SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bhatia Deepak (Last) (First) (Middle) 19 E. CHOCOLATE AVE. (Street) HERSHEY PA 17033 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/23/2023	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HERSHEY CO [ HSY ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SVP, Chief Technology Officer	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	6	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

	/s/ Lauren Lacey, Agent for Deepak Bhatia	10/25/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v).
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THE HERSHEY COMPANY

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Lauren H. Lacey, Lisa P. Wang and Kathleen S. Purcell,
signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned?s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned?s
capacity as an officer and/or director of The Hershey Company (the
?Company?), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the ?Exchange Act?) and
the rules thereunder and/or any notice of proposed sale under Rule 144
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ?Securities Act?), and
the rules thereunder;

2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, 5 or Form 144, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?) and any other similar authority,
including without limitation, the preparation and filing of a Form ID
or any other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the
undersigned to file such forms with the SEC; and

3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be
of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact?s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned?s
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or
Rule 144 of the Securities Act.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 23rd day of October, 2023.


/s/ Deepak Bhatia