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Tyson Foods, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/27/14 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 1/30/15, at 7:36am ET   ·   For:  12/27/14   ·   Accession #:  100493-15-12   ·   File #:  1-14704

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 1/30/15  Tyson Foods, Inc.                 10-Q       12/27/14   97:16M

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

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                Income                                                           
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                (Parentheticals)                                                 
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68: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    187K 
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                Value of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed                 
                at Acquisition Date (Details)                                    
51: R40         Acquisitions and Dispositions Schedule of           HTML     50K 
                Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business                   
                Combination (Details)                                            
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                Forma information (Details)                                      
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                Held for Sale (Details)                                          
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38: R47         Property, Plant And Equipment (Details)             HTML     54K 
16: R48         Other Current Liabilities (Schedule of Other        HTML     39K 
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87: R49         Debt (Major Components Of Debt) (Details)           HTML    117K 
31: R50         Debt (Narrative) (Details)                          HTML    124K 
84: R51         Equity (Schedule of Share Repurchases) (Details)    HTML     46K 
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                Outstanding Notionals Related To Cash Flow Hedges)               
                (Details)                                                        
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                Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Instruments On The                    
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                Outstanding Notionals Related To Fair Value                      
                Hedges) (Details)                                                
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                Fair Value Hedge Derivative Instruments On The                   
                Consolidated Statements of Income) (Details)                     
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                Outstanding Notionals Related To Undesignated                    
                Positions) (Details)                                             
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                Undesignated Derivative Instruments On The                       
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80: R64         Derivative Financial Instruments (Fair Value Of     HTML     58K 
                All Derivative Instruments) (Details)                            
59: R65         Derivative Financial Instruments (Narrative)        HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R66         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Assets And     HTML    153K 
                Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring                
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36: R67         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Debt           HTML     53K 
                Securities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring                 
                Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation)                        
                (Details)                                                        
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                Sale Securities) (Details)                                       
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                And Carrying Value Of Debt) (Details)                            
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                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements                     
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