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Thefollowinggraphshowsafive-yearcomparisonofcumulativetotalreturnsforourClassAstock,theStandard&Poor’s(S&P)500Indexandagroupofpeer
companiesdescribedbelow.
FiscalYearsEnding
BasePeriod
10/2/10
10/1/11
9/29/12
9/28/13
9/27/14
10/3/15
TysonFoods,Inc. $ 100.00
$ 107.73
$ 100.29
$ 181.53
$ 241.50
$ 286.76
S&P500Index 100.00
101.14
131.69
157.17
188.18
187.02
PreviousPeerGroup 100.00
106.42
125.22
155.13
178.46
213.97
CurrentPeerGroup 100.00
102.25
120.48
146.77
169.42
186.09
Thetotalcumulativereturnoninvestment(changeintheyear-endstockpriceplusreinvesteddividends),whichisbasedonthestockpriceorcompositeindexat
theendoffiscal2010,ispresentedforeachoftheperiodsfortheCompany,theS&P500Index,thepreviouspeergroupandthecurrentpeergroup.Theprevious
peergroupincluded:Archer-Daniels-MidlandCompany,BungeLimited,CampbellSoupCompany,ConAgraFoods,Inc.,DeanFoodsCompany,GeneralMills,
Inc.,HillshireBrands(uptoAugust28,2014),HormelFoodsCorp.,KelloggCo.,KraftFoodsGroupInc.(uptoJuly2,2015),McCormick&Co.,Mondelez
InterenationalInc.,Pilgrim’sPrideCorporation,SandersonFarms,Inc.,andTheJ.M.SmuckerCompany.Thecurrentpeergroupincludes:Archer-Daniels-
MidlandCompany,BungeLimited,CampbellSoupCompany,ConAgraFoods,Inc.,DeanFoodsCompany,GeneralMills,Inc.,HormelFoodsCorp.,Kellogg
Co.,McCormick&Co.,MondelezInterenationalInc.,PepsiCo,Inc.,Pilgrim'sPrideCorporation,SandersonFarms,Inc.,TheHersheyCompany,andTheJ.M.
SmuckerCompany.ThedifferencesbetweenthecurrentpeergroupandthepreviouspeergroupweretheremovalofHillshireBrandsandKraftFoodsGroupInc.
becausebothceasedbeingpubliclytradedcompaniesinfiscal2014andfiscal2015,respectively,andtheadditionofPepsiCo,Inc.andTheHersheyCompanyto
moreaccuratelyreflecttheCompany’speersintermsofindustrystanding.ThegraphcomparestheperformanceoftheCompany'sClassAcommonstockwith
thatoftheS&P500Indexandbothpeergroups,withthereturnofeachcompanyinthepeergroupsweightedonmarketcapitalization.
Theinformationinthis"PerformanceGraph"sectionshallnotbedeemedtobe"solicitingmaterial"ortobe"filed"withtheSecuritiesandExchangeCommission
orsubjecttoRegulation14Aor14C,ortotheliabilitiesofSection18oftheSecuritiesExchangeActof1934.
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