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8-K filed June 3, 2026, 4:16 PM ET ticker SFD CIK 0000091388
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Smithfield Foods shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve executive compensation at 2026 annual meeting

SMITHFIELD FOODS INC

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

SMITHFIELD FOODS INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-02 meeting.

Proposal
director election
Outcome
passed
Meeting
2026-06-02
Exact text from the filing
1. Proposal 1 - Election of Directors. Shareholders elected all three director nominees named in the 2026 Proxy Statement to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the Company’s 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Director Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Wan Long 349,402,219 24,185,188 6,143,347 Hank Shenghua He 352,339,183 21,248,224 6,143,347 Raymond A. Starling 368,046,086 5,541,321 6,143,347
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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

SMITHFIELD FOODS INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Approval of the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers at the 2026-06-02 meeting.

Proposal
say on pay
Outcome
passed
Meeting
2026-06-02
Exact text from the filing
3. Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on Approval of the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers. Shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for fiscal year 2025. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 369,498,286 4,053,422 35,699 6,143,347
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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

SMITHFIELD FOODS INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-02 meeting.

Proposal
auditor ratification
Outcome
passed
Meeting
2026-06-02
Exact text from the filing
2. Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 3, 2027. For Against Abstain 379,298,050 424,737 7,967
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