4 1 fcf4feb03.txt FORM 4, FEBRUARY 2003 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s) Cerminara Frank 100 Crystal A Drive Hershey, Pennsylvania l7033 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Hershey Foods Corporation (HSY) 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 2/5/03 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) Sr. Vice President, CFO 7. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial (Month/ or Owned at or Ownership Day/Year) Code V Amount D Price End of Month I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 11/0614/0102 G V ~~125~~100.0000 D ~~175~~D Direct Common Stock 02/03/03 A 3,000.0000 A $65.56000 D Direct Common Stock 502/03/03 D 3,~~753~~000.~~8700~~0000 D $65.56000 592.0805 D Direct Common Stock 6,177.8800 I 401(k) Plan Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D) Derivative Security Code V A D Exercisable Expiration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Qualified Stock Option $64.50000 02/03/03 A 30,500.0000 (2) 02/02/13 (right to buy) (1) Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership Number of Owned at I - Title Shares End of Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Qualified Stock Option 02/03/03 Common Stock 30,500.0000 30,500.0000 D Direct (right to buy) (1) Explanation of Responses: -(1) ~~Beneficial~~These ~~holdings~~options ~~reflected~~were ingranted ~~this~~under ~~report~~the doHershey ~~not~~Foods ~~include~~Corporation ~~changes~~Key inEmployee ~~the~~Incentive ~~reporting~~Plan, ~~person's~~and ~~holdings~~they ofhave ~~securities~~a ~~resulting~~stock ~~from~~withholding ~~participation~~feature inwhich permits the ~~issuer's~~withholding ~~qualified~~of ~~employee~~shares of stock ~~plan~~at ~~since~~the time of exercise to satisfy the ~~last~~grantee's ~~filing~~income oftax awithholding ~~report~~rights. ~~disclosing~~(2) ~~transactions~~Options ~~related~~vest according to ~~such~~the ~~participation.~~following -schedule: ~~Holdings~~25% ~~reflected~~vest on ~~this~~the ~~report~~first doanniversary ~~not~~of ~~include~~the ~~changes~~grant indate, ~~the~~an ~~holdings~~additional ~~resulting~~25% ~~from~~vest ~~participation~~on inthe second anniversary of the ~~issuer's~~grant ~~dividend~~date, ~~reinvestment~~an ~~plan~~additional ~~since~~25% vest on the ~~last~~third ~~filing~~anniversary of athe ~~report~~grant ~~disclosing~~date, ~~transactions~~and ~~related~~the tooptions ~~such~~become ~~participation~~fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the grant date.

SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ Cerminara Frank DATE 02/05/03

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