Exhibit 4.3 1CUSIP: 902494 AB9 No. R - 1 $100,000,000 Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Company (as defined below) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. TYSON FOODS, INC. 6.08% MandatOry Par Put Remarketed Securities_* ("MOPPRS_*) due February 1, 2010 TYSON FOODS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York, New York, the principal sum of $100,000,000 (One Hundred Million Dollars) on February 1, 2010 (the "Stated Maturity Date"), in the coin or currency of the United States, and to pay interest, semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing August 1, 1998, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified below, from the February 1 or the August 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this MOPPRS to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, in which case from the date of this MOPPRS, or unless no interest has been paid or duly provided for on these MOPPRS, in which case from February 4, 1998, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for; provided, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security Register of the Company or by wire transfer as provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the date hereof is after the 16th day of January or July, as the case may be, and before the following February 1 or August 1, this MOPPRS shall bear interest from such February 1 or August 1; provided, that if the Company shall default in the payment of interest due on such February 1 or August 1, then this MOPPRS shall bear interest from the next preceding February 1 or August 1 to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for on these MOPPRS, from February 4, 1998. The interest so payable on any February 1 or August 1 will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in whose name this MOPPRS is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day next preceding such February 1 or August 1, as the case may be, whether or not such day is a Business Day. 30 The rate of interest on this MOPPRS shall be 6.08% per annum to February 1, 2000 (the "Remarketing Date"). If, pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the "Remarketing Agreement"), between Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Remarketing Dealer (the "Remarketing Dealer"), and the Company, the Remarketing Dealer elects to remarket the MOPPRS, then, except as otherwise set forth on the reverse hereof, (i) this MOPPRS shall be subject to mandatory tender to the Remarketing Dealer for remarketing on the Remarketing Date, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth on the reverse hereof, and (ii) on and after the Remarketing Date, this MOPPRS shall bear interest at the rate determined by the Remarketing Dealer in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4 on the reverse hereof (the "Interest Rate to Maturity"). Reference is made to the further provisions of this MOPPRS set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. This MOPPRS shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof. 31 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, TYSON FOODS, INC. has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers. Dated: TYSON FOODS, INC. By: ______________________________ By: ______________________________ Attest: ________________________ 32 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the MOPPRS of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. Dated: THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Trustee By: ______________________________ Authorized Signatory 33 TYSON FOODS, INC. 6.08% MandatOry Par Put Remarketed Securities_ ("MOPPRS_") due February 1, 2010 1. Indenture. This MOPPRS is one of the duly authorized issue of debt securities of the Company (hereinafter called the "Securities") of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of June 1, 1995 (herein called the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any) may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any) and may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated as the 6.08% MandatOry Par Put Remarketed Securities_ ("MOPPRS_") due February 1, 2010 of the Company limited in aggregate principal amount to $100,000,000. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of 12 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, on overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by this Security. If any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day as defined in the Indenture at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. 2. Mandatory Tender on Remarketing Date; Purchase and Settlement. (a) Provided that the Remarketing Dealer gives notice to the Company and the Trustee on a Business Day not later than five Business Days prior to the Remarketing Date of its intention to purchase the Securities for remarketing (the "Notification Date"), each Security shall be automatically tendered, or deemed tendered, to the Remarketing Dealer for purchase on the Remarketing Date in accordance with Section 2(b) below, except as set forth in Sections 5 and 6 below. The purchase price of such tendered Securities shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof. Upon such tender, the Remarketing Dealer shall have the option, in its sole discretion, to elect to remarket the Securities in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement for its own account at varying prices to be determined by the Remarketing Dealer at the time of each sale. If the Remarketing Dealer makes such election, the obligation of the Remarketing Dealer to purchase the Securities on the Remarketing Date shall be subject to the conditions set forth in the Remarketing Agreement. No Holder or actual purchaser of the Securities ("Beneficial Owner") shall have any rights or claims under the Remarketing Agreement or against the Company or the Remarketing Dealer as a result of the Remarketing Dealer not purchasing such Securities. (b) Following the Notification Date, the tender and purchase of the Securities provided for in Section 2(a) above shall be effected as follows, subject to Sections 5 and 6 below: 34 (i) All of the tendered Securities shall be automatically delivered to the account of the Trustee, by book-entry through DTC or any successor thereto pending payment of the purchase price therefor, on the Remarketing Date. (ii) The Remarketing Dealer shall make or cause the Trustee to make payment to DTC by book entry through DTC in accordance with the procedures of DTC, by 1:00 p.m. New York City time on the Remarketing Date against delivery through DTC of such Beneficial Owner's tendered Securities, of the purchase price for tendered Securities that have been purchased for remarketing by the Remarketing Dealer. The Company shall make or cause the Trustee to make payment of interest to DTC on the Remarketing Date by book entry through DTC by 2:30 p.m. New York City time on the Remarketing Date. 3. Maintenance of Book-Entry System. (a) The tender and settlement procedures set forth in Section 2(b) above, including provisions for payment by purchasers of Securities in the remarketing or for payment to selling Beneficial Owners of tendered Securities, shall be subject to modification, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary set forth in Article 9 of the Indenture, to the extent required by DTC or, if the book- entry system is no longer available for the Securities at the time of the remarketing, to the extent required to facilitate the tendering and remarketing of Securities in certificated form. In addition, the Remarketing Dealer may, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary set forth in Article 9 of the Indenture, modify the settlement procedures set forth herein in order to facilitate the settlement process. (b) The Company hereby agrees with the Trustee and the holders of Securities that at all times, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary set forth in the Indenture, (i) it will use its best efforts to maintain the Securities in book-entry form with DTC or any successor thereto and to appoint a successor depository to the extent necessary to maintain the Securities in book-entry form and (ii) it will waive any discretionary right that it otherwise may have under the Indenture to cause the Securities to be issued in certificated form. 4. Determination of Interest Rate to Maturity; Notification Thereof. Subject to the Remarketing Dealer's election to remarket the MOPPRS as provided in Section 2(a), by 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Remarketing Date (the "Determination Date"), the Remarketing Dealer shall determine the Interest Rate to Maturity to the nearest one hundred-thousandth (0.00001) of one percent per annum. The Interest Rate to Maturity shall be equal to the sum of 5.712% (the "Base Rate") and the Applicable Spread (as defined below), which will be based on the Dollar Price (as defined below) of the Securities. The "Applicable Spread" shall be the lowest bid indication, expressed as a spread (in the form of a percentage or in basis points) above the Base Rate, obtained by the Remarketing Dealer on the Determination Date from the bids quoted by five Reference Corporate Dealers (as defined below) for the full aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the Dollar Price, but assuming (i) an issue date that is the Remarketing Date, with settlement on such date without accrued interest, (ii) a maturity date that is the Stated Maturity Date of the Securities and (iii) a stated annual interest rate, payable semi-annually, equal to the Base Rate plus the spread bid by the applicable Reference Corporate Dealer. If fewer than five Reference 35 Corporate Dealers bid as described above, then the Applicable Spread shall be the lowest of such bid indications obtained as described above. The Interest Rate to Maturity announced by the Remarketing Dealer, absent manifest error, shall be binding and conclusive upon the Beneficial Owners and Holders of the Securities, the Company and the Trustee. "Dollar Price" means, with respect to the Securities, the present value, as of the Remarketing Date, of the Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) discounted to the Remarketing Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below). "Reference Corporate Dealers" means each of Chase Securities Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Salomon Brothers Inc and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates shall cease to be a leading dealer of publicly traded debt securities of the Company in The City of New York (a "Primary Corporate Dealer"), the Remarketing Dealer shall substitute therefor another Primary Corporate Dealer. "Remaining Scheduled Payments" means, with respect to the Securities, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon, calculated at the Base Rate only, that would be due after the Remarketing Date to and including the Stated Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Remarketing Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to the Securities, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon, calculated at the Base Rate only, will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon, calculated at the Base Rate only, to the Remarketing Date. "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to the Remarketing Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issues (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issues (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount), equal to the Comparable Treasury Price (as defined below) for such Remarketing Date. "Comparable Treasury Issues" means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by the Remarketing Dealer as having an actual or interpolated maturity or maturities comparable to the remaining term of the Securities being purchased. "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to the Remarketing Date, (a) the offer prices for the Comparable Treasury Issues (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the Determination Date, as set forth on "Telerate Page 500" (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500) or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such offer prices on such Determination Date, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Remarketing Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Remarketing Dealer obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations. "Telerate Page 500" means the display designated as "Telerate Page 500" on Dow Jones Markets Limited (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500 on such service) or such 36 other service displaying the offer prices specified in (a) above as may replace Dow Jones Markets Limited. "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and the Remarketing Date, the offer prices for the Comparable Treasury Issues (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Remarketing Dealer by such Reference Treasury Dealer by 3:30 p.m., on the Determination Date. "Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Salomon Brothers Inc and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in The City of New York (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Remarketing Dealer shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer. 5. Repurchase. If (a) the Remarketing Dealer for any reason does not notify the Company of the Interest Rate to Maturity by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Determination Date, or (b) prior to the Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Dealer has resigned and no successor has been appointed on or before the Determination Date, or (c) since the Notification Date, a material adverse change in the condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, shall have occurred or an Event of Default, or any event which, with the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, with respect to the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing, or any other event constituting a termination event under the Remarketing Agreement shall have occurred, or (d) the Remarketing Dealer elects not to remarket the Securities, or (e) the Remarketing Dealer for any reason does not purchase all tendered Securities on the Remarketing Date, then, in any such case, the Company shall repurchase the Securities as a whole on the Remarketing Date at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus all accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities to the Remarketing Date. In any such case, payment shall be made by the Company to the Participant of each tendering Beneficial Owner of Securities, by book- entry through DTC, by 2:30 p.m., New York City time on the Remarketing Date against delivery through DTC of such Beneficial Owner's tendered Securities. 6. Redemption. (a) Notwithstanding any election by the Remarketing Dealer to remarket the Securities on the Remarketing Date, the tendering of the Securities for purchase by the Remarketing Dealer on such date as set forth in Section 2(b) above shall be subject to the right of the Company to redeem the Securities from the Remarketing Dealer as provided in Section 6(b) below. (b) The Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall have the right, upon notice to the Remarketing Dealer and the Trustee not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the Determination Date, to irrevocably elect to redeem the Securities, in whole but not in part, from the Remarketing Dealer on the Remarketing Date at the Optional Redemption Price. The "Optional Redemption Price" shall be the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities and (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments thereon, as determined by the Remarketing Dealer, discounted to the Remarketing Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the 37 Treasury Rate, plus in either case accrued and unpaid interest from the Remarketing Date on the principal amount being redeemed to the date of redemption. If the Company elects to redeem the Securities, it shall pay the redemption price therefor in same-day funds by wire transfer to an account designated by the Remarketing Dealer on the Remarketing Date. 7. Effect of Event of Default. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. 8. Amendments and Waivers. The Indenture contains provisions which provide that without prior notice to any Holders, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture and the Securities of any series with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture (all such series voting as one class), and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby (all such series voting as one class) by written notice to the Trustee may waive future compliance by the Company with any provision of the Indenture or the Securities of such series; provided that without the consent of each Holder of the Securities of each series affected thereby, an amendment or waiver, including a waiver of past defaults, may not: (i) extend the stated maturity of the principal of, or any sinking fund obligation or any installment of interest on, such Holder's Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), or any premium payable with respect thereto, or adversely affect the rights of such Holder under any mandatory repurchase provision or any right of repurchase at the option of such Holder, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy, or change any place of payment where, or the currency in which, any Security of such series or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the stated maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date or, in the case of mandatory repurchase, the date therefor); (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding Securities of such series the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain Defaults and their consequences provided for in the Indenture; (iii) waive a Default in the payment of principal of or interest on any Security of such series; (iv) cause any Security of such series to be subordinated in right of payment to any obligation of the Company; or (v) modify any of the provisions of the Indenture governing supplemental indentures with the consent of Securityholders except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security of any series affected thereby. It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain conditions, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of the series affected (all such series voting as a single class), by notice to the Trustee, may waive an existing Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series and its 38 consequences, except a Default in the payment of principal of or interest on any Security or in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of the Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto. The Indenture provides that a series of Securities may include one or more tranches (each a "tranche") of Securities, including Securities issued in a periodic offering. The Securities of different tranches may have one or more different terms, including authentication dates and public offering prices, but all the Securities within each such tranche shall have identical terms, including authentication date and public offering price. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture, subject to certain exceptions, with respect to sections of the Indenture concerning the execution, authentication and terms of the Securities, redemption of the Securities, Events of Default of the Securities, defeasance of the Securities and amendment of the Indenture, if any series of Securities includes more than one tranche, all provisions of such sections applicable to any series of Securities shall be deemed equally applicable to each tranche of any series of Securities in the same manner as though originally designated a series unless otherwise provided with respect to such series or tranche pursuant to a board resolution or a supplemental indenture establishing such series or tranche. 9. Obligation of Company. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security in the manner, at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed. 10. Denominations, Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Securities are issuable initially only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any multiple of $1,000 at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge, Securities may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations. (b) Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith. (c) The Company, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone other than the Company or the Trustee or any authorized agent of the Company or the Trustee), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and premium, if any, and, subject to the 39 provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 11. No Liability of Certain Persons. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present, or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof. 12. Definitions. Terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture. THE FOLLOWING ABBREVIATIONS SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS THOUGH THE WORDS SET FORTH BELOW OPPOSITE EACH ABBREVIATION WERE WRITTEN OUT IN FULL WHERE SUCH ABBREVIATION APPEARS: TEN COM --as tenants in (Name) CUST (Name) UNIF--(Name) common as Custodian TEN ENT --as tenants by the GIFT MIN ACT (state) for (Name) entirety Under the (State) JT TEN --as joint tenants Uniform Gifts to with right of Minors Act survivorship and not as tenants in common ADDITIONAL ABBREVIATIONS MAY ALSO BE USED THOUGH NOT IN THE ABOVE LIST. FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto PLEASE INSERT TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE 40 PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE the within Security of Tyson Foods, Inc. and all rights thereunder and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ______________________attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises Dated: Signature NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER. THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY A COMMERCIAL BANK OR TRUST COMPANY, A MEMBER ORGANIZATION OF A NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OR BY SUCH OTHER ENTITY WHOSE SIGNATURE IS ON FILE WITH AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRANSFER AGENT. 41