rrd132212_148829.html

-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, EvsR8Rde1ejBONrVFXYwFef426mEgh598pq2zVLIoH56kS//d216nVuDIk+dREpS ua0VBs8+8cjV5FPqIp5lZQ== 0001181431-07-018072.txt : 20070308 0001181431-07-018072.hdr.sgml : 20070308 20070308201151 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-07-018072 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070306 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070308 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070308 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GODWIN JERRY H CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001187933 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15321 FILM NUMBER: 07682281 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: SMITHFIELD FOODS INC STREET 2: 200 COMMERCE ST CITY: SMITHFIELD STATE: VA ZIP: 23430 BUSINESS PHONE: 7573653021 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SMITHFIELD FOODS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000091388 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEAT PACKING PLANTS [2011] IRS NUMBER: 520845861 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 COMMERCE STREET STREET 2: EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING CITY: SMITHFIELD STATE: VA ZIP: 23430 BUSINESS PHONE: 7573653000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 COMMERCE STREET STREET 2: EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING CITY: SMITHFIELD STATE: VA ZIP: 23430 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LIBERTY EQUITIES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710221 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LIBERTY REAL ESTATE TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19661113 4 1 rrd149977.xml FORM 4 OPTIONS X0202 4 2007-03-06 0 0000091388 SMITHFIELD FOODS INC SFD 0001187933 GODWIN JERRY H C/O 200 COMMERCE STREET SMITHFIELD VA 23430 0 1 0 0 President of Murphy-Brown, LLC common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-06 4 M 0 66400 13.22 A 66400 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-06 4 S 0 66400 29.00 D 0 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 M 0 83600 13.22 A 83600 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 M 0 29600 18.20 A 113200 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 14900 28.84 D 98300 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 100 28.85 D 98200 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 65400 28.90 D 32800 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 900 28.91 D 31900 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 1600 28.92 D 30300 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 2100 28.93 D 28200 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 23300 29.00 D 4900 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 400 29.01 D 4500 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 1800 29.03 D 2700 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 800 29.04 D 1900 D common stock, par value $.50 2007-03-07 4 S 0 1900 29.05 D 0 D See footnote 13.22 2007-03-06 4 M 0 66400 D 2005-06-06 2010-06-06 common stock 66400 83600 D See footnote 13.22 2007-03-07 4 M 0 83600 D 2005-06-06 2010-06-06 common stock 83600 0 D See footnote 18.20 2007-03-07 4 M 0 29600 D 2006-05-30 2011-05-30 common stock 29600 30400 D Employee Stock Option (right to buy) /s/Michael H. Cole as Attorney in Fact 2007-03-08 EX-24.POA 2 rrd132212_148829.htm JGODWIN POA rrd132212_148829.html

EXHIBIT A

POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Michael H. Cole and Darcy Geronimi, or either of them, with full power to each of
them to act alone, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, to execute for
and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
Smithfield Foods, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the "Company") any and all Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder; to do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, to complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and to timely file such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and to
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this power of attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same.
This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  The undersigned acknowledges that neither the
Company nor any of these attorneys is assuming, nor shall any of them be responsible for, the
undersigned's obligation to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


						/s/ Jerry H. Godwin
						___________________________________
						Signature

						Jerry H. Godwin
						___________________________________
						Print Name

	 August 29, 2002
Dated: ________________________

-----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----