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Filing Details

Accession Number:: 0000100493-10-000053
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2010-12-22 12:42:40
Reporting Period:: 2010-12-20

Filing Date:: 2010-12-22
Accepted Time:: 2010-12-22 12:42:40
SEC Url:: Form 4 Filing

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
100493	Tyson Foods Inc	TSN	Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015)	710225165

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1415534	Donnie King	2200 Don Tyson Parkway Springdale AR 72762	Sr Grp Vp Poultry & Prepared F	No	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-12-15	57	$0.00	51,323	No	5	J	Direct
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-12-15	91	$0.00	8,389	No	5	J	Indirect	Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-12-15	1	$0.00	242	No	5	J	Indirect	Retirement Savings Plan
Class A Common Stock	Disposition	2010-12-20	242	$17.28	0	No	5	S	Indirect	Retirement Savings Plan

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	5	J	Direct
No	5	J	Indirect	Employee Stock Purchase Plan
No	5	J	Indirect	Retirement Savings Plan
No	5	S	Indirect	Retirement Savings Plan

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Class A Common Stock	950	Indirect	Joint IRA Account

Footnotes

Represents 57 shares of the Issuer's restricted Class A Common Stock acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature under the Tyson Foods, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan since the last Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership was filed by the Reporting Person. Such acquisition is exempt from Section 16 reporting requirements pursuant to Rule 16a-11.
Represents 91 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock purchased for the Reporting Person's account under the Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan since the last Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership was filed by the Reporting Person. Such acquisitions are exempt from Section 16 reporting requirements pursuant to Rule 16b-3.
Represents 1 share of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock received by the Reporting Person pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature under the Retirement Savings Plan of Tyson Foods, Inc. since the last Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership was filed by the Reporting Person. Such acquisition is exempt from Section 16 reporting requirements pursuant to Rule 16a-11.
These shares were sold pursuant to a requirement of the Retirement Savings Plan of Tyson Foods, Inc. that all participants in the plan, which included the Reporting Person, divest any shares of the Issuer held by the plan on their behalf. The Reporting Person has voluntarily sold the shares in advance of January 3, 2011, the date on which the plan will begin selling, on behalf of the plan participants, any previously unsold shares of the Issuer.