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Hormel Foods Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend

Austin, Minn.
The Board of Directors of Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL), a multinational marketer of consumer-branded food and meat products, has declared a regular quarterly dividend of nineteen cents (19¢) per share on the common capital stock of the corporation.
The dividend is to be paid Nov. 15, 2009, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Oct. 24, 2009.
This is the 325th quarterly dividend.