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The parties attended an in-person mediation on October 12, 2023, but were unable to reach a resolution.
−Removed: Defendants subsequently filed a post-trial motion to dismiss, which remains pending.
+Added: Defendants subsequently filed a post-trial motion to dismiss, which the court denied on June 26, 2024.
+Added: An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for December 2024.
Other Matters
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, we had approximately 139,000 te am members and, at any time, have various employment practices matters outstanding.
+Added: As of September 28, 2024, we had approximately 138,000 team members and, at any time, have various employment practices matters outstanding.
In the aggregate, these matters are important to the Company, and we devote considerable resources to managing employment issues.
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Each of our executive officers serve one-year terms from the date of their election, or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
−Removed: Chairman of the Board of Directors John Tyson is the father of Chief Financial Officer John R.
+Added: Chairman of the Board of Directors John H.
+Added: Tyson is the father of John R.
Tyson and nephew of Director Barbara A.
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Tyson Chairman of the Board of Directors 71 2011
+Added: Lori Bondar Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer 63 2023
+Added: Melanie Boulden Chief Growth Officer 52 2023
+Added: Curt Calaway Chief Financial Officer 51 2024
+Added: Devin Cole President, International & Global McDonald's 54 2024
Adam Deckinger General Counsel and Secretary 48 2023
−Removed: Melanie Boulden Group President, Prepared Foods and Chief Growth Officer 51 2023
+Added: Jacqueline Hanson Chief People Officer 55 2024
Donnie King President and Chief Executive Officer 62 2019
Wes Morris Group President, Poultry 59 2023
−Removed: Jason Nichol Chief Customer Officer 51 2021
−Removed: Johanna Söderström Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer 52 2020
+Added: Kyle Narron Group President, Prepared Foods 44 2024
Brady Stewart Group President, Beef, Pork and Chief Supply Chain Officer 45 2023
−Removed: Phillip Thomas Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer 48 2020
−Removed: Amy Tu President, International 56 2017
−Removed: Tyson Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 33 2019
+Added: Tyson Executive Vice President 34 2019
Tyson has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1998 and was previously Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 2000 until 2006.
Tyson was initially employed by the Company in 1973.
+Added: Lori Bondar was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer in December 2023, after serving as Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting since her initial employment with the Company in September 2023.
+Added: Bondar was employed by Avery Dennison Corporation from 2008 to 2023 prior to joining the Company.
+Added: Melanie Boulden was appointed Chief Growth Officer since her initial employment with the Company in February 2023.
+Added: She has also served as Group President, Prepared Foods from September 2023 to September 2024.
+Added: Prior to joining the Company, Ms.
+Added: Boulden was employed by The Coca-Cola Company from 2019 to 2022, Reebok International from 2018 to 2019, and Crayola and Kraft Foods prior to that.
+Added: Curt Calaway was appointed Chief Financial Officer in August 2024, after serving as interim Chief Financial Officer from June 2024 to August 2024, as Chief Financial Officer for the Company's Prepared Foods business segment from May 2024 to August 2024, and as Senior Vice President and Treasurer from April 2022 to May 2024 and from December 2018 to May 2021.
+Added: Between May 2021 and April 2022, he served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development and has also held various leadership roles including Controller, Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President of Audit and Compliance.
+Added: Calaway was initially employed by the Company in 2006.
+Added: Devin Cole was appointed as President, International & Global McDonald’s in July 2024 after serving as President, Global McDonald’s since March 2024.
+Added: He was also employed at the Company from 1995 to 2014, serving in various roles including as a Group Vice President and as Chief Commercial Officer.
+Added: Cole was employed by George’s Inc.
+Added: from 2016 to 2023 and Keystone Foods from 2015 to 2016 before returning to the Company.
Adam Deckinger was appointed as General Counsel and Secretary in January 2023 after serving as Senior Vice President and Head of Law and Compliance since November 2022.
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Deckinger was employed by The Boeing Company prior to joining the Company.
−Removed: Melanie Boulden was appointed Group President, Prepared Foods in September 2023 after serving as Chief Growth Officer since her initial employment with the Company in February 2023.
−Removed: Prior to joining the Company, Ms.
−Removed: Boulden was employed by The Coca-Cola Company from 2019 to 2022, Reebok International from 2018 to 2019, and Crayola and Kraft Foods prior to that.
+Added: Jacqueline Hanson was appointed Chief People Officer in January 2024 after serving as Human Resources Senior Vice President for Poultry, Cobb, McDonald’s and International since August 2022.
+Added: Hanson was employed by John Deere prior to joining the Company.
Donnie King was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2021 after serving as Chief Operating Officer since February 2021 and Group President Poultry since September 2020.
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Morris was employed by Simmons Foods before his return to the Company.
−Removed: Jason Nichol was appointed Chief Customer Officer in February 2021 after serving as Senior Vice President, Walmart since March 2016 and as Vice President, Walmart since his initial employment with the Company in April 2015.
−Removed: Nichol was employed by Nabisco, Cott Beverages and Scotts Miracle-Gro prior to joining the Company.
−Removed: Johanna Söderström was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer in October 2021 after serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since her initial employment with the Company in July 2020.
−Removed: Söderström was employed by Dow Chemical Company prior to joining the Company.
Brady Stewart was appointed Group President, Beef, Pork and Chief Supply Chain Officer in August 2023 after serving as Group President, Fresh Meats since his initial employment with the Company in January 2023.
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Stewart was employed by Smithfield Foods from 2017 to 2022 and the Kansas City Sausage Company prior to that.
−Removed: Phillip Thomas was appointed Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in July 2020 after serving as Vice President and Assistant Controller since March 2014, prior to which he served as Senior Director Financial Reporting since his initial employment with the Company in July 2008.
−Removed: Amy Tu was appointed President, International in October 2022.
−Removed: Tu also held the role of Chief Administrative Officer from October 2022 to August 2023.
−Removed: Prior to that role, Ms.
−Removed: Tu served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and Secretary from October 2021 to January 2023, as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from November 2020 to October 2021 and as Executive Vice President and General Counsel since her initial employment with the Company in December 2017.
−Removed: Tu was employed by The Boeing Company prior to joining the Company.
−Removed: Tyson was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in October 2022 after serving as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Chief Sustainability Officer since October 2021, as Chief Sustainability Officer from September 2019 to October 2021, and as Director, Office of the Chief Executive Officer since his initial employment with the Company in May 2019.
+Added: Kyle Narron was appointed Group President, Prepared Foods in October 2024, after serving as Senior Vice President of Pork and Prepared Foods from February 2023 to September 2024.
+Added: Prior to joining the Company, Mr.
+Added: Narron was employed by Smithfield Foods and Summit Logistics Group.
+Added: Tyson is an Executive Vice President of the Company.
+Added: He was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company from October 2022 to June 2024, after serving as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Chief Sustainability Officer since October 2021, as Chief Sustainability Officer from September 2019 to October 2021, and as Director, Office of the Chief Executive Officer since his initial employment with the Company in May 2019.
Tyson has been an observer at the Company’s board of directors’ meetings since 2014.
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