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1. The results for 2002 include a $27 million pretax charge related to the identifiable intangible asset write-down of the Thomas E. Wilson brand, $26 million pretax charge for live swine restructuring charge, $22 million pretax gain related to the sale of Specialty Brands and $30 million pretax gain related to a vitamin antitrust litigation partial settlement. 

2. Certain costs for 2001 and 2000 have been reclassified as the result of the application of EITF 00-14 and EITF 00-25. See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. 

3. The results for 2001 include $26 million in pretax charges for expenses related to the IBP acquisition, loss on sale of swine assets and product recall losses. 

4. The results for 2000 include a $24 million pretax charge for bad debt writeoff related to the January 2000 bankruptcy filing of AmeriServe Food Distribution, Inc. and a $9 million pretax charge related to Tyson de Mexico losses. 

5. The results for 1999 include a $77 million pretax charge for loss on sale of assets and impairment write-downs. 

6. Significant business combinations accounted for as purchases: IBP, inc., Hudson Foods, Inc. and Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corporation in August 2001 and September 2001, January 1998 and October 1992, respectively. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for acquisitions during the three-year period ended September 28, 2002. 

7. The results for 1998 include a $215 million pretax charge for asset impairment and other charges. 

8. The results for 1997 include a $41 million pretax gain ($4 million after tax) from the sale of the beef division assets. 

9. The results for 1994 include a $214 million pretax charge ($205 million after tax) due to the write-down of certain long-lived assets of Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corporation. 

