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April 22, 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Voting Results
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The Hershey Company was held on April 22, 2008. Stockholders voted on the following four proposals at the meeting:
| Proposal No. 1 |
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Election of nine directors |
| Proposal No. 2 |
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Ratification of the Audit Committee's selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 |
| Proposal No. 3 |
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Stockholder proposal regarding implementation of 2001 Cocoa Protocol |
| Proposal No. 4 |
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Stockholder proposal regarding establishment of a human rights committee of the Board |
Voting results were as follows:
Proposal No. 1
The following directors were elected at the meeting by the holders of Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together without regard to class:
Name |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Robert F. Cavanaugh |
738,642,203 |
14,570,975 |
Arnold G. Langbo |
741,397,479 |
11,815,700 |
James E. Nevels |
740,380,066 |
12,833,113 |
Thomas J. Ridge |
741,884,064 |
11,329,115 |
David J. West |
742,087,681 |
11,125,497 |
Kenneth L. Wolfe |
714,735,519 |
38,477,660 |
LeRoy S. Zimmerman |
739,993,632 |
13,219,547 |
The following directors were elected by the holders of the Common Stock voting separately as a class:
Name |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Charles A. Davis |
134,121,668 |
12,184,101 |
Charles B. Strauss |
135,219,848 |
11,085,921 |
Proposal No. 2
Holders of the Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock voting together ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditors for 2008. Stockholders cast 751,036,728 votes for the appointment, 801,432 votes against the appointment and abstained from casting 1,375,018 votes on the appointment of independent auditors.
Proposal No. 3
Holders of the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together, cast 689,664,315 votes against the proposal, cast 8,274,673 votes in favor of the proposal and abstained from casting 19,094,663 votes on the proposal.
Proposal No. 4
Holders of the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together, cast 693,416,793 votes against the proposal, cast 5,407,355 votes in favor of the proposal and abstained from casting 18,209,503 votes on the proposal.
No other matters were submitted for stockholder action.
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