Tyson Foods 2008 Annual Report Download - page 69

Download and view the complete annual report

Please find page 69 of the 2008 Tyson Foods annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.

Page out of 72

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72

67 2008 Annual Report
Corporate Information (continued)
ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 10 a.m. Friday,
February 6, 2009, at the Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas Convention
Center, Springdale, Arkansas.
A live audio webcast will be available at http://ir.tyson.com.
Shareholders are urged to exercise their right to vote by proxy on the
Internet, by phone or by mail.
DIVIDENDS
Tyson Foods currently pays dividends four times a year: on March 15,
June 15, September 15 and December 15. The dividend is paid to
everyone who holds shares on the record date.
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Ernst & Young LLP
5414 Pinnacle Point Drive
Suite 102
Rogers, AR 72758
Telephone: (479) 254-6300
TRANSFER AGENT
Computershare Trust Company, N.A
P.O. Box 43078
Providence, RI 02940-3078
Telephone: (877) 498-8861
Hearing Impaired Telephone TDD: (800) 952-9245
www.computershare.com
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Financial analysts and others seeking investor-related information
should contact:
Ruth Ann Wisener
Vice President of Investor Relations and Assistant Secretary
Tyson Foods, Inc
2200 Don Tyson Parkway
Springdale, AR 72762
Telephone: (479) 290-4235
Fax: (479) 757-6712
E-mail: tysonir@tyson.com
MEDIA RELATIONS
Members of the news media seeking information about Tyson Foods
should contact:
Gary Mickelson
Director of Media Relations
Tyson Foods, Inc.
2200 Don Tyson Parkway
Springdale, AR 72762
Telephone: (479) 290-6111
Fax: (479) 757-7984
E-mail: gary.mickelson@tyson.com
TYSON FOODS ON THE INTERNET
Information about Tyson Foods is available on the Internet
at www.tyson.com. The Investor Relations website is
http://ir.tyson.com.
ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
Tyson Foods has fi led the required certifi cations under Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 regarding the quality of the Company’s
public disclosures as exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fi scal year ended September 27, 2008. On February 14, 2008,
Tyson Foods submitted to the New York Stock Exchange a certifi ca-
tion of the CEO that he was not aware of any violation by Tyson
Foods of the NYSE corporate governance listing standards as of
the date of such certifi cation.
REGISTERED TRADEMARKS
Tyson®
USE OF TERMS
The terms “Tyson,” “Tyson Foods,” “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.
©2008 Tyson Foods, Inc.