Tyson Foods completes $1 billion sale of 2031 and 2037 senior notes
Tyson Foods completed a public offering of $1 billion in senior unsecured notes on August 24, 2026, split evenly between $500 million of 5.100% notes due 2031 and $500 million of 5.600% notes due 2037. The filing describes the terms and covenants of the notes, which add to the company's debt obligations and carry fixed interest payments through maturity.
Key points
- $500 million of 5.100% Senior Notes mature August 24, 2031; interest paid semiannually from February 24, 2027
- $500 million of 5.600% Senior Notes mature January 24, 2037; interest paid semiannually from January 24, 2027
- Notes are general senior unsecured obligations, ranking equally with the company's other senior unsecured debt
- Indenture limits secured debt, sale and lease-back transactions, and mergers or asset transfers, subject to exceptions
The filing
Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:42 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 24, 2026.
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