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April 30, 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Voting Results
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The Hershey Company was held on April 30, 2009. Stockholders voted on the following two 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, 2009 |
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 |
711,894,443 |
38,873,176 |
Charles A. Davis |
746,751,340 |
4,016,279 |
James E. Nevels |
712,132,109 |
38,635,510 |
Thomas J. Ridge |
746,028,492 |
4,739,127 |
David L. Shedlarz |
748,657,312 |
2,110,307 |
David J. West |
746,832,723 |
3,934,896 |
LeRoy S. Zimmerman |
743,993,559 |
6,774,060 |
The following directors were elected by the holders of the Common Stock voting separately as a class:
Name |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Arnold G. Langbo |
109,733,596 |
34,741,153 |
Charles B. Strauss |
110,264,653 |
34,210,096 |
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 2009. Stockholders cast 749,355,446 votes for the appointment, 1,121,605 votes against the appointment and abstained from casting 290,568 votes on the appointment of independent auditors.
No other matters were submitted for stockholder action.
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