---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000048465-24-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HRL"
cik: "0000048465"
company_name: "HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T05:36:59.059725+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Jose Luis Prado resigns from Hormel Foods board effective March 25

## Summary
- Jose Luis Prado resigned from the Board on March 25, 2024, effective immediately.
- Resignation due to accepting a new full-time professional opportunity.
- No disagreement with the company was involved in the resignation.
- Board size reduced to ten directors following Mr. Prado's departure.
- Board thanked Mr. Prado for his tenure and contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000048465-24-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HRL
- cik: 0000048465
- company_name: HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846524000015/0000048465-24-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846524000015/hrl-20240325.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000048465-24-000015
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000048465-24-000015.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000048465-24-000015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jose Luis Prado resigned as Director at HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 25, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Hormel Foods Corporation (the “Company”), upon recommendation of the Governance Committee, accepted the resignation of Mr. Jose Luis Prado as a member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846524000015/0000048465-24-000015-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.