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        filed
        with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2007</font></div>
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          D.C. 20549</strong></font></div>
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          the Securities Act of 1933</strong></font></div>
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          Hershey Company</strong></font></div>
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          name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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                    Employer Identification No.)</font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>100
                    Crystal A Drive</strong></font></div>
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                    Pennsylvania 17033</strong></font></div>
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                    including zip code of registrant&#8217;s principal executive
                    office)</font></div>
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          HERSHEY COMPANY</strong></font></div>
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          AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN</strong></font></div>
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          title of the plan)</font></div>
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          H. Snyder, Esq.</strong></font></div>
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          Counsel and Secretary</strong></font></div>
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          Hershey Company</strong></font></div>
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          Crystal A Drive</strong></font></div>
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          address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
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          P. Desmond, Esq.</strong></font></div>
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          King, Esq.</strong></font></div>
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          Price, Kaufman&#160;&amp; Kammholz, P.C.</strong></font></div>
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          North LaSalle Street</strong></font></div>
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          Illinois 60601</strong></font></div>
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                    of Each Class of</strong></font></div>
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                    to be Registered</strong></font></div>
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                    Registered</strong></font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Proposed
                    Maximum</strong></font></div>
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                    Price Per Share<sup>(2)</sup></strong></font></div>
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                    Maximum</strong></font></div>
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                    Offering Price</strong></font></div>
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                    of</strong></font></div>
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                    Fee<sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Common
                    Stock, $1.00 par value<sup>(1)</sup></font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">14,000,000
                    shares<sup>(1)</sup></font></div>
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          with an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary
          to
          adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to The Hershey
          Company Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan as a result of any future
          stock
          split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock
          of
          the Registrant pursuant to Rule 416(a). The Registrant is also registering
          preferred share purchase rights which are evidenced by the certificates
          for the
          Common Stock being registered in a ratio of one Preferred Share Purchase
          Right
          for each share of Common Stock. </font></div>
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          solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
          Rule&#160;457(c) and (h)(1) based upon the average of the high and low sales
          prices for the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
          on
          June&#160;8, 2007.</font></div>
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          of
          February&#160;13, 2007, of the 38,000,000 shares previously approved by the
          stockholders, there were 13,220,127 shares of Common Stock subject to issuance
          pursuant to outstanding awards under The Hershey Foods Corporation Key
          Employee
          Incentive Plan and 5,044,782 shares reserved for future awards under The
          Hershey
          Foods Corporation Key Employee Incentive Plan, registered by Registration
          Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos.&#160;333-52509, 33-45556 and 33-12718).
          Registration fees of $125,116.88, $57,304.69 and $10,876.00, respectively,
          were
          paid with respect to the shares registered in those filings. The previously
          registered shares being carried forward together with the shares being
          registered hereby represent the total number of shares reserved for issuance
          under The Hershey Company Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.</font></div>
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          to Rule&#160;429 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the document
          containing the information required by Part&#160;I of this Registration
          Statement on Form&#160;S-8 also relates to the Registrant&#8217;s shares of common
          stock previously registered on Registration Statements on Form&#160;S-8 (File
          Nos.&#160;333-52509, 33-45556 and 33-12718).</font></div>
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          Registration Statement relates to the registration of an additional
          14,000,000&#160;shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of The
          Hershey Company, a Delaware corporation, (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) to be offered from
          time to time pursuant to The Hershey Company Equity and Incentive Compensation
          Plan, which is an amendment, restatement and renaming of The Hershey Foods
          Corporation Key Employee Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). The increase in the number
          of shares authorized to be issued under the Plan was approved by the
          Registrant&#8217;s stockholders on April&#160;17, 2007. Pursuant to the Registration
          Statements on Form&#160;S-8 (File Nos. 333-52509, 33-45556 and 33-12718) filed
          by the Registrant on May&#160;13, 1998, February&#160;5, 1992 and March&#160;18,
          1987, respectively, the Registrant has previously registered an aggregate
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          38,000,000 shares of common stock (as adjusted to reflect all stock splits
          and
          stock dividends to date) of which 18,264,909 shares remain available for
          offer
          and sale under the Plan. The contents of those Registration Statements
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          Nos.&#160;333-52509, 33-45556 and 33-12718) are incorporated herein by reference
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          documents containing the information required by this Part I, which also
          relate
          to the shares of common stock being registered and remaining available
          for
          issuance under the Plan that were previously registered under the
          above-referenced Registration Statements, will be sent or given to those
          persons
          who participate in the Plan, all of whom are employees, non-employee directors
          or individuals who provide services to the Registrant or its subsidiaries
          as
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          to
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          Registration Statement or as an Exhibit.</font></div>
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          following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
          &#8220;SEC&#8221;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by the
          Registrant, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by
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          Report on Form&#160;10-K for the year ended December&#160;31, 2006 filed with
          the SEC on February&#160;23, 2007 (File No.&#160;001-00183);</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol">&#183;</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Proxy
          Statement on Schedule&#160;14A for the Registrant&#8217;s 2007 annual meeting of
          stockholders, filed with the SEC on March&#160;16, 2007 (File
          No.&#160;001-00183);</font></div>
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          No.&#160;001-00183);</font></div>
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          contained in the Registrant&#8217;s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and
          of the related preferred stock purchase rights contained in the Registration
          Statement on Form 8-A filed on December&#160;15, 2000 (File
          No.&#160;001-00183).</font></div>
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          documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Section&#160;13(a),
          13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
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          Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of
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          to be
          incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
          for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
          contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also
          is or is
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          statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
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          thereunder the powers to indemnify any individual made party or threatened
          to be
          made party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
          because the individual is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
          of the
          corporation, against actual and reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees),
          judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred with respect to
          an
          action, suit or proceeding if the individual acted in good faith, and the
          individual reasonably believed: (a)&#160;that the individual&#8217;s conduct was in
          the corporation&#8217;s best interests; (b)&#160;that the individual&#8217;s conduct was at
          least not opposed to the corporation&#8217;s best interests; and (c)&#160;in the case
          of any criminal proceeding, that the individual had no reasonable cause
          to
          believe the individual&#8217;s conduct was unlawful. However, there will be limited or
          no indemnification for directors, officers, employees or agents adjudged
          to be
          liable to the corporation where such individuals are parties to any action
          by or
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          The
          Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted
          by
          the Delaware General Corporation Law as it presently exists or may be hereafter
          amended from time to time, any person who was or is made or is threatened
          to be
          made a party or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed
          action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism or
          proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
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                    at the
                    request of the Company through designation by the Chief Executive
                    Officer
                    as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another
                    corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, nonprofit
                    entity or
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          all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees),
          judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
          reasonably incurred by such person or on such person&#8217;s behalf in connection with
          any such Proceeding. However, except as provided for in Section&#160;4 of this
          Article, the Company shall be required to indemnify a person in connection
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          The
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          when incurred by a director or officer of the Company in connection with
          any
          Proceeding described in Section&#160;1 of this Article&#160;in advance of its
          final disposition, provided, however, that such payment shall be made only
          upon
          a receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all expenses
          (including attorneys&#8217; fees) advanced if it should be ultimately determined that
          the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this
          Article&#160;or otherwise. Payment of such expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees)
          incurred by employees of the Company designated by the Chief Executive
          Officer
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          of Directors in its discretion upon such terms and conditions, if any,
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          any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under
          any
          statute, provision of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these
          By-laws,
          agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
          The
          indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for by this
          Article&#160;shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
          officer or employee described in Section&#160;1 and shall inure to the benefit
          of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.</font></div>
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          indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article&#160;is not paid
          in full within thirty days after a written claim therefor has been received
          by
          the Company, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of
          such
          claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid
          in
          full all costs and expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees) of prosecuting such
          claim. In any such action, the Company shall have the burden of proving
          that the
          claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement
          of
          expenses under applicable law and this Article.</font></div>
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          </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Limitation
          on Indemnification</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
          The
          Company&#8217;s obligation to indemnify or advance expenses under this Article&#160;to
          a person who is or was serving at the request of the Company (as provided
          for in
          Section&#160;1) as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of any
          other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, nonprofit entity,
          employee
          benefit plan or other enterprise shall be secondary and supplemental to
          any
          indemnification obligation of such corporation, partnership, joint venture,
          trust, nonprofit entity, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, and
          any
          amounts otherwise payable under this Article&#160;shall be reduced by the amount
          such person is entitled to pursuant to such other indemnification.</font></div>
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          </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Amendment
          or Repeal</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
          Any
          repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article&#160;shall
          not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in
          respect
          of any act or omission occurring prior to or at the time of such repeal
          or
          modification.</font></div>
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          effect of the foregoing provisions of the Delaware General Corporation
          Law and
          the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated By-laws would be to permit such
          indemnification of officers and directors by the Company for liabilities
          arising
          under the Securities Act of 1933.</font></div>
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          Corporation&#8217;s directors and officers are insured against losses arising from any
          claim against them as such for wrongful acts or omissions, subject to certain
          limitations.</font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Restated
                    Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of The Hershey Company
                    (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&#160;3 to the Registrant&#8217;s
                    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April&#160;3,
                    2005).</font></div>
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                    as amended and restated as of August&#160;16, 2005, of The Hershey Company
                    (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&#160;3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s
                    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October&#160;2,
                    2005).</font></div>
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.3</font></div>
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                    Hershey Company Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended
                    (included as Appendix&#160;B to the Registrant&#8217;s Schedule&#160;14A filed
                    with the SEC on March&#160;16, 2007 and incorporated herein by
                    reference).</font></div>
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                </td>
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                <td align="left" valign="top" width="9%">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.1</font></div>
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                    of Burton H. Snyder</font></div>
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                    of KPMG LLP.</font></div>
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                    of Attorney (included on the signature page&#160;of this Registration
                    Statement).</font></div>
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                    file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
                    a
                    post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
                    any
                    material information with respect to the plan of distribution
                    not
                    previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
                    change
                    to such information in the registration
                    statement;</font></div>
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                    for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
                    Act of
                    1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
                    a new
                    registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
                    and the
                    offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
                    the initial
                    bona fide offering thereof;</font></div>
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                    remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
                    any of the
                    securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
                    of the
                    offering; and</font></div>
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                    for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
                    Act of
                    1933, each filing of the registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to
                    Section&#160;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by
                    reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
                    a new
                    registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
                    and the
                    offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
                    the initial
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          as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
          1933 may
          be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
          pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has
          been
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          Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
          the Act
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          against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
          in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
          by such
          director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
          being
          registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
          matter
          has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
          public
          policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
          of
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          to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
          certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
          the
          requirements for filing on Form&#160;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
          Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
          authorized, in the Township of Derry, County of Dauphin, Commonwealth of
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                    (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&#160;3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s
                    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October&#160;2,
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                    (included as Appendix&#160;B to the Registrant&#8217;s Schedule&#160;14A filed
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Unassociated Document
As
        filed
        with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2007
Registration
        No. 333-
UNITED
          STATES
SECURITIES
          AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
          D.C. 20549
___________
FORM
          S-8
Registration
          Statement
under
          the Securities Act of 1933
___________
The
          Hershey Company
(Exact
          name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
                    or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
23-0691590
(I.R.S.
                    Employer Identification No.)
100
                    Crystal A Drive
Hershey,
                    Pennsylvania 17033
(Address,
                    including zip code of registrant's principal executive
                    office)
__________________________
THE
          HERSHEY COMPANY
EQUITY
          AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full
          title of the plan)
___________
Burton
          H. Snyder, Esq.
Senior
          Vice President,
General
          Counsel and Secretary
The
          Hershey Company
100
          Crystal A Drive
Hershey,
          Pennsylvania 17033
(717) 534-4200
(Name,
          address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
          service)
Copies
          to:
Thomas
          P. Desmond, Esq.
Jennifer D.
          King, Esq.
Vedder,
          Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.
222
          North LaSalle Street
Chicago,
          Illinois 60601
(312) 609-7500
___________
CALCULATION
          OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                    of Each Class of
Securities
                    to be Registered
Amount
                    to
be
                    Registered
Proposed
                    Maximum
Offering
                    Price Per Share
(2)
Proposed
                    Maximum
Aggregate
                    Offering Price
Amount
                    of
Registration
                    Fee
(2)(3)
Common
                    Stock, $1.00 par value
(1)
14,000,000
                    shares
(1)
$50.88
$712,320,000.00
$21,868.22
(1)
Together
          with an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary
          to
          adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to The Hershey
          Company Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan as a result of any future
          stock
          split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock
          of
          the Registrant pursuant to Rule 416(a). The Registrant is also registering
          preferred share purchase rights which are evidenced by the certificates
          for the
          Common Stock being registered in a ratio of one Preferred Share Purchase
          Right
          for each share of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated
          solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
          Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) based upon the average of the high and low sales
          prices for the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
          on
          June 8, 2007.
(3)
As
          of
          February 13, 2007, of the 38,000,000 shares previously approved by the
          stockholders, there were 13,220,127 shares of Common Stock subject to issuance
          pursuant to outstanding awards under The Hershey Foods Corporation Key
          Employee
          Incentive Plan and 5,044,782 shares reserved for future awards under The
          Hershey
          Foods Corporation Key Employee Incentive Plan, registered by Registration
          Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-52509, 33-45556 and 33-12718).
          Registration fees of $125,116.88, $57,304.69 and $10,876.00, respectively,
          were
          paid with respect to the shares registered in those filings. The previously
          registered shares being carried forward together with the shares being
          registered hereby represent the total number of shares reserved for issuance
          under The Hershey Company Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan.
___________
Pursuant
          to Rule 429 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the document
          containing the information required by Part I of this Registration
          Statement on Form S-8 also relates to the Registrant's shares of common
          stock previously registered on Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File
          Nos. 333-52509, 33-45556 and 33-12718).
PART
          I
INFORMATION
          REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
This
          Registration Statement relates to the registration of an additional
          14,000,000 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of The
          Hershey Company, a Delaware corporation, (the "Registrant") to be offered from
          time to time pursuant to The Hershey Company Equity and Incentive Compensation
          Plan, which is an amendment, restatement and renaming of The Hershey Foods
          Corporation Key Employee Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The increase in the number
          of shares authorized to be issued under the Plan was approved by the
          Registrant's stockholders on April 17, 2007. Pursuant to the Registration
          Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-52509, 33-45556 and 33-12718) filed
          by the Registrant on May 13, 1998, February 5, 1992 and March 18,
          1987, respectively, the Registrant has previously registered an aggregate
          of
          38,000,000 shares of common stock (as adjusted to reflect all stock splits
          and
          stock dividends to date) of which 18,264,909 shares remain available for
          offer
          and sale under the Plan. The contents of those Registration Statements
          (File
          Nos. 333-52509, 33-45556 and 33-12718) are incorporated herein by reference
          pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.
The
          documents containing the information required by this Part I, which also
          relate
          to the shares of common stock being registered and remaining available
          for
          issuance under the Plan that were previously registered under the
          above-referenced Registration Statements, will be sent or given to those
          persons
          who participate in the Plan, all of whom are employees, non-employee directors
          or individuals who provide services to the Registrant or its subsidiaries
          as
          consultants, contractors or agency employees. Such documents are not required
          to
          be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a part of this
          Registration Statement or as an Exhibit.
PART II
INFORMATION
          REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
          3.
Incorporation
          of Documents by Reference.
The
          following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
          "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by the
          Registrant, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by
          reference:
·
Annual
          Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 filed with
          the SEC on February 23, 2007 (File No. 001-00183);
·
Proxy
          Statement on Schedule 14A for the Registrant's 2007 annual meeting of
          stockholders, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2007 (File
          No. 001-00183);
·
Quarterly
          Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 1, 2007 (File
          No. 001-00183);
·
Current
          Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC since December 31, 2006; and
·
The
          description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share,
          contained in the Registrant's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and
          of the related preferred stock purchase rights contained in the Registration
          Statement on Form 8-A filed on December 15, 2000 (File
          No. 001-00183).
All
          documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a),
          13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
          prior to
          the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates
          that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
          all
          securities then remaining unsold are incorporated by reference in this
          Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of
          such
          documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
          to be
          incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
          for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
          contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also
          is or is
          deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
          statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
          except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
          Statement.
Item
          4.
Description
          of Securities.
Not
          applicable.
Item
          5.
Interests
          of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
          applicable.
Item
          6.
Indemnification
          of Directors and Officers.
Section 145
          of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants each corporation organized
          thereunder the powers to indemnify any individual made party or threatened
          to be
          made party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
          because the individual is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
          of the
          corporation, against actual and reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees),
          judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred with respect to
          an
          action, suit or proceeding if the individual acted in good faith, and the
          individual reasonably believed: (a) that the individual's conduct was in
          the corporation's best interests; (b) that the individual's conduct was at
          least not opposed to the corporation's best interests; and (c) in the case
          of any criminal proceeding, that the individual had no reasonable cause
          to
          believe the individual's conduct was unlawful. However, there will be limited or
          no indemnification for directors, officers, employees or agents adjudged
          to be
          liable to the corporation where such individuals are parties to any action
          by or
          in the right of the corporation.
Article VI
          of the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company provides as
          follows:
Section 1.
General
.
          The
          Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted
          by
          the Delaware General Corporation Law as it presently exists or may be hereafter
          amended from time to time, any person who was or is made or is threatened
          to be
          made a party or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed
          action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism or
          proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
          ("Proceeding") by reason of the fact that such person, or a person for whom such
          person is the legal representative, is or was
(a)
a
                    director or officer of the Company or its subsidiaries,
                    or
(b)
a
                    director, officer or employee of the Company and is or was serving
                    at the
                    request of the Company through designation by the Chief Executive
                    Officer
                    as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another
                    corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, nonprofit
                    entity or
                    other enterprise, including service with respect to employee
                    benefit
                    plans,
against
          all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys' fees),
          judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
          reasonably incurred by such person or on such person's behalf in connection with
          any such Proceeding. However, except as provided for in Section 4 of this
          Article, the Company shall be required to indemnify a person in connection
          with
          a Proceeding (or part
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thereof)
          initiated by such person only if the Proceeding (or part thereof) was or
          is
          authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Section 2.
Advancement
          of Expenses
.
          The
          Company shall pay the reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) as and
          when incurred by a director or officer of the Company in connection with
          any
          Proceeding described in Section 1 of this Article in advance of its
          final disposition, provided, however, that such payment shall be made only
          upon
          a receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all expenses
          (including attorneys' fees) advanced if it should be ultimately determined that
          the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this
          Article or otherwise. Payment of such expenses (including attorneys' fees)
          incurred by employees of the Company designated by the Chief Executive
          Officer
          in accordance with Section 1 of this Article may be made by the Board
          of Directors in its discretion upon such terms and conditions, if any,
          as it
          deems appropriate.
Section 3.
Rights
          Not Exclusive
.
          The
          rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of
          any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under
          any
          statute, provision of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these
          By-laws,
          agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
          The
          indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for by this
          Article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
          officer or employee described in Section 1 and shall inure to the benefit
          of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Section 4.
Claims
.
          If a
          claim by a director, officer or employee described in Section 1 for
          indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article is not paid
          in full within thirty days after a written claim therefor has been received
          by
          the Company, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of
          such
          claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid
          in
          full all costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of prosecuting such
          claim. In any such action, the Company shall have the burden of proving
          that the
          claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement
          of
          expenses under applicable law and this Article.
Section 5.
Limitation
          on Indemnification
.
          The
          Company's obligation to indemnify or advance expenses under this Article to
          a person who is or was serving at the request of the Company (as provided
          for in
          Section 1) as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of any
          other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, nonprofit entity,
          employee
          benefit plan or other enterprise shall be secondary and supplemental to
          any
          indemnification obligation of such corporation, partnership, joint venture,
          trust, nonprofit entity, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, and
          any
          amounts otherwise payable under this Article shall be reduced by the amount
          such person is entitled to pursuant to such other indemnification.
Section 6.
Amendment
          or Repeal
.
          Any
          repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall
          not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in
          respect
          of any act or omission occurring prior to or at the time of such repeal
          or
          modification.
The
          effect of the foregoing provisions of the Delaware General Corporation
          Law and
          the Company's Amended and Restated By-laws would be to permit such
          indemnification of officers and directors by the Company for liabilities
          arising
          under the Securities Act of 1933.
The
          Corporation's directors and officers are insured against losses arising from any
          claim against them as such for wrongful acts or omissions, subject to certain
          limitations.
Item
          7.
Exemption
          from Registration Claimed.
Not
          applicable.
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Item
          8.
Exhibits.
4.1
Restated
                    Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of The Hershey Company
                    (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's
                    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 3,
                    2005).
4.2
By-Laws,
                    as amended and restated as of August 16, 2005, of The Hershey Company
                    (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
                    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 2,
                    2005).
4.3
The
                    Hershey Company Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended
                    (included as Appendix B to the Registrant's Schedule 14A filed
                    with the SEC on March 16, 2007 and incorporated herein by
                    reference).
5.1
Opinion
                    of Burton H. Snyder
23.1
Consent
                    of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent
                    of Burton H. Snyder (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power
                    of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration
                    Statement).
Item
          9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The
          undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
                    file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
                    a
                    post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
                    any
                    material information with respect to the plan of distribution
                    not
                    previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
                    change
                    to such information in the registration
                    statement;
(2)
That,
                    for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
                    Act of
                    1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
                    a new
                    registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
                    and the
                    offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
                    the initial
                    bona fide offering thereof;
(3)
To
                    remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
                    any of the
                    securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
                    of the
                    offering; and
(4)
That,
                    for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
                    Act of
                    1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
                    Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by
                    reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
                    a new
                    registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
                    and the
                    offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
                    the initial
                    bona fide offering thereof.
(b)
Insofar
          as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
          1933 may
          be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
          pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has
          been
          advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
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Exchange
          Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
          the Act
          and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
          against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
          in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
          by such
          director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
          being
          registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
          matter
          has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
          public
          policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
          of
          such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
          to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
          certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
          the
          requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
          Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
          authorized, in the Township of Derry, County of Dauphin, Commonwealth of
          Pennsylvania, on this 14th day of June, 2007.
THE
                    HERSHEY COMPANY
By:
/s/
                    David J. West
David J.
                    West
Chief Financial
                      Officer
We,
          the
          undersigned directors and/or officers of The Hershey Company, and each
          of us, do
          hereby constitute and appoint each and any of Richard H. Lenny,
          David J. West, Burton H. Snyder and Steven J. Holsinger, our true and
          lawful attorney and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
          to do any and all acts and things in our name and behalf in any and all
          capacities and to execute any and all instruments for us in our names in
          any and
          all capacities, which attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable
          to
          enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
          and any rules, regulations, and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
          Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement, including
          specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign for us
          or any
          of us in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments
          (including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we do hereby ratify and
          confirm all that said attorney and agent, or his substitute, shall do or
          cause
          to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant
          to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
          has been signed by the following persons on the 14th day of June, 2007
          in the
          capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/
                  Richard H. Lenny
Chairman,
                    President and Chief Executive
Officer
                    and Director
Richard
                    H. Lenny
/s/
                  David J. West
David J.
                    West
Chief
                    Financial Officer
/s/
                  David W. Tacka
David
                    W. Tacka
Chief
                    Accounting Officer
/s/
                  Jon A. Boscia
Jon
                    A. Boscia
Director
/s/
                  Robert H. Campbell
Robert
                    H. Campbell
Director
/s/
                  Robert F. Cavanaugh
Robert
                    F. Cavanaugh
Director
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Signature
Title
/s/
                  Gary P. Coughlan
Gary
                    P. Coughlan
Director
/s/
                  Harriet Edelman
Harriet
                    Edelman
Director
/s/
                  Bonnie G. Hill
Bonnie
                    G. Hill
Director
/s/
                  Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.
Alfred
                    F. Kelly, Jr.
Director
/s/
Mackey J.
                  McDonald
Mackey J.
                    McDonald
Director
/s/
Marie J.
                  Toulantis
Marie J.
                    Toulantis
Director
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INDEX
          TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
                    of Exhibit
4.1
Restated
                    Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of The Hershey Company
                    (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's
                    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 3,
                    2005).
4.2
By-Laws,
                    as amended and restated as of August 16, 2005, of The Hershey Company
                    (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
                    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 2,
                    2005).
4.3
The
                    Hershey Company Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended
                    (included as Appendix B to the Registrant's Schedule 14A filed
                    with the SEC on March 16, 2007 and incorporated herein by
                    reference).
5.1
Opinion
                    of Burton H. Snyder.
23.1
Consent
                    of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent
                    of Burton H. Snyder (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power
                    of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this Registration
                    Statement).
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