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Issuer:     HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ (HRL)
CIK:        0000048465
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000048465-25-000002
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.10
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hormel Foods annual meeting elects directors, ratifies auditor, approves say-on-pay
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- All 10 director nominees elected with between 92.5% and 97.7% of votes cast (excluding broker non-votes).
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2025 with 489.5M for, 12.3M against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 96.2% of votes cast in favor.
- Shareholder turnout was 502.3M shares (91.5% of outstanding).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846525000002/0000048465-25-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846525000002/hrl-20250128.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000048465-25-000002

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