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Tyson Foods, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/27/14 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Tyson Foods, Inc. Form 10-Q                         HTML    718K 
 2: EX-12.1     Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                  HTML     49K 
 3: EX-31.1     Section 302 CEO Certification                       HTML     33K 
 4: EX-31.2     Section 302 CFO Certification                       HTML     33K 
 5: EX-32.1     Section 906 CEO Certification                       HTML     30K 
 6: EX-32.2     Section 906 CFO Certification                       HTML     30K 
67: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
54: R2          Consolidated Condensed Statements Of Income         HTML    107K 
65: R3          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     61K 
                Income                                                           
70: R4          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML    141K 
89: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     45K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
56: R6          Consolidated Condensed Statements Of Cash Flows     HTML    110K 
64: R7          Accounting Policies                                 HTML     37K 
49: R8          Acquisitions and Dispositions                       HTML     97K 
39: R9          Inventories                                         HTML     40K 
90: R10         Property, Plant And Equipment                       HTML     45K 
72: R11         Other Current Liabilities                           HTML     37K 
71: R12         Debt                                                HTML     73K 
77: R13         Equity (Notes)                                      HTML     78K 
78: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     37K 
75: R15         Other Income And Charges                            HTML     32K 
79: R16         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     70K 
66: R17         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    160K 
68: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    187K 
74: R19         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     56K 
                Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans                   
97: R20         Other Comprehensive Income                          HTML     77K 
85: R21         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     76K 
60: R22         Commitments And Contingencies                       HTML     54K 
73: R23         Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements        HTML    504K 
62: R24         Accounting Policies (Policy)                        HTML     41K 
30: R25         Inventories (Policy)                                HTML     34K 
86: R26         Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables)              HTML    113K 
93: R27         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     38K 
44: R28         Property, Plant And Equipment (Tables)              HTML     44K 
43: R29         Other Current Liabilities (Tables)                  HTML     36K 
47: R30         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     61K 
48: R31         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     61K 
50: R32         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     66K 
22: R33         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    153K 
83: R34         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    185K 
58: R35         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     53K 
                Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans                   
                (Tables)                                                         
61: R36         Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)                 HTML     74K 
34: R37         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     62K 
96: R38         Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements        HTML    603K 
                (Tables)                                                         
14: R39         Acquisitions and Dispositions Preliminary Fair      HTML     75K 
                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)                                            
88: R41         Acquisitions and Dispositions Acquisition Pro       HTML     37K 
                Forma information (Details)                                      
32: R42         Acquisitions and Dispositions Summary of Assets     HTML     94K 
                Held for Sale (Details)                                          
42: R43         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     67K 
46: R44         Dispositions (Details)                              HTML     70K 
55: R45         Inventories (Schedule Of Inventory) (Details)       HTML     42K 
21: R46         Inventories Inventories (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     30K 
38: R47         Property, Plant And Equipment (Details)             HTML     54K 
16: R48         Other Current Liabilities (Schedule of Other        HTML     39K 
                Current Liabilities) (Details)                                   
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 
35: R52         Equity (Schedule of Tangible Equity Units)          HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R53         Equity (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML    111K 
15: R54         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     46K 
19: R55         Other Income And Charges (Details)                  HTML     40K 
45: R56         Earnings Per Share (Schedule Of Earnings Per        HTML     82K 
                Share, Basic And Diluted) (Details)                              
25: R57         Earnings Per Share (Narrative) (Details)            HTML     46K 
91: R58         Derivative Financial Instruments (Aggregate         HTML     38K 
                Outstanding Notionals Related To Cash Flow Hedges)               
                (Details)                                                        
57: R59         Derivative Financial Instruments (Pretax Impact Of  HTML     45K 
                Cash Flow Hedge Derivative Instruments On The                    
                Consolidated Statements Of Income) (Details)                     
76: R60         Derivative Financial Instruments (Aggregate         HTML     34K 
                Outstanding Notionals Related To Fair Value                      
                Hedges) (Details)                                                
37: R61         Derivative Financial Instruments (Pretax Impact Of  HTML     35K 
                Fair Value Hedge Derivative Instruments On The                   
                Consolidated Statements of Income) (Details)                     
40: R62         Derivative Financial Instruments (Aggregate         HTML     42K 
                Outstanding Notionals Related To Undesignated                    
                Positions) (Details)                                             
82: R63         Derivative Financial Instruments (Pretax Impact Of  HTML     38K 
                Undesignated Derivative Instruments On The                       
                Consolidated Statements Of Income) (Details)                     
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                
                Basis) (Details)                                                 
36: R67         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Debt           HTML     53K 
                Securities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring                 
                Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation)                        
                (Details)                                                        
63: R68         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Available For  HTML     56K 
                Sale Securities) (Details)                                       
92: R69         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule Of Fair Value     HTML     34K 
                And Carrying Value Of Debt) (Details)                            
18: R70         Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurement      HTML     50K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
29: R71         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     59K 
                Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans                   
                (Details)                                                        
53: R72         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      HTML     33K 
                Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans                   
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
24: R73         Other Comprehensive Income (Components Of Other     HTML     91K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details)                           
95: R74         Segment Reporting (Segment Reporting Information,   HTML     69K 
                By Segment) (Details)                                            
33: R75         Segment Reporting Segment Reporting (Narrative)     HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
26: R76         Commitments And Contingencies Commitments           HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
28: R77         Commitments And Contingencies Contingencies         HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
20: R78         Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements        HTML    163K 
                (Condensed Consolidating Statement Of Income and                 
                Comprehensive Income) (Details)                                  
23: R79         Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements        HTML    225K 
                (Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet) (Details)                
69: R80         Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements        HTML    165K 
                (Condensed Consolidating Statement Of Cash Flows)                
                (Details)                                                        
27: R81         Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements        HTML     31K 
                Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements                     
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
94: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    148K 
17: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    316K 
41: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   2.89M 
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 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- tsn-20141227_cal                XML    264K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- tsn-20141227_def                 XML    992K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- tsn-20141227_lab                      XML   1.73M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- tsn-20141227_pre               XML   1.19M 
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13: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000100493-15-000012-xbrl      Zip    304K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — tsn-20141227_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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