2007

$26,900 1,433

614 142

– 268 0.75 ,731

13.31 10,227

514 2,779

678 $ 285

356 355

2006 2005

$25,559 $26,014928 1,720(77) 745

(102) 156

(5) –(196) 372(0.58) 1.044,440 4,67112.51 13.19

11,121 10,504517 501

3,979 2,995372 1,026

$ 531 $ 571355 355345 357

TYSON FOODS , INC. 2007 ANNUAL REPORT

Financial Contents

10 D A

26 C S O

27 C S

28 C S S E

29 C S C F

30 N C F S

57 R I RP A F

58 R I RP A F

59 R

60 F Y F S

61 C I

64 C O E

D

$ 268 $ (196) $ 372

0.75 (0.58) 1.04

$26,900 $25,559 $26,014

6.2% (3.9)%

(0.9)% 2.3%

5.2% (1.7)%

$25,467 $24,631 $24,294

$ 1,433 $ 928 $ 1,720

94.7% 96.4% 93.4%

$817 $935 $928

3.0% 3.7% 3.6%

$2 $70 $47

$8 $30 $10

$232 $268 $237

7.4% 7.4% 7.5%

(15.9)% 15.8%

$ 2 $ 8 $ 6

$(20) $(22) $(10)

34.6% 34.8% 29.5%

$– $5 $–

$ 8,188 $ 7,928 $ 8,295 $280 $ 53 $582

12,703 11,825 11,618 35 (296) (12)

3,309 3,060 3,247 135 47 47

2,660 2,692 2,801 81 45 78

40 54 53 83 74 50

$26,900 $25,559 $26,014 $614 $ (77) $745

$8,188 $7,928 $260 $8,295 $(367)

(4.7)% 3.0%

8.4% (7.2)%

$ 280 $ 53 $227 $ 582 $(529)

3.4% 0.7% 7.0%

$12,703 $11,825 $878 $11,618 $ 207

1.5% 2.6%

5.8% (0.8)%

$ 35 $ (296) $331 $ (12) $(284)

0.3% (2.5)% (0.1)%

$3,309 $3,060 $249 $3,247 $(187)

5.1% 0.5%

2.9% (6.2)%

$ 135 $ 47 $ 88 $ 47 –

4.1% 1.5% 1.4%

$2,660 $2,692 $ (32) $2,801 $(109)

(3.9)% 0.3%

2.9% (4.2)%

$ 81 $ 45 $ 36 $ 78 $ (33)

3.0% 1.7% 2.8%

$ 268 $ (196) $ 372

514 517 501

5 (130) (93)

– 9 –

(1) 48 33

786 248 813

(108) 124 213

$ 678 $ 372 $1,026

$(285) $ (531) $(571)

76 21 47

16 23 (39)

770 (750) –

2 13 2

$ 579 $(1,224) $(561)

$ 53 $ 158 $(384)

(1,263) (166) (336)

– 992 353

(61) (42) (45)

(56) (55) (55)

74 32 23

9 (85) (27)

(8) 10 1

$(1,252) $ 844 $(470)

September 2010 $1,000 $252 $ – $ 748

Aug. 2008, Aug. 2010 750 – 213 537

$1,285

$2,475 $3,388 $2,529

25 345 345

279 246 121

$2,779 $3,979 $2,995

$4,731 $4,440 $4,671

37.0% 47.3% 39.1%

$ 137 $ 382 $1,003 $1,257 $2,779

200 453 221 412 1,286

16 39 33 43 131

74 87 35 14 210

636 26 6 4 672

194 – – – 194

35 35 – – 70

8 6 5 32 51

$1,300 $1,028 $1,303 $1,762 $5,393

$33 $43

64 37

9 11

2 1

$26,900 $25,559 $26,014

25,467 24,631 24,294

1,433 928 1,720

817 935 928

2 70 47

614 (77) 745

(8) (30) (10)

232 268 237

(20) (22) (10)

204 216 217

410 (293) 528

142 (102) 156

268 (191) 372

– (5) –

$ 268 $ (196) $ 372

273 249 243

75 96 102

355 345 357

$ 0.79 $ (0.56) $ 1.11

$ 0.70 $ (0.52) $ 1.00

$ 0.75 $ (0.56) $ 1.04

$ – $ (0.02) $ –

$ – $ (0.01) $ –

$ – $ (0.02) $ –

$ 0.79 $ (0.58) $ 1.11

$ 0.70 $ (0.53) $ 1.00

$ 0.75 $ (0.58) $ 1.04

$ 42 $ 28

– 770

1,246 1,183

2,238 2,057

70 149

3,596 4,187

3,693 3,945

2,485 2,512

126 136

327 341

$10,227 $11,121

$ 137 $ 992

1,050 942

928 912

2,115 2,846

2,642 2,987

367 495

372 353

30 28

7 9

1,877 1,835

2,993 2,781

50 17

4,957 4,670

226 230

4,731 4,440

$10,227 $11,121

284 $ 28 268 $ 27 268 $ 2716 2 16 1 – –

300 30 284 28 268 27

86 9 102 10 102 10(16) (2) (16) (1) – –70 7 86 9 102 10

1,835 1,867 1,8499 (2) 14

(26) (16) –27 3 1

– (55) –24 26 –

8 12 31,877 1,835 1,867

2,781 3,032 2,728268 (196) 372(56) (55) (55)

– – (13)2,993 2,781 3,032

17 28 (12)(20) 3 2120 1 (1)

– 1 (2)24 (6) 23

6 (10) (1)3 – –

50 17 28

15 (230) 15 (238) 17 (264)3 (61) 3 (42) 3 (45)

(4) 65 (2) 35 (3) 37(2) 27 (1) 20 (2) 382 (27) – (5) – (4)

14 (226) 15 (230) 15 (238)

– (55) (46)– – (35)– – 1– – 25– 55 –– – (55)

$4,731 $4,440 $4,671

$ 268 $ (196) $ 372

30 (11) 40

$ 298 $ (207) $ 412

$ 268 $ (196) $ 372

482 481 465

32 36 36

5 (130) (93)

– 9 –

(1) 48 33

(66) 43 24

(166) 8 13

91 38 37

24 (132) 132

(35) 104 (8)

44 63 15

678 372 1,026

(285) (531) (571)

76 21 47

(131) (191) (543)

147 214 504

770 (750) –

2 13 2

579 (1,224) (561)

53 158 (384)

(1,263) (166) (336)

– 992 353

(61) (42) (45)

(56) (55) (55)

74 32 23

9 (85) (27)

(8) 10 1

(1,252) 844 (470)

9 (4) 12

14 (12) 7

28 40 33

$ 42 $ 28 $ 40

$ 773 $ 727

514 465

637 571

314 294

$2,238 $2,057

$ 32 $ 12

2,927 4,094

$ 108 $ 114

2,465 2,453

4,337 4,270

203 202

253 279

7,366 7,318

3,673 3,373

$3,693 $3,945

$ 921 $ 920

1,182 1,204

317 322

65 66

$2,485 $2,512

$ 66 $ 73

50 50

35 35

25 22

$126 $136

$3 $3 $4 $5 $6

$249 $280

259 265

420 367

$928 $912

$ 74

51

36

21

14

14

$210

$636

16

10

5

1

4

$672

2010 $ – $ –

2010–2028 2,475 3,388

2009 25 345

2008, 2010 213 159

Various 66 87

2,779 3,979

137 992

$2,642 $2,987

$ 165 $15,189 $12,435 $(889) $26,900

(49) 14,885 11,520 (889) 25,467

214 304 915 – 1,433

108 173 536 – 817

1 1 – – 2

105 130 379 – 614

186 29 9 – 224

(1) (24) 5 – (20)

(321) (50) – 371 –

(136) (45) 14 371 204

241 175 365 (371) 410

(27) 43 126 – 142

$ 268 $ 132 $ 239 $(371) $ 268

$ – $14,227 $12,067 $(735) $25,559

3 14,206 11,157 (735) 24,631

(3) 21 910 – 928

130 201 604 – 935

– 51 19 – 70

(133) (231) 287 – (77)

192 35 11 – 238

(3) (3) (16) – (22)

(14) (13) – 27 –

175 19 (5) 27 216

(308) (250) 292 (27) (293)

(112) (92) 102 – (102)

(196) (158) 190 (27) (191)

– (1) (4) – (5)

$(196) $ (159) $ 186 $ (27) $ (196)

$ 429 $14,009 $12,786 $(1,210) $26,014

85 13,883 11,536 (1,210) 24,294

344 126 1,250 – 1,720

119 154 655 – 928

– – 47 – 47

225 (28) 548 – 745

170 38 19 – 227

(1) (17) 8 – (10)

(333) (175) – 508 –

(164) (154) 27 508 217

389 126 521 (508) 528

17 (15) 154 – 156

$ 372 $ 141 $ 367 $ (508) $ 372

$ 3 $ – $ 39 $ – $ 42

1 557 1,461 (773) 1,246

– 674 1,564 – 2,238

79 32 18 (59) 70

83 1,263 3,082 (832) 3,596

44 1,015 2,634 – 3,693

– 1,499 986 – 2,485

– 57 69 – 126

137 113 139 (62) 327

8,243 976 – (9,219) –

$8,507 $4,923 $6,910 $(10,113) $10,227

$ 120 $ – $ 17 $ – $ 137

79 517 454 – 1,050

1,008 143 609 (832) 928

1,207 660 1,080 (832) 2,115

2,355 255 32 – 2,642

– 168 261 (62) 367

214 94 64 – 372

4,731 3,746 5,473 (9,219) 4,731

$8,507 $4,923 $6,910 $(10,113) $10,227

$ 2 $ 1 $ 25 $ – $ 28

770 – – – 770

3 391 1,562 (773) 1,183

– 611 1,446 – 2,057

37 79 84 (51) 149

812 1,082 3,117 (824) 4,187

93 1,120 2,732 – 3,945

– 1,526 986 – 2,512

– 60 76 – 136

177 129 116 (81) 341

7,899 944 – (8,843) –

$8,981 $4,861 $7,027 $(9,748) $11,121

$ 851 $ 125 $ 16 $ – $ 992

28 475 439 – 942

1,084 153 499 (824) 912

1,963 753 954 (824) 2,846

2,371 257 359 – 2,987

– 178 398 (81) 495

207 80 66 – 353

4,440 3,593 5,250 (8,843) 4,440

$8,981 $4,861 $7,027 $(9,748) $11,121

$ (22) $ 278 $ 447 $(25) $ 678

(14) (40) (231) – (285)

770 – – – 770

– – 16 – 16

81 29 (32) – 78

837 (11) (247) – 579

(747) (4) (459) – (1,210)

(61) – – – (61)

(56) – (25) 25 (56)

80 (7) 2 – 75

(30) (257) 287 – –

(814) (268) (195) 25 (1,252)

– – 9 – 9

1 (1) 14 – 14

2 1 25 – 28

$ 3 $ – $ 39 $ – $ 42

$ 18 $ 76 $ 338 $(60) $ 372

(81) (153) (297) – (531)

(750) – – – (750)

– – 23 – 23

29 (15) 20 – 34

(802) (168) (254) – (1,224)

1,087 (101) (2) – 984

(42) – – – (42)

(55) – (60) 60 (55)

(57) (2) 16 – (43)

(153) 195 (42) – –

780 92 (88) 60 844

– – (4) – (4)

(4) – (8) – (12)

6 1 33 – 40

$ 2 $ 1 $ 25 $ – $ 28

$ 124 $ 16 $ 886 $– $1,026

(3) (124) (444) – (571)

– – (39) – (39)

(17) 5 61 – 49

(20) (119) (422) – (561)

(709) – 342 – (367)

(45) – – – (45)

(55) – – – (55)

(18) 15 – – (3)

723 83 (806) – –

(104) 98 (464) – (470)

– – 12 – 12

– (5) 12 – 7

6 6 21 – 33

$ 6 $ 1 $ 33 $– $ 40

$62 $38

(6) (6)

– (15)

(6) –

$50 $17

$ 24 $ – $ 24

9 (3) 6

33 (13) 20

(33) 13 (20)

$ 33 $ (3) $ 30

$ (6) $ – $ (6)

(16) 6 (10)

1 – 1

1 – 1

6 (3) 3

$(14) $ 3 $(11)

$ 23 $ – $ 23

(2) 1 (1)

(3) 1 (2)

(1) – (1)

34 (13) 21

$ 51 $(11) $ 40

$ 372

15

(22)

$ 365

$1.11

$1.00

$1.04

$1.09

$0.98

$1.02

17,701,918 $13.79

(3,996,675) 11.64

(2,609,776) 17.21

4,387,448 15.37

15,482,915 14.20 7.0 $220

6,056,979 $12.35 5.3 $ 75

5.6 years 5.9 years 5.8 years

3.88% 3.70% 3.13%

2.6–4.6% 2.6–4.8% 2.6–4.8%

36.85% 37.83% 33.74%

33.7–40.1% 35.2–40.1% 35.2–40.1%

1.11% 1.23% 1.18%

9,487,986 $12.73

1,691,638 16.42

64,886 18.69

(3,364,036) 11.13

(1,819,140) 11.73

6,061,334 14.95 2.2 $108

$ 332 $(5) $ 327

10,232 (5) 10,227

366 1 367

381 (9) 372

47 3 50

4,728 3 4,731

10,232 (5) 10,227

$124 $107 $ 61 $ 60

6 6 1 1

7 6 4 4

– – 8 5

– 1 – –

– – (4) (3)

(2) 11 12 14

(7) (7) (16) (18)

– – (17) –

– – – (2)

128 124 49 61

85 82 – –

14 7 – –

5 2 8 13

– – 8 5

– 1 – –

(7) (7) (16) (18)

97 85 – –

(31) (39) (49) (61)

– 6 – (17)

– 25 – –

$ (31) $ (8) $(49) $(78)

$ 7 $ – $ – $ –

(38) (31) (49) (78)

19 23 (10) –

$(12) $ (8) $(59) $(78)$56 $124

56 122

18 85

$ 6 $ 6 $ 6 $ 1 $ 1 $ –

7 6 6 4 4 4

(7) (6) (5) – – –

1 1 1 (2) (2) (2)

1 – – 12 14 9

– – – (27) (2) –

$ 8 $ 7 $ 8 $(12) $15 $11

5.87% 5.94% 6.62% 6.00% 6.00% 6.00%

6.00% 5.80% 5.91% 6.25% 6.10% 6.00%

3.50% 4.00% 4.00% N/A N/A N/A

7.89% 8.03% 8.13% N/A N/A N/A

2.2% 1.6% 0.0%

24.4 24.6 25.0

48.8 49.3 50.0

9.7 9.8 10.0

14.9 14.7 15.0

100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

$ 9 $ 6

7 5

9 5

9 5

9 5

56 22

$262 $159 $238

97 144 107

$129 $ (79) $118

16 (12) 16

(3) (11) 22

$142 $(102) $156

$137 $ 24 $249

5 (126) (93)

$142 $(102) $156

35.0% 35.0% 35.0%

2.3 3.3 1.8

(1.1) – (2.6)

(4.6) – (4.1)

3.2 (1.8) (3.6)

– – 4.2

– (5.1) –

(2.6) 2.6 (1.8)

(1.0) – –

4.2 – –

(0.8) 0.8 0.6

34.6% 34.8% 29.5%

$ – $399 $ – $481

– 104 – 119

7 32 10 26

13 74 13 101

165 – 177 –

133 – 137 –

22 – 23 –

– 40 – 41

53 71 46 –

$393 $720 $406 $768

$ (55) $ (66)

$382 $428

$ 268 $ (191) $ 372

– (5) –

268 (196) 372

45 41 40

11 14 15

212 (251) 317

170 (186) 230

42 (65) 87

$ 212 $ (251) $ 317

273 249 243

75 96 102

7 – 12

355 345 357

$0.79 $(0.56) $1.11

$0.70 $(0.52) $1.00

$0.75 $(0.56) $1.04

$ – $(0.02) $ –

$ – $(0.01) $ –

$ – $(0.02) $ –

$0.79 $(0.58) $1.11

$0.70 $(0.53) $1.00

$0.75 $(0.58) $1.04

$8,188 $12,703 $3,309 $2,660 $ 40 $26,900

280 35 135 81 83 614

204

410

254 127 29 59 13 482

4,398 3,342 799 946 742 10,227

157 36 8 23 61 285

$7,928 $11,825 $3,060 $2,692 $ 54 $25,559

53 (296) 47 45 74 (77)

216

(293)

(102)

(191)

(5)

255 123 29 62 12 481

4,325 3,271 833 1,006 1,686 11,121

219 135 13 54 110 531

$8,295 $11,618 $3,247 $2,801 $ 53 $26,014

582 (12) 47 78 50 745

217

528

241 111 31 65 17 465

4,398 3,243 834 1,107 922 10,504

269 132 14 44 112 571

$6,558 $6,501 $6,958 $6,883

337 363 427 306

145 158 209 102

57 68 111 32

$ 0.17 $ 0.20 $ 0.32 $ 0.10

$ 0.15 $ 0.18 $ 0.29 $ 0.08

$ 0.16 $ 0.19 $ 0.31 $ 0.09

$6,454 $6,251 $6,383 $6,471

344 153 203 228

110 (142) (25) (20)

60 (200) (76) (77)

21 (73) (24) (26)

39 (127) (52) (51)

– – – (5)

39 (127) (52) (56)

$ 0.12 $ (0.38) $ (0.15) $ (0.15)

$ 0.10 $ (0.34) $ (0.14) $ (0.14)

$ 0.11 $ (0.37) $ (0.15) $ (0.15)

$ – $ – $ – $ (0.02)

$ – $ – $ – $ (0.01)

$ – $ – $ – $ (0.02)

$ 0.12 $ (0.38) $ (0.15) $ (0.17)

$ 0.10 $ (0.34) $ (0.14) $ (0.15)

$ 0.11 $ (0.37) $ (0.15) $ (0.17)

$26,900 $25,559 $26,014 $26,441 $24,549

614 (77) 745 917 832

224 238 227 275 296

268 (191) 372 403 337

0.75 (0.56) 1.04 1.13 0.96

– (5) – – –

– (0.02) – – –

268 (196) 372 403 337

0.75 (0.58) 1.04 1.13 0.96

0.160 0.160 0.160 0.160 0.160

0.144 0.144 0.144 0.144 0.144

514 517 501 490 458

$10,227 $11,121 $10,504 $10,464 $10,486

2,779 3,979 2,995 3,362 3,604

4,731 4,440 4,671 4,292 3,954

$ 285 $ 531 $ 571 $ 486 $ 402

7.7% (1.0)% 9.7% 12.1% 10.9%

34.6% 34.8% 29.5% 36.6% 35.5%

37.0% 47.3% 39.1% 43.9% 47.7%

$ 13.31 $ 12.51 $ 13.19 $ 12.19 $ 11.21

24.08 18.70 19.47 21.06 14.42

14.20 12.92 14.12 12.59 7.28

100 119.71 142.05 157.29 139.85 158.52

100 122.69 141.71 156.69 173.60 202.14

100 108.37 128.33 137.01 146.31 161.82

00

$17.00 $14.20 $18.70 $16.29

19.41 15.73 16.89 12.94

24.08 19.62 17.16 12.92

23.91 17.85 16.62 13.13

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