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Issuer:     HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ (HRL)
CIK:        0000048465
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000048465-25-000047
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hormel Foods CFO Jacinth Smiley departs; Paul Kuehneman named interim CFO
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- CFO Jacinth Smiley left effective Oct 26, 2025; will remain employed until Nov 30, 2025.
- Departure not due to disagreement over financial statements, controls, operations, or practices.
- Paul Kuehneman, 54, appointed interim CFO and Controller effective Oct 27; previously VP and Controller.
- Company expects separation agreement with Smiley; material terms to be disclosed when finalized.
- Press release issued with Q4 outlook, but no specific financial figures provided in this filing.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846525000047/0000048465-25-000047-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000004846525000047/hrl-20251023.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000048465-25-000047

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