Special Advisor; Former Chairman of the Board, President and CEO · HERSHEY CO (HSY)

Michele Buck

A named executive officer of HERSHEY in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$16,094,327

FY2024: $11,910,926

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 25, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Michele Buck compensation by year

HERSHEY Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as HERSHEY reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,211,246$1,211,246$1,240,000$1,300,000$1,400,000$1,400,000$1,400,000
Bonus—$0$0$0——$3,500,000
Stock awards$6,670,261$6,670,261$7,307,707$7,699,321$8,256,692$9,027,171$6,470,826
Option awards—$0$0$0——$0
Non-equity incentive$2,685,985$2,685,985$4,051,730$4,160,000$2,934,176$0$3,700,256
Pension and deferred compensation$8,318,012$8,318,012$3,281,860$0$2,569,968$1,052,800$0
All other$229,555$229,555$263,273$390,728$493,373$430,955$1,023,245
Total$19,115,059$19,115,059$16,144,570$13,550,049$15,654,209$11,910,926$16,094,327

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: HERSHEY CO DEF 14A filed March 25, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-021065, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$19.1M
$19.1M
$16.1M
$13.6M
$15.7M
$11.9M
$16.1M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU86,755$15,787,675—
RSU33,245$6,285,276—
PSU29,547$5,376,963—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in HERSHEY CO's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

HERSHEY’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kirk TannerPresident and CEO$16,806,399
Michele Buck · this pageSpecial Advisor; Former Chairman of the Board, President and CEO$16,094,327
Andrew ArchambaultPresident U.S.$12,821,930
Steven VoskuilSenior Vice President, CFO$9,051,945
Jason ReimanSenior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer$5,837,636
Deepak BhatiaSenior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer$5,502,263

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are HERSHEY's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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