PART IV Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES Item 15(a)(1): Financial Statements The audited consolidated financial statements of The Hershey Company and its subsidiaries and the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm thereon, as required to be filed, are located under Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for The Hershey Company and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 is filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K as required by Item 15(c). We omitted other schedules because they are not applicable or the required information is set forth in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto. The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Item 15(a)(2): Financial Statement Schedule Item 15(a)(3): Exhibits EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description 3.1 The Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 3, 2005. 3.2 The Company's By-laws, as amended and restated as of February 21, 2017, are incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. 4.1 The Company has issued certain long-term debt instruments, no one class of which creates indebtedness exceeding 10% of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. These classes consist of the following: 1) 8.8% Debentures due 2021 2)  3.100% Notes due 2021 3)  2.625% Notes due 2023 4)  3.375% Notes due 2023 5)  2.050% Notes due 2024 6)  0.900% Notes due 2025 7)  3.200% Notes due 2025 8)  2.300% Notes due 2026 9)  7.200% Debentures due 2027 10)  2.450% Notes due 2029 11)  1.700% Notes due 2030 12)  3.375% Notes due 2046 13)  3.125% Notes due 2049 14)  2.650% Notes due 2050 15) Other Obligations The Company undertakes to furnish copies of the agreements governing these debt instruments to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request. 4.2 The Company's Description of Common Stock and Class B Common Stock registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. * # The Hershey Company | 2020 Form 10-K | Page 103 Table of Contents