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Filing Details

Accession Number:: 0000100493-14-000205
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2014-10-01 16:57:46
Reporting Period:: 2013-12-16

Filing Date:: 2014-10-01
Accepted Time:: 2014-10-01 16:57:46
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
1050561	L David Bebber Van	2200 Don Tyson Parkway Springdale AR 72762	Evp & General Counsel	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	2013-12-16	21	$0.00	125,781	No	4	J	Direct
Class A Common Stock	Disposition	2013-12-19	4,100	$0.00	121,681	No	4	G	Direct
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2014-06-16	36	$0.00	121,717	No	4	J	Direct
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2014-09-25	1,412	$0.00	5,570	No	4	J	Indirect	Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Class A Common Stock	Disposition	2014-09-08	4,944	$0.00	626	No	4	J	Indirect	Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2014-09-08	4,944	$0.00	126,661	No	4	J	Direct
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2014-09-30	12,961	$0.00	139,622	No	4	M	Direct
Class A Common Stock	Disposition	2014-09-30	4,453	$39.37	135,169	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	J	Direct
No	4	G	Direct
No	4	J	Direct
No	4	J	Indirect	Employee Stock Purchase Plan
No	4	J	Indirect	Employee Stock Purchase Plan
No	4	J	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Class A Common Stock	Performance Shares	Disposition	2014-09-30	12,961	$0.00	12,961	$0.00

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2014-09-30	2014-09-30	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Class A Common Stock	900	Indirect	By Son

Footnotes

Represents shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock received by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Issuer's dividend reinvestment 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 16a-11.
Represents 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.
The Reporting Person transferred shares from his Employee Stock Purchase Plan account into his personal stock account thereby changing the nature of the ownership of the Class A Common Stock from indirect to direct.
On October 3, 2011, the Reporting Person received a grant of performance shares which vested or expired on September 30, 2014. The performance shares could vest at a level between 50%-150% depending on criteria set forth in the award agreement and were previously reported as derivative securities at the 150% level. On September 30, 2014 the shares vested at the 150% level and 12,961 shares are reported herein as acquired non-derivitives securities.
Pursuant to an election made by the Reporting Person, 4,453 shares were sold by the Reporting Person to the Issuer on September 30, 2014, to satisfy tax withholding obligations related to the vesting described in footnote 4.