Hershey Foods (HSY)

How can I vote my shares before the meeting?

You may vote your shares prior to the meeting by following the instructions provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, this proxy statement and the voter website, www.proxyvote.com. If you requested a paper copy of the proxy materials, voting instructions are also contained on the proxy card enclosed with those materials.

By Internet (www.proxyvote.com):  Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions until 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 29, 2009. Have your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials with you when you access the website and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

By telephone (1-800-690-6903):  Submit your vote by telephone until 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 29, 2009. Have your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials in hand when you call and then follow the instructions you receive from the telephone voting site.

By mail:  If you requested a paper copy of the proxy materials, mark, sign and date the proxy card enclosed with those materials and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided. To be valid, proxy cards must be received before the start of the annual meeting. Proxy cards should be returned to The Hershey Company, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

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How can I vote my shares before the meeting?

You may vote your shares prior to the meeting by following the instructions provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, this proxy statement and the voter website, www.proxyvote.com. If you requested a paper copy of the proxy materials, voting instructions are also contained on the proxy card enclosed with those materials.

By Internet (www.proxyvote.com):  Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions until 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 21, 2008. Have your Notice of Internet

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Availability of Proxy Materials with you when you access the website and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

By telephone (1-800-690-6903):  Use any touch-tone telephone to submit your vote until 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 21, 2008. Have your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials in hand when you call and then follow the instructions you receive from the telephone voting site.

By mail:  If you requested a paper copy of the proxy materials, mark, sign and date the proxy card enclosed with those materials and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided. To be valid, proxy cards must be received before the start of the annual meeting. Proxy cards should be returned to The Hershey Company, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

How can I vote my shares before the meeting?

You may vote your shares prior to the meeting by following the instructions provided on the proxy/voting instruction card enclosed with your proxy materials.

By Internet (www.proxyvote.com):  Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions until 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 16, 2007. Have your proxy card with you when you access the website and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

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By telephone (1-800-690-6903):  Use any touch-tone telephone to submit your vote until 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 16, 2007. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions you receive from the telephone voting site.

By mail:  Mark, sign and date the proxy card enclosed with these materials and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided. To be valid, proxy cards must be received before the start of the annual meeting. Proxy cards should be returned to The Hershey Company, c/o ADP, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.