FORM 4
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Files purusant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section
30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Sanderson, William R.
P. O. Box 988
Laurel, MS 39441-0988
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading
SAFM
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting
Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
June 1998
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year
N/A
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
Director, 10% Owner & Director of Marketing
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TABLE I. Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2.Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of 6.Owner- 7. Nature of
(Instr 3) action action (A) or Disposed of (D) Securities ship Indirect
Date Code (Instr. 3,4 and 5) Beneficially Form: Beneficial
Month/ (Instr.8) Owned at Direct (d) Ownership
Day/ End of Month or Indirect (Instr. 4)
Year Code V Amount (A) or Price (Inst.3 or 4) (I) (Instr. 4)
(D)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock, par value
$1.00 per share ........................ 6/01/98 P 10,000 A 11.750 3,358,385 I (1)
Common Stock, par value
$1.00 per share ........................ 6/02/98 P 25,000 A 12.000 3,358,385 I (1)
Common Stock, par value
$1.00 per share ........................ 6/03/98 P 7,500 A 12.000 3,358,385 I (1)
Common Stock, par value
$1.00 per share ........................ 6/04/98 P 22,500 A 12.125 3,358,385 I (1)
Common Stock, par value
$1.00 per share ........................ 136,350 D Owner of
Common Stock, par value Record
$1.00 per share ........................ 7,830 I (2)
Common Stock, par value
$1.00 per share ........................ 8,460 I By Spouse
Common Stock, par value
$1.00 per share ........................ 20,656 I By Minor
(1) As co-executor of the Estate of Joe Frank Childred
Sanderson. William R. Sanderson was
appointed and qualified as a co-executor of the
Estate of Joe Frank Sanderson on 1/21/98
(2) Allocated to the account of William R
Sanderson in the Company's ESOP
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls warrants options, convertible securities)
1.Title 2.Conver- 3. Trans- 4.Transac- 5. Number of 6. Date 7.Title 8.Price 9.Number 10. Owner- 11. Nature of
of Deri- sion or action tion Code Derivative Exer- and of of ship Indirect
vative Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Securities and Amount Deriv- Deriv- Form Bene-
Security Price of (Month/ Acquired (A) Expir- of Under- ative ative of Deriv- ficial
(Instr.3) Derivative Day/ or Disposed ation lying Security Securities ative Owner-
Security Year) of (D) (Instr. Date Securities (Instr. Bene- Security: ship
3, 4 and 5) (Month/ (Instr. 5) ficially Direct(D) (Inst. 4)
Day/Year) 3 and 4) owned or Indirect
at End (I) (Instr.
of 4)
Month
(Instr.4)
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Amount
Code (V) (A) (D) Date Expir- Title or No.
Exer- tion of
cisable Date Shares
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Incentive Stock
Options to buy 13.00 6/18/98 A 2,500 (1) 4/23/08 Common 2,500 13.00 D
Common Stock $1.00 par Stock
value per share $1.00 par
value per
share
Incentive Stock
Options to buy 7/24/97 (1) 7/24/07 Common 7,500 15.00 D
Common Stock $1.00 par Stock
value per share $1.00 par
value per
share
Incentive Stock
Options to buy 7/25/96 (2) 7/25/02 Common 7,500 10.875 D
Common Stock $1.00 par Stock
value per share $1.00 par
value per
share
Incentive Stock
Options to buy 4/27/95 (2) 4/27/01 Common 7,500 11.25 D
Common Stock $1.00 par Stock
value per share $1.00 par
value per
share
Incentive Stock
Options to buy 4/29/94 (2) 4/29/00 Common 7,500 11.00 D
Common Stock $1.00 par Stock
value per share $1.00 par
value per
share
Incentive Stock
Options to buy 7/12/93 (2) 7/12/99 Common 7,500 10.667 D
Common Stock $1.00 par Stock
value per share $1.00 par
value per
share
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Exercisable for 10-year period. Vesting begins at 25% on 7/24/98, the end of
the first year, and continues at 25% per year.
(2) Exercisable for 6-year. Vesting begins at 25% at the end of the first year
following the grant and continuing at 25% per year.
/s//William R. Sanderson July 6, 1998
*Signaure of Reporting Person Date