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  XXXXXXXX
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  Director
  Common
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  Smithfield
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  NYSE
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  Issuer
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  Issuer
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  /s/ Gerardo Ibarra-Munoz, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Tim E. Bentsen