X0306 4 2012-01-03 0 0000100493 TYSON FOODS INC TSN 0001477415 Kimbro Ken 2200 DON TYSON PARKWAY SPRINGDALE AR 72762 0 1 0 0 EVP & Chief HR Officer Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 5 J 0 E 104 0 A 2581 I Employee Stock Purchase Plan Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 M 0 20000 15.37 A 60549 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 M 0 20000 15.06 A 80549 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 5416 20.06 D 75133 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 5000 20.07 D 70133 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 500 20.08 D 69633 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 100 20.09 D 69533 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 1200 20.1 D 68333 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 600 20.11 D 67733 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 700 20.12 D 67033 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 1000 20.14 D 66033 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 900 20.15 D 65133 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 300 20.16 D 64833 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 500 20.17 D 64333 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 1200 20.18 D 63133 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 2300 20.19 D 60833 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 200 20.2 D 60633 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 84 20.23 D 60549 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 6000 20.37 D 54549 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 1200 20.39 D 53349 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 100 20.395 D 53249 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 10018 20.4 D 43231 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 100 20.405 D 43131 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 1282 20.41 D 41849 D Class A Common Stock 2013-01-03 4 S 0 1300 20.42 D 40549 D Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy) 15.37 2013-01-03 4 M 0 20000 15.37 D 2008-11-17 2016-11-17 Class A Common Stock 20000 0 D Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy) 15.06 2013-01-03 4 M 0 20000 15.06 D 2009-11-16 2017-11-16 Class A Common Stock 20000 0 D 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. On December 20, 2012, the Reporting Person placed an order with his broker to exercise outstanding options to purchase 20,000 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock and sell said shares if the market price went to $20.37 per share, which occurred on the transaction date reported herein. On December 20, 2012, the Reporting Person placed an order with his broker to exercise outstanding options to purchase 20,000 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock and sell said shares if the market price went to $20.06 per share, which occurred on the transaction date reported herein. /s/ R. Read Hudson by Power of Attorney for Ken Kimbro 2013-01-04