Hershey Foods (HSY)

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On August 23, 2006, The Hershey Company (the “Registrant”) entered into a Pricing Agreement (the “Pricing Agreement”) with Banc of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule I to the Pricing Agreement (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Registrant has agreed to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters have agreed to purchase from the Registrant, $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.300% Notes due September 1, 2011 and $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.450% Notes due September 1, 2016 (together, the “Notes”). The Pricing Agreement incorporates by reference the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, dated August 23, 2006 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Registrant and the Underwriters.

The foregoing descriptions of the Pricing Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement are qualified by reference to the respective agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and 1.2, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein. Further information concerning the Notes and related matters is set forth in the Registrant’s Prospectus Supplement dated August 23, 2006, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2006.

In the ordinary course of their respective businesses, certain of the Underwriters and their affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in commercial banking and/or investment banking transactions with the Registrant and its affiliates for which they have in the past received, and may in the future receive, customary fees. Affiliates of some of the lenders under the Registrant’s five year credit agreement are acting as underwriters for the offering of the Notes.

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