---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000100493-24-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSN"
cik: "0000100493"
company_name: "TYSON FOODS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:30:47.692877+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tyson Foods suspends CFO John R. Tyson after DWI arrest; names Curt Calaway interim CFO

## Summary
- CFO John R. Tyson suspended effective June 13, 2024 after arrest for alleged DWI.
- Curt Calaway, former Prepared Foods CFO and 18-year company veteran, appointed interim CFO.
- Calaway previously served as SVP of Finance, Treasurer, Controller, and CAO.
- No related-party transactions or family relationships disclosed between Calaway and executives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000100493-24-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSN
- cik: 0000100493
- company_name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049324000083/0000100493-24-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049324000083/tsn-20240613.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-24-000083
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-24-000083.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-24-000083.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 6858a3543d
  claim: John R. Tyson departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at TYSON FOODS, INC..
  evidence_excerpt: John. R. Tyson, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been suspended from his duties effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049324000083/0000100493-24-000083-index.htm
- claim_id: 9b8a5426e2
  claim: Curt Calaway was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at TYSON FOODS, INC..
  evidence_excerpt: Curt Calaway will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049324000083/0000100493-24-000083-index.htm

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