Legal Proceedings
−Removed: Refer to the description of the Broiler Antitrust Civil Litigation, the Broiler Chicken Grower Litigation, the Pork Antitrust Litigation, the Beef Antitrust Litigation and the Wage Rate Litigation under the heading “Commitments and Contingencies” in Part I, Item 1, Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, Note 14:
+Added: Refer to the description of the Broiler Antitrust Civil Litigation, the Pork Antitrust Litigation, the Beef Antitrust Litigation and the Wage Rate Litigation under the heading “Commitments and Contingencies” in Part I, Item 1, Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, Note 14:
Commitments and Contingencies, which discussion is incorporated herein by reference.
−Removed: Other than as set forth below and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2024 , there are no additional updates to the legal proceedin gs involving the Company and/or its subsidiaries.
−Removed: O n June 19, 2005, the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Environment of the State of Oklahoma filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma against Tyson Foods, Inc., three subsidiaries and six other poultry integrators.
+Added: Other than as set forth below and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2025, there are no additional updates to the legal proceedings involving the Company and/or its subsidiaries.
+Added: O n June 19, 2005, the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Environment of the State of Oklahoma filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma against Tyson Foods, Inc., three subsidiaries, six other poultry integrator entities, and one table egg company.
The complaint, which was subsequently amended, asserts a number of state and federal causes of action including, but not limited to, counts under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and state-law public nuisance theories.
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Closing arguments were held on February 11, 2010.
−Removed: On January 18, 2023, the district court entered Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in favor of the State of Oklahoma and directed the parties to confer in an attempt to reach an agreement on appropriate remedies by March 17, 2023.
−Removed: On March 17, 2023, the parties received a 90-day extension from the district court and continued to confer on appropriate remedies.
+Added: On January 18, 2023, the district court entered Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in favor of the State of Oklahoma and directed the parties to confer in an attempt to reach an agreement on appropriate remedies.
On June 12, 2023, the court ordered the parties to mediation.
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Defendants subsequently filed a post-trial motion to dismiss, which the court denied on June 26, 2024.
−Removed: The court convened an evidentiary hearing which concluded on December 17, 2024.
+Added: The district court convened an evidentiary hearing which concluded on December 17, 2024.
The parties completed post-hearing briefing thereafter.
−Removed: On June 17, 2025, the Court entered an opinion and order concluding that conditions in the Illinois River Watershed had not changed materially since the original trial in 2009 and 2010.
+Added: On June 17, 2025, the district court entered an opinion and order concluding that conditions in the Illinois River Watershed had not changed materially since the original trial in 2009 and 2010.
The following day, the court entered an order setting a schedule for the parties to make written submissions concerning the terms of the final judgment the court should enter.
−Removed: Those submissions are expected to be completed by August 11, 2025, after which the court will enter a final judgement imposing the remedies, if any, that it deems appropriate based on the evidence in the record.
−Removed: Other Matters
+Added: Those submissions were completed August 11, 2025, and the district court entered a judgment on December 19, 2025, imposing civil penalties on certain defendants, including a civil penalty of approximately $0.2 million on the Company and its subsidiaries.
+Added: The district court also ordered other remedies, including the appointment of a special master for the development and oversight of a remediation plan, to be funded by an initial payment of $10 million from the defendants.
+Added: The Company has appealed the judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and has moved for a stay of the judgment pending appeal.
As of September 27, 2025 , we had approximately 133,000 team members and, at any time, have various employment practices matters outstanding.
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