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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2004.|<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Registration
No.&nbsp;333-_____</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
WASHINGTON, DC&nbsp;20549</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">FORM S&#8209;8</font></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></p>



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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0in'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TYSON FOODS, INC.</font></b></p>

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<font size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></p>



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<h1 style='border:none;padding:0in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DELAWARE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;71-0225165&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:2.0pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (I.R.S.&nbsp;Employer
Identification No.)</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<h2 style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2210 WEST OAKLAWN
DRIVE, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;72762-6999
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:2.0pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Address
of Principal Executive Offices)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Zip
Code)</font></p>



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<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">TYSON
FOODS, INC. 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</font></h2>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:2.0pt;text-align:center'>
<font size="2">(Full Title of the Plan)</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">John H. Tyson<br>
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<br>
2210 West Oaklawn Drive<br>
Springdale, Arkansas 72762-6999</font></b></p>

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<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'>&nbsp;</h2>

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<font size="2">(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</font></p>



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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0in'><b><font size="2">(479) 290-4000</font></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:2.0pt;text-align:center'>
<font size="2">(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for
Service)</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Copy to:<br>
Richard L. Arenburg, Esq.<br>
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer &amp; Murphy LLP<br>
191 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 1600<br>
Atlanta, Georgia 30303</font></b></p>



<table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none' width="850">
 <tr>
  <td width=128 valign=bottom style='border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top:1.5pt double windowtext; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in' align="center">
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:center'>
  <font size="2">Title of Each Class<br>
  of Securities to be<br>
  Registered</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=bottom style='border-top:1.5pt double windowtext;
  border-left:medium none;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;
  padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in' align="center">

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">Amount to be Registered
  </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=bottom style='border-top:1.5pt double windowtext;
  border-left:medium none;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;
  padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in' align="center">
  <p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-top:3.0pt'><font size="2">Proposed
  Maximum Offering Price <br>
  Per Unit (1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=bottom style='border-top:1.5pt double windowtext;
  border-left:medium none;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;
  padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in' align="center">
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:center'>
  <font size="2">Proposed Maximum<br>
  Aggregate Offering<br>
  Price (1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=bottom style='border-top:1.5pt double windowtext;
  border-left:medium none;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;
  padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in' align="center">

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">Amount of Registration Fee (1)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=128 valign=bottom style='border-top:medium none;border-left:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.5pt double windowtext;border-right:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">Class A Common Stock,
  par value $.10 per share </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=bottom style='border-top:medium none;border-left:
  medium none;border-bottom:1.5pt double windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;
  padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:center'>
  <font size="2">20,000,000 </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=bottom style='border-top:medium none;border-left:
  medium none;border-bottom:1.5pt double windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;
  padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:center'>
  <font size="2">$18.91</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=bottom style='border-top:medium none;border-left:
  medium none;border-bottom:1.5pt double windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;
  padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:center'>
  <font size="2">$378,200,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=128 valign=bottom style='border-top:medium none;border-left:
  medium none;border-bottom:1.5pt double windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;
  padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:center'>
  <font size="2">$47,918</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>



<p class=MsoBodyText3><font size="2">(1)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(c) and (h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the
average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Class A common stock as
reported by The New York Stock Exchange on May 5, 2004.</font></p>





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clear=all style='page-break-before:always'>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">PART I</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The documents containing
the information required in Part I of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
&quot;<u>Registration Statement</u>&quot;) will be sent or given to employees
participating in the Tyson Foods, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the &quot;<u>Plan</u>&quot;),
as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &quot;<u>Securities Act</u>&quot;).&nbsp; In accordance with the instructions to
Part I of the Registration Statement, such documents will not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;<u>Commission</u>&quot;) either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.&nbsp; These documents and
the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute the prospectus as required by Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

&nbsp;<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">PART II</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify'><b><font size="2">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation
of Documents by Reference</font></b></p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tyson Foods,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &quot;<u>Registrant</u>&quot;), is subject to the
informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;<u>Exchange Act</u>&quot;),
and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Commission. &nbsp;The following documents, which are on file
with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
</font> </p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)
under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's
latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed. </font> </p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All
other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in
(a)&nbsp;above. </font> </p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'>
<font size="2">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The description of the securities
contained in the Registrant's registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on
October 14, 1997 for the Registrant's common stock filed under Section 12(b) of
the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</font></p>

<p style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font size="2">&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents. &nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. &nbsp;Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </font> </p>



<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">Item
4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities</font></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant's Class A common stock,
par value $0.10 per share (the &quot;<u>Common Stock</u>&quot;), is registered under
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">&nbsp;Item
5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not Applicable.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">Item
6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align="justify"><b><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. &nbsp;Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may
indemnify any persons who were, are or are threatened to be made, parties to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an
officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The
indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person
in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted
in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her
conduct was unlawful.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'>
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law further authorizes a corporation to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him
or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, arising out of his or
her status as such, whether or not the Registrant would otherwise have the
power to indemnify him or her under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'>
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of the
Registrant shall not be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as director.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'>
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Bylaws provide indemnification rights
to a director or officer to the Registrant against all expenses, liabilities,
and losses (including attorney's fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid or to
be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such officer or director in
connection with any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that such director or
officer was a director or officer of the Registrant, to the fullest extent
legally permissible under and pursuant to any procedure specified in the
Delaware General Corporation Law, and, further, authorize the Registrant to
purchase and maintain insurance to protect any director or officer&nbsp; against any
liability, regardless of whether the Registrant would have the power to
indemnify such person.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:
none'><font size="2">In addition,
the Registrant has entered into supplemental indemnification agreements with
its directors and with certain officers designated by the Registrant's board of
directors (collectively, the &quot;Indemnitees&quot;), which broaden the scope of
indemnity that has traditionally been provided by the Registrant to such
persons under the terms of the Registrant's By-laws and the Delaware General
Corporation Law.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:
none'><font size="2">The
indemnification agreements with the Indemnitees provide that, subject to
certain important exceptions, the Indemnitees shall be indemnified to the
fullest possible extent permitted by law against any amount which they become
legally obligated to pay because of any act or omission or neglect or breach of
duty. Such amount includes all expenses (including attorneys' fees), damages,
judgments, costs and settlement amounts, actually and reasonably incurred or
paid by them in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the
right of the Registrant, on account of their service as a director or officer
of the Registrant or any subsidiary of the Registrant. The indemnification
agreements further provide that expenses incurred by the Indemnitees in
defending such actions, in accordance with the terms of the agreements, shall
be paid in advance, subject to the Indemnitees' obligation to reimburse the
Registrant in the event it is ultimately determined that they are not entitled
to be indemnified for such expenses under any of the provisions of the
indemnification agreements.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:
none'><font size="2">No
indemnification is provided under the indemnification agreements on account of
conduct which is adjudged to be deliberately dishonest and material to
establishing the liability for which the indemnification is sought. In
addition, no indemnification is provided if a final court adjudication shall
determine that such indemnification is not lawful, or in respect of any suit in
which judgment is rendered for an accounting of profits made from a purchase or
sale of securities of the Registrant in violation of Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act, or of any similar statutory provision, or an account of any
remuneration, personal profit or advantage which is adjudged to have been
obtained in violation of law. The indemnification agreements also contain
provisions designed to protect the Registrant from unreasonable settlements or
redundant legal expenditures.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:
none'><font size="2">The
indemnification agreements also provide for contribution by the Registrant,
with certain exceptions, to amounts paid by the Indemnitees in any situation in
which the Registrant and such individuals are jointly liable (or would be if
the Registrant were joined in the litigation) if for any reason indemnification
is not available. Such contribution would be based on the relative benefits to
the Registrant and the individuals of the transaction from which liability
arose, and on the relative fault in the transaction of the Registrant and the individuals.
This provision could be applicable in the event a court found that
indemnification under the federal securities laws is against public policy and
thus not enforceable, as well as under state laws.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:
none'><font size="2">The
indemnification agreements provide for substantially broader indemnity rights
than those currently granted to the directors and officers of the Registrant
under the Registrant's By-laws, which afforded directors and officers only
those express indemnification rights set forth in Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law. They are not intended to deny or otherwise limit third
party or derivative suits against the Registrant or its directors or officers.
However, to the extent a director or officer were entitled to indemnification
or contribution thereunder, the financial burden of a third party suit would be
borne by the Registrant, and the Registrant would not benefit from derivative
recoveries since the amount of such recoveries would be repaid to the director
or officer pursuant to the agreements.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b>
<font size="2">&nbsp;Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption
from Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:
none'><font size="2">Not
applicable.</font></p>





<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.</font></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The following
opinions and consents are filed with this Registration Statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </p>

<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=638
 style='width:850;border-collapse:collapse'>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid'>
  <td width=97 valign=top style='width:72.9pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><font size="2">Exhibit No.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=505 valign=top style='width:378.9pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <h5><b>Description</b></h5>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=97 valign=top style='width:72.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=505 valign=top style='width:378.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">Opinion of counsel with respect to the legality of the
  securities being registered.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=97 valign=top style='width:72.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=505 valign=top style='width:378.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.&nbsp;
  </font> </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=97 valign=top style='width:72.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=505 valign=top style='width:378.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">Consent of Powell,
  Goldstein, Frazer &amp; Murphy LLP&nbsp;(included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=97 valign=top style='width:72.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=505 valign=top style='width:378.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">Power of Attorney (see signature pages to this
  Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>





<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings.</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b><font size="2">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:
none'><font size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective&nbsp;&nbsp; date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. &nbsp;Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation of Registration Fee&quot; table in the
effective Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
include any material information with respect to the plan of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in the Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><i><font size="2">provided</font></i><font size="2">, <i>however</i>, that
paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </font> </p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</font></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'>
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>







<div class=Section4>





</div>

<b><font size="2"><br
clear=all style='page-break-before:always'>
</font>
</b>

<p class=MsoHeading9 align="center"><b><font size="2">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S&#8209;8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Springdale, Arkansas, on the 5th day of February&nbsp; 2004.</font></p>





<p class=MsoNormal align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> <b><font size="2">TYSON
FOODS, INC.</font></b></p>







<p class=MsoNormal align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By:
</font>
<u><font size="2">&nbsp;/s/ Steven Hankins&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </u></p>

<p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt' align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Name:
</font>
<u><font size="2">&nbsp;Steven Hankins &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </u></p>

<p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:20.15pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt' align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Title:
<u>&nbsp;Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</u>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p class=MsoEndnoteText align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font>
</p>









<p class=MsoNormal align="center"> <b><font size="2">POWER
OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS</b>, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints John H. Tyson,
Steven Hankins and Richard L. Bond, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys&#8209;in&#8209;fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post&#8209;effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys&#8209;in&#8209;fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys&#8209;in&#8209;fact and agents, or his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>









<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on the date indicated.</font></p>





<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
 style='border-collapse:collapse'>
 <tr>
  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><b><u>
  <font size="2">Signature</font></u></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><b><u>
  <font size="2">Title</font></u></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width=154 valign=top style='width:1.6in;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u>
  <font size="2">Date</font></u></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>







<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
 style='border-collapse:collapse'>
 <tr>
  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u>
  <font size="2">/s/ Richard L. Gond&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font> </u><font size="2"><br>
  Richard
  L. Bond</font></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=240 valign=top style='width:2.5in;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">President, Chief Operating Officer and Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=166 valign=top style='width:124.2pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">February 5, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>





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 style='border-collapse:collapse'>
 <tr>
  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoHeading7><font size="2"><u>/s/ Lloyd V. Hackley&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </u>
  <br>
  Lloyd V. Hackley</font></p>
  <p class=MsoHeading7>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=240 valign=top style='width:2.5in;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=166 valign=top style='width:124.2pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">February 5, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>







<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
 style='border-collapse:collapse'>
 <tr>
  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u>
  <font size="2">/s/ Steven Hankins&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font> </u>
  <font size="2"><br>
  Steven Hankins</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=240 valign=top style='width:2.5in;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">Executive Vice President <br>
  and Chief Financial Officer<br>
  (Principal Financial Officer)</font></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  &nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=166 valign=top style='width:124.2pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">
  February 5, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u>
  <font size="2">/s/ David A. Jones&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <br>
  </font> </u>
  <font size="2">David A. Jones</font></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=240 valign=top style='width:2.5in;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>


  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=166 valign=top style='width:124.2pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>


  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">February 5, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u>
  <font size="2">/s/ Jim Kever&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font> </u>
  <font size="2"><br>
  Jim Kever</font></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=240 valign=top style='width:2.5in;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>



  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=166 valign=top style='width:124.2pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>



  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">February 5, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>







<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
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  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u>
  <font size="2">/s/ Rodney S. Pless&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font> </u>
  <font size="2"><br>
  Rodney S. Pless </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width=240 valign=top style='width:2.5in;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief
  Accounting Officer<br>
  (Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  &nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=166 valign=top style='width:124.2pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">February 5, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>



<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
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 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:276;padding-left:9.0pt; padding-right:9.0pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u>
  <font size="2">/s/ Jo Ann R. Smith&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font> </u>
  <font size="2"><br>
  Jo Ann R. Smith </font> </p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:269;padding-left:9.0pt; padding-right:9.0pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:184;padding-left:9.0pt; padding-right:9.0pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">February 5, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>







<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
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  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font> </u>
  <font size="2"><br>
  Leland E. Tollett </font> </p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=240 valign=top style='width:2.5in;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>

  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=166 valign=top style='width:124.2pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">________ ___, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>







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  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u>
  <font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font> </u>
  <font size="2"><br>
  Barbara A. Tyson</font></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=240 valign=top style='width:2.5in;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=166 valign=top style='width:124.2pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">________ ___, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>







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  <td valign=top style='width:273;padding-left:9.0pt; padding-right:9.0pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u>
  <font size="2">/s/ Don Tyson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font> </u>
  <font size="2"><br>
  Don Tyson</font></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:279;padding-left:9.0pt; padding-right:9.0pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:188;padding-left:9.0pt; padding-right:9.0pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">February 5, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:84;padding-left:9.0pt; padding-right:9.0pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>

  </td>
 </tr>
</table>





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  <td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'><u>
  <font size="2">/s/ John H. Tyson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </font> </u>
  <font size="2"><br>
  John H. Tyson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=240 valign=top style='width:2.5in;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>

  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>
  <font size="2">Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
  Executive Officer<br>
  (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=166 valign=top style='width:124.2pt;padding:0in 9.0pt 0in 9.0pt'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">February 5, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>







<p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </p>









































<h4><b><font size="2">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </h4>

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  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><font size="2">Exhibit No.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=505 valign=top style='width:378.9pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <h5><b>Description</b></h5>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=97 valign=top style='width:72.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=505 valign=top style='width:378.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><font size="2">Opinion of counsel with respect to
  the legality of the securities being registered.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=97 valign=top style='width:72.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=505 valign=top style='width:378.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.&nbsp;
  </font> </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=97 valign=top style='width:72.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=505 valign=top style='width:378.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><font size="2">Consent
  of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer &amp; Murphy LLP&nbsp;(included in
  Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=97 valign=top style='width:72.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width=36 valign=top style='width:27.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=505 valign=top style='width:378.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoEndnoteText style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
  6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size="2">Power of Attorney (see signature pages to this
  Registration Statement).</font></p>
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6:
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2004.|
Registration
No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S‑8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TYSON FOODS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE                                                                                                                                         
 71-0225165
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)                                                           (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2210 WEST OAKLAWN
DRIVE, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS                                                                        72762-6999
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)                                                                                                 (Zip
Code)
TYSON
FOODS, INC. 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
John H. Tyson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
2210 West Oaklawn Drive
Springdale, Arkansas 72762-6999
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(479) 290-4000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for
Service)
Copy to:
Richard L. Arenburg, Esq.
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
191 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 1600
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Title of Each Class
of Securities to be
Registered
Amount to be Registered
Proposed
  Maximum Offering Price
Per Unit (1)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (1)
Amount of Registration Fee (1)
Class A Common Stock,
  par value $.10 per share
20,000,000
$18.91
$378,200,000
$47,918
(1)           Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(c) and (h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the
average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Class A common stock as
reported by The New York Stock Exchange on May 5, 2004.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing
the information required in Part I of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"
Registration Statement
") will be sent or given to employees
participating in the Tyson Foods, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the "
Plan
"),
as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "
Securities Act
").  In accordance with the instructions to
Part I of the Registration Statement, such documents will not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.  These documents and
the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute the prospectus as required by Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.      Incorporation
of Documents by Reference
Tyson Foods,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "
Registrant
"), is subject to the
informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"),
and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Commission.  The following documents, which are on file
with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a)        The
Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's
latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
(b)        All
other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in
(a) above.
(c)        The description of the securities
contained in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed on
October 14, 1997 for the Registrant's common stock filed under Section 12(b) of
the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item
4.      Description of Securities
The Registrant's Class A common stock,
par value $0.10 per share (the "
Common Stock
"), is registered under
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
Item
5.      Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item
6.      Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The
Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.  Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may
indemnify any persons who were, are or are threatened to be made, parties to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an
officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The
indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person
in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted
in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her
conduct was unlawful.
Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law further authorizes a corporation to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him
or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, arising out of his or
her status as such, whether or not the Registrant would otherwise have the
power to indemnify him or her under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
The
Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of the
Registrant shall not be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as director.
The
Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Bylaws provide indemnification rights
to a director or officer to the Registrant against all expenses, liabilities,
and losses (including attorney's fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid or to
be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such officer or director in
connection with any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that such director or
officer was a director or officer of the Registrant, to the fullest extent
legally permissible under and pursuant to any procedure specified in the
Delaware General Corporation Law, and, further, authorize the Registrant to
purchase and maintain insurance to protect any director or officer  against any
liability, regardless of whether the Registrant would have the power to
indemnify such person.
In addition,
the Registrant has entered into supplemental indemnification agreements with
its directors and with certain officers designated by the Registrant's board of
directors (collectively, the "Indemnitees"), which broaden the scope of
indemnity that has traditionally been provided by the Registrant to such
persons under the terms of the Registrant's By-laws and the Delaware General
Corporation Law.
The
indemnification agreements with the Indemnitees provide that, subject to
certain important exceptions, the Indemnitees shall be indemnified to the
fullest possible extent permitted by law against any amount which they become
legally obligated to pay because of any act or omission or neglect or breach of
duty. Such amount includes all expenses (including attorneys' fees), damages,
judgments, costs and settlement amounts, actually and reasonably incurred or
paid by them in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the
right of the Registrant, on account of their service as a director or officer
of the Registrant or any subsidiary of the Registrant. The indemnification
agreements further provide that expenses incurred by the Indemnitees in
defending such actions, in accordance with the terms of the agreements, shall
be paid in advance, subject to the Indemnitees' obligation to reimburse the
Registrant in the event it is ultimately determined that they are not entitled
to be indemnified for such expenses under any of the provisions of the
indemnification agreements.
No
indemnification is provided under the indemnification agreements on account of
conduct which is adjudged to be deliberately dishonest and material to
establishing the liability for which the indemnification is sought. In
addition, no indemnification is provided if a final court adjudication shall
determine that such indemnification is not lawful, or in respect of any suit in
which judgment is rendered for an accounting of profits made from a purchase or
sale of securities of the Registrant in violation of Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act, or of any similar statutory provision, or an account of any
remuneration, personal profit or advantage which is adjudged to have been
obtained in violation of law. The indemnification agreements also contain
provisions designed to protect the Registrant from unreasonable settlements or
redundant legal expenditures.
The
indemnification agreements also provide for contribution by the Registrant,
with certain exceptions, to amounts paid by the Indemnitees in any situation in
which the Registrant and such individuals are jointly liable (or would be if
the Registrant were joined in the litigation) if for any reason indemnification
is not available. Such contribution would be based on the relative benefits to
the Registrant and the individuals of the transaction from which liability
arose, and on the relative fault in the transaction of the Registrant and the individuals.
This provision could be applicable in the event a court found that
indemnification under the federal securities laws is against public policy and
thus not enforceable, as well as under state laws.
The
indemnification agreements provide for substantially broader indemnity rights
than those currently granted to the directors and officers of the Registrant
under the Registrant's By-laws, which afforded directors and officers only
those express indemnification rights set forth in Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law. They are not intended to deny or otherwise limit third
party or derivative suits against the Registrant or its directors or officers.
However, to the extent a director or officer were entitled to indemnification
or contribution thereunder, the financial burden of a third party suit would be
borne by the Registrant, and the Registrant would not benefit from derivative
recoveries since the amount of such recoveries would be repaid to the director
or officer pursuant to the agreements.
Item 7.      Exemption
from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item 8.      Exhibits.
The following
opinions and consents are filed with this Registration Statement.
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of counsel with respect to the legality of the
  securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Powell,
  Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature pages to this
  Registration Statement).
Item 9.      Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)        To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)         To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)        To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective   date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of     prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective Registration Statement.
(iii)       To
include any material information with respect to the plan of     distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that
paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)        That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)        To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the    securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S‑8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Springdale, Arkansas, on the 5th day of February  2004.
TYSON
FOODS, INC.
By:
/s/ Steven Hankins
Name:
Steven Hankins
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints John H. Tyson,
Steven Hankins and Richard L. Bond, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys‑in‑fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post‑effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys‑in‑fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys‑in‑fact and agents, or his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Richard L. Gond
Richard
  L. Bond
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
February 5, 2004
/s/ Lloyd V. Hackley
Lloyd V. Hackley
Director
February 5, 2004
/s/ Steven Hankins
Steven Hankins
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
February 5, 2004
/s/ David A. Jones
David A. Jones
Director
February 5, 2004
/s/ Jim Kever
Jim Kever
Director
February 5, 2004
/s/ Rodney S. Pless
Rodney S. Pless
Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief
  Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
February 5, 2004
/s/ Jo Ann R. Smith
Jo Ann R. Smith
Director
February 5, 2004
Leland E. Tollett
Director
________ ___, 2004
Barbara A. Tyson
Director
________ ___, 2004
/s/ Don Tyson
Don Tyson
Director
February 5, 2004
/s/ John H. Tyson
John H. Tyson
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
  Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 5, 2004
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of counsel with respect to
  the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent
  of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP (included in
  Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature pages to this
  Registration Statement).