---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-006328"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSN"
cik: "0000100493"
company_name: "TYSON FOODS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:22:32.336865+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tyson Foods issues $500M of 4.950% Senior Notes due 2036

## Summary
- Completed $500M public offering of 4.950% senior notes due 2036.
- Notes mature Feb 20, 2036; interest payable semi-annually on Feb 20 and Aug 20.
- Notes are senior unsecured obligations ranking equally with other senior unsecured debt.
- Covenants restrict incurrence of secured debt, sale-leaseback transactions, and mergers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-006328
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSN
- cik: 0000100493
- company_name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000114036126006328/0001140361-26-006328-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000114036126006328/ny20064187x5_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 53e743c132264ce596952a841f7f5008f3980327
  claim: TYSON FOODS, INC. incurred senior notes of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. at 4.950% maturing February 20, 2036.
  evidence_excerpt: On February 20, 2026, Tyson Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its previously announced public offering and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.950% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000114036126006328/0001140361-26-006328-index.htm
- claim_id: a270a7d8fe7f4d555243a4b52642679c9a164e38
  claim: TYSON FOODS, INC. entered into Supplemental Indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. valued at $500,000,000 (effective 2026-02-20).
  evidence_excerpt: The Company issued the Notes under an indenture dated as of June 1, 1995 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.)), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of February 20, 2026 for the Notes (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and the Trustee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000114036126006328/0001140361-26-006328-index.htm

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