Edgar Filing: SANDERSON FARMS INC

Date: January 29, 2013

/s/ D. Michael Cockrell

D. Michael Cockrell

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

FORM 8-K

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): January 24, 2013

SANDERSON FARMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Mississippi	1-14977	64-0615843
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)

127 Flynt Road Laurel, Mississippi		39443
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(601) 649-4030

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

On January 24, 2013, the Compensation Committee of the Registrant’s Board of Directors took the following actions:

(1) The Committee adopted a Bonus Award Program for the Registrant’s salaried employees and accounting trainees effective November 1, 2012. If the Registrant meets net income per share and minimum return on average stockholders’ equity goals for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2013, the program provides for the award of bonuses to eligible participants equal to a percentage of their base salary. The total award a participant can receive has two components: a percentage based on the Registrant’s earnings per share, and a percentage based on the Registrant’s operational performance. A copy of the Bonus Award Program is filed herewith as Exhibit 10 and is incorporated herein by reference.

(2) The Committee ratified the payment of certain miscellaneous items of compensation during fiscal 2012 to the Registrant’s executive officers, as follows:


Type	Joe F. Sanderson, Jr., Chairman & CEO		Lampkin Butts, President & COO		Mike Cockrell, Treasurer & CFO		James A. Grimes, Secretary
Personal Use of Company and Charter Aircraft	$	61,304	$	1,390	$	0	$	0
Other Travel Related Expenses		1,298		5,010		0		0
401(k) Plan Matching Contribution		10,510		10,556		10,216		8,528
ESOP Contribution		4,337		4,337		4,337		4,337
Life Insurance		272		272		272		272
Health Plan		8,164		8,164		8,164		8,164
Matching Charitable Contributions		7,500		2,500		2,500		0
Dividends Paid on Restricted Stock		131,920		38,396		38,200		9,860
Accidental Death		18		18		18		18
Total	$	225,323	$	70,643	$	63,707	$	31,179

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

10		Sanderson Farms, Inc. Bonus Award Program effective November 1, 2012.

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.

SANDERSON FARMS, INC.

(Registrant)

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.		Description

10		Sanderson Farms, Inc. Bonus Award Program effective November 1, 2012.