Tyson Foods Sustainability Highlights

Fiscal Year 2014

Learn more about our efforts at www.tysonsustainability.com

1 Overview We make great food, and we make a each of our sustainability pillars for fiscal difference. It’s our passion and our purpose year 2014 (September 29, 2013 – September at . We grew from humble 27, 2014) , with select highlights from beginnings into a company that sells September 28, 2014 through April 30, 2015, around the world. We know sustainability a portion of the company’s fiscal year 2015. touches every aspect of our company and We will develop a comprehensive report operations, and we strive to do what’s right for fiscal year 2015 that will introduce you for our company and stakeholders. to our new and exciting company. We will also share the results of the sustainability In addition to the fresh and frozen chicken, materiality assessment we recently beef, and pork products for which we’re completed, and report the progress we known, we also make a variety of prepared are making toward meeting our goal of foods. In August 2014, we completed our eliminating antibiotics from our broiler merger with The Company. chickens by 2017. We anticipate releasing The combination of Tyson Foods and this report in the winter of 2016 and invite Hillshire Brands creates a portfolio that you to come back and learn about the includes recognized brands such as Tyson®, sustainable progress we’re making. ®, Hillshire Farm®, Sara Lee®, Ball Park®, Wright®, Aidells® and State Fair®.

As we continue with the integration of our two companies, we will delay publishing a sustainability report for fiscal year 2014. We do, however, offer these summaries for Sales Company Highlights $ One of the largest food companies 37.6 Billion in the world Team Members Sell products in approximately 130 countries Multi-protein business serving multiple retail 113,000 and foodservice channels Innovative food experiences for all snacking and meal times throughout the day, for all meal occasions Produce approximately 1 out of every 5 pounds of chicken, beef, and pork in the United States #1 or #2 brands in 13 core categories such as fresh chicken, breakfast sausage, and corn dogs

2 Total Fiscal Year 2014 Sales by Segment 9% increase in sales from $34.4 billion in fiscal year 2013 to $37.6 billion in fiscal year 2014

International 4% Prepared Foods 10%

Chicken 30% Pork 14%

Beef 42%

Ranked 81st Fortune 48 on Corporate Magazine Kid Tested, Responsibility named Kid Approved™ Magazine’s 100 Tyson Foods chicken, beef, and Best Corporate among “America’s pork products Citizens List in Most Admired produced for 2015 Companies” school lunches for the second consecutive year

3 People

Nearly 11,000 farmers 10% reduction $7.7 million supply our in the Total OSHA donated to company Recordable charitable Incident Rate since organizations in fiscal year 2013 fiscal year 2014

300 team 53% of U.S. Almost members team members 100 million took advantage have been with pounds of protein of the company’s us for five years donated to hunger Education or more, and 12% relief agencies Assistance Program of those have 20 since 2000 in FY 2014, with years or more the company’s experience with investment totaling the company nearly $700,000

4 Planet

Two awards bestowed on the Lexington and Dakota City, Neb., wastewater treatment plants – one for plant operations, another for safety

Almost Six plants 98,000 pounds 60 million with covered of paperbaord over-the-road anaerobic fiber reduced by truck miles lagoons; four of modifying the eliminated in fiscal them are capable size and style of year 2014 of returning biogas the carton for to plant boilers to the Jimmy Dean® offset our natural 12-count sausage, gas use egg, and cheese croissants

250,000 Nearly 114 trucks pounds $500,000 off the road

of CO2 emissions invested in a reduced by pilot process to 979,702

modifying the help quantify pounds of packaging material of and validate how reduced and State Fair® energy and water Corn Dog are managed 22 paperboard across the environmental cartons enterprise awards received

5 Products

$52 million 35 of our 100% beef, spent on research hatcheries no artificial and development no longer use preservatives in fiscal year 2014, antibiotics as of and no nitrates a 4% increase over October 2014, and or nitrites in Ball fiscal year 2013 we have reduced Park Park’s Finest™ human antibiotics premium beef in broiler chickens franks1 by more than 80%

617 audits More than 17 grams of were conducted in 2,400 protein calender year 2014 team members in Ball Park® Flame at independent dedicated to Grilled Turkey swine, cattle, developing, Patties, launched and chicken improving, and in February 2014 farms as part of monitoring our our FarmCheck® food safety and program quality policies and procedures

All natural* ingredients, no antibiotics ever, 100% vegetarian feed, and no added hormones in our NatureRaised Farms® products**

1Except for those naturally occurring in the celery juice powder. *Minimally processed. No artifical ingredients. **Federal regulations prohibit the use of added hormones in chicken and pork.

6 Contact

Dr. Christine Daughtery Leigh Ann Johnston Vice President, Sustainable Food Production Director, Sustainability (479) 290-7513 (479) 290-3419

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Web www.tysonfoods.com www.tysonsustainability.com

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