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Exhibit 629

Tyson Foods, Inc., Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 27 June 2026 (Contingencies: Broiler, Pork and Beef Antitrust Litigation; DOJ civil investigative demands)

Exhibit 629 ยท SEC periodic report

Tyson Foods, Inc., Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 27 June 2026 (Contingencies: Broiler, Pork and Beef Antitrust Litigation; DOJ civil investigative demands)

While we do not admit any liability as part of the settlements

Broiler classes: aggregate $221.5 million, final approvals June 2021 to April 2022; first broiler trial (direct purchasers, September-October 2023) ended in a verdict for the defendants without Tyson. Tyson self-reported to DOJ and received conditional leniency in August 2021. Pork: Tyson agreed to $50 million (direct), $85 million (consumer indirect) and $48 million (commercial and institutional indirect). Beef: $55 million (consumer indirect, paid 26 November 2025), $80 million plus $2.5 million expenses (direct), $47 million (commercial and institutional indirect, paid 2 June 2026); court granted certain class certification motions on 16 July 2026; Tyson has received civil investigative demands from DOJ about its beef business. Plaintiffs allege conspiracies from January 2008 (broilers), January 2009 (pork) and about January 2015 (beef).

Source
Tyson Foods, Inc. (SEC filing)
Date
3 August 2026
Quoted from
Note "Commitments and Contingencies," Broiler Antitrust Civil Litigation, "Settlements"
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100493/000010049326000058/tsn-20260627.htm
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding AGR-5.4
Primary record Pilgrim's Pride pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products and was sentenced to a criminal fine of $107,923,572 on February 23, 2021. ERS reports that individual defendants in the DOJ broiler cases were acquitted in jury trials. Tyson's filing states that the first civil broiler antitrust jury trial ended in a verdict for the defendants.
Finding AGR-5.5
Primary record Tyson has agreed to class settlements of $221.5 million in the broiler case, $183 million in the pork case and $182 million in the beef case, and states that it does not admit liability. JBS USA settled three beef classes for $161.0 million and three pork classes for $57.3 million, and Pilgrim's Pride settled three broiler classes for $195.5 million.
Finding AGR-5.7
Primary record On July 16, 2026 the District of Minnesota certified four classes in the beef antitrust litigation, and the Eighth Circuit has agreed to review that certification. National Beef disclosed that DOJ told it in September 2025 that it was closing the federal investigation of fed cattle and beef packing markets, and that DOJ opened a new civil antitrust investigation in November 2025.
Finding AGR-5.9
Open question The filings cited record no court decision on whether the largest beef packers fixed prices or manipulated cattle prices.