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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091388-25-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SFD"
cik: "0000091388"
company_name: "SMITHFIELD FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T04:41:50.433694+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smithfield Foods discloses 2024 executive bonuses; CEO Smith $3M bonus, total $15.3M

## Summary
- CEO C. Shane Smith received $3M discretionary bonus and $8.71M non-equity incentive, total $15.3M.
- CFO Mark Hall bonus $2.5M, non-equity $3.48M, total $7.97M in 2024.
- Bonuses paid in Q1 2025; clawback requires repayment of 50% if resignation/cause within 1 year, 25% within 2 years.
- Other NEOs: France $2.5M bonus, Watts $2M, Sutton $2M, with clawback provisions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091388-25-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SFD
- cik: 0000091388
- company_name: SMITHFIELD FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91388/000009138825000005/0000091388-25-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91388/000009138825000005/sfd-20250303.htm

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