Item 5.02 |
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Sanderson Farms, Inc - Recent Material EventOn January 24, 2008, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Registrants
Board of Directors, the Board adopted a Bonus Award Program for the
Registrants salaried employees, including its executive
officers, effective November 1, 2007. If the Registrant meets net income per share
and minimum return on average stockholders equity goals for the fiscal year ended October 31,
2008, the program provides for the award of bonuses to eligible participants equal to a percentage
of their base salary. The total award a participant can receive has two components: a percentage
based on the Registrants earnings per share, and a percentage based on the Registrants
operational performance. The fiscal 2008 program is substantially similar to the program that was
in effect for fiscal 2007, which was filed as Exhibit 10 to the Registrants Current Report on Form
8-K filed January 29, 2007. A copy of the Bonus Award Program as
it affects the Registrants executive officers is filed herewith as Exhibit 10 and
is incorporated herein by reference.
Also on January 24, 2008, upon the recommendations of the Compensation Committee, the Registrants
Board of Directors ratified the payment of certain miscellaneous items of compensation during
fiscal 2007 to the Registrants executive officers, as follows:
Section 9 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) The following exhibit is filed with this Current Report:
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
SANDERSON FARMS, INC.
(Registrant)
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