---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000100493-23-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSN"
cik: "0000100493"
company_name: "TYSON FOODS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T17:25:14.752511+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tyson Foods EVP & CTO Scott Spradley departs; IT team assumes duties

## Summary
- Scott Spradley left the role of EVP, Chief Technology and Automation Officer on Jan 9, 2023.
- Responsibilities to be absorbed by existing members of the Information Technology team.
- Spradley eligible for severance: $1.4M (2x base salary paid over 24 months), plus $211,538 prorated bonus.
- Accelerated vesting of equity valued at ~$1.717M (restricted stock, stock options, performance awards).
- Separation agreement includes release of claims and reaffirmation of restrictive covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000100493-23-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSN
- cik: 0000100493
- company_name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049323000007/0000100493-23-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049323000007/tsn-20230109.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-23-000007
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-23-000007.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-23-000007.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Spradley departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Automation Officer at TYSON FOODS, INC..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Automation Officer
  source text: On January 9, 2023, Scott Spradley departed from the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Automation Officer of Tyson Foods, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049323000007/0000100493-23-000007-index.htm

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