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Tyson Foods Inc.
2200 Don Tyson Parkway
Springdale, AR 72762-6999
United States - Map
Phone: 479-290-4000
Fax: 479-290-4061
Web Site: http://www.tyson.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Consumer Goods
Industry:Meat Products
Full Time Employees:107,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, distribution, and marketing of chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods, and related allied products worldwide. The company’s Chicken segment involves in breeding and raising chickens, as well as processing live chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products. Its Beef segment processes live fed cattle and fabricates dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts and case-ready products. The company’s Pork segment involves in the processing of live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. Its Prepared Foods segment manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products comprising pepperoni, bacon, beef and pork pizza toppings, pizza crusts, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, prepared meals, ethnic foods, soups, sauces, side dishes, meat dishes, and processed meats. The company markets its products to national and regional grocery retailers, regional grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, national and regional chain restaurants, international export companies and domestic distributors, and foodservice operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors. It also offers its products to the manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and technical products, as well as to pork processors. The company has a joint venture with Syntroleum Corporation to produce renewable synthetic fuels for renewable diesel and jet fuel markets. Tyson Foods, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Tyson Foods Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 11% of S&P 500 companies and 68.2% of Food Beverage & Tobacco companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. John H. Tyson , 56
    Chairman, Adviser and Member of Exec. Committee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Donnie Smith , 50
    Chief Exec. Officer and Pres
    $ 510.00K $ 0
    Mr. Dennis Leatherby , 49
    Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 443.00K $ 0
    Mr. James V. Lochner , 57
    Chief Operating Officer
    $ 676.00K $ 36.00K
    Ms. Barbara A. Tyson , 60
    Consultant
    $ 0N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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