Tyson Foods Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Meat/Poultry/Fish
Consumer Staples
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FORM 8-K
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Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 10, 2024
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective June 10, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tyson Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from fourteen to fifteen directors, and appointed Maria N. Martinez as a member of the Board. Ms. Martinez will serve on the Board’s Governance and Nominating Committee and the Strategy and Acquisitions Committee.
There is no arrangement or understanding pursuant to which Ms. Martinez was appointed as director, and she is not a party to any transactions required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Ms. Martinez will receive compensation in accordance with the Company’s current director compensation policy.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
A copy of the press release announcing Ms. Martinez’s appointment to the Board is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This information may only be incorporated by reference into another filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if such subsequent filing specifically references this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)Exhibits
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File formatted in iXBRL. | ||||
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TYSON FOODS, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: June 12, 2024 | By: | /s/ John R. Tyson | |||||||||
| Name: | John R. Tyson | ||||||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||
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