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Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Hershey Company (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 4, 2016. Set forth
below are the final voting results from the meeting.
Management Proposals:
Proposal No. 1 — Election of Directors
Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class, elected the following directors by the votes set forth as follows:
Name
Votes
For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Pamela M. Arway
715,531,108
1,379,464
23,376,526
John P. Bilbrey
712,887,101
4,023,471
23,376,526
Robert
F. Cavanaugh
715,420,110
1,490,462
23,376,526
Charles A. Davis
715,393,307
1,517,215
23,376,526
Mary
Kay Haben
714,216,072
2,694,500
23,376,526
James M. Mead
706,400,528
10,560,044
23,376,526
James
E. Nevels
706,615,223
10,295,349
23,376,526
Thomas J. Ridge
715,466,333
1,444,239
23,376,526
David
L. Shedlarz
714,261,388
2,649,184
23,376,526
Holders of the Company's Common Stock, voting separately as a class, elected the following directors by the votes set forth as follows:
Name
Votes
For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Robert M. Malcolm
108,276,101
2,517,347
23,315,956
Anthony J. Palmer
108,299,564
2,490,888
23,315,956
Proposal
No. 2 — Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class, ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, by the votes set forth as follows:
Votes
For
Votes Against
Abstentions
738,599,690
1,425,091
262,317
Proposal
No. 3 — Non-Binding Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation
Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class, approved the compensation of the Company's named executive officers on a non-binding advisory basis by the votes set forth as follows:
Votes For
Votes
Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
710,117,102
6,224,109
569,361
23,376,526
Proposal
No. 4 — Re-Approval of the Material Terms of the Performance Criteria Under The Hershey Company Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan
Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class, re-approved the material terms of the performance criteria under The Hershey Company Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan by the votes set forth as follows:
Votes For
Votes
Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
712,628,804
3,727,727
554,041
23,376,526
Stockholder Proposal:
Proposal
No. 5 — Report on Use of Nanomaterials
Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class, voted against the stockholder proposal entitled "Report on Use of Nanomaterials" by the votes set forth as follows:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
25,923,852
666,137,824
24,848,896
23,376,526
SIGNATURES
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 hereunto
duly authorized.