# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000048465
**File Stem:** 0001415889-25-021257
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 9336
**Document Hash:** f6f43c979f47d5304e84f4d6fd6b3152
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001415889-25-021257.hdr.sgml**: 20250807

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001415889-25-021257

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 4

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250805

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250807

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250807

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Aakre D Scott
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001341185

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 4
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-02402
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251194538

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 HORMEL PLACE
- **CITY:** AUSTIN
- **STATE:** MN
- **ZIP:** 55912
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000048465
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** MEAT PACKING PLANTS [2011]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 410319970
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1026

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 HORMEL PL
- **CITY:** AUSTIN
- **STATE:** MN
- **ZIP:** 55912-3680
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (507) 437-5611

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 HORMEL PLACE
- **CITY:** AUSTIN
- **STATE:** MN
- **ZIP:** 55912-3680

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HORMEL GEO A & CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

## Ex-24

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

As a director and/or officer of Hormel Foods Corporation (the "Company"), I hereby constitute and appoint each of Jacinth C. Smiley, Colleen R. Batcheler, Paul R. Kuehneman, Florence Makope, Benjamin S. Borden, Susan C. McRaith, and Kelli M. Hill, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution, to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, (i) Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, Annual Reports on Form 11-K, and all other applicable reports and forms to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); (ii) one or more Forms 3, 4, or 5 pursuant to the Exchange Act, Forms 144 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and applications, including Form ID, to obtain codes and passwords for electronic filings with the SEC; and (iii) one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, Form S-8, or other applicable forms to be filed by the Company with the SEC, and in the case of each report, form, and registration statement described in this paragraph, to file the same, together with all amendments, supplementations, corrections, and exhibits thereto, with the SEC.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable to access, maintain, and manage my EDGAR account via the EDGAR Filer Management website, including serving as an account administrator or in any other delegated capacity and granting relevant authority to other entities or users in connection therewith; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in my best interest of, or legally required by me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. I hereby acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, will be valid as to each attorney-in-fact until such time as such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an employee of the Company.

**IN WITNESS WHEREOF**, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date set forth below.

&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/ D. Scott Aakre</u><br> Name: D. Scott Aakre<br> Date: July 28, 2025<br>

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 4

### STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

[ ] Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Aakre D Scott<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>1 HORMEL PLACE<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>AUSTIN, MN 55912<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2025-08-05 | **5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[X] Director [ ] 10% Owner<br>[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_ _ |
| **2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>HORMEL FOODS CORP /DE/ [ HRL ] | **4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Common Stock | 2025-08-05 |  | A |  | 7068 | A | $0 | 37665.6430 | D |  |
| Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4481.245 | I | 401(k) Plan |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Stock Options (Right to Buy) | $28.30 | 2025-08-05 |  | A |  | 39200 |  | 2026-10-25 | 2035-08-05 | Common Stock | 39200 | $0 | 39200 | D |  |

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**Signature:** /s/ Benjamin S. Borden, Attorney-In-Fact  
**Date:** 2025-08-07

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**