SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
September 27, 2001
TYSON FOODS, INC.
(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in Charter)
|
Delaware |
0-3400 |
71-0225165 |
|
(State of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2210 WEST OAKLAWN DRIVE, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
72762-6999
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip
Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (501)
290-4000
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed
Since Last Report)
ITEM 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September
27, 2001, the Registrant issued a press release regarding its private placement
of $2.25 billion of Senior Notes (the "Press Release"). The text of the Press
Release is attached as Exhibit 99(a) to this report and is incorporated herein
by reference.
ITEM 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
Information and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
99(a) Text of the Press
Release.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
TYSON FOODS, INC.
Date: September 27,
2001 By: _/s/
R. Read Hudson
R.
Read
Hudson
Secretary
and Corporate Counsel
Exhibit 99(a)
Media
Contact: Ed
Nicholson
(501)
290-4591
Investor
Contact: Louis
Gottsponer
(501)
290-4826
TYSON FOODS, INC.
SELLS $2.25 BILLION OF SENIOR
NOTES
SPRINGDALE, Ark., September 27, 2001 -- Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN)
today announced that it has agreed to sell in a private placement $2.25 billion
of its Senior Notes under Tyson's existing indenture. The Senior Notes will be
sold in three tranches: $500 million of 6 5/8% three-year notes, due October 1,
2004, $750 million of 7 1/4% five-year notes, due October 1, 2006 and $1 billion
of 8 1/4% notes, due October 1 2011. The net proceeds of the offering will be
used to repay in part borrowings outstanding under Tyson's senior unsecured
bridge credit agreements providing for aggregate borrowings of up to $2.85
billion.
The Notes will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers
under Rule 144A and to persons outside the United States under Regulation S. The
Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or the
securities laws of any other place, and, unless so registered, may not be
offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in
a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws.
This press release shall not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall
there be any sale of the Notes in any state in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state.