UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s)
Christ William F
100 Crystal A Drive
Hershey, Pennsylvania l7033
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hershey Foods Corporation (HSY)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
10/01
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operations Officer
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of
action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect
Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial
(Month/ or Owned at or Ownership
Day/Year) Code V Amount D Price End of Month I
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Common Stock (1) 10/25/01 M 14,200.0000 A $24.18750 D Direct
Common Stock (1) 10/25/01 M 17,000.0000 A $33.06250 D Direct
Common Stock 10/25/01 S 14,200.0000 D $64.33590 D Direct
Common Stock 10/25/01 S 17,000.0000 D $64.33590 25,900.8006 D Direct
Common Stock 7,743.1200 I 401(k) Plan
Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (Columns 1 through 6)
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1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and
Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date
Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D)
Derivative
Security Code V A D Exercisable Expiration
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Non-Qualified Stock Option $24.18750 10/25/01 M 14,200.0000 01/03/95 01/03/05
(right to buy) (1)
Non-Qualified Stock Option $33.06250 10/25/01 M 17,000.0000 01/03/96 01/02/06
(right to buy) (1)
Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11)
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1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of
Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect
Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial
Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership
Number of Owned at I
- Title Shares End of Month
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Non-Qualified Stock Option 10/25/01 Common Stock 14,200.0000 $64.33590 0.0000 D Direct
(right to buy) (1)
Non-Qualified Stock Option 10/25/01 Common Stock 17,000.0000 $64.33590 0.0000 D Direct
(right to buy) (1)
Explanation of Responses:
(1)
These options were granted under the Hershey Foods Corporation Key Employee
Incentive Plan, and they have a stock withholding feature which permits the
withholding of shares of stock at the time of exercise to satisfy the grantee's
income tax withholding rights.
Beneficial holdings reflected on this report do not include changes in the reporting person's holdings of
securities resulting from participation in the issuer's qualified employee stock
plan since the last filing of a report disclosing transactions related to such
participation.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ By: Bonnie S. Martin
For: William F. Christ
DATE: November 8, 2001