---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000100493-24-000106"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSN"
cik: "0000100493"
company_name: "TYSON FOODS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-08-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:55:49.534106+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tyson Foods appoints Curt Calaway as CFO, replacing John R. Tyson on health leave

## Summary
- Curt Calaway named permanent CFO, effective immediately; previously interim CFO since June 2024.
- Calaway has 18 years at Tyson, most recently CFO of Prepared Foods and led M&A and corporate development.
- Base salary set at $675,000; target annual incentive of 110% of base; long-term incentive $300,000.
- John R. Tyson remains with the company but is on health-related leave.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000100493-24-000106
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSN
- cik: 0000100493
- company_name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049324000106/0000100493-24-000106-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049324000106/tsn-20240829.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-24-000106
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-24-000106.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000100493-24-000106.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7068c39bbe
  claim: Curt Calaway was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at TYSON FOODS, INC..
  evidence_excerpt: On August 29, 2024, Tyson Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Curt Calaway as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049324000106/0000100493-24-000106-index.htm

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