Smithfield Foods, Inc. Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • June 22nd, 2007 • Smithfield Foods Inc • Meat packing plants • New York
Contract Type FiledJune 22nd, 2007 Company Industry JurisdictionSmithfield Foods, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, the principal amount of its securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the “Securities”), to be issued under an indenture (the “Original Indenture”) dated as of June 1, 2007, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture (the “First Supplemental Indenture”, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule II other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. Any reference herein to the Registration S