1. Introductory Slide Hershey NYSE:HSY By: AlexVizard & Megan Begeman 4th Hour Accounting

2. Company History • Established in 1893 • Originally started as part of the Lancaster Caramel Company. • Company subsidiaries: Artisan Confections Company Hershey Mexico Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, Inc. Hershey Canada, Inc. - Departments: Finance Department Public Relations Department Consumer Relations Department TelAssist Vending Sales Department Sales Technology Department Sales Systems Department Reporting Department • Locations: • Hilo, HI • Robinson, IL • Hazleton, PA • Lancaster, PA • Memphis, TN • Stuarts Draft, VA • Sao Roque, Brazil • Guadalajara, Mexico • Monterrey, Mexico • Mumbai, India • Shanghai, China

3. Hershey’s Bliss Mounds Heath Milk Duds Whatchamacallit York Take 5 Whoppers Rollo Fast Break Mr. Good Bar Pay Day Licensed to Manufacture Cadbury Chocolate Kit Kat Products • Hershey’s Milk Chocolate • Reese’s • Hershey Kisses • Jolly Rancher • Ice Breakers • Twizzlers • Hershey’s Syrup • Hershey’s Cocoa • 100 Calorie Bars • Almond Joy • 5th Avenue

4. Company Information • David J. West, CEO • Board of Directors are Robert Cavanaugh, Charles Davis, James Nevels, Thomas Ridge, David Shedlarz, and Leroy Zimmerman • 13,000 employees worldwide • Headquarters located in Hershey, Pennsylvania

5. Values and Social Responsibility Social Responsibility Community: • United Way • Children's Miracle Network Environment: • Resource Conservation • Resource Reuse and Recycling • Environmentally Sustainable Cocoa Growing • Sustainable Packaging Values • Mission Statement: Bringing sweet moments of Hershey happiness to the world every day. • Core goals: Open to Possibilities Growing Together Making a Difference One Hershey • Corporate Responsibility: Delivering quality consumer-driven confectionery experiences for all occasions

6. Strengths and Weaknesses • Strengths (2003) • Top products: • - started making single serving items adding to convenience • Design/Development: • - superior advertising and solid retail execution • Financially: • - double-digit gains in earnings per share. Weaknesses (2003) Design/Development: - non-chocolate items have not reached their full potential Financially: - Hershey International in the Far East experienced a drop in sales because of the weak economy and the SARS epidemic

7. Financial Information Profit Margin: 6.07% Debt Ratio: 91.25% Current Ratio: 1.06 Return on Assets: 7.90% Inventory Turnover: 5.66

8. Stock Information Stock Information • New York Stock Exchange • Current price: 37.6 • Shares on market: • 120,545 • Banks withBank of America • P/E ratio: 15.32

9. Would We Invest? We would not invest at this time because of Hershey’s low profit margin and the large amount of debt that has developed. This shows that the company is not financially sound.