SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (NASDAQ:SAFM) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (NASDAQ:SAFM) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Item5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Sanderson Farms, Inc. (the Registrant) held its annual meeting of
stockholders on February9, 2017. At the meeting, the stockholders
were requested to: (1)elect four ClassA Directors to serve until
the 2020 annual meeting; (2)approve, in a non-binding advisory
vote, the compensation of the Registrants Named Executive
Officers; (3)consider and act upon a proposal to ratify and
approve the selection of Ernst Young LLP as the Registrants
independent auditors for the fiscal year ending October31, 2017;
and (4)consider and act upon a stockholder proposal to request
that the Registrant adopt a policy to phase out the use of
medically important antibiotics for growth promotion and disease
prevention in its operations.

The following are the final voting results on proposals
considered and voted upon at the meeting, each of which is more
fully described in the Registrants proxy statement filed on
January12, 2017:

1. The stockholders voted to re-elect the following ClassA
directors for a three-year term by the votes set forth below:
Name For Withheld Broker Non-Votes

Lampkin Butts

18,248,077 343,189 1,844,842

Beverly Hogan

18,270,554 320,712 1,844,842

Phil K. Livingston

17,980,108 611,158 1,844,842

Joe F. Sanderson, Jr.

17,981,643 609,623 1,844,842
2. The stockholders voted to approve, in a non-binding advisory
vote to Section14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act), the compensation of the
Registrants Named Executive Officers, as disclosed to Item402
of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K,
including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the
compensation tables and narrative disclosures, in the
Registrants definitive proxy statement filed January12, 2017,
by the votes set forth below:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes

18,284,979

271,889 34,397 1,844,842
3. The stockholders voted to ratify and approve the selection of
Ernst Young LLP as the Registrants independent auditors for
the fiscal year ending October31, 2017, by the votes set
forth below:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes

20,354,885

55,468 25,755
4. The stockholder proposal to request that the Registrant adopt
a policy to phase out the use of medically important
antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention in
its operations was not approved. The voting results were as
follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes

5,705,366

12,391,780 494,119 1,844,842


About SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (NASDAQ:SAFM)

Sanderson Farms, Inc. is a poultry processing company. The Company is engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh and frozen chicken, and also preparation, processing, marketing and distribution of processed and minimally prepared chicken. It sells ice pack, chill pack, bulk pack and frozen chicken, in whole, cut-up and boneless form, under the Sanderson Farms brand name to retailers, distributors, casual dining operators, customers reselling frozen chicken into export markets. The Company, through its subsidiaries, Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Production Division) and Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division), conducts its chicken operations. Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Production Division) is engaged in the production of chickens to the broiler-stage. Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Foods Division) is engaged in the processing, sale and distribution of chickens. The Company, through Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Foods Division), conducts its prepared chicken business.

SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (NASDAQ:SAFM) Recent Trading Information

SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (NASDAQ:SAFM) closed its last trading session up +0.42 at 92.50 with 268,118 shares trading hands.

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