in such quantities as the Representatives may from time to
time reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required
at any time in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and
if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not
misleading, or, if for any other reason, it shall be necessary during such
same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the
Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in
order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act,
to notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document
and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any
dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to
time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the
Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)),
an earning statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be
audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (including at the option of the
Company Rule 158); and
(e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement
for such Designated Securities and continuing to and including the earlier
of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for such Designated
Securities, as notified to the Company by the Representatives and (ii) the
Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, not to offer, sell,
contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company
which mature more than one year after such Time of Delivery (other than
borrowings under lines of credit existing on the date of such Pricing
Agreement) and which are substantially similar to such Designated
Securities, without the prior written consent of the Representatives.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the
Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in
connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or
producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Pricing
Agreement, any Indenture, any Blue Sky Memorandum and any other documents in
connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities;
(iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for
offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b)
hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters
in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky
survey; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the
Securities; (v) any filing fees incident to any required review by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of
the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vii) the fees and
expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any Trustee and the fees and
disbursements of counsel for any Trustee in connection with any Indenture and
the Securities; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations hereunder
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which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is
understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, Section 8 and
Section 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and
expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any
of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any
offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities under
the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall be subject,
in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all
representations and warranties and other statements of the Company in or
incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated
Securities are, at and as of the Time of Delivery for such Designated
Securities, true and correct, to the condition that the Company shall have
performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and to
the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the
applicable Designated Securities shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for
such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance
with Section 5(a) hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the
Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the
Commission shall have been complied with to the Representatives' reasonable
satisfaction;
(b) Counsel for the Underwriters shall have furnished to the
Representatives such opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery for
such Designated Securities, with respect to the incorporation of the
Company, the validity of the Indenture, the Designated Securities, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and other
related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such
counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Counsel for the Company satisfactory to the Representatives or the
General Counsel to the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives
their or his written opinion, as the case may be, dated the Time of
Delivery for such Designated Securities, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to
own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented and all of the issued shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable;
(iii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as set
forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the
subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material
adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, stockholders'
equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole; and, to such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings
are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others;
(iv) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the
Designated Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company;
(v) The Designated Securities have been duly authorized, executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by
the Indenture subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
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principles; and the Designated Securities and the Indenture conform to
the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(vi) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the parties thereto and constitutes a valid and legally binding
instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to
enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws
of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and
to general equity principles; and the Indenture has been duly qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act;
(vii) The issue and sale of the Designated Securities and the
compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Designated
Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement
with respect to the Designated Securities and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel
to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject the
result of which will have a material adverse change or effect on the
general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity
or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, nor will such actions result in any violation of the
provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of
the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to
such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties;
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body
is required for the issue and sale of the Designated Securities or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or such Pricing Agreement or the Indenture, except such as
have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as
may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection
with the purchase and distribution of the Designated Securities by the
Underwriters;
(ix) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission,
as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and they have no
reason to believe that any of such documents, when they became
effective or were so filed, as the case may be, contained, in the case
of a registration statement which became effective under the Act, an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or, in the case of other documents which were
filed under the Act or the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made when such documents were so
filed, not misleading; and
(x) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented and any further amendments and supplements thereto made by
the Company prior to the Time of Delivery for the Designated Securities
(other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, as
to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; they have no
reason to believe that, as of its effective date, the Registration
Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company prior to
the Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or that, as of its date, the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment or
supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery
(other than the
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financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were
made, not misleading or that, as of the Time of Delivery, either the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or
any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior
to the Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; and
they do not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement
required to be filed or any contracts or other documents of a character
required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
required to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented or required to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented which are not
filed or incorporated by reference or described as required;
(d) At the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, the
independent accountants of the Company who have certified the financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall have furnished to the
Representatives a letter, dated the Time of Delivery, to the effect set
forth in Annex II hereto, and as to such other matters as the
Representatives may reasonably request and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives;
(e) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented there shall not have been any change
in the capital stock (other than the conversion of less than 250,000 shares
of Class B Common Stock to Common Stock or issuances under employee stock
incentive plans or repurchases pursuant to the Company's share repurchase
program announced on June 25, 1993 or the repurchase of Common Stock from
the Hershey Trust Company as announced on August 4, 1995) or increases in
the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and any of its subsidiaries
(exclusive of increases of $20 million or less of long-term debt other than
capitalized lease obligations, increases attributable to new capitalized
lease obligations aggregating $5 million or less and increases related to
the translation of foreign currency indebtedness at rates of exchange
different from those in effect on the respective dates as of which
information is so given) or any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, the effect of
which is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as
to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering
or the delivery of the Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(f) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Securities (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating
accorded the Company's debt securities by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
("Moody's") or Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P") and (ii) neither
Moody's nor S&P shall have publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of
any of the Company's debt securities;
(g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Securities there shall not have occurred any of the following:
(i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally
on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a general moratorium on commercial
banking activities in New York declared by either Federal or New York State
authorities; or (iii) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving
the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national
emergency or war, if the effect of any such event specified in this Clause
(iii) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented; and
(h) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the
Representatives at the Time of Delivery for the Designated Securities a
certificate or certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the
Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of
the Company herein at and
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as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of
its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of
Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of this
Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably
request.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and, subject to subsection (c) below, will reimburse each Underwriter for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection
with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out
of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the
Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for
use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Securities;
and provided, further, that the Company shall not be liable to any Underwriter
under the indemnity agreement in this subsection (a) with respect to any
Preliminary Prospectus to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability of such Underwriter results from the fact such Underwriter sold
Securities to a person to whom there was not sent or given, at or prior to the
written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the Prospectus (excluding
documents incorporated by reference) or of the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented (excluding documents incorporated by reference) in any case where
such delivery is required by the Act if the Company has previously furnished
copies thereof to such Underwriter and the loss, claim, damage or liability of
such Underwriter results from an untrue statement or omission of a material
fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus which was corrected in the
Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented).
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any
other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but
only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the
Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and,
subject to subsection (c) below, will reimburse the Company for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party
shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified
party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be
brought
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against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of
the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any
other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof,
with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except
with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party
shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any
legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. The indemnifying
party under subsection (a) or (b) above shall only be liable for the legal
expenses of one counsel for all indemnified parties in each jurisdiction in
which any claim or action is brought. An indemnified party under subsection
(a) or (b) above shall not enter into a settlement of any litigation in
respect of which a claim is to be made against the indemnifying party under
such subsection unless such settlement is effected with the consent of the
indemnifying party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated
Securities on the other from the offering of the Designated Securities to
which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof)
relates but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters of the Designated Securities on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and such Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from such offering (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by such Underwriters. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the
one hand or such Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would
not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as
one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result
of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at
which the applicable Designated Securities underwritten by it and distributed
to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages
which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters of
Designated Securities in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with respect to such
Securities and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in addition
to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon
the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
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9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the
Designated Securities which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Designated Securities, the Representatives may in
their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to
purchase such Designated Securities on the terms contained herein. If within
thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do
not arrange for the purchase of such Designated Securities, then the Company
shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to
procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to
purchase such Designated Securities on such terms. In the event that, within
the respective prescribed period, the Representatives notify the Company that
they have so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, or the
Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase
of such Designated Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have
the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities for
a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may
thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the
Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the reasonable opinion of
the Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as
used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section
with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to the Pricing
Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities which remains
unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of
the Designated Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require
each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Designated
Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Designated Securities and, in addition, to require
each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the
principal amount of Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the Designated Securities of such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not
been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate principal amount of Designated Securities which remains unpurchased
exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the Designated
Securities, as referred to in subsection (b) above, or if the Company shall
not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-
defaulting Underwriters to purchase Designated Securities of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement relating to such
Designated Securities shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part
of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to
be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof
and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing
herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and
other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in
this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the
Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and
shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
11. If any Pricing Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9
hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter
with respect to the Designated Securities covered by such Pricing Agreement
except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof; but, if for any other
reason Designated Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company
as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the
Representatives for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the
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Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably
incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and
delivery of such Designated Securities, but the Company shall then be under no
further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated
Securities except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of
Designated Securities shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and
the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement,
request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by
such Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as may
be designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex
or facsimile transmission to the address of the Representatives as set forth
in the Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth
in the Registration Statement: Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that
any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter
at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex
constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company
by the Representatives. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements
shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and
inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the
extent provided in Section 8 and Section 10 hereof, the officers and directors
of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter,
and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns,
and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement or any such Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities
from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of
such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used herein,
"business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington,
D.C. is open for business.
15. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH PRICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
16. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one or
more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us five counterparts hereof.
Very truly yours,
Hershey Foods Corporation
/s/ T. C. Fitzgerald
By:..................................
Name: Thomas C. Fitzgerald
Title: Vice President and
Treasurer
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
By:..................................
(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
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ANNEX I
PRICING AGREEMENT
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Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
[NAMES OF CO-REPRESENTATIVES,]
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto,
C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004.
, 19
Dear Sirs:
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting
Agreement, dated , 19 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), [BETWEEN THE
COMPANY ON THE ONE HAND AND GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.[,] [AND] MERRILL LYNCH & CO.,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED [AND (NAMES OF CO-
REPRESENTATIVES NAMED THEREIN)] ON THE OTHER HAND], to issue and sell to the
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") the Securities
specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated Securities"). Each of the
provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference
in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the
same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein; and each
of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to
have been made at and as of the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that
each representation and warranty which refers to the Prospectus in Section 2
of the Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation or
warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in relation to the
Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and warranty as of
the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented relating to the Designated Securities which are the subject of
this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to the Representatives herein and in
the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference
shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms
defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The
Representatives designated to act on behalf of the Representatives and on
behalf of each of the Underwriters of the Designated Securities pursuant to
Section 12 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the
Representatives referred to in such Section 12 are set forth at the end of
Schedule II hereto.
An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Securities, in the
form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the
Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Underwriting
Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to issue and
sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place
and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto,
the principal amount of Designated Securities set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us [FIVE] counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by
reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the
Underwriters and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this
letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the
authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of
which
shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without
warranty on the part of the Representatives as to the authority of the signers
thereof.
Very truly yours,
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
By:..................................
Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
[NAME(S) OF CO-REPRESENTATIVE(S)]
BY:..................................
(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
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SCHEDULE I
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF
DESIGNATED
SECURITIES
TO BE
UNDERWRITER PURCHASED
----------- ----------
Goldman, Sachs & Co. ....................................... $
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated..........
[Name(s) of Co-Representative(s)]...........................
[Names of other Underwriters]...............................
----
Total.................................................... $
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SCHEDULE II
TITLE OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES:
[ %] [Floating Rate] [Zero Coupon] [Notes]
[Debentures] due
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
[$]
PRICE TO PUBLIC:
% of the principal amount of the Designated Securities, plus accrued
interest from to [and accrued amortization, if any, from to ]
PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS:
% of the principal amount of the Designated Securities, plus accrued
interest from to [and accrued amortization, if any, from to ]
INDENTURE:
Indenture dated , 19 , between the Company and , as Trustee
MATURITY:
INTEREST RATE:
[ %] [Zero Coupon] [See Floating Rate Provisions]
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
[months and dates]
REDEMPTION PROVISIONS:
[No provisions for redemption]
[The Designated Securities may be redeemed, otherwise than through the
sinking fund, in whole or in part at the option of the Company, in the
amount of [$] or an integral multiple thereof,
[on or after , at the following redemption prices (expressed in
percentages of principal amount). If [redeemed on or before , %, and
if] redeemed during the 12-month period beginning .
REDEMPTION
YEAR PRICE
---- ----------
and thereafter at 100% of their principal amount, together in each case
with accrued interest to the redemption date.]
[on any interest payment date falling on or after , , at the election
of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of redemption.]
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[Other possible redemption provisions, such as mandatory redemption upon
occurrence of certain events or redemption for changes in tax law]
[Restriction on refunding]
SINKING FUND PROVISIONS:
[No sinking fund provisions]
[The Designated Securities are entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to
retire [$] principal amount of Designated Securities on in each of
the years through at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued
interest] [, together with [cumulative] [noncumulative] redemptions at the
option of the Company to retire an additional [$] principal amount of
Designated Securities in the years through at 100% of their principal
amount plus accrued interest].
[If Securities are extendable debt Securities, insert--
EXTENDABLE PROVISIONS:
Securities are repayable on , [insert date and years], at the
option of the holder, at their principal amount with accrued interest.
Initial annual interest rate will be %, and thereafter annual interest
rate will be adjusted on , and to a rate not less than % of the
effective annual interest rate on U.S. Treasury obligations with -year
maturities as of the [insert date 15 days prior to maturity date] prior to
such [insert maturity date].]
[If Securities are Floating Rate debt Securities, insert--
FLOATING RATE PROVISIONS:
Initial annual interest rate will be % through [and thereafter
will be adjusted [monthly] [on each , , and ] [to an
annual rate of % above the average rate for -year [month] [securities]
[certificates of deposit] issued by and [insert names of banks].]
[and the annual interest rate [thereafter] [from through ]
will be the interest yield equivalent of the weekly average per annum
market discount rate for -month Treasury bills plus % of Interest
Differential (the excess, if any, of (i) then current weekly average per
annum secondary market yield for -month certificates of deposit over (ii)
then current interest yield equivalent of the weekly average per annum
market discount rate for -month Treasury bills); [from and
thereafter the rate will be the then current interest yield equivalent plus
% of Interest Differential].]
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DEFEASANCE PROVISIONS:
TIME OF DELIVERY:
CLOSING LOCATION:
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Designated Representatives:
Address for Notices, etc.:
[OTHER TERMS]
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ANNEX II
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect to the
Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary
financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, prospective
financial statements and/or pro forma financial information) audited by
them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the related published rules and regulations thereunder;
and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
the consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro
forma financial information, prospective financial statements and/or
condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of
the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their
reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the representatives
of the Underwriters (the "Representatives");
(iii) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the
consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company
for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus or
included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year agrees with the
corresponding amounts (after restatement where applicable) in the audited
consolidated financial statements for five such fiscal years which were
included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports on
Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
(iv) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an audit in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a
reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information
referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the minute
books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries
responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries
and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their
attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Exchange Act as it applies to Form 10-Q
and the related published rules and regulations thereunder or are not
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on
a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited
consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and
consolidated statements of cash flows included or incorporated by
reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most
recent fiscal year;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items
included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding items in
the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which such data
and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not
determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the
corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the
Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed
financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited income
statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus and
referred to in Clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially
consistent with the basis for the audited financial statements included
or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-
K for the most recent fiscal year;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and
regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been
properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those
statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date
of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated capital
stock (other than the conversion of less than 250,000 shares of Class B
Common Stock to Common Stock or issuances under employee stock
incentive plans or repurchases pursuant to the Company's
share repurchase program announced on June 25, 1993) or any increases
in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and any of its
subsidiaries (exclusive of increases attributable to new capitalized
lease obligations aggregating $5 million or less and increases related
to the translation of foreign currency indebtedness at rates of
exchange different from those in effect on the respective dates as of
which information is so given), or any decreases in consolidated net
current assets exceeding $15 million or net assets or other items
specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items
specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with amounts
shown in the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or
decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or
which are described in such letter; and
(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the
specified date referred to in Clause (E) there were any decreases in
consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share
amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the
Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the
Representatives, in each case as compared with the comparable period of
the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length as
the Representatives may reasonably request, except in each case for
increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or
may occur or which are described in such letter; and
(v) In addition to the audit referred to in their report(s) included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited procedures,
inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in
paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above, they have carried out certain specified
procedures, not constituting an audit in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and
financial information specified by the Representatives which are derived
from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries,
which appear in the Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by
reference), or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the
Registration Statement specified by the Representatives or in documents
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus specified by the
Representatives, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and
financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its
subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.
All references in this Annex II to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein)
as defined in the Underwriting Agreement as of the date of the letter
delivered on the date of the Pricing Agreement for purposes of such letter and
to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents
incorporated by reference therein) in relation to the applicable Designated
Securities for purposes of the letter delivered at the Time of Delivery for
such Designated Securities.
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PRICING AGREEMENT
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Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004
September 27, 1995
Dear Sirs:
Hershey Foods Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting
Agreement, dated September 27, 1995 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between
the Company on the one hand and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated on the other hand, to issue
and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters")
the Securities specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated Securities").
Each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by
reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement
to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein;
and each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be
deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Pricing Agreement,
except that each representation and warranty which refers to the Prospectus in
Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation
or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in relation to the
Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and warranty as of
the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented relating to the Designated Securities which are the subject of
this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to the Representatives herein and in
the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference
shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms
defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The
Representatives designated to act on behalf of the Representatives and on
behalf of each of the Underwriters of the Designated Securities pursuant to
Section 12 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the
Representatives referred to in such Section 12 are set forth at the end of
Schedule II hereto.
An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Securities, in the
form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the
Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Underwriting
Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to issue and
sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place
and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto,
the principal amount of Designated Securities set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us five counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by
reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the
Underwriters and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this
letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the
authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of
which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but
without warranty on the part of the Representatives as to the authority of the
signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
Hershey Foods Corporation
/s/ T. C. Fitzgerald
By:..................................
Name: Thomas C. Fitzgerald
Title: Vice President and
Treasurer
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
By:..................................
(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
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SCHEDULE I
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF
DESIGNATED
SECURITIES
TO BE
UNDERWRITER PURCHASED
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Goldman, Sachs & Co. ..................................... $100,000,000
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated........ 100,000,000
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Total.................................................. $200,000,000
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SCHEDULE II
TITLE OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES:
6.70% Notes due October 1, 2005
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
$200,000,000
PRICE TO PUBLIC:
99.769% of the principal amount of the Designated Securities, plus accrued
interest from October 2, 1995, if any
PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS:
99.119% of the principal amount of the Designated Securities, plus accrued
interest from October 2, 1995, if any
SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE:
Federal (same day) funds
INDENTURE:
Indenture dated as of February 1, 1991, between the Company and Citibank,
N.A., as Trustee
MATURITY:
October 1, 2005
INTEREST RATE:
6.70%
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
April 1 and October 1, beginning April 1, 1996
REDEMPTION PROVISIONS:
No provisions for redemption
SINKING FUND PROVISIONS:
No sinking fund provisions
TIME OF DELIVERY:
October 2, 1995, 9:30 a.m. New York City Time
CLOSING LOCATION:
The offices of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, One Chase Manhattan Plaza,
New York, New York 10005
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES:
DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES: Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES, ETC.: c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
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