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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ​ ​ Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 25, 2020 ​ Seaboard Corporation (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Delaware ​ 1-3390 ​ 04-2260388 (State or other jurisdiction of ​ (Commission ​ (I.R.S. Employer incorporation) ​ File Number) ​ Identification No.) ​ ​ ​ 9000 West 67th Street , Merriam , Kansas 66202 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) ​ ​ ​ Registrant’s telephone number including area code ( 913 ) 676-8800 ​ Not Applicable (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) 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(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock $1.00 Par Value SEB NYSE American 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. ☐ ​ ​ ​ Item 8.01 Other Events On March 25, 2020, Seaboard Corporation issued a press release announcing that, due to the cancellation of the event space rental related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the location of Seaboard Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders has been changed. The full text of this press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Further information regarding this change to the location of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders can be found in the Notice of Change of Location filed by Seaboard Corporation with the SEC on Schedule 14A on March 25, 2020. The full text of the Notice of Change of Location is included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits (d)   Exhibits 99.1  Press release announcing the change of location of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Seaboard Corporation dated March 25, 2020 . 99.2  Proxy Notice of Change of Location dated March 25, 2020 . 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. ​ 2 ​ SIGNATURE 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 thereunto duly authorized. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Date: March 25, 2020 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Seaboard Corporation ​ ​ ​ ​ (Registrant) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ By: /s/ Robert L. Steer ​ ​ ​ ​ Robert L. Steer, Executive Vice President, ​ ​ ​ ​ Chief Financial Officer ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3