The Hershey Company (the "Company") held its 2012 annual meeting of stockholders on May 1, 2012. Set forth below are the voting results from the meeting. Proposal No. 1. 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
John P. Bilbrey     720,983,870 1,797,191         23,069,738
Robert F. Cavanaugh 717,277,687 5,503,374         23,069,738
Robert M. Malcolm   721,625,474 1,155,587         23,069,738
James M. Mead       705,665,136 17,115,925        23,069,738
James E. Nevels     705,764,898 17,016,163        23,069,738
Anthony J. Palmer   720,369,342 2,411,719         23,069,738
Thomas J. Ridge     720,417,165 2,363,896         23,069,738
David L. Shedlarz   720,342,763 2,438,298         23,069,738

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 Pamela M. Arway 107,644,841 9,016,100 23,009,168 Charles A. Davis 115,364,269 1,296,672 23,009,168

Proposal No. 2. Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together, ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditors for 2012, by the votes set forth as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstain
742,583,773 3,013,805 253,221

Proposal No. 3. Holders of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together, approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as described in the Proxy Statement, by the votes set forth as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 714,784,444 7,160,399 836,218 23,069,738

No other matters were submitted for stockholder action.