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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
48465	Hormel Foods Corp	HRL	Meat Packing Plants (2011)	410319970

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1189994	W Ronald Fielding	1 Hormel Place Austin MN 55912	Executive Vice President	No	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-03-08	90,000	$15.04	119,818	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-03-08	90,000	$16.37	209,818	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-03-08	90,000	$19.36	299,818	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-03-08	82,500	$20.07	382,318	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-03-08	55,000	$12.63	437,318	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-03-08	27,500	$19.13	464,818	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2011-03-08	370,007	$27.43	94,811	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2011-03-08	64,993	$27.13	29,818	No	4	F	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	F	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2011-03-08	90,000	$15.04	90,000	$15.04
Common Stock	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2011-03-08	90,000	$16.37	90,000	$16.37
Common Stock	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2011-03-08	90,000	$19.36	90,000	$19.36
Common Stock	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2011-03-08	82,500	$20.07	82,500	$20.07
Common Stock	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2011-03-08	55,000	$12.63	55,000	$12.63
Common Stock	Stock Options (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2011-03-08	27,500	$19.13	27,500	$19.13

Remaning Holdings	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2014-12-07	No	4	M	Direct
0	2015-12-06	No	4	M	Direct
0	2016-12-05	No	4	M	Direct
27,500	2017-12-04	No	4	M	Direct
55,000	2018-12-02	No	4	M	Direct
82,500	2019-12-01	No	4	M	Direct

Footnotes

All share amounts reflect the stock split effective February 1, 2011.
Reporting Person holds indirectly 12,063 shares in the 401(k), and 12,721.8 shares in the JEPST Trust.
Reporting Person has exercised Stock Withholding Rights in connection with this option exercise, as reflected on Table I.
The option vested in four equal annual installments, with the first group vesting on December 7, 2005.
The option vested in four equal annual installments, with the first group vesting on December 6, 2006.
The option vested in four equal annual installments, with the first group vesting on December 5, 2007.
The option vests in four equal annual installments, with the first group vesting on December 4, 2008.
The option vests in four equal annual installments, with the first group vesting on December 2, 2009.
The option vests in four equal annual installments, with the first group vesting on December 1, 2010.