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Issuer:     HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ (HRL)
CIK:        0000048465
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-061357
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hormel Foods appoints Jeffrey M. Ettinger as Interim CEO, John F. Ghingo as President from July 14, 2025
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- Jeffrey M. Ettinger, former CEO (2006-2016), returns as Interim CEO until Oct 25, 2026; base salary $1.2M, one-time equity grant $7.2M.
- John F. Ghingo appointed President and Board member; base salary $730k, annual LTIP target $3.2M, 100k operators' shares.
- James P. Snee retires as CEO after FY2025 (Oct 26, 2025); will serve as special advisor until then, then 18-month consulting agreement.
- Ettinger and Ghingo employment agreements include severance provisions; Ghingo's good reason includes failure to report directly to Board by Dec 31, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48465/000110465925061357/0001104659-25-061357-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-061357

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