Hershey Declares Quarterly Dividends

HERSHEY, Pa., July 26, 2017 -- The Board of Directors of The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) today announced quarterly dividends of $0.656 on the Common Stock and $0.596 on the Class B Common Stock, an increase of about 6%, or $0.038 and $0.034 per share, respectively. The dividends were declared on July 25, 2017 and are payable September 15, 2017 to stockholders of record August 25, 2017. It is the 351^st consecutive regular dividend on the Common Stock and the 132^nd consecutive regular dividend on the Class B Common Stock.

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