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TYSON FOODS BOARD MEETS
Declares stock dividend
Adds Rayovac Corp. Chairman/ CEO, David Jones, to Board
Springdale, AR (August 11, 2000) - In its regularly
scheduled quarterly board meeting today, Tyson Foods, Inc.'s
(NYSE:TSN) Board of Directors voted to add a new board
member and to pay a dividend on its stock.
David Jones, chairman of the board and CEO of Rayovac
Corp. (NYSE: ROV) was elected to a position on the Tyson
Board of Directors. Jones has served as the chairman of the
Board of Directors and CEO of Rayovac since September 1996.
From 1996 to April 1998, he also served as President.
Prior to his current duties, Mr. Jones served as chief
operating officer, chief executive officer and chairman of
the board of directors of Thermoscan, (95-96) Inc. From
1989 to 1994, he served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of The Regina Company. From 1985 to 1989, he also
served as Executive Vice President of Electrolux
Corporation.
Jones has over 25 years of experience working in the
consumer products industry, most recently in management of
operations, manufacturing and marketing. He spent his early
career with the General Electric Company in many
different managerial positions.
Jones' other board memberships include chairman of the
board of United Industries, a $350 million private consumer
products company, and University of Wisconsin-Madison School
of Business Dean's Advisory Board.
Jones holds a bachelor of science degree in business
administration from Spaulding University, Louisville,
Kentucky.
The Board of Directors also declared a quarterly
dividend of $0.04 per share on Class A common stock and
$0.036 per share on Class B common stock, payable on
December 15, 2000 to shareholders of record at the close of
business on December 1, 2000.
Tyson Foods, Inc., founded in 1935, is the world's
largest fully integrated producer, processor and marketer of
chicken and poultry-based food products with annual sales in
excess of $7 billion. Over the years, the Tyson product
line has expanded to include prepared meals and entrees, and
specialty products such as corn chips and tortillas. Tyson
Foods is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.
For further information, contact Tyson's Director of
Investor Relations, Louis Gottsponer at (501) 290-4826 or Ed
Nicholson, Corporate Public Relations Director at (501) 290-
4591.
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