Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Information regarding legal proceedings is available in Note K - Commitments and Contingencies of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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Information about our Executive Officers
The following table provides information regarding the executive officers of the Company as of December 5, 2025:
CURRENT OFFICE AND PREVIOUS
NAME AGE FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE DATES
Jeffrey M. Ettinger 67 Interim Chief Executive Officer 07/2025 to Present
Chair, The Hormel Foundation 07/2024 to 07/2025;
08/2018 to 06/2023
Interim President, the University of Minnesota (public land-grant university) 06/2023 to 06/2024
Board Member, Ecolab, Inc. (water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions) 05/2015 to 05/2023
Board Member, The Toro Company (landscape equipment) 07/2010 to 05/2023
John F. Ghingo 53 President 07/2025 to Present
Executive Vice President, Retail 10/2024 to 07/2025
Group Vice President, Retail 09/2024 to 10/2024
Chief Executive Officer, Whisps Acquisition Corporation (cheese and snack foods) 01/2022 to 08/2024
President, Applegate Farms, LLC (subsidiary of registrant) 04/2018 to 01/2022
Paul R. Kuehneman 54 Interim Chief Financial Officer and Controller
10/2025 to Present
Vice President and Controller 02/2022 to 10/2025
Assistant Controller 01/2021 to 02/2022
Vice President and CFO, Jennie-O Turkey Store, Inc. (subsidiary of registrant) 05/2016 to 01/2021
Colleen R. Batcheler 51 Senior Vice President, External Affairs, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 05/2025 to Present
Senior Vice President, External Affairs, and General Counsel 06/2024 to 05/2025
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (vehicle rental) 05/2022 to 04/2024
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Conagra Brands, Inc. (consumer packaged foods) 09/2009 to 04/2022
Mary Katherine Clark 46 Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer 03/2024 to Present
Vice President of Communications, Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (mattresses and related products) 10/2022 to 02/2024
Senior Director of Communications, Mattress Firm Holding Corp. 10/2020 to 10/2022
Pierre M. Lilly 54 Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer 10/2020 to Present
Katherine M. Losness-Larson 60 Senior Vice President, Human Resources 10/2022 to Present
Director of Human Resources 10/2018 to 10/2022
Kevin L. Myers, Ph.D. 60 Interim Group Vice President, Supply Chain 04/2025 to Present
Senior Vice President, Research and Development and Quality Control 03/2015 to 04/2025
Swen Neufeldt 52 Group Vice President, Hormel Foods International Corporation 06/2020 to Present
David F. Weber 56 Group Vice President, Foodservice 03/2025 to Present
Vice President, Foodservice Sales 03/2018 to 03/2025
No family relationship exists among the executive officers and no arrangements or understandings between any executive officer and any other person pertaining to such executive officer's selection as such exist.
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