---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000100493-24-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSN"
cik: "0000100493"
company_name: "TYSON FOODS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:45:50.602475+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tyson Foods appoints former Cisco COO Maria Martinez to board, expanding to 15 directors

## Summary
- Maria N. Martinez appointed as independent director effective June 10, 2024; board expands from 14 to 15.
- Martinez was EVP/COO of Cisco Systems (2021-2024) and held tech exec roles at Salesforce, Microsoft, Motorola.
- She will serve on Governance/Nominating and Strategy/Acquisitions committees; no 404(a) transactions.
- Appointed under standard director compensation policy; board now has 11 independent directors.
- Chairman John H. Tyson cited Martinez's tech leadership to expedite data and digital initiatives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000100493-24-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSN
- cik: 0000100493
- company_name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049324000081/0000100493-24-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049324000081/tsn-20240610.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-24-000081
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-24-000081.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-24-000081.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: a0833bf1c6
  claim: Maria N. Martinez was appointed as Director at TYSON FOODS, INC..
  evidence_excerpt: Effective June 10, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tyson Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from fourteen to fifteen directors, and appointed Maria N. Martinez as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049324000081/0000100493-24-000081-index.htm

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