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Corporate information
TYSON FOODS, INC. 1999 ANNUAL REPORT
Corporate Data
Tyson Foods, Inc., which employs approximately 69,000
people, is the world’s largest fully integrated producer,
processor and marketer of chicken and chicken-based
food products. Tyson is a comprehensive supplier of
value-added chicken products through food service, retail
grocery stores, club stores and international distribution
channels. Although its core business is chicken, in the
United States, Tyson is also the second largest maker
of corn and flour tortillas under the Mexican Original®
brand and, through its subsidiary, Cobb Vantress, a
leading chicken breeding stock supplier.
Stock Exchange Listings
The Class A common stock of the Company is traded on
the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TSN.
Corporate Headquarters
2210 West Oaklawn Drive
Springdale, Arkansas 72762-6999
Telephone (501) 290-4000
Availability of Form 10-K
A copy of the Company’s Form 10-K, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission for fiscal 1999,
may be obtained by Tyson shareholders by writing to:
Director of Investor Relations
Tyson Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 2020
Springdale, Arkansas 72765-2020
Telephone (501) 290-4826
Fax (501) 290-6577
E-mail: [email protected]
Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at
10 a.m. Friday, January 14, 2000, at the Walton Arts
Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Shareholders who cannot
attend the meeting are urged to exercise their right to
vote by proxy.
General Counsel
James B. Blair, Esq.
5200 S. Thompson
Springdale, AR 72764
Independent Auditors
Ernst & Young LLP
3900 One Williams Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101
Telephone (918) 560-3600
Transfer Agent
First Chicago Trust Company of New York,
a division of EquiServe
P.O. Box 2500
Jersey City, New Jersey 07303
Telephone (800) 317-4445
Hearing Impaired Telephone TDD (201) 222-4955
Shareholders also may contact First Chicago Trust
Company via the Internet at www.equiserve.com.
Investor Relations
Financial analysts and others seeking investor-
related information should contact:
Director of Investor Relations
Tyson Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 2020
Springdale, AR 72765-2020
Telephone (501) 290-4826
Fax (501) 290-6577
E-mail: [email protected]
News Releases
News releases and other information concerning
Tyson Foods can be faxed by calling PR Newswire
at (800) 758-5804, ext. 113769.
Tyson on the Internet
Information about Tyson Foods is available on the
Internet at www.tyson.com.
Legal Notice
The term “Tyson” and such terms as “the company,”
“our,” “we” and “us” may refer to Tyson Foods, Inc.,
to one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries or to
all of them taken as a whole. These terms are used for
convenience only and are not intended as a precise
description of any of the separate companies, each
of which manages its own affairs.
CThis annual report, excluding the cover, was printed on recycled paper.
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