0000950134-06-017980 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of September 17, 2006 among SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC., KC2 MERGER SUB, INC. and PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC.

Merger Agreement • September 20th, 2006 • Premium Standard Farms, Inc. • Meat packing plants • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  September 20th, 2006
• Company
  Premium Standard Farms, Inc.
• Industry
  Meat packing plants
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of September 17, 2006, among SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC., a Virginia corporation (“Parent”), KC2 MERGER SUB, INC., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

VOTING AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC., CONTIGROUP COMPANIES, INC. AND (SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 5.2 HEREOF) PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS, INC. DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2006

Voting Agreement • September 20th, 2006 • Premium Standard Farms, Inc. • Meat packing plants • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Voting Agreement
• Filed
  September 20th, 2006
• Company
  Premium Standard Farms, Inc.
• Industry
  Meat packing plants
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

VOTING AGREEMENT, dated as of September 17, 2006 (this “Agreement”), by and among Smithfield Foods, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“Parent”), ContiGroup Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Stockholder”), and, solely for the purposes of Section 5.2 hereof, Premium Standard Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).