UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 11-K
ý ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
For the fiscal year ended October 25, 2003
OR
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 1-2402
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
Hormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Plan
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
Hormel Foods Corporation
1 Hormel Place
Austin, MN 55912
507-437-5611
Contents
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Financial Statements |
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Schedule |
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Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) |
Report of Independent Auditors
The Employee Benefits Committee
Hormel Foods Corporation
Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Plan
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Hormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Plan as of October 25, 2003 and October 26, 2002, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at October 25, 2003 and October 26, 2002, and changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of October 25, 2003 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
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/s/ Ernst & Young LLP |
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April 16, 2004 |
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Hormel Foods Corporation
Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
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October
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October
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Assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
327,455 |
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— |
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Investments |
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191,957,690 |
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187,069,359 |
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Contributions receivable from Hormel Foods Corporation |
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8,886,711 |
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7,893,250 |
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Net assets available for benefits |
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$ |
201,171,856 |
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$ |
194,962,609 |
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See accompanying notes.
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Hormel Foods Corporation
Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Plan
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
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Year Ended |
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October
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October
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Additions: |
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Contributions from Hormel Foods Corporation |
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$ |
8,920,634 |
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$ |
7,914,282 |
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Contributions from participants |
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98,934 |
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97,900 |
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Interest and dividend income |
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2,787,592 |
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2,743,880 |
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Assets transferred to Plan |
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327,411 |
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— |
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12,134,571 |
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10,756,062 |
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Deductions: |
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Distributions |
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9,585,800 |
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9,859,084 |
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Administrative expenses |
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160,336 |
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169,704 |
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9,746,136 |
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10,028,788 |
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Net realized and unrealized appreciation in fair value of investments |
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3,820,812 |
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2,197,886 |
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Net additions |
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6,209,247 |
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2,925,160 |
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Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year |
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194,962,609 |
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192,037,449 |
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Net assets available for benefits at end of year |
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201,171,856 |
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$ |
194,962,609 |
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See accompanying notes.
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Hormel Foods Corporation
Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Plan
October 25, 2003
1. Significant Accounting Policies
The accounting records of the Hormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan) are maintained on the accrual basis.
Marketable securities are stated at fair value. Mutual funds are valued based on quoted market prices. For pooled separate accounts, fair value represents the net asset value of the fund shares, which is calculated based on the valuation of the funds’ underlying investments at fair value at the end of the year. Securities which are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the last business day of the year; investments traded in the over-the-counter market and listed securities for which no sale was reported on that date are valued at the average of the last reported bid and ask prices. The fair value of units in insurance company general accounts is reported at contract value. The Plan’s insurance company general account contract is fully benefit responsive. Benefit responsiveness is defined as the extent to which a contract’s terms and the Plan permit or require participant-initiated withdrawals at contract value.
All costs and expenses incurred in connection with the operation of the Plan with regard to the purchase and sale of investments and certain professional fees are paid by the Plan.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
2. Description of the Plan
The following description of the Plan provides only general information. Participants should refer to the plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
The Plan is a defined contribution plan which covers substantially all employees exempt from the minimum wage and maximum hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 or salaried employees subject to the minimum wage and
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maximum hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The amount contributed by Hormel Foods Corporation (the Company) each year is discretionary, authorized by the Board of Directors. The amount available to all participants is allocated in proportion of individual recognized compensation for the plan year to the recognized compensation for the plan year for all such eligible participants. The Plan contains a diversified selection of funds intended to satisfy the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) Section 404(c). Certain restrictions exist, as defined in the plan document, for investing of funds in other contribution accounts.
Plan participants may elect to make after-tax contributions to the Thrift account in amounts not to exceed statutory limits. Effective with the 2001 plan year, participants may invest in self-directed brokerage accounts.
Employees may also direct the Company to contribute their annual joint earnings allocation, or a portion thereof, to a Founders’ Fund investment fund within the Plan. The Company contributes a 50% additional contribution not to exceed $200 per year (discretionary limit) for Founders’ Fund contributions.
Employee and employer contributions are always 100% vested in the participants’ plan account.
The Company has the right under the plan agreement to terminate the Plan. In the event of termination of the Plan, the assets of the Plan shall be distributed to the participants.
Effective at the end of fiscal year 2003, the employer pension accounts maintained under West Central Turkey Inc.’s 401(k) Plan were merged into the Hormel Foods Corporation JEPST Plan.
Effective December 31, 2002 and August 1, 2003, eligible employees under Diamond Crystal Brands and Century Foods Inc., respectively, became covered under the Plan. Assets were not merged into the Plan, but employees were given the option to rollover their investments under the previous plans.
Effective April 27, 2003, JOTS International, Inc. and JOTS LLC eligible employees may now participate in the Plan.
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3. Investments
Interest rates paid by the investment contracts are determined at the time of purchase. The crediting interest rate on the Fixed Income Fund was 5% and 5.75% as of October 25, 2003 and October 26, 2002, respectively. The average yield on the Plan’s investment contract for the years ended October 25, 2003 and October 26, 2002 was 5% and 5.75%, respectively. Fair value of the investment contract was estimated to be approximately 97% and 95% of contract value as of October 25, 2003 and October 26, 2002, respectively. Fair value was estimated based upon discounting future cash flows under the contracts at current interest rates for similar investments with comparable terms.
During the years ended October 25, 2003 and October 26, 2002, the Plan’s investments (including investments bought, sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in fair value by $3,820,812 and $2,197,886, respectively, as follows:
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2003 |
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2002 |
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Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value during the year: |
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Nonpooled separate account |
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$ |
(3,684,894 |
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$ |
8,958,718 |
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Mutual funds |
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1,063,643 |
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(410,603 |
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Pooled separate accounts |
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6,442,063 |
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(6,350,229 |
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$ |
3,820,812 |
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$ |
2,197,886 |
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The Plan is authorized to invest up to 100% of the fair value of its net assets available for benefits in the common stock of the Company. Such investment totaled approximately 42% at October 25, 2003 and 48% at October 26, 2002.
The fair value of individual investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets is as follows:
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October
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October
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Nonpooled separate accounts: |
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Hormel Foods Corporation common stock |
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84,617,418 |
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$ |
94,010,715 |
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IBT Money Market Fund |
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1,014,574 |
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1,100,960 |
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Total nonpooled separate accounts |
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85,631,992 |
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95,111,675 |
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Insurance company general accounts: |
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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company: |
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Fixed Income Fund |
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53,421,446 |
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53,212,013 |
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Pooled separate accounts: |
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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company: |
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Aggressive Growth Fund |
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11,177,531 |
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*Investments did not equal 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets at plan year-end.
4. Nonparticipant-Directed Investments
Information about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments (a subaccount within the nonpooled separate account) is as follows:
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October
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October
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Net assets: |
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Hormel Foods Corporation common stock |
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24,917,434 |
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25,138,442 |
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IBT Money Market Fund |
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298,763 |
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276,320 |
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Total nonparticipant-directed investments |
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25,216,197 |
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25,414,762 |
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Year Ended |
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October 25, |
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October 26, |
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Changes in net assets: |
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Contributions |
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$ |
1,416,813 |
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$ |
1,429,466 |
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Net (depreciation) appreciation |
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(855,300 |
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2,091,054 |
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Benefits paid to participants |
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(759,881 |
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(1,133,441 |
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Administrative expenses |
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(197 |
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$ |
(198,565 |
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$ |
2,386,678 |
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5. Income Tax Status
The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated September 6, 1996, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The Plan was amended subsequent to the IRS determination letter. The plan administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.
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Hormel Foods Corporation
Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Plan
EIN: 41-0319970
Plan: 030
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
October 25, 2003
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Identity of Issue, Borrower, |
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Description
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Cost |
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Current |
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Nonpooled separate account: |
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Hormel Stock Fund* |
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5,881,700 units |
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$ |
59,865,049 |
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$ |
85,631,992 |
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Insurance company general accounts: |
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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company:* |
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Fixed Income Fund |
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3,953,819 units |
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53,421,446 |
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Pooled separate accounts: |
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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company:* |
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Aggressive Growth Fund |
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1,071,853 units |
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11,177,531 |
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Conservative Growth Fund |
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320,956 units |
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3,604,377 |
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Moderate Growth Fund |
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699,900 units |
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— |
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7,716,417 |
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High Yield Fund |
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13,523 units |
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— |
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1,688,141 |
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MM Small Core Value Fund |
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39,338 units |
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4,306,872 |
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MM Aggressive Growth Fund |
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43,118 units |
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2,033,206 |
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MM Indexed Equity Fund |
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11,329 units |
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2,975,736 |
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MM Large Cap Value Fund |
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21,561 units |
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2,786,017 |
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MM Core Bond Fund |
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1,066 units |
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1,375,085 |
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Conservative Journey Fund |
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1,674 units |
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197,673 |
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MM Fundamental Value Fund |
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43,504 units |
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4,017,621 |
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Total pooled separate accounts |
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41,878,676 |
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Mutual funds: |
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Manager’s Special Equity Fund |
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475,364 units |
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4,475,847 |
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American Funds Euro Pacific Fund |
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218,668 units |
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2,601,772 |
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American Funds Growth R4 Fund |
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138,965 units |
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1,407,769 |
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Total mutual funds |
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8,485,388 |
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Self-directed brokerage assets |
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2,540,188 |
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Total assets held for investment purposes at end of year |
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$ |
59,865,049 |
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$ |
191,957,690 |
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*Indicates a party in interest to the Plan.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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HORMEL
FOODS CORPORATION
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Date: |
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By |
/s/ M. J. McCOY |
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M. J. McCOY |
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Executive
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Exhibit
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Description |
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Consent of Independent Auditors |
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