On January 12, 2017, Sanderson Farms, Inc. announced that it has filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote against a proposal from As You Sow Foundation, requesting the Company to adopt an enterprise-wide policy to phase out the use of medically important antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention in its supply chain at the Company’s annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on February 9, 2017.