Edgar Filing: SANDERSON FARMS INC

SANDERSON FARMS, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: September 25, 2012

/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): September 20, 2012

SANDERSON FARMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Mississippi	1-14977	(64-0615843
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer 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)

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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 Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 20, 2012, James A. Grimes, who has served as the Registrant’s Secretary since 1993 and its Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since 1985, notified the Registrant that he will retire effective October 31, 2012. On September 25, 2012 the Registrant appointed Tim Rigney to serve as the Registrant’s Controller effective November 1, 2012. Mr. Rigney, who is 47, has been the Registrant’s Corporate Accounting Manager since 2004 and has been employed by the Registrant in various capacities since 1990. The role of Controller is not a corporate office under the Registrant’s By-Laws, but Mr. Rigney, as Controller, will perform the functions of a “principal accounting officer” as that term is used in the rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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.