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)
West, David J.
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
01/02
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)
Vice President, Business
Planning & Development
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 18,785.0000 D Direct
Common Stock (1) 12/31/01 A 26.6700 A (1) 26.6700 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 $69.31000 01/22/02 A 12,500.0000 (3) 01/21/12
(right to buy) (2)
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 01/22/02 Common Stock 12,500.0000 12,500.0000 D Direct
(right to buy) (2)
Explanation of Responses:
(1)
These shares were acquired from January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001
pursuant to the Hershey Foods Corporation Employee Savings, Stock Investment and
Ownership Plan (ESSIOP). These shares were purchased at various intervals, and
the closing price on December 31, 2001 was $67.70. The exact price of each share
at the date of acquisition is not readily determinable.
(2)
These options were granted under the Hershey Foods Corporation 1987 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.
(3)
Options vest according to the following schedule: 25% vest on the first
anniversary of the grant date, an additional 25% vest on the second anniversary
of the grant date, an additional 25% vest on the third anniversary of the grant
date, and the options become fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the grant
date.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/S/ West, David J.
DATE February 8, 2002