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65 2008 Annual Report
Company Performance
The following graph shows a fi ve-year comparison of cumulative total returns for the Company’s Class A Common Stock, the S&P 500 Index
and a group of peer companies described below.
INDEXED RETURNS ($)
Years Ending
Base Period
9/27/03 10/2/04 10/1/05 9/30/06 9/29/07 9/27/08
Tyson Foods, Inc. 100 118.66 131.40 116.81 132.41 95.10
S&P 500 Index 100 113.87 127.82 141.62 164.90 128.66
Peer Group 100 118.31 126.08 135.54 149.07 152.22
The total cumulative return on investment (change in the year-end
stock price plus reinvested dividends), which is based on the stock
price or composite index at the end of fi scal 2003, is presented for
each of the periods for the Company, the S&P 500 Index and a group
of peer companies described at right.
The above graph compares the performance of the Company with
that of the S&P 500 Index and a group of peer companies, which con-
sists of the following companies: Campbell Soup Company, ConAgra
Foods, Inc., General Mills, Inc., H. J. Heinz Co., Hershey Foods Corp.,
Hormel Foods Corp., Kellogg Co., McCormick & Co., Pilgrim’s Pride
Corporation, Sara Lee Corp., Smithfi eld Foods, Inc. and Wm. Wrigley
Jr. Co. with the investment weighted on market capitalization.
COMPARISON OF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
(TYSON FOODS, INC., S&P 500 INDEX, AND PEER GROUP)
Tyson Foods, Inc. S&P 500 Index Peer Group
Sep. 27,
2003
Oct. 1,
2005
Oct. 2,
2004
Sep. 30,
2006
Sep. 29,
2007
Sep. 27,
2008
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