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- 10-K Annual report
- 10.1 a Summary of Certain Compensation Matters
- 10.2 the Company's Executive Benefits Protection Plan (Group 3A)
- 10.3 Second Amendment to the Hershey Company Deferred Compensation Plan
- 10.4 Executive Confidentiality and Restrictive Covenant Agreement
- 10.5 First Amendment to the Hershey Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
- 10.6 the Company's Compensation Limit Replacement Plan
- 10.7 Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement
- 10.8 the Company's Directors' Compensation Plan, Amended and Restated
- 12.1 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges Statement
- 21.1 Subsidiaries of the Registrant
- 23.1 Independent Auditors' Consent
- 31.1 Certification of David J. West , Chief Executive Officer
- 31.2 Certification of Humberto P. Alfonso, Chief Financial Officer
- 32.1 Certification of CEO and CFO
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
The Hershey Company:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (File No. 333-133938, File No. 333-72100, File No. 333-25853, File No. 333-72112, File No. 33-45431, File No. 33-45556, File No. 333-52509 and File No. 333-107706) on Forms S-8 and S-3 of The Hershey Company of our reports dated February 19, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of The Hershey Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, which reports appear in the December 31, 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Hershey Company.
Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to the Company’s adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158,Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pensions and Other Postretirement Plansat December 31, 2006.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
February 20, 2009