TYSON FOODS INC 4

4 · TYSON FOODS INC · Filed Oct 5, 2005

Form 4

Period: 2005-10-03

Int'l Pres & CAO

Transactions

Other
Class A Common Stock
2005-06-30+2,453→ 56,623 total(indirect: By ESPP)
Other
Class A Common Stock
2005-09-30+1,496→ 2,648 total(indirect: By ESPP)
Other
Class A Common Stock
2005-07-29+8,475→ 711,069 total
Award
Performance Shares
2005-10-03+39,474→ 39,474 total
→ Class A Common Stock (39,473 underlying)
Other
Class A Common Stock
2005-07-18+55,471→ 702,594 total
Other
Class A Common Stock
2005-07-28−55,471→ 1,152 total(indirect: By ESPP)
Other
Class A Common Stock
2005-08-01−8,475→ 0 total(indirect: By Spouse)

Holdings

Footnotes (5)

[F1]Transfer of stock by reporting person from Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan to direct ownership of reporting person.
[F2]Includes 2,453 Shares purchased from 03-01-05 thru 06-30-05, for the reporting person's account under the Tyson Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan which transactions are exempt under Section 16b-3.
[F3]Includes 1,496 shares purchased from 07-01-05 through 09-30-05 for the reporting person's account in the Tyson Foods, Inc Employee Stock Purchase Plan which transactions are exempt under Section 16 (b)(3).
[F4]Each Performance Share that vests entitles holder to 1 share of Class A Common Stock. The number expressed above is the maximum number of shares that can vest under the grant.
[F5]The award vests two business days following the Company's public announcement of its earnings for the second quarter of 2008 fiscal year. One half of the award is based upon a comparison of the market price of Tyson's Class A Common Stock to a peer group of publicly traded companies and the other half by the achievement of the Company of certain cash flow measures.

Documents

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