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Results of Operations and Financial Condition On February 26, 2026, Hormel Foods Corporation (the Company) issued an earnings release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended January 25, 2026. A copy of the earnings release is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. Section 9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Results of Operations and Financial Condition . On February 17, 2026, Hormel Foods Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release that included certain preliminary results for the first quarter ended January 25, 2026, and provided information regarding the Company’s guidance for its 2026 fiscal year. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers . This Form 8-K/A amends the Form 8-K filed by Hormel Foods Corporation (the “Company”) on October 29, 2025, as previously amended on October 31, 2025 (the “Prior 8-K”). As disclosed in the Prior 8-K, Ms. Jacinth Smiley ceased serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective October 26, 2025. Ms. Smiley’s las…

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers . Adoption of 2026 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan On January 27, 2026, Hormel Foods Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Hormel Foods Corporation 2026 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2026 Plan”), which succe…

Results of Operations and Financial Condition On December 4, 2025, the Company issued an earnings release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter ended October 26, 2025. A copy of the earnings release is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. Section 9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers . This Form 8-K/A amends the Form 8-K filed by Hormel Foods Corporation (the “Company”) on October 29, 2025 (the “Prior 8-K”). As disclosed in the Prior 8-K, Mr. Paul Kuehneman was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Controller, effective October 27, 2025. In connection with this transition, Mr. Kuehneman will receive the following comp…

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. As previously announced in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Hormel Foods Corporation (the “ Company ”) on January 9, 2025 (the “ Prior 8-K ”), James P. Snee, President and Chief Executive Officer (“ CEO ”) of the Company will be retiring at the end of the Company’s fiscal year 2025, which ends October 26, 2025. On June 23, 2025, the Company an…

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers On March 25, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Hormel Foods Corporation (the “Company”), upon recommendation of the Governance Committee, accepted the resignation of Mr. Jose Luis Prado as a member of the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Prado tendered his resignation in accordance with the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines in c…

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers On February 1, 2024, Raymond G. Young resigned from the Hormel Foods Corporation Board of Directors, effective immediately, having meaningfully contributed to the Board during his tenure. 3 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 unde…

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers On September 25, 2023, Hormel Foods Corporation (the “Company”) determined that Lori J. Marco, the Company’s Senior Vice President, External Affairs and General Counsel, will separate from the Company effective as of October 27, 2023. The Company intends to conduct a search of internal and external candidates to replace Ms. Marco. Section 9 – FINANC…

Regulation FD Disclosure On August 15, 2023, Hormel Foods Corporation (the Company) received an unexpected, unfavorable arbitration ruling involving an isolated commercial dispute with a third party not related to the Company’s core business. Pursuant to the ruling, the arbitrator awarded $59.6 million in damages, plus prejudgment interest of $5.3 million and attorneys’ fees, to the counterparty payable by the Company. The estimated pre-tax impact of the adverse arbitration ruling of $70.0 mi…

Regulation FD Disclosure Hormel Foods Corporation (the Company) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K (Form 8-K) to provide investors supplemental information related to a change in segment reporting in fiscal 2023. The Company is providing certain unaudited historical financial information, which has been recast to align with the new segment structure. This recast financial information is being provided to aid in comparability and has no impact on previously reported consolidated financi…

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 r…