Executive Change

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 FORM  8-K/A (Amendment No. 1) CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)   October 29, 2021 HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 1-2402 41-0319970 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification Number)   1 Hormel Place Austin , MN   55912 (Address of Principal Executive Office)   ( 507 ) 437-5611 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:   [ ☐ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)   [ ☐ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)   [ ☐ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ☐ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock $0.01465 par value HRL New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).   Emerging growth company   [ ☐ ] If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ☐ ] EXPLANATORY NOTE This Amendment No. 1 to Hormel Foods Corporation (the Company's) Current Report on Form 8-K amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2021, which reported the Company's Board of Director's election of Jacinth C. Smiley as the Company's next Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2021. This Current Report on Form 8-K/A clarifies that the effective date for the transfer of the Chief Financial Officer role is January 1, 2022. Except as stated above, no other information contained in the initial Form 8-K has been amended. Section 5 – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT   Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers On December 2, 2021, the Company clarified that the effective date for Jacinth C. Smiley's election to be the Company's next Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer is January 1, 2022, and that James N. Sheehan remains Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until he retires December 31, 2021. 2 SIGNATURES       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.       HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION     (Registrant)       Dated: December 2, 2021 By /s/ JAMES N. SHEEHAN     JAMES N. SHEEHAN     Executive Vice President and     Chief Financial Officer                   Dated: December 2, 2021 By /s/ JANA L. HAYNES     JANA L. HAYNES     Vice President and Controller     3