Brandt Christopher W 4

What Happened
Christopher W. Brandt, a director of The Hershey Company (HSY), was granted 72.47 shares (transaction code A — award/grant) on June 15, 2026. The grant was recorded at a per-share value of $181.11, for a total reported value of roughly $13,125. This transaction reflects an acquisition via an award rather than an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-06-15; Report filed on Form 4: 2026-06-17 (timely filing).
• Price/value: $181.11 per share; total value ≈ $13,125.
• Shares acquired: 72.47 shares (award/grant, code A).
• Shares owned after the transaction: not disclosed in the provided filing.
• Notable notes: Transaction coded as an award/grant (compensation issuance); no 10b5-1 plan, tax-withholding, or cashless exercise indicated in the supplied details.

Context
Awards to directors are commonly part of routine compensation programs (e.g., restricted stock or stock-unit grants) and do not necessarily reflect an immediate buying or selling decision by the insider. The modest size of this award (~$13k) is relatively small in dollar terms for a large-cap company and should be viewed as typical director compensation unless additional filings indicate otherwise.