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Tyson Foods, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 7/1/17 – ‘XML’

On:  Monday, 8/7/17, at 7:39am ET   ·   For:  7/1/17   ·   Accession #:  100493-17-104   ·   File #:  1-14704

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 8/07/17  Tyson Foods, Inc.                 10-Q        7/01/17   86:9.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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15: R3          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     52K 
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17: R5          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML     35K 
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24: R12         Debt                                                HTML     74K 
25: R13         Equity                                              HTML     75K 
26: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
27: R15         Other Income And Charges                            HTML     29K 
28: R16         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     94K 
29: R17         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    133K 
30: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    183K 
31: R19         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     76K 
32: R20         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                   HTML    101K 
33: R21         Segment Reporting                                   HTML    100K 
34: R22         Commitments And Contingencies                       HTML     56K 
35: R23         Accounting Policies (Policy)                        HTML     56K 
36: R24         Inventories (Policy)                                HTML     28K 
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46: R34         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     74K 
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47: R35         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)          HTML    101K 
48: R36         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     92K 
49: R37         Acquisition and Dispositions Preliminary Fair       HTML     65K 
                Value of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed                 
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50: R38         Acquisition and Dispositions Schedule of            HTML     36K 
                Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business                   
                Combination (Details)                                            
51: R39         Acquisition and Dispositions Acquisitions Pro       HTML     33K 
                Forma Information (Details)                                      
52: R40         Acquisition and Dispositions Summary of Net Assets  HTML     62K 
                Held for Sale (Details)                                          
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                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
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55: R43         Inventories (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     25K 
56: R44         Property, Plant And Equipment (Details)             HTML     44K 
57: R45         Other Current Liabilities (Schedule of Other        HTML     34K 
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62: R50         Equity Equity (Narrative) (Details)                 HTML     58K 
63: R51         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     37K 
64: R52         Other Income And Charges (Details)                  HTML     60K 
65: R53         Earnings Per Share (Schedule Of Earnings Per        HTML     63K 
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67: R55         Derivative Financial Instruments (Aggregate         HTML     40K 
                Outstanding Notionals) (Details)                                 
68: R56         Derivative Financial Instruments (Pretax Impact Of  HTML     41K 
                Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Instruments On The                    
                Consolidated Statements Of Income) (Details)                     
69: R57         Derivative Financial Instruments (Pretax Impact Of  HTML     33K 
                Fair Value Hedge Derivative Instruments On The                   
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70: R58         Derivative Financial Instruments (Pretax Impact Of  HTML     38K 
                Undesignated Derivative Instruments On The                       
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71: R59         Derivative Financial Instruments (Narrative)        HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R60         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Assets And     HTML     95K 
                Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring                
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73: R61         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Debt           HTML     43K 
                Securities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring                 
                Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation)                        
                (Details)                                                        
74: R62         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Available For  HTML     36K 
                Sale Securities) (Details)                                       
75: R63         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Fair Value     HTML     29K 
                And Carrying Value Of Debt) (Details)                            
76: R64         Fair Value Measurement (Narrative) (Details)        HTML     68K 
77: R65         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R66         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     30K 
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79: R67         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Components Of    HTML     63K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details)                     
80: R68         Segment Reporting (Segment Reporting Information,   HTML     84K 
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81: R69         Segment Reporting (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     38K 
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83: R71         Contingencies (Narrative) (Details)                 HTML     62K 
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