Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale said it would make its annual shareholders meeting a virtual event because of a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant.
The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on Feb. 10 with online access beginning 15 minutes before the start. It was originally scheduled to be held at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Springdale.
The shareholders meeting will be the first since Donnie King became CEO in June after the resignation of Dean Banks.
The meeting will feature votes on the company’s 13-person board of directors, the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Tyson Foods’ independent accounting firm and on one proposal submitted by shareholders.
The proposal, opposed by the company’s board, would require Tyson Foods to issue a report on its efforts to reduce its usage of plastic in packaging.
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