ex24powerofattorney

0001614708-26-000004.txt : 20260204 0001614708-26-000004.hdr.sgml : 20260204 20260204164051 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001614708-26-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20260202 FILED AS OF DATE: 20260204 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20260204 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bhojwani Gary C. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001614708 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-02402 FILM NUMBER: 26598957 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CNO FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. STREET 2: 11299 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 200 CITY: CARMEL STATE: IN ZIP: 46032 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Bhojwani Gary C DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140724 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000048465 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEAT PACKING PLANTS [2011] ORGANIZATION NAME: 04 Manufacturing EIN: 410319970 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1026 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 HORMEL PL CITY: AUSTIN STATE: MN ZIP: 55912-3680 BUSINESS PHONE: (507) 437-5611 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 HORMEL PLACE CITY: AUSTIN STATE: MN ZIP: 55912-3680 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HORMEL GEO A & CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 4 1 wk-form4_1770241248.xml FORM 4 X0508 4 2026-02-02 0 0000048465 HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ HRL 0001614708 Bhojwani Gary C. 1 HORMEL PLACE AUSTIN MN 55912 1 0 0 0 0 Common Stock 2026-02-02 4 A 0 6541 0 A 74505.5 D Common Stock 4328 I GRAT 4 Award of restricted shares to non-employee director pursuant to the Hormel Foods Corporation 2026 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan. The restricted shares are subject to a restricted period, which expires upon the date of the Issuer's next annual meeting of stockholders. Includes phantom stock units received by the Reporting Person upon conversion of dividend equivalents under the Hormel Foods Corporation Nonemployee Director Deferred Stock Subplan since the date of the Reporting Person's last filing through the date of the reported transaction. Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Benjamin S. Borden, Attorney-In-Fact 2026-02-04 EX-24 2 ex24powerofattorney.htm EX-24 ex24powerofattorney

POWER OF ATTORNEY As a director and/or officer of Hormel Foods Corporation (the “Company”), I hereby constitute and appoint each of Colleen R. Batcheler, Paul R. Kuehneman, Florence Makope, Benjamin S. Borden, Susan C. McRaith, and Kelli M. Hill, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution, to: 1. execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 26, 2025 to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendments thereto; and (ii) one or more Forms 3, 4, or 5 pursuant to the Exchange Act, Forms 144 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applications, including Form ID, to obtain codes and passwords for electronic filings with the SEC. 2. do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable to access, maintain, and manage my EDGAR account via the EDGAR Filer Management website, including serving as an account administrator or in any other delegated capacity and granting relevant authority to other entities or users in connection therewith; and 3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in my best interest of, or legally required by me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion. I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. I hereby acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, will be valid as to each attorney-in-fact until such time as such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an employee of the Company. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date set forth below. /s/ Gary C. Bhojwani__________ Name: Gary C. Bhojwani Date: December 4, 2025