0001181431-13-064989.txt : 20131231 0001181431-13-064989.hdr.sgml : 20131231 20131231135509 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-13-064989 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131230 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131231 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131231 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SANDERSON FARMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000812128 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING [2015] IRS NUMBER: 640615843 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MS FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 N 13TH AVE STREET 2: PO BOX 988 CITY: LAUREL STATE: MS ZIP: 39441 BUSINESS PHONE: 6016494030 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 N 13TH AVENUE STREET 2: PO BOX 988 CITY: LAUREL STATE: MS ZIP: 39441 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COCKRELL D MICHAEL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001090139 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14977 FILM NUMBER: 131305387 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O SANDERSON FARM STREET 2: 225 N 13TH AVE CITY: LAUREL STATE: MS ZIP: 39441-0998 4 1 rrd397042.xml FORM 4 -- PERFORMANCE SHARES X0306 4 2013-12-30 0 0000812128 SANDERSON FARMS INC SAFM 0001090139 COCKRELL D MICHAEL 127 FLYNT ROAD LAUREL MS 39443 1 1 0 0 Treasurer & CFO Common Stock 79649 D Common Stock 4409 I Allocated to Reporting Person's Account in Issuer ESOP. Performance Shares 2013-12-30 4 A 0 10338 0 A Common Stock 10338 10338 D The performance shares were awarded on November 1, 2011. The award entitled the Reporting Person to a number of shares of common stock based on the Issuer's level of achievement of performance measures over a two-year period ending October 31, 2013. The performance measures were return on equity and return on sales. On December 30, 2013, the Issuer's Compensation Committee determined that based on the Issuer's actual performance, the Reporting Person is entitled to the number of shares reported in Table II. The earned shares are subject to an additional one-year vesting period before they are issued and will vest, as long as the Reporting Person remains continuously employed with the Issuer (with some exceptions), on October 31, 2014. Reflects allocations that were not available to be reported on the Reporting Person's previous ownership report. /s/ D. Michael Cockrell 2013-12-31