0001209191-17-046269.txt : 20170726 0001209191-17-046269.hdr.sgml : 20170726 20170726122448 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-17-046269 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170720 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170726 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170726 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Mestayer Suzanne T CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001387805 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14977 FILM NUMBER: 17982113 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1100 POYDRAS STREET CITY: NEW ORLEANS STATE: LA ZIP: 70163 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 3 1 doc3.xml FORM 3 SUBMISSION X0206 3 2017-07-20 1 0000812128 SANDERSON FARMS INC SAFM 0001387805 Mestayer Suzanne T 1100 POYDRAS STREET SUITE 1460 NEW ORLEANS LA 70163 1 0 0 0 Exhibit List: Exhibit 2 - Confirming Statement (CE) /s/ D. Michael Cockrell, Attorney-in-Fact 2017-07-26 EX-24.3_737763 2 poa.txt POA DOCUMENT Exhibit 24 CONFIRMING STATEMENT This Statement confirms that the undersigned, Suzanne T. Mestayer, has authorized and designated each of D. Michael Cockrell and Tim Rigney, acting alone and without the other, to execute and file on the undersigned's behalf all Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of Sanderson Farms, Inc. The authority of D. Michael Cockrell and Tim Rigney under this Statement shall continue until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with regard to her ownership of or transactions in securities of Sanderson Farms, Inc., unless earlier revoked in writing. The undersigned hereby ratifies, confirms and approves the exercise by D. Michael Cockrell and Tim Rigney of authority as the undersigned's attorney-in-fact by signing any Form 3, 4 or 5 (or any amendments thereto) prior to the date of this Statement, the undersigned having believed that she had granted D. Michael Cockrell and Tim Rigney such authority prior to the filing of any such Form. The undersigned acknowledges that neither D. Michael Cockrell, Tim Rigney nor Sanderson Farms, Inc. is assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Date: July 26, 2017 /s/ Suzanne T. Mestayer Name: Suzanne T. Mestayer